Posts Tagged as "Long Beach"

Walking Towards A Healthy Community

Aug. 30, 2012 / By
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Long Beach residents explore their neighborhoods during a walking tour.

Long Beach residents in the Central Long Beach area were invited to go out and join a community walk on Aug...

Long Beach City Budget: One Person’s Opinion

Aug. 13, 2012 / By
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Figuring On Proportional Budget

By Harry Salzgaver
Executive Editor, Gazettes.com

Are you tired of reading about the city budget yet?

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Living Next to a Killer

Aug. 9, 2012 / By
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Dasire’e Pangelinan-Norman, Long Beach, CA., is a graduate of the Youth Institute, Long Beach Y and was a participant in a Media Boot Camp in San Diego as part of VoiceWaves. ..

More Stories on the Proposed Long Beach 2013 Budget

Aug. 5, 2012 / By
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Mayor Bob Foster and Long Beach Management released the proposed 2013 Municipal Budget. Here’s a recap of local media coverage and reactions:

Long Beach budget cut reductions to impact children, family activities. ..

Mayor Bob Foster’s Budget Message to the Long Beach City Council

Aug. 1, 2012 / By
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August 1, 2012

Members of the City Council:

Pursuant to the Long Beach City Charter, I am transmitting the Mayor’s Recommendations on the City Manager’s structurally balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13)...

City of Long Beach 2013 Budget Released

Aug. 1, 2012 / By
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The City of Long Beach has released its proposed Fiscal Year Proposed Budget. Community organizations and residents will have an opportunity to review and comment on the proposals...

BHC Long Beach Celebrates 2 Years!

Jul. 22, 2012 / By
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CONGRATULATIONS! Wednesday, July 11th, Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach celebrated two years of working towards building a healthier community in Long Beach!..

Voter Registration in Long Beach

Jul. 2, 2012 / By
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The purpose of the Miguel Contreras Foundation is to enhance educational excellence in public schools, to provide working families with knowledge about educational opportunities for their children, to encourage civic participation among low income communities, especially communities of color, and to provide immigrants an opportunity to fully integrate into our society.
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Powerhouse: Empowering Children With Autism

Jun. 5, 2012 / By
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Cover Photo: Kurtz and a student painting in 2008, fom an article published 2008 by the Signal Tribune. 
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Students Support Weighted Pupil Proposal

May. 17, 2012 / By
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Students from all over California gather in Sacramento to support Governor Jerry Brown’s Weighted Pupil Proposal...

Q&A: Jessica Quintana

Mar. 22, 2012 / By
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VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez interviewed Jessica Quintana, Executive Director of Centro CHA. The organization “… exists with the mission to enrich the lives of low-income, underserved Latino/a youth, families and neighborhoods in the City of Long Beach through community advocacy, health and educational programs, social and economic enrichment, cultural arts, community service, and after-school youth development programs...

Youth Journalists Gather to Sharpen Skills, Make New Friends

Mar. 16, 2012 / By
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By Johnny Flores, Jr.,
Coachella Unincorporated

Long Beach, Calif. – Last Saturday, March 10, my fellow Coachella Unincorporated reporters and I joined New America Media groups Long Beach VoiceWaves and the South Kern Sol for a journalism workshop...