Tag: Ocean Discovery Institute

  • 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…

  • Crime Mapping: Efforts to Improve Safety in City Heights

    The San Diego Police Department’s main method of providing crime data to the public is through the crimemapping.com web application, according to San Diego Police Lt. Kevin Myer. | Photo Credit: Karla Flores, The AjA Project By Kiran Mehta Kiran Mehta is a high school student and a member of The AjA Project’s YAC Youth…

  • What’s Rising in City Heights

    The Copley Family YMCA will move from its 29,000-square-foot facility on Landis Street to a 53,000-square-foot facility on El Cajon Boulevard. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle By Megan Burks and Bianca Bruno Former Mayor Bob Filner’s more wholesome legacy – shifting the focus from downtown development to the city’s deteriorating neighborhoods – has already…

  • ‘His Spirit is Right Here on the Block’: Healing 44th Street

    Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Dennis Wood By Megan Burks Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son’s ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.…

  • Tweet City Heights: Nearly 1 in 6 Families Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year

    By Megan Burks Nearly 1 in 6 U.S. Households Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year A report out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found 14.9 percent, or 17.9 million, households had difficulty putting food on the table at least once last year because of limited resources. The figure is a slight increase over 2010,…