Tag: Tweet City Heights

  • 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…

  • Tweet City Heights: Communities South of I-8 Make Big Impact on Local Election

    By Megan Burks Communities South of I-8 Have Big Impact on Local Election In the days following President Barack Obama’a reelection, there was a lot of talk about the impact Latino and Asian voters made (for more on that, click here and here). There was a similar demographic shift here in San Diego. San Diego…

  • Tweet City Heights: Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform

    By Megan Burks Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform The Affrodable Care Act will not extend public health insurance to undocumented immigrants or legal residents who have lived in the United States for less than five years. Such individuals also won’t be able to purchase private insurance plans through state insurance exchanges. Young immigrants with…

  • Tweet City Heights: Group Seeks Funds to Open Vegan Co-op in City Heights

    By Megan Burks Group Seeking Funds to Open Vegan Co-op in City Heights San Diego CityBeat reported this week Mitch Wallis, the co-owner of Hillcrest’s Evolution Fast Food, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a vegan food co-op in City Heights. A food co-op is a grocery store that customers can buy a stake…

  • Tweet City Heights: City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane

    By Megan Burks City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane A neon-green bike lane went in on Montezuma Road this month in response to a fatal bike accident in April, KPBS reported. Charles Raymond Gilbreth died after being struck by a car on the fast-moving thoroughfare near San Diego State University. The new…