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The line of cars waiting to receive free food, hygiene packs and other supplies at a distribution site outside Bayview Baptist Church on Wednesday extended for blocks.
More than 700 families from southeastern San Diego neighborhoods and other parts of the city showed up to the giveaway in Encanto, where volunteers placed boxes of groceries, bags of fresh produce, and hygienic products and other supplies to protect against COVID-19.
They also got a large turkey in each of their car trunks.
“People who have never been in a food line are finding themselves in need,” said David Smith, president and CEO of nonprofit Friends for Friends, one of the community groups that organized the event.
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Residents of a hilly neighborhood where a local church is planning to build a 52,600-square-foot complex are fighting it, saying it is not a good fit for the community.
Del Cerro, which borders the College Area and San Carlos, is a mostly residential neighborhood near San Diego State University with panoramic views of central parts of the city.
Area residents worry the proposed site for All Peoples Church with its more than 1,000-member congregation will worsen traffic and redefine the character of the community. Opponents hope the city council will reject the proposal when it comes before them next year.
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Hundreds of cars packed the Padres’ tailgate parking lot in downtown San Diego Thursday not to cook hotdogs or cheer on the team but to receive holiday meals and toys for children.
Around 700 cars, many driven by unemployed workers, came to the distribution event on Thursday. Volunteers placed boxes of canned goods, sacks of potatoes, bags of apples and a large turkey in each trunk.
“It’s so heartbreaking to see this many cars, this many people . knowing how much people are really hurting,” said Nancy Sasaki, president and CEO of United Way of San Diego County, before bagging a turkey and placing it in the trunk of a car.
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