Monthly Archives: May 2013

Beyond This Moment: North LB Tackles Teen Problems

May. 31, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Travis Gilmore, Jaime Varela, Michelle Navarro, Ariella Rams and Jasmine Hamilton

Last month, students and administrators at Jordan High School in North Long Beach came together for a Youth Empowerment Conference...

The Sky’s the Limit for Local Family-Owned Business

May. 31, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Ryah Cooley and Angela Ratzlaff

Like most immigrants chasing the American Dream, husband-and-wife business owners Tony Lim and Lily Chong started a business in hopes of living a fulfilling life on their own terms...

Mental Health Matters: A Story About Bullying

May. 31, 2013 / By
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Amanda Bencomo, right, and Dahlia Chavez, left, present on
bullying during a Peace 90805 workshop on April 13...

Summer Night Lights Comes Back to LB Parks

May. 29, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Alison Keiser, Ben Maxson and Ruby Limon.

Some more of Long Beach’s affluent residents are planning their summer vacations...

Technology Outlook: Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges 2013-2018

May. 28, 2013 / By
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The NMC and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), with the support of Dell Inc...

Medicaid Expanded for Former Foster Youth – If They Don’t Leave the State

May. 28, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet

SAN FRANCISCO — Under Obamacare, most former foster youth will now remain eligible for Medicaid until age 26 – if they remain in the states they lived in when they aged out of care...

Long Beach Cambodians remember those they lost in the Killing Fields

May. 28, 2013 / By
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Doualy Xaykaothao, The California Report | Take Two |

Many Americans spend Memorial Day visiting the graves of those who died while serving their country, but many Cambodian Americans are remembering loved ones...

The Detention Chronicles: Episode 2

May. 25, 2013 / By
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As part of our school discipline coverage, here is the second in our series of personal narratives about what happens in high school detention.  ..

School Health Centers, Where Students Can Let Out Their Worries

May. 25, 2013 / By
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From the Richmond Pulse

by Keyannie Norford

Being a young person from Richmond, California, I face a lot on a day-to-day basis and I am thankful and grateful that we have a wonderful and useful health center at De Anza High School...

Leap of Faith Pays Off for Olive Crest Graduate

May. 25, 2013 / By
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FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated

COACHELLA — As I sit on a park bench, enjoying the appetizing food and appreciating the company of my classmates, I realize how much I have grown to appreciate every single one of them...

Judge: Discrimination at Arpaio’s Office Came From the ‘Top Down’

May. 25, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández

PHOENIX — A federal judge ruled on Friday that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio engaged in racial profiling of Latinos, violating their constitutional rights in his crackdown on illegal immigration...

When the Growing Gets Rough: An Urban Farm Struggles

May. 24, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Anthony Garza and Michelle Juvet. Videos by Shahrouz Khalifian

Tucked within the Carmelitos Housing Development in North Long Beach, the Growing Experience has been successful as an urban farm growing fresh and healthy produce and selling it at a low cost since 1996...