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San Diego Exploring New Storage Facility For Homeless In City Heights
The city of San Diego is planning to open a new storage facility for homeless people in City Heights. The city already funds a similar storage facility in Sherman Heights.
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Youth Survey Shows Perception Of Safety, Police And Educators
Young people in City Heights have come together to survey other youth in their community. They say it’s an effort to dispel stereotypes about their neighborhood.
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We Are Excellent!
On Saturday, January 26, a new cross academy fellowship, The Brothers of Excellence, established itself on Hoover’s campus. 15 African American students welcomed author, and one of Hoover’s new student teachers, Mr. R. Preston Clark who read and discussed excerpts from his book Vinnie: a love letter. The novel is from a 14 year-old perspective of…
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Four Facts About San Diego’s Black Baseball Pioneer
(From left) Luke Easter, Artie Wilson and Johnny Ritchey integrated the minor-league San Diego Padres / Photo courtesy of collection of William Swank Professional baseball banned black players from America’s pastime until Jackie Robinson broke the “color line” in 1947. That same year, a local black player named Johnny Ritchey made another kind of history…
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Little Saigon Welcomes Visitors For Art, Food And Tours
Little Saigon will be welcoming visitors on April 27 to honor San Diego’s Vietnamese American community.