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Speak City Heights Partners With El Latino to Provide Spanish-Language Content
By Megan Burks Speak City Heights has partnered with El Latino-San Diego to provide its readers with more Spanish-language content and expand the reach of stories coming out of City Heights. El Latino will feature City Heights stories produced by El Latino and Speak City Heights reporters in its pages and on its website. El…
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Tutoring Refugee Students and Parents
The International Rescue Committee expands education programs with a grant from the San Diego Women’s Foundation. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Click here to listen to the report The school day was over at Marshall Elementary in City Heights and the campus was quiet, except for the clamor coming from about…
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Artista Explora sus Raíces en City Heights
By Angela Carone Traducción facilitada por City Heights Life Click here to read it in English Cuando Margaret Noble tenía 9 años, su principal objetivo era pasar la mayor cantidad de tiempo posible jugando Ms. Pac-Man. “Recuerdo ese primer momento determinante en el que limpias la pantalla y te recompensa un estallido de colores y…
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‘His Spirit is Right Here on the Block’: Healing 44th Street
Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Dennis Wood By Megan Burks Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son’s ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.…
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Tweet City Heights: Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform
By Megan Burks Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform Immigrant rights groups, health advocates and others are pushing for the Affordable Care Act to benefit undocumented immigrants who receive temporary legal status under President Obama’s deferred action policy. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals gives some young undocumented immigrants the ability to reside legally in…