Category: News

  • Field Guide: Disaster Preparedness

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Building an Emergency Kit You should have enough of the following supplies to last three days. Supplies should be packed in an easy-to-carry…

  • Blackout: Food Stamps Recipients May Have Been Hit Hard

    By Adrian Florido In the aftermath of last week’s 12-hour power outage, restaurant owners across San Diego County lamented the tens of thousands of dollars they lost from spoiled food. But many said they would rebound, despite the setback. That may not be so easy in the kitchens of more than 200,000 of the county’s…

  • Conference Creates Dialogue Between Refugees and Service Providers

    By Chris Milholland Trying to build on the spirit of unity following the 9/11 attacks, a San Diego non-profit is working to reach out to a community of impoverished refugees. Voices of Women held a free conference Saturday titled “Open Doors, Open Minds.” The goal was to help local East African refugees and service providers…

  • A Dangerous City Heights Intersection’s New Crosswalk

    Somali men in City Heights’ Colina Park neighborhood stood around Thursday assessing a new crosswalk city workers painted across a dangerous stretch of University Avenue. | Photo Credit: Adrian Florido By Adrian Florido Nur Kahir juggles dual roles at the southwestern corner of University Avenue and 50th Street in the Colina Park neighborhood of City…

  • Tweet City Heights: Blackout Brings the Block Out

    By Megan Burks Countywide Blackout Brings the Block Out An operator error at a power line switching station in Arizona caused a blackout late Thursday afternoon that affected all of San Diego County and parts of Riverside, Orange County and Arizona. Residents in City Heights lined up for ice and batteries at corner markets and…