Tag: Land-Use

  • St. Mark’s Celebrates a Century of Change

    The St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in City Heights is celebrating its centennial Saturday. From a bungalow that held 18 worshippers to a modern facility with a food pantry and computer lab, the church has evolved over the years to serve an ever-changing immigrant community. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By…

  • Locations for SD’s Bike Sharing Program TBD

    By Sandhya Dirks A city committee has approved a corporate partnership with the bike-sharing program DecoBike. The city is also trying to make streets safer for those who travel on two wheels. Currently, there is an average of 70 bike accidents every month on city streets. That number is part of the reason that this…

  • Choose Your Own Street Light Adventure

    The 2800 block of Juniper Street at 7 p.m. (left) and 9:30 p.m. | Photo Credit: Liam Dillon By Liam Dillon Fong Krause has noticed a lot more people walking around at night in the seven years she’s lived on the 2800 block of Juniper Street. “The neighborhood’s changing, with South Park and the whole…

  • Tweet City Heights: Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star

    By Megan Burks Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star to Head Planning Department Mayor Bob Filner announced this week he’s hired former Ventura mayor and prominent sustainable development expert Bill Fulton to head the city’s planning department. U-T San Diego described his orders: “To take in livability, pedestrian-friendly community development, economic development, affordable housing and…

  • Photo Essay: ‘Where’s Mother Nature in City Heights?’

    By Jena Olson This week we bring you more insights from The AjA Project participant and Crawford High School student Jessica, 16. AjA’s PhotoCity program uses photography to evoke change and growth within our students and their community. When asked, “How would you improve your community?” Jessica writes: “So maybe City Heights isn’t so bad.…