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  • Emerald Joins Chorus Against Filner, Labor Holds Tune

    Emerald, Filner, Cole | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks Councilwomen Marti Emerald and Myrtle Cole issued a joint statement Friday asking Mayor Bob Filner to resign. They were the last two holdouts on the City Council in calling for a resignation. The about-face, they say, stems from new details about the mayor’s alleged…

  • Second Opinion: How Does Obamacare Address End-of-Life Care?

    Sally Johnson is a British expatriate. She says American’s aren’t as open about death, and that translates into poor care and high costs at the end of life. | Video Credit: John Rosman, KPBS By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act.…

  • Voices: Weighing In On the SR 94 Project

    By Brian Myers The State Route 94 Express Lanes Project was presented to the Fairmount Park community by the City of San Diego, Caltrans and SANDAG Monday. They are proposing to connect the Interstate 805 South Express Lanes to downtown by constructing two express lanes on SR 94 and a new connector between SR 94…

  • Pedestrians, Bikes to Take Over Streets Sunday for CicloSDias

    By Megan Burks A 5.2-mile-long block party will close streets to vehicle traffic in five San Diego neighborhoods Sunday for the city’s very first CicloSDias. “It’s a bicycling-, walking-, strolling-, rolling-, connect-with-your-community event,” said Andy Hanshaw, executive director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. Hanshaw said San Diego is joining an open streets movement…

  • Student Aims to Educate Deaf in East Africa

    By Dwane Brown Many of us tend to take speaking and hearing for granted, until we lose the ability to do either. So, imagine the challenge of pitching a business idea in sign language. That’s what the first prize winner of the University of San Diego’s Social Innovation Challenge did. USD is a far cry…