Tag: Video
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City Heights, Kensington and Their Surrounding Environs: Explained
By Andrew Donohue The City Council’s Ninth District has four distinctive groups of neighborhoods. There’s City Heights, Kensington/Talmadge, the College Area around San Diego State and three southeastern San Diego neighborhoods — Mount Hope, Southcrest and Mountain View. They all have distinct needs and desires. And for the first time, they’re grouped together in the…
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Summer Job Fair Aims to Keep Teens Busy (and Safe) This Summer
By Brian Myers Hundreds of youth, young adults and their parents attended an exhibition of local employers and social service organizations April 28. The inaugural City Heights Youth Resource and Job Fair, held at the Mid City Gymnasium, was hosted by the Collaboration to Keep City Heights Youth Safe. The collaboration is a network of…
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It Starts With Us: San Diego Youth Call for Equality at Trayvon Martin Vigil
By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn San Diegans of all ages and backgrounds gathered at Balboa Park March 26 to honor Trayvon Martin. The unarmed Florida teen was shot and killed Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he acted in self defense. At the…
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Teen Producers Look Back at the 19th Annual Latino Film Festival
By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Media Arts Center San Diego screened more than 160 films created by and starring Latinos during its 19th Annual Latino Film Festival in March. The event was aimed at bringing attention to the dearth of Latino faces on television and movie screens in…