Year: 2014
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Anti-Globalization Movement Lingers at Teralta Park’s ‘Really Really Free Market’
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers It was an ordinary Sunday in Teralta Park for City Heights resident Francisco when he stumbled upon numerous signs proclaiming that what looked like a storage closet explosion in the park near Orange Avenue, was all free. Really, really free, that is. The…
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Second Opinion: Tales From Year One of Covered California
Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Nearly 60 percent of San Diego County residents who were previously uninsured signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. And as year two begins, more than 300,000 more Californians will be joining them. Health exchange officials are calling the law a success.…
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Second Opinion: Tales From Year One of Covered California
Nearly 60 percent of San Diego County residents who were previously uninsured signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. And as year two begins, some 300,000 more Californians have already joined them. Health exchange officials are calling the law a success. But 2014 was also the year of health exchange…
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Computer Science Program Opens World To Hoover High Students
Hoover High School student Josecruz Morales sits at a computer desk. He is one of 80 students to participate in the “Hour of Code” program. | Photo By KPBS By Matthew Bowler Hoover High School student Josecruz Morales knows the importance of computer science. After learning computer coding, Morales said a whole new world opened…
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Covered California Better Equipped to Help Foreign Language Speakers
By Kenny Goldberg In its first year of operation in 2013, California’s health insurance exchange wasn’t well equipped to help people who speak foreign languages. But this year, Covered California’s website has information in Spanish, Arabic, and ten other foreign languages. The exchange also has operators at its call center who speak Chinese or Korean.…