Beyond Longbeach

Safety and Water Among Top Issues for South Kern Residents

Feb. 12, 2014 / By
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By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol

This past Tuesday South Kern Sol attended the Building Healthy Communities Central Table Meeting, a community-wide collaboration opportunity informing members of local issues, such as proposed changes to discipline in area schools, addressing access to fresh fruits and vegetables, neighborhood security, and environmental issues...

Chevron Joins News Publisher Wars in Richmond

Feb. 12, 2014 / By
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News Report, Sukey Lewis and Asha DuMonthier | New America Media
RICHMOND, Calif. — There’s a good old-fashioned muckraker’s war going on in Richmond, Calif.,..

Garden Pathways Helps Youth Turn their Lives Around After Prison

Feb. 7, 2014 / By
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By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol

Ed. Note: In 2012 Californian voters approved Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012, to address harsh sentences for “strikers” convicted of non-violent, non-serious crimes...

Celebrate Black History Month

Feb. 7, 2014 / By
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Column, Vernon Whitmore

Celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, Black History Month is an important annual commemoration of African American history and people...

Changing Face of Hmong Youth

Feb. 7, 2014 / By
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By The kNOw Youth Media,  Ezra David Romero/ Valley Public Radio

Popular culture and traditional values often differ when it comes to perspective on healthy weight for girls...

Apple Dodges Taxes Candlelight Vigil

Feb. 3, 2014 / By
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Richard BabcockRonald Orlando • Silicon Valley De-Bug • Photo Essay

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook had once quoted the late Dr.Martin..