Monthly Archives: January 2014

Central Valley Residents Grapple with Proposed Fracking Regulations

Jan. 20, 2014 / By
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By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. —  About 100 people packed into a chamber at the Kern County administration building in Bakersfield to testify at a public hearing Wednesday on the state’s new fracking regulations, saying they are already at a breaking point with pollution in their communities, and that they’ll be impacted the most from the state’s new fracking plan...

Language Barrier Makes Hmong Parents in Fresno Feel Like ‘Outcasts’

Jan. 20, 2014 / By
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By Colby Tilbbet / The Know Youth Media

FRESNO — Hmong parents and community members gathered for a listening session here last month where they weighed in on the debate over how local school districts should be allocating their state funds. ..

Local Control Funding: How It Works & How To Get Involved

Jan. 17, 2014 / By
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What would you do if you had a say in how Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) spent $250 million of new funds?..

What Our Schools Need — A Student’s Eye View

Jan. 15, 2014 / By
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Photo Essay, YouthWire

Editor’s Note: California’s recently enacted Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), in effect since July 1, will continue to increase funding for school districts over the next eight years...

Youth Mobilize for Day of Action in Coachella

Jan. 15, 2014 / By
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AURORA SALDIVAR and BRENDA R. RINCON/Coachella Uninc

COACHELLA – Three years ago Jose Rodriguez was more likely to be found vandalizing neighborhoods rather than cleaning one up...

My Trip to the White House: A Reporter’s Notebook

Jan. 15, 2014 / By
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When I first found out I was going to D.C, I was shocked and happy. I keep thinking, “Really?..

LB Youth Celebrate Filipino Culture

Jan. 13, 2014 / By
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[Ed. note] Late last year, the Filipino Migrant Center held a community cultural night to celebrate the 150th birthday of Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonafacio...

Steeda and Malaysia: Re-Entry To Motherhood

Jan. 12, 2014 / By
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Jean Melesaine • Silicon Valley De-Bug/Sisters That Been There

Steeda Mcgruder was in prison when she was pregnant with her daughter Malaysia, and eventually gave birth to her while incarcerated...

School-Issued iPads: Distraction or Study Aid?

Jan. 12, 2014 / By
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The 2013-14 school year marked the start of Coachella Valley Unified School District’s 1:1 Mobile Learning iPad Initiative, which will eventually provide every student with an iPad and faculty members with an iPad and a MacBook Air laptop...

Where is El Nido?

Jan. 12, 2014 / By
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Photo: Le Mahieu

by Lisbeth Vazquez

Editor’s Note: This story is published in We’Ced Youth Magazine Issue #3

“Where do you live?”..

Central Valley Residents Grapple with Proposed Fracking Regulations

Jan. 12, 2014 / By
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South Kern Sol/New America Media, News Report, Alfredo Camacho

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — About 100 people packed into a chamber at the Kern County administration building in Bakersfield to testify at a public hearing Wednesday on the state’s new fracking regulations, saying they are already at a breaking point with pollution in their communities, and that they’ll be impacted the most from the state’s new fracking plan...

Students Have 99 Problems, and the Bus is One

Jan. 12, 2014 / By
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Backpack, check. Breakfast, check. Out the door you go and you’re thinking, “Today will be a good day.”..