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Their Crime: Walking Into Their Own Home
Last July, Luis and Diego Lobaton were returning to their family’s store in City Heights after sneaking a late-night cigarette. They expected a rebuke from their mother. A mother’s upbraiding turned out to be the least of their worries. As the brothers, along with Luis’ girlfriend, walked back to the store from up the street,…
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San Diego Bike Program For Ex-Offenders Takes Off
Transportation is crucial to getting around San Diego County and a new program will make it easier for ex-offenders to use refurbished bikes to get to work and other reentry programs. The program, Providing Ex-Offenders Driving Alternatives for Life or PEDAL, is sponsored by the San Diego Crime Commission. It sends donated or confiscated bikes…
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City Heights Homeless on Changes in Their Community
By Brent Jensen, Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Binti Musa and Karla Flores In efforts to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and The California Endowment invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. The construction of the City Heights Urban Village, a cluster of restaurants, retail stores and produce markets…
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Second Opinion: Tales From Year One of Covered California
Nearly 60 percent of San Diego County residents who were previously uninsured signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. And as year two begins, some 300,000 more Californians have already joined them. Health exchange officials are calling the law a success. But 2014 was also the year of health exchange…