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High Prices Keeping Home Ownership A Dream For Many City Heights Residents
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in City Heights is $40,000, which is less than half of what mortgage professionals estimate is needed to afford a median-priced home in the community.
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Blighted City Heights Property Has A New Lease On Life
The City Heights Community Development Corp. has plans to turn the 100-year-old “Sally Wong” building into affordable housing.
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Lantern Festival brings people from different cultures together
This Fall 2019, people from different cultural backgrounds come together at the first annual City Heights Lantern Festival, hosted by Vien Dong and World Foods Market. Even though traditionally the Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally celebrated by cultures who follow the lunar calendar, the intention was to make this event be a celebration of being a…
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City Heights Mortuary Featured In San Diego’s Asian Film Festival
A documentary set in a Vietnamese mortuary in San Diego’s City Heights explores the themes of culture, identity and grief.
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Uncertainty Looms for Many Renters Before Statewide Protections Kick in
A new law capping rent increases across the state doesn’t kick in until Jan. 1. In the meantime, some tenants across the city say they’re being forced to choose between leaving their homes or swallowing big rent hikes.