Perla was born and raised in Orange County, went to UC Berkeley for her Bachelors, and worked in Bakersfield for her first job as a multimedia journalist.
Walking through Southcrest Trails Park is no walk in the park. Plants have overtaken the space — some standing taller than Harrold Roberts at 6 feet.“Now this is over my head. Look — you can barely see my head,' he says.Harrold lives just across the park on Beta Street .“They could’ve gotten a lawnmower and rode down here and ate this stuff up,' Harrold says.The park is managed by the City of San Diego and includes a part of Chollas Creek .
We came back three days later, when city crews cleared more than a hundred tons of debris. At the time, things looked okay, but a wet winter led to more growth. So, I checked in with Harrold in July. He feels this area has been forgotten once more.RELATED: Overgrown plants on properties owned by City of SD raises alarm“The grass is almost as high as the bridge already,' Harrold says.In July, the city told me they were working to address the problem, but Harrold says nothing changed.
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