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  • Photo Essay: ‘Where’s Mother Nature in City Heights?’

    By Jena Olson This week we bring you more insights from The AjA Project participant and Crawford High School student Jessica, 16. AjA’s PhotoCity program uses photography to evoke change and growth within our students and their community. When asked, “How would you improve your community?” Jessica writes: “So maybe City Heights isn’t so bad.…

  • Sequestration Hits Low-Income Seniors

    Seniors eat lunch at the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center in downtown San Diego on Monday, June 10, 2013. | Photo Credit: Susan Murphy, KPBS By Susan Murphy The Sequestration fallout is set to reach one of San Diego’s most vulnerable populations –- low-income seniors. The drastic cuts to vital programs could take…

  • City Budget a Boon for Mid-City

    Mid-City CAN Youth Council members and supporters show their support for free student bus passes called the Youth Opportunity Pass at the City Council meeting June 10. | Photo Courtesy of Mid-City CAN. By Bianca Bruno The work done by City Heights advocates to access funding for their community has not been done in vain.…

  • Victory for San Diego Sidewalks

    By Liam Dillon Sidewalks had a good day on Monday. For the first time, San Diego will evaluate its 5,000 miles of sidewalks after City Council members voted to include a $1 million assessment in next year’s budget. The evaluation will uniformly identify broken and missing sidewalks, rank the blocks needing the most help and…

  • Shadow Market for Taxi Permits Lucrative for Some, Hardship for Others

    Part 1: The Shadow Market (See Part 2 below) | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Amita Sharma Fred, who is short, 40ish and East African, makes a lot of money in the taxi business in San Diego. And it’s not just from driving a cab. He’s exploited what Mayor Bob Filner calls the “black market”…