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VIDEO/RADIO: City College open house to include research showcase

The April 21 event will be held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic

Jessy Jones and Stevon Marshall • April 20, 2022

San Diego City College’s 18th Annual Student Project and Research Symposium is back in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mayor calls for expansion of City College homelessness services training program

Todd Gloria hopes to partner with other regional colleges to create similar programs

Jakob McWhinney, Multimedia Journalist • February 8, 2022

Mayor Todd Gloria praised a unique San Diego City College certificate program designed to prepare students to work in the homelessness services sector. He also called for the program to be expanded.

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Local choir provides healing, hope through music for San Diego unhoused population

Voices of Our City Choir uses the power of music for change

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • December 1, 2021

Co-founded in 2016 by musician and grassroots activist Steph Johnson, the mission of Voices of Our City Choir is to provide healing and hope through music for the unhoused population in San Diego. Today, it has expanded beyond music to offer housing assistance, weekly outreach, case management and advocacy training.

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VIDEO: Three victims identified in car crash under City College bridge

Local authorities are still searching for the families of two of the three men

Katia Pechenkina, Multimedia Journalist • March 19, 2021

Three unsheltered men killed earlier this week in a car crash near San Diego City College have been identified.

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Week of Service comes to Downtown San Diego

Volunteering at Father Joe's Village was one of five opportunities extended to City College Students this week.

Lacey Stefano, Staff Writer • October 18, 2019

City College Week of Service participants volunteered at Father Joe’s Villages on Thursday to help feed homeless people in need.

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The uncertain road to (a) home for City College student

The plan was to stay in a motel for a month, four years later Lola Cheatham's search is now over.

Jonny Rico, Editor-in-Chief • April 22, 2019

A new law prohibiting vehicle habitation in San Diego was sent to a full city council vote on April 17. San Diego City College student Lola Cheatham was affected by the vehicle habitation prohibition.

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Realms of homelessness brought to light

Destiny Ortiz • September 28, 2015

Downtown San Diego is surrounded by skyscrapers that do exactly that. They scrape the sky. When you look a little lower, you’ll find people who are walked around and stepped over. It’s the...

Swept Under the Rug: Solving San Diego’s Homeless Issue isn’t as Easy as it Seems

Mark Elliott • May 14, 2014

Solving San Diego's Homeless Issue isn't as Easy as it Seems

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