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  • Hoover High’s Cardinal Camp Helps Jump-Start School For Freshmen

    Every year San Diego Unified’s Hoover High welcomes new freshmen. This year there are more than 600 incoming ninth graders. For the past eight years Hoover has run a special summer day camp, called Cardinal Camp. It helps give some new freshmen the skills they need to excel in high school and beyond. | Video…

  • City Heights Wants Place in San Diego Streetscape Tradition

    City Heights wants to be next on the list of San Diego communities with a neighborhood gateway sign. Residents there are trying to raise more than three hundred thousand dollars to hang a neon sign above University Avenue. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks San Diegans love their neighborhood signs. Communities from…

  • City Heights Gets $3.1M Grant to Renovate YMCA Building

    Councilwoman Marti Emerald speaks at a press conference announcing a state grant to renovate a building in City Heights, Aug. 3, 2015. | Photo Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler A major step toward providing a new recreation center in economically disadvantaged City Heights was taken Monday when city officials announced a $3.1 million state…

  • San Diego Police Chief to Present Progress on Federal Audit Recommendations

    By Megan Burks San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman is scheduled this week to update the city on progress she’s made since federal auditors found gaps in supervision and accountability for police officers. In a report to the city’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee, Zimmerman said she has implemented, or is in the process…

  • Students Ask San Diego Unified For More Structure in Discipline Program

    By Matt Bowler The success of a discipline program at Crawford High School has students asking the San Diego Unified School District to expand the program. The program, Restorative Justice, helps students figure out why they misbehave. The idea is to treat the offending act like a symptom. Crawford High School Academy of Law student…