Tag: Marti Emerald

  • Emerald Back at City Council After Surgery, Has ‘Excellent Prognosis’

    By KPBS San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald, who participated Tuesday in her first council meeting since undergoing surgery for breast cancer, said her prognosis is excellent. Emerald, who represents a swath of San Diego from the College Area through City Heights to Southcrest, announced Sept. 12 that she was battling the disease. The 59-year-old…

  • Emerald Plans Community Meetings to Discuss Albertson’s Replacement

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico “Midday Edition,” Aired Jan. 28, 2014 Part 1: [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AlbertsonsPt1.mp3] Part 2: [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AlbertsonsPt2.mp3] When the Albertson’s in City Heights closes its doors next month, it will likely put another obstacle between residents and healthy food options. City Heights has been described as a food desert: those are mostly…

  • The Emergency Response Fix That Slipped Through the Cracks

    By Liam Dillon At a committee hearing in March, San Diego City Council members wondered what had happened to the two-person fire crews designed to help get first responders to emergencies faster. They asked Fire-Rescue Chief Javier Mainar to deliver a report on the crews’ status. Almost six months later, no report exists. No one…

  • What City Heights Can Expect in a Post-Filner San Diego

    Marti Emerald | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks The candidates to replace former Mayor Bob Filner are lining up to make their appeals to neighborhoods. Nathan Fletcher told Voice of San Diego last week he’d keep the focus on communities alive. Councilman Kevin Faulconer made a similar pitch Wednesday morning when announcing his…

  • Emerald: Why We Need to Invest in the Fire-Rescue Department

    By Marti Emerald In May, the San Diego City Council scraped together the final dollars needed to build a fire station in Mission Valley. The long-awaited approval gave Fire Chief Javier Mainar a sense of relief. He said he had been waiting for a station in the valley since he first became a firefighter, 30…