Beyond Longbeach

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...

2013 Star: Silvia Paz

Jan. 8, 2014 / By
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Silvia Paz: Working Toward a Safe and Healthy Community

Why Her Star Shone Brightly in 2013

Silvia Paz, the new hub manager of Building Healthy Communities Eastern Coachella Valley (BHC), soared in 2013...

Transforming Richmond, One Park at a Time

Jan. 8, 2014 / By
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Photo Essay • David Meza

Last month, Pogo Park, a nonprofit community effort to improve parks in the Iron Triangle neighborhood, hosted a tour of its project sites in Richmond for park department board members, their families and friends...

Lessons of a Former Bully

Jan. 6, 2014 / By
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We’Ced Youth Media / New America Media, First Person, Diego Sandoval

According to studies by the American Medical Association, more than 3.2 million youths experience “moderate” or “serious” bullying...

Living With Diabetes As A Teen

Jan. 6, 2014 / By
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One week later, the doctor called to break the news that her hunch was indeed correct...

Stay or Go? Terminally Ill Undocumented Immigrants Face Dilemma

Jan. 6, 2014 / By
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La Opinion/New America Media, News Feature, Araceli Martinez Ortega

Photo: Palliative care patient Gil García García with his niece Fatima...