Category: News

  • Tweet City Heights: Feral Dogs, Fried Brain Cells and Free Lunch

    By Megan Burks While we’re out researching and writing full-length features, 140 characters can go a long way in helping us keep readers up-to-date. But some tweets deserve more than that. That’s why I’m beginning a weekly feature here on SpeakCityHeights.org called Tweet City Heights. Each Friday, I’ll bring you the week’s Twitter chatter as…

  • Photo Feature: Your Neighbor, the Refugee, Celebrated

    Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Sam Hodgson I had the honor of presenting a photo essay at the Museum of Photographic Arts to help commemorate World Refugee Day Sunday. I presented images from the project we completed last year about Har Sin, a refugee from Burma who is deaf and learning formal communication for the…

  • Citizens’ Commission on State Redistricting Gets An Earful

    By Alison St John Residents from Imperial Valley to the coast turned out to a public hearing in San Diego Monday night on state and congressional redistricting. Some drove almost two hours to present their case to the Redistricting Commission. It was the last opportunity to give the 14 member Citizens’ Commission oral testimony before the…

  • Low-Income Shoppers Thrive At City Heights Farmers Market

    By Megan Burks and Brian Myers The produce stalls at the City Heights Farmers Market last week were lined with strawberries so fresh they shined. Some still carried their delicate vines. Ayan Mohamed, who has an 18-month-old, was quick to exchange a Women, Infants and Children voucher for large basket of the fruit. They’re her…

  • World Refugee Day Event to Celebrate San Diego Refugees

    This photograph comes from a series of images of Somali Bantu refugees soon after resettlement in Boston. It will be on display at the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts during World Refugee Day on Sunday June 19. | Photo Credit: Roberto “Bear” Guerra By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh San Diego plays a surprisingly…