Tag: La Maestra
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County’s Free Health Screenings An Attempt To Catch ‘Silent Killer’ Before It’s Too Late
Valentine’s Day is a holiday to remember our loved ones but San Diego County hopes Feb. 14 reminds residents to look after their own hearts, too.
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La Maestra Launches Mobile Breast Exam Unit
Community leaders celebrated San Diego’s first mobile mammography coach Monday. It’s a bus outfitted with state-of-the-art imaging equipment and will bring mammograms to women where they live, work and run errands. Susan G. Komen San Diego reports local doctors see slightly more late-stage breast cancer diagnoses than doctors in other parts of the state. La…
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Youth Shed the Skateboarding Stigma By Making a Positive Impact on Community
Skate 4185!, a La Maestra Generations youth program, meets every Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m. to pick up litter while skateboarding around the City Heights community. Program participants include Jayden, 12, Angel, 15, Dairani, 10, Kevin, 15, Ishmael, 9, Arthur, 13, Julio, 11, instructor Matt Eaton, Laura, 18, and Nick, 13. | Photo Credit:…
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City Heights Square Mini Park Opens
A new mini-park designed for adults opened in City Heights, with plenty of open space and public art. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Dwane Brown A new mini-park opened today in City Heights — a neighborhood where green space and recreation areas are in short supply. The 5,300-square-foot park is located on 43rd Street…
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Why the County Will Lose Half Its Health Funds (And Why It Might Not Matter)
By Megan Burks The state has given San Diego County two options: Take a clean 60 percent cut in health care funding next fiscal year, or negotiate a smaller, more complicated cut. Either way, the region is poised to lose at least half of the state funds it uses to provide medical care to the…