Beyond Longbeach

Q&A: Reverend Michael McBride on the Drop in Bay Area Homicides

Jan. 28, 2014 / By
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Dr. Joseph Marshall, Street Soldiers Radio

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following conversation took place on Street Soldiers Radio between Dr...

Get Off Your Cell Phone…Dad!

Jan. 28, 2014 / By
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by  Youth Radio

 

According to the Pew Research Center on Technology and American Life, 91 percent of adults report owning a mobile phone compared to just 78 percent of teens...

CVHS Cheer Team Needs Community Support for Pro Bowl Travel

Jan. 23, 2014 / By
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ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc

 

THERMAL — The Coachella Valley High School (CVHS) cheer team is set to perform at the 2014 Pro Bowl this weekend, but they still need community support to pay for travel to Hawaii, where the National Football League holds its all-star game every year...

Latino and a Vegan in Kern County

Jan. 23, 2014 / By
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By Alfredo Camacho and Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol

Ed. Note: In the heart of Kern County’s rich farmlands, fruits and vegetables can be seen growing in abundance in fields that seem to go on for miles...

Richmond Residents React to New Fees for Paper Bags

Jan. 23, 2014 / By
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by Chanelle Ignant

Two weeks after its January 1 implementation, Richmond’s Single-Use Bag Ordinance is earning mixed reactions from residents...

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...