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  • Community Meetings On Best Use of New School Funds Begin

    By Kyla Calvert For the first time in years, budget planning for San Diego Unified School District could include adding programs and services instead of cutting them. When Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposal for next year’s budget, it included using unexpected revenues to pay back the state’s $6.1 billion debt to public schools. It…

  • The Promise, and Problems, That Come With Police Data

    An SDPD officer makes a stop along Euclid Avenue in Valencia Park. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon Eleven years ago, researchers examining racial data from San Diego police traffic stops found officers were more likely to pull over black and Hispanic drivers than whites. Then they ran into some problems. Too many…

  • AjA Students Spearhead Recycling Initiative

    By Julia Richardson Over the course of the fall semester, Monroe Clark Middle School students in The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program were busy learning about recycling and creating a brochure that outlines a new recycling initiative at the school. The students took a trip to Urban Corps to learn about California’s CRV program, which lets…

  • Albertson’s Closes City Heights Store

    Photo Courtesy of Kimco By Megan Burks The Albertson’s in City Heights is one of 11 in southern California closing its doors next month. The departure comes two decades after Price Club founder Sol Price and CityLink developed the Albertson’s facility to stoke community revitalization. Price’s motivation then: the closure of a Von’s in the…

  • Immigrant Advocates See Health Care, Professional Licenses as Next Battle

    By Jill Replogle Thanks to legislative victories in 2013, undocumented immigrants living in California can now practice law and will soon be able to get drivers licenses. Now, immigrant advocates hope to take advantage of Sacramento’s pro-immigrant climate to expand on those victories. Health care is first on the legislative wish list. Immigrant advocacy groups…