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  • The Learning Curve: A Guide to School Choice and Choosing Schools

    The Learning Curve is a weekly Voice of San Diego column answering reader questions about the school system. Email your questions to mario@vosd.org. Question: “School choice: How does the system work?” – Amy Redding, a San Diego Unified parent In addition to being a parent, Redding is also the chair of a district-level advisory committee.…

  • City Heights Celebrates Affordable Housing Renovation

    By Dwane Brown By Christopher Maue The City Heights Community Development Corporation partnered with Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation to renovate 10 properties in the City Heights neighborhood. On Friday, residents and leaders walked through the gates of one of the recently renovated properties to celebrate its completion. Ken Grimes, executive director of the City…

  • El YMCA busca soluciones para los nadadores musulmanes

    Photo by Megan Burks, Speak City Heights By Megan Burks Imagina un invernadero. Paredes de vidrio cubiertas por un techo de vidrio. Ahora coloca una alberca adentro. Así luce el centro acuático del nuevo YMCA Copley-Price Family, lo que plantea un problema para los miembros musulmanes del gimnasio. El Equipo de Apoyo Mujeres Unidas de…

  • A Few Bad Apples or A Prejudiced System?

    By Brian Myers Last weekend in City Heights marked two radically different responses to law enforcement in diverse and lower income communities. San Diego Police Department Community Liaison Officer David Felkins greeted residents and community groups Saturday morning outside the City Heights Community Development Corporation office on El Cajon Boulevard. They participated in an hour…

  • Emerald Orders Independent Review of SDPD Racial Profiling Data

    By Megan Burks San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald has ordered an independent review of police data on racial profiling. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman presented to the City Council’s public safety committee Wednesday an update on racial data from traffic stops. Like the last round of numbers, it was inconclusive on whether there’s a practice in…