Vikings for Veterans at LJHS track
\nOn Nov. 5, help the LJHS Vikings For Vets club support local veterans by running or walking in this 5K fundraiser event. All donations go to Paralyzed Veterans of America. A suggested donation of $10 per youth and $15 per adult can be paid on race day. For more information, visit www.vikingsforvets.org.
\n\u2018Natural High\u2019 gala
\nAmerica is facing an opioid epidemic and it is not going away without a fight. Today, nearly two million Americans live with opioid abuse or dependence; an estimated\u00a046 Americans die each day from prescription opioid overdoses alone. Opioids have become more readily available and drug and alcohol use is more prevalent than in years past, impacting today\u2019s youth the greatest.\u00a0
\nOn Saturday, Nov. 4, San Diego-based\u00a0Natural High\u00a0works directly with educators, celebrity ambassadors and parents to inspire and empower our youth to find their natural high and develop the skills and courage to say no to drugs. Natural High, a nonprofit organization, uses science-based programs to inspire today\u2019s youth to tap into their natural high and learn lifesaving principles. Natural High has inspired more than eight million teens and currently reaches more than 28,000 educators across the nation.
\nTo recognize national advocates and ambassadors, Natural High will honor special educators, celebrity ambassadors, and youths at its annual, celebrity-studded Gala on Nov. 4 at Hilton Torrey Pines. 6:30 to 10 p.m.
\nMTS?to improve transit choices
\nThe San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) continues its efforts to improve transit choices for the San Diego region with the grand opening of the state-of-the-art 80,000-square-foot UTC Transit Center on Friday, Oct. 27.\u00a0 The agency will operate 11 bus routes out of the facility that service thousands of passengers daily in the heart of San Diego\u2019s second largest business sector \u2013 University City.\u00a0
\n\u00a0The UTC Transit Center is part of the $500 million Westfield UTC mall renovation that will connect to the Mid-Coast Trolley extension platform via a sky bridge when completed in 2021. The $13.7 million transit facility was built as a public\/private partnership with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and Westfield UTC and the City of San Diego.\u00a0
\n\u00a0Since June 2014, MTS, in partnership with SANDAG, has exponentially improved San Diego\u2019s largest transit system \u2013 giving more and better choices than ever before to transit riders. Other capital investments include:
\n\u00b7\u00a0$2 million boost in bus service as part of the Transit Optimization Plan that will add to the agency\u2019s high frequency network and streamline routes to reduce travel times;
\n\u00b7\u00a0$660 million complete overhaul and renewal of the Orange Line and UC San Diego Blue Line infrastructure;
\n\u00b7 Launched a new network of high frequency, limited stop bus service called\u00a0Rapid\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00b7\u00a0Modernized the UC San Diego Blue Line to allow low-floor Trolley cars to speed up boarding and improve on-time performance on the network\u2019s busiest line
\n\u00b7\u00a0$38 million to build the East County Bus Operations & Maintenance Facility\u00a0
\n\u00b7\u00a0$50.9 million to build the South Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility; and
\n\u00b7\u00a0$21 million to modernize bus stations on the Broadway corridor in downtown San Diego that provide a premier level of comfort, security and convenience for transit riders.
\nThe latest investment, the UTC Transit Center, will serve bus routes that have grown significantly in recent years due to increased demand from UC San Diego\u2019s growing community. The new 80,000-square-foottransit center will be off-street, have a bus-only entrance\/exit, and avoid all the pedestrian and private auto flow from the mall. It will also include a new controlled bus-only intersection at the southwestern corner of the transit center on Genesee Avenue. Bus routes that will serve the new UTC Transit Center include:
\n\u00b7 Route 30\u00a0(UTC\/VA Medical Center\/Downtown San Diego);
\n\u00b7 Route 31\u00a0(Miramar College Transit Station\/UTC Transit Center);
\n\u00b7 Route 41\u00a0(UC San Diego\/VA Medical Center\/Fashion Valley Transit Center);
\n\u00b7 Route 50\u00a0 (UTC Express \u2013 Downtown Express); Route 60\u00a0(UTC via Kearny Mesa\/Euclid Ave Trolley Station via Kearny Mesa)
\n\u00b7 Route 101\u00a0(NCTD Route\u00a0\u2013 Oceanside\/VA Medical Center\/UC San Diego\/UTC);
\n\u00b7 Route 105\u00a0(Old Town Transit Center\/UTC);
\n\u00b7 Route 150\u00a0(UTC\/VA Medical Center\/Downtown San Diego);
\n\u00b7 Route 201\/202\u00a0(UC San Diego Medical Center\/UC San Diego\/Nobel\/UTC);
\n\u00b7 Route 204\u00a0(UTC\/Executive Dr.\/Judicial Dr.\/UTC;
\n\u00b7 Route 921\u00a0(Miramar College Transit Station\/UC San Diego\/VA Medical Center).
\nUC San Diego named 16th Best University
\nThe University of California San Diego has been named the world\u2019s 16th best university by U.S. News and World Report. The campus was also recognized as the nation\u2019s fifth-best public university in the fourth annual rankings, which measure factors such as research, global and regional reputation; international collaboration; as well as the number of highly-cited papers and doctorates awarded.
\n“UC San Diego is proud to receive this recognition and to have the academic achievements of our faculty and students commended by U.S News and World Report,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “As a top-ranked public research university, UC San Diego advances the frontiers of knowledge to find innovative, non-conventional solutions to global challenges and make the world a better place.”
\nThe overall rankings evaluate 1,250 universities \u2013 up from 1,000 last year \u2013 across 74 countries.
\n“The schools that rank the highest in the Best Global Universities rankings are those that emphasize academic research, including by partnering with international scholars to produce highly cited articles,” said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News and World Report. “This is different from the Best Colleges rankings, which measure the overall quality of undergraduate institutions.”
\nThe university\u2019s cutting-edge research and stellar faculty are known throughout the world. Recently, computer science professor Stefan Savage was named a\u00a02017 MacArthur Fellow\u00a0for his work in cybersecurity. Stephen Mayfield, a UC San Diego professor of biology, led a research effort which produced\u00a0the world\u2019s first algae-based, renewable flip flops, an innovation that could be revolutionary, changing the world for the better environmentally.
\nThe U.S. News Best Global Universities 2018 edition also features subject rankings in which UC San Diego received high marks across the board in areas such as pharmacology and toxicology (3), neuroscience and behavior (8), biology and biochemistry (8), molecular biology and genetics (10) as well as psychiatry and psychology (13).\u00a0
\nVision Zero
\nBicycle lanes will soon be installed on Vision Zero corridor University Avenue from 5th Avenue to Park Boulevard.\u00a0 On Oct. 31, San Diego City Council unanimously\u00a0approved a plan\u00a0to remove metered parking in order to\u00a0add the bicycle lanes, making University Avenue safer for all modes of transportation.\u00a0
\nIn 2015, SANDAG approved of the\u00a0Uptown Bikeways\u00a0project, which will bring protected bikeways to University Avenue, however, a gap was created in the core of Hillcrest to mollify opposition in the neighborhood. Today\u2019s action and leadership is a major step by the City of San Diego in filling the bicycle lane gap in the Hillcrest core and will save lives on one of the most dangerous corridors in San Diego.\u00a0
\nCirculate San Diego and a diverse coalition of 20 organizations promoted a campaign for the last two years called\u00a0Vision Zero, with the goal to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in San Diego by 2025. Mayor Faulconer and the San Diego City Council adopted a 10-year Vision Zero strategy in 2015.
\n“Today\u2019s vote to shorten the gap on University is a key step toward improving safety on one of San Diego\u2019s most dangerous Vision Zero corridors,” said Maya Rosas, Advocacy Manager with Circulate San Diego.
\nThe concept behind Vision Zero is that traffic deaths are preventable \u2013 through safe street design, education, and enforcement. The program has been\u00a0successful\u00a0in other U.S. and European cities. To date, 20 cities across the U.S. have adopted a Vision Zero goal.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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