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  • Tweet City Heights: CalFresh Challenge Raises Awareness for Hunger

    By Megan Burks San Diego Veg Week and CalFresh Challenge Change Diets, Minds This week, San Diego social media let us in on a lot more than the usual “who went where with whom” status updates. I found out exactly what some San Diegans were putting in their bellies—Councilwoman Marti Emerald was all about Italian…

  • More Hispanic Children Living in Poverty

    By Jessica Plautz A new report says more Hispanic children in the United States are living in poverty than any other ethnic group. The Pew Hispanic Center tracked child poverty rates from 1976 to 2010, and found that last year was the first in which the single largest group of poor children was not white.…

  • Field Guide: The Campaign Trail So Far

    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 District 9 Candidates Katherine Eaton Marti Emerald Georgette Gómez Araceli Martinez Mayoral Candidates Sharam Adhami David L. Cardon Hud Collins Loch David Crane…

  • Video: Gleaners Save Fruit, Stock Pantries

    By Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano A small but growing corps of food activist volunteers calling themselves urban gleaners are scouring San Diego neighborhoods, peering over fences and knocking on doors in search of residents willing to let them haul their fruit away to local food pantries, where it’s usually easier to stock up on…

  • SD Unified Seeks to Build Trust With School Closure Meetings

    By Kyla Calvert Communities around San Diego are learning which city schools could be closed. San Diego Unified leaders will present their proposals and get community feedback through November. San Diego Unified expects it will have to cut at least $58 million from its budget next year. The district is considering closing or consolidating up…