Category: Public Safety

  • Teens and Safety Series: Reflections on Safety

    By Brian Myers In the first video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students reflect on the word “safety.” For the teens, safety is found in numbers. Most said they feel safest when they’re surrounded by family and friends. Some were quick to note that the…

  • [Video] Curfew Sweeps Explained

    By Keegan Kyle   As San Diego police have cut staffing and eliminated specialized units in recent years, they’ve funneled more resources toward enforcing the city’s 10 p.m. curfew on kids. Today, police regularly swarm inner-city neighborhoods, arrest minors out past curfew and connect families with social services. These operations, conducted in the City Heights,…

  • City Heights Class Cautions Girls About Falling Prey To Sex Trafficking

    By Nicholas McVicker and Susan Murphy It’s graduation day for these 30 girls in City Heights. The teens have spent the past six weeks learning to make better choices after being arrested for curfew violations. “I was actually at a party and everyone got kicked out of the house, and while we were waiting for…

  • Summer Job Fair Aims to Keep Teens Busy (and Safe) This Summer

    By Brian Myers Hundreds of youth, young adults and their parents attended an exhibition of local employers and social service organizations April 28. The inaugural City Heights Youth Resource and Job Fair, held at the Mid City Gymnasium, was hosted by the Collaboration to Keep City Heights Youth Safe. The collaboration is a network of…

  • It Starts With Us: San Diego Youth Call for Equality at Trayvon Martin Vigil

    By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn San Diegans of all ages and backgrounds gathered at Balboa Park March 26 to honor Trayvon Martin. The unarmed Florida teen was shot and killed Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he acted in self defense. At the…