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  • Mid-City Residents Want Safety Fixes at Fatal Hit-And-Run Site

    Cars drive past a memorial for Jonathan Cortez at 54th and Lea streets Oct. 12, 2015. Cortez was killed there in a hit and run Oct. 9, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Every night this week, classmates and neighbors of Jonathan Cortez have gathered at the intersection of 54th and Lea…

  • A Sneak Peek at Charles Lewis Park

    Video Credit: Matt Bowler, KPBS By Megan Burks City engineers are just waiting for the new plants to take root before opening Charles Lewis III Memorial Park on Home Avenue in City Heights to the public. It has a dog park, half basketball court, space for barbecues, grass to run around on and two playgrounds.…

  • Food Waste Activists Serve Vegetarian Meals At City Heights Park

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers On a Sunday afternoon a group of activists drive their car up to the park next to the City Heights Library and pull a large steaming pot of soup out of the car. They take it over to a table, along with bags…

  • Study: Corrections Spending Up, Crime At Historic Low Under AB 109

    By Megan Burks The state is four years into its program to reduce prison overcrowding by shifting lower-level offenders to county jails and probation, and reducing some sentences. Lawmakers expected fewer people in prison would mean fewer costs, while critics expected a spike in crime. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California reported this week…

  • California Working to Bring Interpreters to Civil Courtrooms

    By Megan Burks California state courts have long provided interpreters to people who are accused of a crime. But when it comes to civil cases where things like custody or restraining orders are decided, the need is not met. The state is pushing forward this month with a plan to change that. Last year the legislature…