Tag: Video
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Fourth Grader: I Feel So Sad About What’s Happening
By Will Carless As an added bonus to my coverage of the layoff crisis at San Diego Unified this week, here are five videos I shot with my iPhone at Central Elementary School. I spent three days at San Diego schools this week, trying to understand what impact the school district’s decision to lay off…
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City Heights Imaging Clinic Opens to Find Cancer, Osteoporosis
By Peggy Pico A new state-of-the-art imaging clinic officially opened Friday in City Heights. The center uses high-tech digital scans to detect cancer and osteoporosis. Since its unofficial opening in February, the Imaging Center at the La Maestra community health clinic has screened 500 patients and found six breast cancer cases. John Lethin, the director…
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[Video] Curfew Sweeps Explained
By Keegan Kyle As San Diego police have cut staffing and eliminated specialized units in recent years, they’ve funneled more resources toward enforcing the city’s 10 p.m. curfew on kids. Today, police regularly swarm inner-city neighborhoods, arrest minors out past curfew and connect families with social services. These operations, conducted in the City Heights,…
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School Board Candidate Wants to Involve Private Sector in Financial Turnaround
William Ponder, a candidate for District E of the San Diego Unified School Board and a retired university administrator, talks to KPBS. By Joanne Faryon, Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Claire Trageser Two candidates are running to replace Shelia Jackson on the San Diego Unified School Board. One of the candidates for the District E…
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Candidates Square Off Over District 9
Mateo Camarillo, a businessman and longtime social activist in the Latino community, and Marti Emerald, former radio and television investigative reporter and current San Diego City Councilwoman representing District 7, talk to KPBS about their runs for District 9. By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh, Amita Sharma and Claire Trageser The two candidates for San Diego…