Tag: Tweet City Heights

  • Tweet City Heights: Teens and Safety Exhibit + More Weekend Events

    By Megan Burks You’re Invited: Teens and Safety in City Heights Join Speak City Heights partners KPBS, Voice of San Diego, Media Arts Center San Diego, The AjA Project and Mid-City CAN 4 p.m. Saturday at Hoover High School for an event centered on teens and safety in City Heights. We’ll take a look back…

  • Tweet City Heights: Trust Act Would Limit ‘Secure Communities’

    By Megan Burks Trust Act Would Limit ‘Secure Communities’ in California Monday was California’s 16th Annual Immigrants Day, a yearly day of advocacy for immigrant rights at the state capitol. Participants rallied for legislation that would positively affect immigrants. Many spoke in support of Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s upcoming bill. Called the Trust Act, it…

  • Tweet City Heights: City Earmarks Funds for Skatepark

    By Megan Burks City Earmarks $850,000 for Mid-City Skatepark Members of the Mid-City Skatepark Advocacy Group and Mid-City CAN Youth Council gathered at a budget hearing Monday to tell City Council why they need a skatepark. According to Fox 5 San Diego, $850,000 has been set aside for a City Heights skatepark already. That allocation…

  • Tweet City Heights: Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House Bill

    By Megan Burks Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House VAWA Update This week, the House Judiciary Committee approved some controversial amendments in its reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, including some that scale back protections for battered immigrants. Currently, VAWA allows undocumented immigrants who are battered by spouses with U.S. citizenship or legal…

  • Tweet City Heights: Criminal Charges Unlikely for Drivers Who Hit Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Drivers Who Hit Cyclists Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges City Heights resident and bike blogger Sam Ollinger has been tracking the cases of cyclists who were killed or injured by cars in recent months. She wants to know whether the drivers face criminal charges. In San Diego, it seems they rarely do,…