Jacumba retiree assists migrants amid changing border rules
When she sees migrants in the parched land around her home in Jacumba Hot Springs, Karen Parker stops her SUV,...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
In the shadow of war
Underneath a white tent near the El Cid statue in Balboa Park, a small group of Ukrainian men and women...
State gives scholarship to drug counselor who turned life around
She had been beat down from the start. The gold buckle on her father’s belt left its mark. His fists,...
Lives disrupted by landlord breaking Calif. law amid fumigation
The fumigated apartments (Photo courtesy Katrina Lewis-Gutierrez) Last Saturday, Sept. 23, single mother Krystal Childs considered her options: She and...
Health center worries encampment ban will disrupt care
The waters from a burst pipe earlier this year at Father Joe’s Village Health Center have long since receded. The damaged...
Verbatim muralist dreams of international acclaim
Every other Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., artist Armando Hernandez Elizarraras parks by the North Park...
Father Joe’s staff members turn ideas to fix gap in social services into reality with mini-grants
Katina Harrison has noticed that when homeless people find housing they often have little to nothing to furnish their new...
Still homeless despite housing voucher
Katrina Lewis-Gutierrez starts work at ten in the morning by opening a box of paper cups while standing behind the...
One year since U.S. exit from Afghanistan, refugee reflects
On a recent Sunday afternoon inside a flower shop near Balboa Park, Samira inhaled the fragrance of red roses and...
San Diego’s growing homelessness crisis takes its toll
By J.M. GARCIA On a recent, overcast afternoon, James Wheat stood beside his white pickup outside the Hillcrest DMV on...
