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Crossing the Street in City Heights Might As Well Be a Sport
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Saynab Dahir jokes that she’s become a speedwalker, thanks to the quick signals at many City Heights intersections. But the resident and UC San Diego urban planning student points to a more serious problem for her and her neighbors. Post-war planning in the…
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Tweet City Heights: La Maestra to Build ‘Generations’ Center
By Megan Burks Gloria Heads to Sacramento to Protect Local Canyons Current City Heights Councilman Todd Gloria headed to Sacramento Tuesday to testify before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. He advocated for the approval of Senate Bill 1169, which was written by Senator Christine Kehoe to add a layer of protection to…
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Making it Easier to Walk and Roll in City Heights
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Time-lapse: Boundary Street to 54th Street in Three Minutes | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español Earlier this month, a group assembled by the City Heights Community Development Corporation’s Built Environment Team…
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Tweet City Heights: Affordable Care Act Turns Two
By Megan Burks Affordable Care Act Turns Two Today marks the second anniversary of the federal health reform law known as the Affordable Care Act. To celebrate, advocates and the media are taking a look at how far the law has come. The milestone also brings the law’s first major test—the Supreme Court will examine…
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Graphic: San Diego’s Curfew Push
San Diego police have arrested hundreds of kids in recent years by conducting regular curfew sweeps in the city’s urban core. The sweeps have been widely publicized since their inception. What hasn’t received much attention is the decreased use of curfew enforcement almost everywhere else. While arrests have climbed in San Diego, they’ve fallen substantially…