Category: News

  • From Gang Member To College Student With Positive Peer Influence

    By Padma Nagappan Published April 20, 2011 on Photo Credit: Padma Nagappan   A free college readiness program in City Heights is helping inner-city high school students become the first in their families to go to college. The program has enabled many teenagers to overcome troubled backgrounds, gang involvement and drug habits and turn their…

  • A Rule Changes, a County Stumbles and Refugees Suffer

    Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido Published April 19, 2011 on When Amaal Al-Mifraji arrived in San Diego in February, the worst of her troubles appeared to be over. She and her two children, ages 17 and 20, settled into a small one-bedroom apartment in a sprawling complex in El Cajon, one among the…

  • Long Wait Over for Colina Del Sol Park

    By Adrian Florido Published April 14, 2011 on Colina Del Sol Park in City Heights is a little brighter today. Three picnic tables are now covered in colorful decorative tiles painted by neighborhood children. The city of San Diego returned the tables Thursday after removing them from the park to install the tiles more than two…

  • San Diego Students Get Wired With Broadband Grant

    By Kyla Calvert Published April 13, 2011 on Students at 10 schools across San Diego will get netbooks with 3G wireless internet access for use at home and school. San Diego Unified was one of 20 school districts across the country to win one of the pilot Learning-On-The-Go grants from the Federal Communication Commission. Students at…

  • Refugees in San Diego Seek Representation in Redistricting

    By Andres Barraza Published April 6, 2011 on San Diego’s redistricting process will have to keep a large community of refugees in mind as it looks to re-draw the lines, according to advocates for refugees. Local non-profit organizations will be holding an event Thursday aimed at educating San Diego’s refugee community about redistricting and how…