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Cabbies Who Make Airport Pickups Must Pass the Smell Test – Literally
Body odor isn’t exactly the easiest thing for Americans to talk about. So, as you do with awkward conversations, we’re going to ease into this one with a joke, courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/166125272″ params=”color=ff9900&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The smelly cabbie. Some in the taxi industry say the stereotype for predominantly immigrant drivers…
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City Heights Grinds on Community Health in Urban Planning
Skateboarding, despite its reputation as an extreme sport, is apparently safer than football and basketball. That’s according to a new report commissioned by the community group backing a new skate park in City Heights. The report also takes on concerns about skaters’ high rate of contact with law enforcement and how to bolster gender equity…
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Despite Overall Budget Increases, Principals Seeing Less Instructional Funding
Central Elementary School teacher Cindy Robinson, pictured in 2009, works with students in her kindergarten class. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Cutbacks are now the norm at San Diego Unified School District but unless you’re a parent or teacher at a school, it can be difficult to gauge the true impact of…
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When Juvenile Crime Happens
When defending the heavy focus on curfew sweeps in neighborhoods like City Heights, a tactic we’ve been exploring lately, proponents often say that most violent crime happens during curfew hours. The community needs the sweeps, residents, police and politicians say, to physically remove kids from a dangerous environment so they won’t become victims or perpetrators…
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Tweet City Heights: More on CalWorks and Help for Mixed-Status Families
By Megan Burks The Fallout From Brown’s Proposed Welfare Cuts This week, we took a look at how Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget proposal may impact City Heights residents. The proposal calls for deep cuts to CalWorks, a welfare-to-work program many families in the neighborhood rely on. HealthyCal.org published a good explainer on the proposal…