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  • Teen Producers: Transition – Out for Safe Schools

    Teen Producers Project Youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project create a short documentary on the Gay Straight Alliance student club at Hoover High School. This video includes informative interviews with students and teachers at Hoover High School about creating a safe campus for LGBT youth. The Gay Straight Alliance at Hoover…

  • Teen Producers: Day of Silence

    Teen Producers Project Youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project create a short documentary on the Day of Silence at Hoover High School. This video includes informative interviews with students and teachers at Hoover High School about recognizing the challenges LGBT youth face in schools. As students across America struggle with sexual…

  • Bike Class Prepares Riders for Street Traffic

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers A bicycle class in City Heights aims to build confident bike riders that commute on city streets. Cars and bikes share the same roads and the same traffic laws that apply to automobile drivers also apply to bicycle riders. A two ton difference…

  • Sidewalk Near Dangerous City Heights Intersection Could See Upgrades This Summer

    By Tarryn Mento A dangerous City Heights intersection where a young skateboarder was killed in a hit-and-run accident last fall could see safety upgrades this summer. Activists have lobbied city officials for a new sidewalk along 54th Street near Chollas Parkway since 15-year-old Jonathan Cortez was struck by a car there in October 2015. A…

  • Tracking District 9 Voter Registration

    In San Diego County, registration is already higher than it was in the month before the 2008 general election, when a record number of Americans went to the polls and elected President Barack Obama. As of May 15, 1,501,148 county residents had registered. That’s compared to 1,409,229 in October 2008. Last month, Secretary of State…