Tag: City Heights
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Nonprofit, School Board Invest $15 Million In Scientific Future Of City Heights Students
By the beginning of next school year, students in one of San Diego’s underserved communities could be conducting research alongside a scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That is the vision behind the Living Lab, a $15 million tuition-free learning and research center coming to the City Heights neighborhood. The project, slated to…
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Health Center Works With Restaurants to Improve Nutrition
Sang Dao, a restaurant serving Thai and Lao cuisine, has been partnering with Health center Operation Samahan to serve nutritional menu items. By Brian Myers Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately likely to develop diabetes and at lower weights and younger ages. Health center Operation Samahan partners with local ethnic restaurants to provide nutrition counseling…
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D9 Looks to Alpha Project for Homeless Outreach
By Brian Myers San Diego’s homeless epidemic has become more noticeable in City Heights. Bikes carrying trailers of belongings are parked outside the City Heights Library and groups of people with bedding and bags sleep under trees at the Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park. District 9 Councilmember and Council President Pro Tem Marti Emerald says…
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San Diego IndieFest 9 Is Back, Moves To City Heights
San Diego IndieFest is back this year in a new location as it continues its evolution as the first exclusively independent music festival in the country. City Heights will host IndieFest 9 on March 28. It features 50 musical acts including New York indie-rock band Bear Hands as a headliner. There will be three stages…
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A Few Bad Apples or A Prejudiced System?
By Brian Myers Last weekend in City Heights marked two radically different responses to law enforcement in diverse and lower income communities. San Diego Police Department Community Liaison Officer David Felkins greeted residents and community groups Saturday morning outside the City Heights Community Development Corporation office on El Cajon Boulevard. They participated in an hour…