Category: News

  • Nation’s School Districts Take a Seat at Crawford’s Table

    National school officials checked out Crawford High’s farm-to-table program April 9, 2015. | Video Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler Food service officials from 30 school districts from across the country on Thursday stopped by Crawford High School for lunch. The officials were there to learn about San Diego Unified School District‘s farm-to-school program. The…

  • Six Months In, Mid-City Rapid Bus Line Boosts Ridership But Not Speed

    Bus wait times are displayed at a new Mid-City Rapid bus station on 43rd Street and El Cajon Boulevard April 6, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Transit riders who wanted another trolley fought the Metropolitan Transit System on its newest rapid bus line. Now the line from San Diego State to…

  • Funding Cliff for Community Clinics Could Impact Low-Income San Diegans

    Dr. Chris Gordon meets with a patient at the Chase Avenue Family Health Center in El Cajon in 2013. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks San Diego community clinic executives have been meeting with lawmakers in the nation’s capitol. They’re asking Congress to back away from a funding…

  • San Diego Cabbies Brace for an Open Taxi Market

    San Diego’s taxi industry will no longer have its long-standing cap. KPBS reporter Megan Burks reports on the change and its effects. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Megan Burks Starting Wednesday, the long-standing cap on the number of taxis allowed in San Diego is history. The city says the change will create opportunity in…

  • Immigrants in U.S. Illegally Could Qualify for Medi-Cal

    By Kenny Goldberg Up to 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally could be eligible for Medi-Cal coverage if executive actions  by President Barack Obama take effect, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Under the Affordable Care Act, immigrants in the country illegally are not allowed to…