Tag: Video

  • Sex Ed After Hours: CORE Brings Condoms and Hip Hop to Hoover

    Video Credit: Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks In a departure from typical school-hall etiquette, Hoover High School students were encouraged to shout out slang and swear words for sex and reproductive organs on Feb. 8. Theresa Fox, a sex education speaker and spoken word artist, spat out…

  • You’re Invited: Balloon Mapping

    By Megan Burks Join voiceofsandiego.org CEO Scott Lewis and me 5 p.m. Saturday in Teralta Park for balloon mapping. We’ll be using everyday materials–a soda bottle, rubber bands, balloons and a point-and-shoot camera–to take aerial photos from 500 feet above City Heights. We’ll be launching at dusk to see if we can find dark spots…

  • Video: A Redevelopment Obituary

    A California Supreme Court decision late last year hammered the final nail into redevelopment’s coffin. Redevelopment workers must pack up their desks by Feb. 1 and hand over remaining approved projects to the city to manage. In City Heights, those projects include $220 million worth of new street lights, sidewalk repairs and new mixed-used developments.…

  • Video: Food Stamps Explained

    By Dagny Salas The number of people on food stamps has nearly tripled in San Diego County. The county’s hiring more than 60 new workers to help process food stamps applications. After historically doing worse than other counties in enrolling eligible people for food stamps, San Diego County has made changes to make applying easier.  But recent statistics show…

  • Crawford Students Unite to Stay Divided

    Crawford High School students and teachers are protesting a district proposal that could reverse school reform they say has improved student achievement and behavior. Many gathered in front of the school board meeting Nov. 29 to voice their concerns through chants and a mobile PA system. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San…