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  • Community Braces for Prison Realignment

    The Public Safety Realignment Act will transfer responsibility for 2,000 parolees to the County Probation Department. It will also keep some new offenders from going to state prison, placing them in county jail or under house arrest instead. Residents worry the shift will impact the safety of their streets. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media…

  • A Refugee’s Silent Journey, Revisited

    At a coffee shop in Mission Valley, Har Sin, a 25-year-old refugee from Burma, practices his sign language with friends. Har Sin, who is deaf, had no way to formally communicate before coming to the United States in 2008. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido The young man from Burma stepped onto the…

  • What We Learned About City Heights Food Access

    [oqeygallery id=9] By Adrian Florido The evening’s cooks were so prolific that there was food to spare. At the end of our recent community event on food access in City Heights, Djoha Uwamwiza sent people home with leftovers. It was an added perk. The evening event — a collaboration of voiceofsandiego.org, KPBS, the Media Arts…

  • Field Guide: Reclaiming City Heights Streets for Pedestrians

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Pedestrian Accidents per 1,000 residents from 2002-2007: City Heights: 4.9 San Diego: 2.7 Click Bicycle Crashes per 1,000 residents from 2002-2007: City Heights:…

  • Behind the Scenes: Teen Producers Highlight Crawford Garden

    By Brian Myers Youth learning to produce documentaries released three short videos about a local school garden program this summer. The diverse group of students between the ages of 12 and 18 are part of the Teen Producers’ Project, a 10-year-old program of the Media Arts Center San Diego. Students of the TPP visited the…