Get involved in discussion about teens and safety in City Heights at an event on June 2 at 4 p.m. at Hoover High School. There will be panels on curfew sweeps and bullying and a resource fair with community groups.

For more on curfew sweeps, check out our reader’s guide on the issue.

You’re reading our roundup of news from Speak City Heights, a collaboration between KPBS, The AjA Project, Media Arts Center San Diego and us.

Here are the rest of this week’s stories:

• KPBS takes a look at a City Heights program that works to educate young girls about the dangers of sex trafficking.

• City Heights Life profiles a student in the community who was recently voted “Most Inspirational Senior.”

• In a letter to Speak City Heights, City Councilman Todd Gloria writes about local transportation options: “I agree that San Diegans deserve a transit system that is affordable for users, but it must be fiscally sound as well.”

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Dagny Salas is the web editor at Voice of San Diego. You can contact her directly at dagny.salas@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5669.

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Dagny Salas

Dagny Salas was web editor at Voice of San Diego from 2010 to 2013. She was an investigative fellow at VOSD from 2009 to 2010.

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