Tag: City Heights Life
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Family Business Celebrates 45 Years As ‘A Little Bit Of The Country’ In The City
By Tarryn Mento When most high school students would be worried about homework, Bill Tall was launching a business. He had just quit his job at SeaWorld and set up shop in a small lot owned by his father, where he sold firewood and manure. “I would take the chunky stuff and put them…
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Early Childhood Club Prioritizes Wellness
An after school club that focuses on building healthy students in pre-k and kindergarten was started by volunteers of the Parent Center at Rosa Parks Elementary in City Heights. Marcela Mercado is a mother and care provider who helped initiate the PreK-Kinder Wellness Club. She would often take both her children and the children she…
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San Diego Council Members to Mayor: Make Our Neighborhoods a Budget Priority
And so it begins. The city of San Diego kicked off its six-month-long budget process Wednesday, and council members representing neighborhoods south of Interstate 8 were first up at the podium. Each budget season starts with the city’s nine council members finding consensus on what to fund and then forwarding their recommendations to the mayor.…
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City Heights Photographers Compete in ‘App Wars’
By Christina Chomut, The AjA Project Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español App Wars – a competition for creative Hipstamatic and Instagram photographers – opened their most recent contest to The AjA Project’s Youth Advisory Council for an opportunity to showcase student entries. Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Christina Chomut The November event at…
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Casa Cornelia to Offer Workshops on Deferred Action Policy
By Staff Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting Deferred Action applications today. They can be filed online at www.uscis.gov/childhoodarrivals. City News Service reports a coalition of immigrant rights groups is scheduled to hold a celebratory and informational meeting 11 a.m. today at the San Diego Unified…