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Vol. 65 No. 43| Thursday, October 23, 2025
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THE HIGH PRICE OF FOOD IN SAN DIEGO
INSIDE
THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
Groceries Become a Luxury As Local Prices Surge
IMAGE: Marcos Silva/ Courtesy of NNPA
By Stacy M. Brown
BLACK PRESS USA SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT There is a lie moving through America. It creeps through congressional halls and across television screens, whispering that undocumented immi-
grants live freely off the sweat of the American taxpayer. It is a lie told by those who know better and repeated by those who are too ignorant—or too hateful—to care. And while the lie spreads, the truth is being brutalized on the streets. See IMMIGRANTS page 3
THOUSANDS JOIN “NO KINGS” MARCH IN SAN DIEGO LINCOLN HOMECOMING SPANS THREE GENERATIONS SEE PAGE 9
Local Resident Jayla Palmer holding eggs in Food4Less, March 30th, 2025. PHOTO: Macy Meinhardt/ Voice & Viewpoint
By Alyssa Thomas
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Nearly two decades ago, a $100 bill could feed a family of 4 in San Diego for nearly a week. Now that same bill barely fills a plastic bag today. As grocery prices climb faster than wages, reports show that low-income Black Americans are feeling the impact the hardest.
“We know that families are now spending a growing share of their income on food, and this is particularly the case for lower-income families,” says Dr. Sally Sadoff, Professor of Economics and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. See FOOD page 3
PHOTO: Ike Hall
By By Ike Hall
CONTRIBUTING WRITER On October 18th, Voice & Viewpoint attended the “NO KINGS” March, a peaceful protest organized to stand united for democracy and Donald Trump’s threats to it. Beginning at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego, a sea of people marched, chanted, and sang down the Embarcadero.
The demonstration continued a year-long series of large non-violent, pro-democracy gatherings across the nation. Previous marches have drawn significant crowds, with more than 80,000 people taking to the streets on June 14th. This past Saturday was no different, with an estimated 82,289 thousand San Diegans coming together to uphold democratic values and reject Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover. See NO KINGS page 9
PRUNING AND PLANTING AT SOUTHCREST’S SHELLEY WHITE MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z BASEBALL FIELD ARE GOING TO CHURCH AGAIN Neighbors unite to bring new life to a cherished community park
By Darrel Wheeler
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Last Sunday at the legendary Shelley White Little League Baseball Field in Southcrest park, volunteers from the community could be seen planting flowers around the outside perimeter of the field.
PHOTO: Darrel Wheeler
Volunteer kids also showed off their newly acquired landscaping skills as they were on their hands and knees sharing in the planting, pruning,watering and naming of the flowers.
community improvement projects like this at a young age,” shared event volunteer, Philliys Swanigan, “And it teaches them how to give back to their community and the value of public service.”
“I think it’s a blessing that kids get involved in
See PRUNING page 8
It’s become a familiar scene over the past few decades, particularly after the COVID19 pandemic lockdown: Black churches that, on Sundays, often have more empty PHOTO: Freepik pews than people worshipping in them. And the congregants singing from the hymnals are more likely gray-haired seniors than fresh-faced youngsters. But a new report on the habits of churchgoers smashes that stereotype. It finds that Millennials and Gen Z’ers — the hyper-connected, socially conscious young people born between 1997 and 2012, who live on TikTok and Instagram — now lead the country in church attendance. See MILLENNIALS page 3
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