Tag: Youth
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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…
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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…
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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…
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San Diego’s Major Curfew Push: A Reader’s Guide
No recent police initiative has received more praise from San Diego’s elected leaders than a program designed to swarm entire neighborhoods and arrest kids for breaking curfew. Police conduct monthly curfew sweeps across the city’s urban core, including City Heights, southeastern neighborhoods and parts of downtown, and have arrested more than 2,500 kids in the…
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Police Gathering Curfew Stats, But Not the Key Ones
The San Diego Police Department has begun compiling thousands of documents in an effort to better understand its curfew sweeps, a major initiative aimed at cutting crime among kids younger than 18. But this new effort still won’t an answer a major question about the program’s overall effectiveness. Police won’t know whether the sweeps have…