Monthly Archives: May 2012

KEEN Launches Reporting System

May. 3, 2012 / By
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By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD–Community advocates and government agencies joined forces to launch the website that will allow community members and environmental advocates to report environmental and health hazards they see on May 1...

Coachella Unincorporated Coordinator Returns to Broadcast Roots

May. 3, 2012 / By
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By Aurora Saldivar
Coachella Unincorporated

Gloria Rodriguez knew she wanted to be a journalist at a very young age...

For Minority Kids, Preschool Narrows Education Gap

May. 3, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Yolanda Arenal, Posted: May 03, 2012

Celia Rubi Medina is quick to raise her hand when her teacher asks about the meaning of the word, metamorphosis...

California’s Fight to Stop Health Insurance Price Gouging

May. 1, 2012 / By
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New America Media/California Progress Report, News Analysis, Zack Kaldveer, Posted:May 01, 2012

As California families continue to reel from the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, health insurance premium rates have soared by 153% since 2002, nearly five times the rate of inflation.

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“RICHMOND TALES FEST”

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Celebrates Richmond Families, Focuses on Literacy and Health

Contributed by April Suwalsky

More than 1500 Richmond community members and dozens of local partner organizations came together on Sunday, April 29, in Richmond, California, for the third annual Richmond Tales Fest: An Afternoon of Family Literacy and Healthy Living.

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