Monthly Archives: February 2012

Resident Input to Shape Coachella’s General Plan

Feb. 19, 2012 / By
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By Johnny Flores, Jr.
Coachella Unincorporated

Coachella, Calif. — The City of Coachella is in the midst of updating its General Plan, and city officials are encouraging residents to participate in the process...

Community Recycling Remains Open

Feb. 19, 2012 / By
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By FABIAN GONZALEZ/South Kern Sol

ARVIN—Despite Kern County Board of Supervisors’ ordered of its closure, Community Recycling Center in Arvin remains open...

Vandalized, Abandoned Homes a Common Sight

Feb. 15, 2012 / By
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By Rogelio Montaño
Coachella Unincorporated

Graffiti. You see it everywhere. Though it at times can be used as a creative outlet for expression, it is mostly considered outright vandalism — especially if sprayed on abandoned or homes that are for sale...

Their World Through the Eyes of Merced Youth

Feb. 14, 2012 / By
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4 teens (1 from each of our BHC Merced communities) took a video camera

for a few days and showed us around their neighborhoods, digitally.

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HUD Secretary Details Homeowner Help in $25 Billion Settlement

Feb. 14, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Khalil Abdullah, Posted: Feb 11, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The $25 billion home mortgage settlement announced this week will be especially important for ethnic families, said Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, in a call-in press briefing Friday...

Community Health Survey 2012

Feb. 12, 2012 / By
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Let your voice be heard, the greater Long Beach area Community Health
Survey
is now online!..

Youth Leader at the official launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation

Feb. 12, 2012 / By
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Christopher Covington, a central Long Beach resident, youth leader on the Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach (BHCLB) Steering Committee and Youth Committee, and CCEJ volunteer extraordinaire will be representing BHCLB at the official launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation...

Why Aren’t They Graduating?

Feb. 12, 2012 / By
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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
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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...

Re-Imagining Small Businesses

Feb. 8, 2012 / By
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Edgar Nuñez (left) and his father are but two examples of small business owners along the Anaheim Corridor.  ..

Ethnic Experts Say Strengthen, Don’t Cut, Social Security

Feb. 8, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Feb 06, 2012

Politicians need to strengthen Social Security’s protections, especially for lower-income women, youth and ethnic elders and stop focusing on reducing Social Security already modest benefits to make up for projected shortfalls for the program decades from now, according to members of the Commission to Modernize Social Security during a national webinar held last week...

Resources for Children’s Health in Long Beach

Feb. 7, 2012 / By
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As part of VoiceWaves mission to spotlight Long Beach Community Resources to Build a Healthy Community, we present The Children’s Clinic. ..