Tag: Youth

  • Archaeology Program Trains City Heights Students to Think Creatively

    By Dwane Brown A pilot program from the San Diego Archaeological Center aims to teach kids to ask questions, carry out an investigation and analyze data. “Archaeology for Kids” is focused on underserved elementary school students and trains them to think and act like archaeologists. During a session in City Heights on Monday, a student…

  • East African Girl Scouts Learn Heritage, Female Leadership

    Girl Scouts have gotten a lot more diverse since the first troop formed in 1912 Georgia — especially in San Diego. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks It’s a Monday evening in City Heights and Girl Scout Troop 4307 is gathering. But instead of green and brown uniforms,…

  • Study: Trash in City Heights Canyons Linked to Plastics in Fish

    By Megan Burks City Heights students and the Ocean Discovery Institute last school year helped scientists study urban runoff in their neighborhood canyons. The results of that study are coming together now, and they’re painting a picture of how inland residents impact the coast. Theresa Talley of California Sea Grant at the Scripps Institution of…

  • ‘Kids Count’ Report Gives State Low Marks

    By Kenny Goldberg The latest edition of the annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being ranks California 38th in the country, just ahead of Oklahoma. Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the report released Tuesday examines 16 categories of well-being, including teen birth rates, the percentage of kids in single-parent families, child poverty rates…

  • San Diego to Loosen Tobacco Restrictions, Add E-Cigarette Rules

    By Megan Burks The city of San Diego’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a new tobacco ordinance. It would lift a 1,000-foot buffer zone around schools, playgrounds and other youth-oriented facilities that prohibits retailers from selling tobacco products. It would also strike advertising regulations within the buffer zone and a requirement…