Tag: Voices

  • Teens and Safety Series: The Good and Bad of City Heights

    By Brian Myers In the third video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students tell us what they think are the negative and positive aspects of City Heights. Mirroring what they said in the previous video, in which the teens discuss why they feel uncomfortable walking…

  • Teens and Safety Series: Reflections on Safety

    By Brian Myers In the first video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students reflect on the word “safety.” For the teens, safety is found in numbers. Most said they feel safest when they’re surrounded by family and friends. Some were quick to note that the…

  • Letter: Are Curfew Sweeps Worth Dividing the Community?

    By Diana Ross Diana Ross is the collaborative director for the Mid-City Community Advocacy Network. You can reach her at dross@midcitycan.org. Mid-City CAN knows that children’s safety is important. In 2009, we conducted 105 house meetings with more than 1,500 residents in 13 languages in City Heights. At these house meetings, we heard that message…

  • Crossing the Street in City Heights Might As Well Be a Sport

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Saynab Dahir jokes that she’s become a speedwalker, thanks to the quick signals at many City Heights intersections. But the resident and UC San Diego urban planning student points to a more serious problem for her and her neighbors. Post-war planning in the…

  • Readers Debate Curfew Sweeps

    By Keegan Kyle My story last week about San Diego’s increased use of curfew sweeps stirred a passionate discussion. Proponents have long said the sweeps are responsible for a recent drop in juvenile crime, but our analysis of five years of crime trends questions whether that’s true. Places without the sweeps have reported equal or greater…