Category: News
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Leadership Program Encourages Resident Ownership of Community
By Brian Myers and Tita Aime Cardona Proyecto de Casas Saludables, the healthy homes project, celebrated the conclusion of their annual Leadership Academy with a graduation ceremony for the participants last month. The project was started in City Heights as a response to the neighborhood’s growing population of Latino children affected by asthma. Many of…
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Tweet City Heights: Time Running Out for New Farm Bill
By Megan Burks Police Chief Defends Budget Request KPBS had Police Chief Bill Lansdowne and Assistant Chief Shelley Zimmerman on Midday Edition and Evening Edition to discuss their department’s request for a budget increase of $66 million over five years. In a report to City Council, police say they need the money to keep crime…
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Tweet City Heights: Women-only Swim Makes The Huffington Post
By Megan Burks Women-only Swim Makes The Huffington Post The Huffington Post and U-T San Diego ran commentary on the flap over my article on women-only swim hours at the Copley Family YMCA this week. Professors Avi Spiegel and Adina Batnitzky coauthored the piece, saying the story only garnered harsh reactions because the women who…
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Garden Teaches Diet for Healthy Minds
By Erin Timoney and John Field On the weekend of July 6, youth from throughout California gathered at the Media Arts Center San Diego for a journalism boot camp hosted by The California Endowment. With the guidance of adult mentors, the youth produced blog, radio and video reports. This is one of those reports. As obesity…
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Federal Subsidies Support Junk Food Instead of Fresh Food, Report Says
By Diana Crofts-Pelayo Citing the obesity epidemic among America’s children, a California consumer group says federal subsidies support junk food instead of fresh food. CALPIRG’s report is called “Apples to Twinkies 2012” because it says producers of corn syrup are financially favored over apple growers. Twinkies and apples were used as props at a San Diego press…