Category: Public Safety

  • Why Lights Out Is the Norm in Some SD Neighborhoods

    By Liam Dillon Frank Gomez travels around San Diego every day as a building inspector, admiring the good homes in good neighborhoods, often in the city’s northern half. When day turns to evening, Gomez returns to his house in Encanto, where the difference between his neighborhood and others can feel like, well, night and day.…

  • SD Unified Ranks Well in Suspension Study

    By Kyla Calvert A new report finds middle and high schools across the country have increased their use of out-of-school suspensions since the 1970s. The increase has disproportionately affected African-American students and those with disabilities. Nearly a quarter of black students across the country were suspended during the 2009-10 school year compared to just 7.1…

  • ‘Everywhere There’s Violence, There’s Kids’: Healing 44th Street

    Residents on 44th Street continue to meet following the shooting deaths of Rickquese McCoy and Stephen McClendon on June 30. They’ve moved from Rickquese’s grandfather’s courtyard to a space at the nearby elementary school. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks After a double homicide took his grandson’s life last summer, Ricky McCoy Sr.…

  • City Heights Finds Permanent Memorial for Fallen Police Officer

    By Megan Burks Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español San Diego’s Park and Recreation Board unanimously approved a request from City Heights residents to name a portion of their community park in memory of fallen police officer Jeremy Henwood. Jeremy Henwood Henwood was shot and killed in his patrol car on University Avenue…

  • Murdered Taxi Driver’s Daughter Advocates for Cab Cameras

    Driving a taxi is a notoriously dangerous profession. It’s been a little over a year since two taxi drivers in the San Diego region were killed in robberies. Yet, in that time progress on safety improvements for cabs has stalled. KPBS Metro Reporter Katie Orr looks at why, and what’s happening now. | Video Credit:…