Posts Tagged as "Long Beach"

Baseball Brings Smiles to Special Needs Children

Jun. 29, 2013 / By
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Long Beach is a host to a variety of Little League Baseball Teams. But there’s one league that is bringing both youth and their families together for hope...

LBUSD to Get More Dollars for Needier Students

Jun. 19, 2013 / By
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Today marks a landmark.

Almost a month after more than 300 students and peacemakers from Long Beach traveled to Capitol hall in Sacramento to push legislators to pass policies that ban harsh school discipline and Governor Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the proposal was adopted into the budget on June 17...

How School Uniforms May Be Taking Away From Class Time

Jun. 17, 2013 / By
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Do school uniforms help to provide less distractions? Do they improve attendance? Do they increase school pride?..

Local Fisherman Eat Contaminated Fish Despite Warnings

Jun. 7, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Lauren Harvey, Ashley Ryan, Jessica Mendoza, Taylor Bell and Haley Adams

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Recognizing Filipino Workers– Past, Present & Future

Jun. 6, 2013 / By
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In Delano, they struggled as farmworkers with Cesar Chavez. In Long Beach, they organize as today’s hotel workers and domestic caregivers...

The Sky’s the Limit for Local Family-Owned Business

May. 31, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Ryah Cooley and Angela Ratzlaff

Like most immigrants chasing the American Dream, husband-and-wife business owners Tony Lim and Lily Chong started a business in hopes of living a fulfilling life on their own terms...

Summer Night Lights Comes Back to LB Parks

May. 29, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Alison Keiser, Ben Maxson and Ruby Limon.

Some more of Long Beach’s affluent residents are planning their summer vacations...

When the Growing Gets Rough: An Urban Farm Struggles

May. 24, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Anthony Garza and Michelle Juvet. Videos by Shahrouz Khalifian

Tucked within the Carmelitos Housing Development in North Long Beach, the Growing Experience has been successful as an urban farm growing fresh and healthy produce and selling it at a low cost since 1996...