Media Training Conference Looks at CA’s 2012 Election Issues

Mar. 6, 2012 / By
Tags: California, Elections, Ethnic Media, Journalism, Media, New America Media, Politics

Single Mom Takes Steps Toward Self-Sufficiency

Feb. 29, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California, CalWORKS, children, Coachella Unincorporated

By Aurora Saldivar
Coachella Unincorporated

Coachella, Calif. – Barbara Sandoval, a single mother of two girls, often rises at the crack of dawn in order to make her 5 a.m...

Calif. Bill Would Smoke Out Safety, End Use of Toxic Flame Retardants

Feb. 25, 2012 / By New America Media
Tags: California, legislature, regulations, toxic flame retardants

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Feb 25, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO – Where there’s smoke – fire is still likely after California’s out-dated 12-second rule...

Top 5 Initiatives to Watch Ahead of California’s November Election

Feb. 21, 2012 / By New America Media
Tags: California, community, Elections, Government, policy

New America Media, News Report, Rene Ciria-Cruz, Posted: Feb 18, 2012

Editor’s Note: Thus far, voters will have two ballot initiatives to decide on in the June primary and three in November...

Their World Through the Eyes of Merced Youth

Feb. 14, 2012 / By WeCed Youth Media
Tags: California, community, Merced, Youth

Why Aren’t They Graduating?

Feb. 12, 2012 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: California, Education, Graduation Rates, schools, Youth

by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA/South Kern Sol

Parents from Greenfield, Arvin, Lamont and Weedpatch met with representatives from The California Endowment, Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE), and California Rural Legal Assistance  (CRLA) on Jan...

Kamala Harris Wins $18 Billion for CA in Foreclosure Deal

Feb. 12, 2012 / By New America Media
Tags: banks, California, foreclosure, homeowners, homes

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen and Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Feb 09, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Kamala Harris today announced she had secured $18 billion to help the state’s foreclosure victims, as part of a national multi-state settlement with the nation’s
five biggest banks...

Study: California Women “Falling Behind”—and Held Back by Budget Cuts

Feb. 3, 2012 / By New America Media
Tags: budget cuts, California, government budgets, Services, Women

New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Feb 03, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO–Women are recovering from the recession at a slower rate than men according to a new report by the California Budget Project (CBP) published in partnership with the Women’s Foundation of California...

Looming School Bus Cuts Cause Concern

Feb. 1, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: budget cuts, buses, California, community, Poverty

Featured — January 31, 2012 9:07 pm

By Alejandra Alarcon and Rogelio Montaño
Coachella Unincorporated

With California’s budget crisis, residents are becoming aware of current economic issues the state faces...

Bakersfield Pride an opportunity for advocacy

Jan. 26, 2012 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: Arts, Bakersfield, California, culture, LGBTQ

BAKERSFIELD–The Bakersfield Pride Festival was filled with booths, people, and of course, a sea of the rainbow from flags hanging or waving and products with the rainbow print on them...

Why Budget Cuts are Bad For Your Health, Part II

Jan. 26, 2012 / By
Tags: budget cuts, California, community, government budgets, Health

Iexaminer.org, News Report, Nan Nan Liu, Posted: Jan 23, 2012

Seattle, Wa –  In 2001, a sudden car crash shattered the wonderful life Wing Tse shared with his wife and two daughters...

Making Cents of It All: Why the Governor’s Proposed Cuts Will Hit Hard, Part I

Jan. 26, 2012 / By
Tags: budget cuts, California, community, Health

By Nan Nan Liu

Posted in News, Volume 39 No. 01

Tuyet Thi Mai, 69, already receives state public assistance, but still cannot afford rent...