Monthly Archives: May 2012

Bike Bakersfield Uses Event To Outreach

May. 18, 2012 / By
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By LUZ PEÑA/South Kern Sol

BAKERFIELD – Bike Bakersfield will host a two day-event to get families on their bikes...

Students Support Weighted Pupil Proposal

May. 17, 2012 / By
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Students from all over California gather in Sacramento to support Governor Jerry Brown’s Weighted Pupil Proposal...

Shelter Brings Hope to Homeless in Long Beach

May. 16, 2012 / By
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By Brittany Hays and Bree Cahey

On any given day, nearly 5,000 adults and children are homeless and living on the streets of Long Beach...

The Road to S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

May. 16, 2012 / By
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Watch this video from Youth Empowerment Studios
to learn how young people are working together to keep kids in school.

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Coachella Unincorporated Reporters and Parents Mixed on Gay Marriage

May. 16, 2012 / By
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Coachella Unincorporated reporters share their reflections on President Barack Obama’s recent announcement in support of gay marriage.

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The Weight of the Nation

May. 15, 2012 / By
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Bringing together the nation’s leading research institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente...

Obama’s Speech Gives LGBTQ Community Hope

May. 15, 2012 / By
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By ANDRES GARCIA/South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD – Local LGBTQ community is left a little uncertain after United States President Barrack Obama announced of his support for same Sex Marriage...

Student Changing Community Through Art

May. 14, 2012 / By
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By Alejandra Alarcon
Coachella Unincorporated

Coachella, Calif. — College of the Desert student Nancy Ramirez hopes to bring about change in her community by doing the thing she loves to do the most – create art...

Why Not College? The Sociological Mindset of Echo Boomers

May. 13, 2012 / By
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By John Oliver-Santiago, May 11, 2012

John Oliver Santiago, 18, currently attends Long Beach City College, where he is majoring in Economics and Political Science...

Graffiti Artists Flourish in Richmond Underground

May. 13, 2012 / By
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News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto

The spray-painted names of local artists unravel wildly on a wall in Richmond...

Community Voices: Jose Landino

May. 13, 2012 / By
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Jose Landino is a Long Beach hotel worker. He tells VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez what a healthy Long Beach looks like to him...

SERIES: Four Voices, One Dream – Jose Eduardo Chavez

May. 11, 2012 / By
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Compiled by MIROSLAVA DELEON/South Kern Sol

Ed. Note: Last week South Kern Sol featured the first part in this four part series featuring youth, who are Dreamers...