Category: News

  • A Circus Has Youth Flipping – and Exercising – at Mid City Gym

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers An after school program in City Heights gets youth juggling, flipping and sitting on invisible chairs. Fern Street Circus started in 1990 around the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego. The professional circus performed in local parks and taught clowning and acrobatics at…

  • School Discipline Changes Yield Big Drop in Expulsions

    By Megan Burks Expulsions at San Diego Unified schools are down nearly 60 percent. This time last year, school administrators had heard nearly 400 expulsion cases and handed down 134 of them. Students are recommended for expulsions and get a hearing before it’s made final. As of May 29, administrators had considered 178 expulsions and…

  • Environmentalists Push for Alternatives to Adding Lanes to Route 94

    An aerial view of state Route 94 is shown as it runs through San Diego in this undated photo. | Photo Credit: FLICKR By Erik Anderson Community advocates are urging the San Diego City Council to push a plan that calls for alternatives to expanding state Route 94. Advocates are asking the council to reach…

  • Crawford High Pilots Halal School Lunches

    Crawford High School in City Heights has been piloting a new lunch menu to reach out to its Muslim students. Once a week, students can pick up a special halal meal. | Video Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Walk the halls of Crawford High School and you’ll see City Heights in miniature. The neighborhood…

  • What the Region’s Transportation Strategy Means for One City Heights Commuter

    City Heights resident Eva Luna begins the 2.5-mile walk to get to her job as a nanny in Kensington, May 6, 2015. She doesn’t have a car and says walking is faster than taking the bus. | Photo Credit: Katie Schoolov By Claire Trageser It takes City Heights resident Eva Luna more than an hour…