Year: 2012
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City Heights Photographers Compete in ‘App Wars’
By Christina Chomut, The AjA Project Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español App Wars – a competition for creative Hipstamatic and Instagram photographers – opened their most recent contest to The AjA Project’s Youth Advisory Council for an opportunity to showcase student entries. Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Christina Chomut The November event at…
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‘Preventative Care Saved My Life’: Teen Producers Video
Next year, the state will ramp up to expand health care coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act. By 2014, it expects to have its new insurance exchange up and running and open access to Medi-Cal to about a million more residents. For the newly insured, the changes could mean fewer trips to the…
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Tweet City Heights: County Collecting Data on Bicyclists
By Megan Burks County Health Counting Bike Trips The San Diego County Health Department has installed 28 electronic sensors that count bicyclists and monitor their habits – for example, whether they use routes for pleasure on weekends or commuting on weekdays. The data could help inform regional transportation planners as they update and expand bike…
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City Heights Youth Flexed Their Civic Muscle in 2012
By Megan Burks Mayor Bob Filner’s appearance at a City Heights skate park rally this month might have seemed like a random stop on his dizzying #FilnerEverywhere victory lap. Voice of San Diego’s Lisa Halverstadt had that encounter right – he sauntered into the auditorium late and unannounced, then electrified the crowd with a quick…
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Schools Serving Up Free Lunches Over Winter Break
By Kyla Calvert For the first time this year, San Diego Unified is serving free lunches at city recreation centers while schools are closed for winter break. The lunches started this week at recreation centers near schools where break has already started. Just over 61 percent of San Diego Unified students qualify for free or…