Tag: San Diego

  • Solutions Waning for Tenants of Substandard Housing

    Residents say substandard housing conditions are common in City Heights. This resident has endured cockroaches, rats and leaky plumbing for about a decade. Her apartment also lacks heating and a smoke detector. She finally came forward this year, but it wasn’t easy. By Megan Burks and Brian Myers   The autumn breeze drifts through a…

  • City Heights Man In Deportation Proceedings Following Traffic Stop

    By Marissa Cabrera On Sept. 24, an officer pulled over a 29-year old City Heights man. The man’s family said he was driving with his music too loudly. However, instead of issuing a citation, the officer called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and now the driver is facing deportation. San Diego’s Executive Assistant Chief of Police David…

  • Field Guide: The Campaign Trail So Far

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX District 9 Candidates Katherine Eaton Marti Emerald Georgette Gómez Araceli Martinez Mayoral Candidates Sharam Adhami David L. Cardon Hud Collins Loch David Crane…

  • Video: Gleaners Save Fruit, Stock Pantries

    By Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano A small but growing corps of food activist volunteers calling themselves urban gleaners are scouring San Diego neighborhoods, peering over fences and knocking on doors in search of residents willing to let them haul their fruit away to local food pantries, where it’s usually easier to stock up on…

  • City Heights Man Hands Out Food Aid to Famine Victims in Somalia

    By Amita Sharma A San Diego man delivered aid to 250 families at refugee camps this week. San Diego Somali Youth League leader Abdimalik Buul says he distributed bags of rice, wheat and sugar to people at a camp inside the capital Mogadishu. He also passed out tarp for tents, mats and silverware. Buul says…