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  • IRC Grows Local Roots to National Market

    Noeuth Ith usually harvests mint for spring rolls and soup at home. Thanks to a partnership with San Diego granola company Earnest Eats, her mint will end up in homes nationwide. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks and Brian Myers   On an overcast morning earlier this month, the New Roots Community Farm…

  • Youth Photographers Explore New Roots

    This summer, students in The AjA Project’s photography workshops considered City Heights’ relationship with food–where residents get it, whether it’s healthy and how it compares to the food refugees ate previously. They followed their camera lenses to the New Roots Community Farm, where refugees grow their own food. The farm helps growers reconnect with the…

  • Local Youth Use Cell Phones to Report on Food Justice

    The People’s Produce Market in southeast San Diego is working to bring fresh, local fruits and vegetables to low-income shoppers in the area. It collects CalFresh funds, Women, Infant and Children vouchers and senior vouchers. Below, MobileStories reporter Demetrius Smith takes viewers to the market to talk with some of its organizers. MobileStories is an…

  • Hate Crimes Against Latinos Rise

    By Ruxandra Guidi By law, a hate crime is a criminal act targeting someone because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Last year in California, there were 119 documented hate crimes against ethnic Latinos or Latin American immigrants. In 2009, that number stood at 81 statewide. “Latinos are identified as one of the most…

  • Tweet City Heights: Some Deportations Will Be Dropped

    By Megan Burks White House Says It Will Halt Some Deportations The White House announced yesterday it will sift through a backlog of 300,000 deportation cases to weed out “low-priority” deportations. The cases will be dropped, clearing and awarding work visas to those brought to the U.S. as children or netted for minor offenses. The…