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  • City Heights Youth Flexed Their Civic Muscle in 2012

    By Megan Burks Mayor Bob Filner’s appearance at a City Heights skate park rally this month might have seemed like a random stop on his dizzying #FilnerEverywhere victory lap. Voice of San Diego’s Lisa Halverstadt had that encounter right – he sauntered into the auditorium late and unannounced, then electrified the crowd with a quick…

  • Schools Serving Up Free Lunches Over Winter Break

    By Kyla Calvert For the first time this year, San Diego Unified is serving free lunches at city recreation centers while schools are closed for winter break. The lunches started this week at recreation centers near schools where break has already started. Just over 61 percent of San Diego Unified students qualify for free or…

  • Opening a Door Into Childhood Memory

    “The Nature of a Door is to Be Opened” will be on display at 4305 University Ave. through Jan. 4. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Angela Carone City Heights Art Installation Contains Kids Memories, Aired on KPBS Dec. 14 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/KIDART-ac.mp3] We all know memories are fleeting, perhaps none more so than those of a…

  • Photo Essay: ‘Graffiti is a Distraction in School’

    By Jena Olson Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project is helping students at Crawford High School add their voices to the conversation about community health in City Heights. Using photography and narrative, they’re examining health issues — physical, mental and social — at their school and speaking to the issues that most directly affect…

  • San Diego ACLU’s Emphasis on Latino Civil Rights Growing

    By Marissa Cabrera, Peggy Pico and Alison St. John The coming year will be a big one for the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. It will not only celebrate its 25th year, but given the shifting demographics, it also plans to increase its emphasis on Latino issues. To set the organization’s local priorities,…