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  • New Bus Line Distinction Under ‘Rapid’ Fire

    Construction on the Mid-City Rapid bus line begins at El Cajon Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Andrew Keatts San Diego’s mid-city neighborhoods are getting a new, faster bus service this year. The idea was to create a bus line that mimicked the trolley, but cost a fraction…

  • Three Takeaways on the Future of SDPD

    By Liam Dillon Tuesday night in City Heights we had a great panel discussion on the future of the San Diego Police Department. Here are three things we learned: SDPD is at the bottom of the transparency pack. Jim Hererra, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Review Board on Police Practices, said he wished SDPD would…

  • Mid-City Schools Adopt Curriculum to Encourage Street Art, Discourage Tagging

    Graffiti Artist Ryan Hoppe, who goes by Hasler One, works on a collaborative mural during the Underground Art in the Underground event in the parking structure of Westfield Mission Valley Mall on March 22, 2014. The event was an initiative by the San Diego Cultural Arts Alliance, whose primary focus is to teach youth how…

  • #OneDaySD: How Will City Heights Influence San Diego’s Future?

    One Day in San Diego from One Day on Earth on Vimeo. By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to a KPBS Midday Edition interview about One Day in San Diego. What do you think the future holds for San Diego? A video project hopes to give us a glimpse into the future…

  • Closing San Diego Unified’s Student-Teacher Diversity Gap

    By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico White students barely make up 25 percent of the student population in the San Diego Unified School District, but two-thirds of the teachers and counselors in the district are white. That lack of diversity among the district’s teaching staff and management is a concern to the school…