Category: News
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City Heights Nonprofit Reality Changers Launches New Campaign
The nonprofit that was founded in 2001 launched its “Give to the Future” campaign on Wednesday, and hopes to send 1,000 children to college at the end of this school year. By Dwane Brown For eight years, City Heights-based nonprofit Reality Changers has held its “State of the Inner City” address on the same day…
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City Heights Homeless on Changes in Their Community
By Brent Jensen, Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Binti Musa and Karla Flores In efforts to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and The California Endowment invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. The construction of the City Heights Urban Village, a cluster of restaurants, retail stores and produce markets…
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Citizens Review Board Brings in Backup
Sharmaine Moseley, center, attends Albany’s Citizens Police Review Board meeting on Oct. 11, 2012 at the GWU Center in Albany, New York. | Photo Credit: Cindy Shultz, Times Union By Megan Burks The San Diego Citizens Review Board on Police Practices provides a second set of eyes on police misconduct cases, but it has operated…
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Anti-Globalization Movement Lingers at Teralta Park’s ‘Really Really Free Market’
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers It was an ordinary Sunday in Teralta Park for City Heights resident Francisco when he stumbled upon numerous signs proclaiming that what looked like a storage closet explosion in the park near Orange Avenue, was all free. Really, really free, that is. The…
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Second Opinion: Tales From Year One of Covered California
Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Nearly 60 percent of San Diego County residents who were previously uninsured signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. And as year two begins, more than 300,000 more Californians will be joining them. Health exchange officials are calling the law a success.…