Tag: Somalia

  • Local Somalis Raising Money For Famine Victims Back Home

    By Amita Sharma Local Somalis are calling on all San Diegans to help raise money for famine relief in Somalia. The Somali Youth League of San Diego plans to hold a fund-raising banquet on Aug. 12. The money will be used to buy food packets to send to Somalia. Abdimalik Buul, who is chairman of…

  • Tweet City Heights: NFL Honors School Success, State Could Soon

    By Megan Burks Hoover High Teacher Compared to The Blind Side’s Sandra Bullock Former Chargers and Philidelphia Eagles player Burt Grossman was named the NFL Teacher of the Year last month for his work with at-risk teens at Hoover High School. The Union-Tribune has a story on Grossman’s journey from a tough neighborhood, to the…