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by Camelle Sison | SDSU student Chicano Park in Barrio Logan is a place where families, kids and those who love to exercise get a chance to enjoy the outdoors. However, the proximity of the park to the freeway and nearby industrial sites may have long-term health effects for those who visit it. According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, airborne ... Read More »
One of San Diego’s most iconic structures may impact air quality in Barrio Logan. Read More »
By Torrey Bailey | SDSU student Barrio Logan’s community plan, which places heavy industry next to residences, appears to largely contribute to the neighborhood’s poor air quality. However, San Diegans rejected a ballot measure that the neighborhood believed would have improved the conditions, prompting the community to take another approach on reform. Barrio Logan neighbors downtown San Diego, and houses thousands of ... Read More »
This map highlights data collected from the SDSU sensor journalism class on air quality (PM 2.5 levels) from four neighborhoods in San Diego (Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Chollas Creek and Bankers Hill) collected in April 2015. Each student identified a location and visited it up to eight times to collect at least an hour of data each time. The locations ... Read More »
San Diego State students headed out into communities of San Diego to test the air and talk to the residents affected by varying levels of pollutants. The students were armed with homemade sensor kits to measure fine particles and gases. Here are their unvarnished accounts from the field: Barrio Logan Observations by Torrey Bailey (Sensor: Bot) During the month of April, ... Read More »
by Nancy Kirk | SDSU student David Alvarez, the councilman who represents southeastern San Diego, knows well how poor air quality can affect health. He attributes his own asthma to growing up in Barrio Logan. “My entire childhood, I lived next to a chrome plate shop,” Alvarez said. “The emissions from the exhaust landed into my front yard and my ... Read More »
by Patrick Carr | SDSU student Every morning, San Diego’s downtown and highways are clogged with commuters going to work. That puts a lot of pollution in the air around the community of Bankers Hill. The neighborhood is perched on a hill overlooking downtown San Diego and San Diego Bay. It is surrounded on three sides by major highways, and ... Read More »
By Nancy Kirk | SDSU student Residents in Logan Heights and Barrio Logan are subject to some of the worst air quality in San Diego, according to state data. Because children are more susceptible than adults to asthma, students at Burbank Elementary and Logan Elementary may be at greater risk of developing or suffering a worsening of the disease. The ... Read More »
A lack of wind can have a harmful impact on air quality in certain neighborhoods. Read More »
By Torrey Bailey | SDSU student Asthma rates in Barrio Logan are among the highest in California, and although this condition cannot be attributed to a single factor, data shows that air pollution affects health. A report released in 2014 by the California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) shows asthma-related hospital visits in the 92113 ZIP code fell within the highest 10th ... Read More »