Tag: Video

  • Creating Bike Safety in a City Built for Cars

    The death of a cyclist on Montezuma Road near San Diego State last month has rallied San Diego’s bike community to protest the dangers of taking to the road. KPBS reporter Tom Fudge tells us what it would take to make our streets safe for bikes, even though they were built for cars. Five years…

  • Youth Gather to End Violence in Their Neighborhoods

    By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Youth from all over San Diego gathered at the Jacobs Center in southeast San Diego March 2 to discuss ways to improve their communities and prevent violence. The event was organized  the center’s Youth Movement Program and called on local teens to be expert…

  • Better Safe Than Sorry: Youth Discuss Curfew Sweeps

    By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Once a month in City Heights, police sweep the neighborhood in search of underage kids who are in violation of San Diego’s 10 p.m. curfew. Their efforts have been celebrated by many in the community, who say curfew arrests keep kids out of…

  • Pepper Spray Use Rampant At San Diego Juvenile Halls

    San Diego CityBeat reporter Dave Maass says San Diego County’s two juvenile halls used pepper spray 371 times in 2011. It was used 91 times in Los Angeles County’s three facilities in 2011. Maureen Cavanaugh, Katie Euphrat and Patty Lane California is one of only five states in the nation that allow staff at juvenile detention facilities…

  • Family-Friendly Movies Light Up Neighborhood Parks

    By Brian Myers As the sun set on the chilly evening of March 23, families from the surrounding neighborhood walked with snacks and blankets to Teralta Park. They met their neighbors and settled in to watch a family-friendly movie outdoors. This screening was the first in a series of movies movie nights at City Heights…