‘Invest in us’: Mountain View, Stockton community leaders call for youth drop-in centers

Groups from both neighborhoods came together Thursday to call on city leaders to include $3 million to fund two centers for youth and young adults in next year’s budget. BY EMILY ALVARENGA Raised in the Stockton neighborhood in southeastern San Diego, Memee Hernandez was just 12 years old when she joined a gang and 16 when …