Tag: Southeastern San Diego

  • The Fine Line Between Gang Policing and Gang Behavior

    Some community members community have likened members of the San Diego Police Department’s gang suppression unit to Stormtroopers or a gang itself. One officer admitted his unit is less connected with the community than it should be, but said it’s moving in the right direction. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego…

  • Restoring a Canyon and Creek, With Some Help From the Neighbors

    By Adrian Florido John Stewart’s house is perched at the edge of Radio Canyon. From his backyard he looks out over a lush, gaping chasm that separates his southeastern San Diego neighborhood of Emerald Hills from the Encanto neighborhood. He’s lived there since 1961, so he’s watched the canyon evolve. “A lot of people used…

  • Cultivating Community in Southeast SD

    Diane Moss is executive director of Project New Village, a nonprofit that recently broke ground on its first community garden in Mount Hope. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido For more than 20 years, Diane Moss ran a teen pregnancy prevention program in southeastern San Diego’s low income, largely African-American and Latino neighborhoods.…