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Empresarios en National City batallan para mantener negocios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 (con podcast)

Negocios pequeños en la avenida Highland enfrentan dificultades con altos casos de COVID-19 y alto desempleo

Katia Pechenkina, Vicky Pineda, Susana Serrano, and Gabriel Schneider • July 9, 2021

National City, la segunda ciudad más antigua en el condado de San Diego, ha sido impactada desproporcionadamente por altos casos de COVID-19 y por la oleada de desempleo que sigue subiendo.

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Mercado en National City usa redes sociales, entrega a domicilio para sobrevivir la pandemia

Negocio familiar improvisa para mantener los ingresos de comida a domicilio

Katia Pechenkina, Multimedia Journalist • July 9, 2021

Rodeo’s Meat Market se encuentra en la avenida Highland entre un estacionamiento vacío y un centro de revisión de smog.

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El Proyecto Highland Avenue

El proyecto multimedio toma una profunda vista al impacto que ha tenido la pandemia en los negocios pequeñas familiares en National City

Katia Pechenkina, Susana Serrano, Gabriel Schneider, and Vicky Pineda • July 9, 2021

La pandemia del Coronavirus ha pegado más fuerte a comunidades desatendidas por todo Estados Unidos y empresarios latinos tuvieron que adaptarse a los nuevos retos para mantener sus negocios abiertos.

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National City entrepreneurs struggle to keep business afloat during COVID-19 pandemic (with podcast)

A combination of high COVID-19 cases, surging unemployment hinders Highland Avenue’s smallest businesses

Katia Pechenkina, Vicky Pineda, Gabriel Schneider, and Susana Serrano • June 24, 2021

The second oldest city in San Diego County has been hit disproportionately hard by a distressing combination of soaring COVID-19 infection rates and surging unemployment throughout the pandemic.

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GALLERY: A tour of Highland Avenue’s small businesses

The street is home to small, locally-owned restaurants, barbershops and markets

Vicky Pineda, Multimedia Journalist • June 23, 2021

Highland Avenue was once known for lowrider car cruising. Now it is National City’s downtown, a strip where small businesses reside.

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About The Highland Avenue Project

The multimedia project takes in-depth look at pandemic’s impact on National City’s family-owned small businesses

Katia Pechenkina, Vicky Pineda, Gabriel Schneider, and Susana Serrano • June 16, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic hit underserved communities in the United States the hardest and Latinx entrepreneurs had to adapt to new challenges to keep their businesses open.

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MAGAZINE: Jazz radio returns after the lockdown

The station is on-air Monday through Friday

Katia Pechenkina, News Editor • May 17, 2021

KSDS-FM Jazz 88.3, San Diego’s award-winning only full-time jazz radio station since 1985, went back to live broadcasting in January of 2021.

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VIDEO: Major university systems to require COVID-19 vaccine for fall

California community colleges decision still to come

Katia Pechenkina, Multimedia Journalist • May 14, 2021

Across the nation, a growing number of universities announced their plans to require students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the fall 2021 semester.

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City College hosts virtual panel about COVID-19 and vaccinations

The panel featured top healthcare experts taking about healthcare disparities in communities of color

Katia Pechenkina, News Editor • May 7, 2021

Trusted San Diego healthcare experts joined the “Health Care Heroes: A Diverse Panel of Medical and Nursing Experts Discussing Covid-19, Healthcare Disparities in BIPOC Community Members, and Vaccines” virtual panel, hosted by the San Diego City College on Thursday, May 6.

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SDCCD hosts first virtual job fair

The event featured networking with local companies about internships and jobs opportunities

Katia Pechenkina, News Editor • April 16, 2021

The SDCCD Career Centers, Work-Based Learning and San Diego Workforce Partnership offered the first virtual SDCCD Job Fair on Wednesday, April 14.

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Annie Rios: How to reclaim power and use the law to our advantage

The executive director of Uprise Theater urges underserved communities to use their legal rights

Katia Pechenkina, News Editor • March 25, 2021

Annie Rios, an experienced litigator, activist, and human rights attorney talked about what legal systems could look like if communities reclaimed power and used the law to their advantage.

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SDCCD and San Diego Unified School District outlined future goals in a joint meeting

Last appearance for Chancellor Constance Carroll and Superintendent Cindy Marten in a joint district meeting

Katia Pechenkina, News Editor • March 25, 2021

The San Diego Community College District and San Diego Unified School District governing boards’ held their annual joint meeting on March 16.

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