Newsletter: EarthFest teaches San Diegans to celebrate Earth Day every day
Plus: Learn how a San Diego community is coordinating to protect its neighbors from immigration enforcement.
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We finally made it! We have been warming up to this moment and are very excited to share that this week is our hard launch. Be on the lookout for stories from us throughout the week on our website and social feeds, and we'll catch you up with this weekly newsletter.
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— Kate Morrissey
San Diego shows up for Earth Day
Nearly 15,000 attendees, volunteers and vendors visited Balboa Park on Saturday for EarthFest, an annual Earth Day celebration. Sprinkled among over 100 food, product and service booths were 25 local nonprofit and environmental advocacy groups who invited participants to get involved in their campaigns. Actions that the groups advocated for ranged from changing individual consumption habits to organized community advocacy at a legislative level. — Marco Guajardo
Linda Vista residents have come together to try to protect their neighbors from the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. They let each other know when the coast is clear at the grocery store and other common destinations, and they put out alerts if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers appear in the area. Their organizing could be a model for other neighborhoods that are worried about potential deportations of residents. — Kate Morrissey
CBP cancels event at Logan Heights Library
A Customs and Border Protection recruitment team canceled a hiring workshop at the Logan Heights Library after community pushback over the agency's presence in the area. About 45 protesters arrived at the library with flags, signs and megaphones. Protesters at the event expressed anger at the agency’s presence during a time of immigration raids in communities like Logan Heights. — Marco Guajardo
Other news
The San Diego City Council approved a new one-year contract for the safe parking program for people living in their cars with local nonprofit Jewish Family Service that includes a new site near the airport called H Barracks, according to KPBS and City News Service.
A draft of the San Diego city budget would close libraries on Sundays and Mondays, according to KPBS, and make other major cuts to city services, including reduced recreation center hours, CBS8 reported.
Upcoming events
The Environmental Health Coalition is celebrating its 45-year anniversary at Mujeres Brew House on April 24.
The Tianguis Turístico, Mexico's main tourism conference, is coming to Rosarito next week. San Diego will host a kickoff event this weekend at Liberty Station — the first time the Tianguis includes a binational component, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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