Tag: Bikes

  • Bike Sharing is Coming to San Diego

    By Andrew Donohue San Diego will join the growing group of urban areas across the country and world with bike-sharing programs by next spring if an ambitious plan by Mayor Jerry Sanders comes to fruition. And his office wants to put a new twist on it. While city officials say their metropolitan predecessors have had…

  • Tweet City Heights: Nearly 1 in 6 Families Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year

    By Megan Burks Nearly 1 in 6 U.S. Households Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year A report out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found 14.9 percent, or 17.9 million, households had difficulty putting food on the table at least once last year because of limited resources. The figure is a slight increase over 2010,…

  • Tweet City Heights: State Suspends Some Open Meeting Requirements

    By Megan Burks State Suspends Some Open Meeting Requirements In an effort to save $96 million, state legislators suspended funding for certain provisions of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. Under the law, public entities must notify their constituents of meetings 72 hours in advance and disclose decisions made in closed sessions. The…

  • Tweet City Heights: Criminal Charges Unlikely for Drivers Who Hit Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Drivers Who Hit Cyclists Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges City Heights resident and bike blogger Sam Ollinger has been tracking the cases of cyclists who were killed or injured by cars in recent months. She wants to know whether the drivers face criminal charges. In San Diego, it seems they rarely do,…

  • The City’s Emerging Bike Power

    Sam Ollinger is a leader in a group that seems to be growing in influence around San Diego — the bike lobby. She’s managed to accumulate her clout the new-fashioned way. She hadn’t donated a dime, but she pestered the mayoral candidates on Twitter to come up with plans for making San Diego more bike-friendly,…