Category: News
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Family Tradition Survives In Mural Project
The “Community Faces” mural at Market Creek Plaza in southeastern San Diego has come down and will be replaced with a new one showing faces of younger community members. But in one family, the tradition will carry on. | Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Claire Trageser The “Community Faces” mural at Market Creek Plaza…
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Why Don’t More Californians Vote?
Editor’s Note: KPBS will follow residents in City Heights and nearby Kensington during this election cycle as part of a statewide look at voter turnout called “California Counts.” This article was written by Steven Cuevas of KQED. Ben Bradford of Capital Public Radio reported from Sacramento, Megan Burks of KPBS reported from City Heights, Mary…
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More Cabbies — And New Apps — Enter San Diego Market
Cabdriver Adane Anjulo thanks San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald on July 14, 2015 for her work reforming the taxi industry. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks It’s been six months since San Diego began issuing new taxi permits and so far, it isn’t the deluge of new drivers critics forewarned. After years of…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Uses Documentaries to Stir Awareness
BPhoto Credit: Museum of Photographic Arts By Beth Accomando The Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicks off its sixth year and four days of films at the Museum of Photographic Arts on Jan. 21. The festival creates a forum for what it calls “courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with…
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In Adult Ed Class, Immigrant Parents Pick Up Where They Left Off
Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Students at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights rattle through multiplication tables. They’re attentive, eager to participate — not what you might expect from a middle school classroom. That’s because these students are the parents and grandparents of children attending Monroe Clark. They come to the…