Tag: San Diego

  • IRC Grows Local Roots to National Market

    Noeuth Ith usually harvests mint for spring rolls and soup at home. Thanks to a partnership with San Diego granola company Earnest Eats, her mint will end up in homes nationwide. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks and Brian Myers   On an overcast morning earlier this month, the New Roots Community Farm…

  • Local Youth Use Cell Phones to Report on Food Justice

    The People’s Produce Market in southeast San Diego is working to bring fresh, local fruits and vegetables to low-income shoppers in the area. It collects CalFresh funds, Women, Infant and Children vouchers and senior vouchers. Below, MobileStories reporter Demetrius Smith takes viewers to the market to talk with some of its organizers. MobileStories is an…

  • Tweet City Heights: Some Deportations Will Be Dropped

    By Megan Burks White House Says It Will Halt Some Deportations The White House announced yesterday it will sift through a backlog of 300,000 deportation cases to weed out “low-priority” deportations. The cases will be dropped, clearing and awarding work visas to those brought to the U.S. as children or netted for minor offenses. The…

  • Local Somali Youth Take Lead In Fundraising for Famine Victims

    A member of the Somali Youth League participates in a car wash fundraiser in San Diego to help famine victims in Somalia. | Photo Credit: Somali Youth League By Amita Sharma It’s the story of a mother who left her home in Somalia with her six children seeking food at a Kenyan refugee camp that…

  • City Heights Sees Higher Test Scores

    By Kyla Calvert When the results of grade level exams in English, math, science and history were released this week, San Diego Unified students outshined their counterparts across California. San Diego students scored higher on the state English test than students of any other large urban school district and their math scores came in second.…