Tag: Public Safety
-
San Diego Law Enforcement Agencies React to Immigration Opinion
By Katie Orr California’s attorney general told local law enforcement agencies that they can choose whether to follow the 2008 federal Secure Communities law. It requires departments to send the fingerprints of undocumented people they arrest to federal immigration officials. San Diego Executive Assistant Police Chief David Ramirez said if an undocumented person is arrested…
-
Tweet City Heights: Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring
By Megan Burks Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring The Copley Family YMCA will move from its Cherokee Point location to bigger digs in the near future. It will also get a name change. A press release from Councilman Todd Gloria’s office says the City Council has approved plans to build a new facility…
-
‘His Spirit is Right Here on the Block’: Healing 44th Street
Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Dennis Wood By Megan Burks Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son’s ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.…
-
Healing 44th Street
The murder of 18-year-old Rickquese McCoy stunned the City Heights block where he lived. Now his father, Ricky McCoy, Jr., and his grandfather, Ricky McCoy, Sr., are bringing together neighbors on the block to try to end youth violence in their neighborhood. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks Healing 44th Street, Aired on…