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  • The City’s Emerging Bike Power

    Sam Ollinger is a leader in a group that seems to be growing in influence around San Diego — the bike lobby. She’s managed to accumulate her clout the new-fashioned way. She hadn’t donated a dime, but she pestered the mayoral candidates on Twitter to come up with plans for making San Diego more bike-friendly,…

  • City Heights Schools Ahead of the Curve on Teacher Evaluations

    This data revolution is a departure from those semiannual classroom visits by the principal. Reformers say such limited observations and subsequent evaluations have done nothing to boost student achievement. But they’re measures San Diego Unified is holding fast to, according to reporter Will Carless. Its leadership says “value-added metrics” are too risky to employ across…

  • A Reader’s Guide to Mateo Camarillo

    This isn’t a job that Mateo Camarillo really wanted. If he’d had his way, in fact, he wouldn’t even be a resident of the newest San Diego City Council district. As the Redistricting Commission redrew the city’s political lines last year, Camarillo led the push to create a second Latino-majority district. His proposed map for…

  • Filner Wants Students to Ride City Transit for Free

    By Kyla Calvert Mayoral candidate and Congressman Bob Filner believes San Diego Unified students should be able to ride the bus or trolley to school for free. He joined other candidates in offering some specifics on what he would do to improve city schools as mayor. A monthly youth pass for San Diego’s buses and trolleys costs $36. That…

  • Family-Friendly Movies Light Up Neighborhood Parks

    By Brian Myers As the sun set on the chilly evening of March 23, families from the surrounding neighborhood walked with snacks and blankets to Teralta Park. They met their neighbors and settled in to watch a family-friendly movie outdoors. This screening was the first in a series of movies movie nights at City Heights…