Tag: Marti Emerald

  • Where Being Able to Vote (and Cross the Street) Is a Big Deal

    The story of Ernestina Diaz drives home the one storyline hovering above everything in San Diego’s newest City Council district. She’s lived here for 34 years, since her mother and father immigrated to the United States when she was a young girl. She calls City Heights home, and for a long time owned the piñata…

  • Making it Easier to Walk and Roll in City Heights

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Time-lapse: Boundary Street to 54th Street in Three Minutes | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español Earlier this month, a group assembled by the City Heights Community Development Corporation’s Built Environment Team…

  • Developing the Boulevard: What the Candidates for District 9 Say

    By Megan Burks Last week, we asked the candidates for City Council District 9 how they would ensure development keeps pace in City Heights despite the end of redevelopment agencies. This time, we wanted to know what kinds of development should be prioritized, especially along El Cajon Boulevard. The boulevard has been undergoing a steady…

  • Latino Activist To Run In District 9

    A long-time Latino activist said last week that he would run to represent San Diego’s new 9th City Council district in this year’s election. The new district, centered in City Heights, is majority Latino. It was drawn that way during last year’s redistricting process to give Latinos – who make up almost 30 percent of…

  • Tweet City Heights: CalFresh Challenge Raises Awareness for Hunger

    By Megan Burks San Diego Veg Week and CalFresh Challenge Change Diets, Minds This week, San Diego social media let us in on a lot more than the usual “who went where with whom” status updates. I found out exactly what some San Diegans were putting in their bellies—Councilwoman Marti Emerald was all about Italian…