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    Living Down the Road from a Dumpsite (VIDEO)

    Feb 25, 2013

    Ivan Delgado

    East Coachella Valley youth, Ivan Delgado, shares his personal journey to environmental awareness as he comes to the startling realization of the environmental issues minutes from his home.
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    Living Down the Road from a Dumpsite (VIDEO)

    Feb 25, 2013

    Ivan Delgado

    East Coachella Valley youth, Ivan Delgado, shares his personal journey to environmental awareness as he comes to the startling realization of the environmental issues minutes from his home.
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  • JeansPic Health

    Thousands of Uninsured Flock to Fresno Health Fair

    Feb 17, 2013

    Various Authors

    An estimated 8,000 people -- mostly uninsured -- descended on the Fresno fairgrounds to get vital resources and enroll in health care programs now available via the Affordable Care Act.
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    Thousands of Uninsured Flock to Fresno Health Fair

    Feb 17, 2013

    Various Authors

    An estimated 8,000 people -- mostly uninsured -- descended on the Fresno fairgrounds to get vital resources and enroll in health care programs now available via the Affordable Care Act.
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    Audio and Commentary: Gun Control Legislation

    Jan 18, 2013

    Miguel Bibanco

    Looking recently at the news one does not have to go very far to see that gun control and gun violence is a hot topic. With the recent shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, the gun control debate rages on with renewed vigor. Listen to youth reaction about proposed changes to gun control laws.
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    Audio and Commentary: Gun Control Legislation

    Jan 18, 2013

    Miguel Bibanco

    Looking recently at the news one does not have to go very far to see that gun control and gun violence is a hot topic. With the recent shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, the gun control debate rages on with renewed vigor. Listen to youth reaction about proposed changes to gun control laws.
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  • Taft high school Education

    With Taft Shooting, Small Towns No Longer a Safe Haven

    Jan 12, 2013

    Various Authors

    Following the December tragedy in Newtown, Conn., another small town, Taft, Calif., is reeling from its own school shooting. Students in the surrounding Kern County, at the southern end of California’s rural Central Valley, say the incident has heightened concerns over school safety.
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    With Taft Shooting, Small Towns No Longer a Safe Haven

    Jan 12, 2013

    Various Authors

    Following the December tragedy in Newtown, Conn., another small town, Taft, Calif., is reeling from its own school shooting. Students in the surrounding Kern County, at the southern end of California’s rural Central Valley, say the incident has heightened concerns over school safety.
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  • grocery Food

    North Long Beach Residents Struggle to Find Healthy Food

    Jan 10, 2013

    Kim Norlund, Julian Cabrera

    In any given direction from where Griselda Florinda Gomez lives on the west side of North Long Beach, there is a major grocery store within two miles. Despite this, Gomez finds it hard to access healthy, nutritious foods for herself and her children.
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    North Long Beach Residents Struggle to Find Healthy Food

    Jan 10, 2013

    Kim Norlund, Julian Cabrera

    In any given direction from where Griselda Florinda Gomez lives on the west side of North Long Beach, there is a major grocery store within two miles. Despite this, Gomez finds it hard to access healthy, nutritious foods for herself and her children.
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    ‘Django Unchained’: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Jan 06, 2013

    Jazmyne Z. Young, Asani Shakur

    Two African American youth offer competing perspectives on Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” a movie about a former slave who sets out to free his wife from bondage and exact revenge on a sadistic Mississippi slave owner.
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    ‘Django Unchained’: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Jan 06, 2013

    Jazmyne Z. Young, Asani Shakur

    Two African American youth offer competing perspectives on Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” a movie about a former slave who sets out to free his wife from bondage and exact revenge on a sadistic Mississippi slave owner.
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  • LBhotelworkers Economy

    Long Beach Hotel Workers Win Living Wage - Now What?

    Nov 29, 2012

    Joshua Jimenez

    Despite the excitement, many community members expect that some hotels will intimidate workers and be resistant to paying the living wage.
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    Long Beach Hotel Workers Win Living Wage - Now What?

    Nov 29, 2012

    Joshua Jimenez

    Despite the excitement, many community members expect that some hotels will intimidate workers and be resistant to paying the living wage.
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  • LB_toxic_tour Environment

    A 'Toxic Tour' of Long Beach, In Pictures

    Nov 29, 2012

    Kaitlyn Smith

    The noxious smell of diesel began to fill my nose as the bus for the first Toxic Tour departed for our two-hour journey through Long Beach. I coughed silently to myself.
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    A 'Toxic Tour' of Long Beach, In Pictures

    Nov 29, 2012

    Kaitlyn Smith

    The noxious smell of diesel began to fill my nose as the bus for the first Toxic Tour departed for our two-hour journey through Long Beach. I coughed silently to myself.
    Continue to Voicewaves
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    Apprenticeships Give Non-Graduates Chance at a Career

    Nov 24, 2012

    Patrick Moreno

    Apprenticeships are important to Long Beach because they are a way for men and women who haven’t received a university education to earn a living-wage, even when more than half of recent college grads nationwide are unemployed, or “underemployed.”
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    Apprenticeships Give Non-Graduates Chance at a Career

    Nov 24, 2012

    Patrick Moreno

    Apprenticeships are important to Long Beach because they are a way for men and women who haven’t received a university education to earn a living-wage, even when more than half of recent college grads nationwide are unemployed, or “underemployed.”
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  • payday_loans Economy

    Long Beach to Ban Pay Day Loans (VIDEO)

    Nov 24, 2012

    Mitch Atkinson

    The City of Long Beach has decided to close the door on establishments offering "pay day loans" -- but at what cost?
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    Long Beach to Ban Pay Day Loans (VIDEO)

    Nov 24, 2012

    Mitch Atkinson

    The City of Long Beach has decided to close the door on establishments offering "pay day loans" -- but at what cost?
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  • duroville Economy

    Duroville Family Gives Thanks for New Home (1)

    Nov 21, 2012

    Aurora Saldivar

    Just days before Thanksgiving, the Alvaro family left their home at the notoriously substandard Duroville trailer park for a new mobile home at the beautifully landscaped Mountain Views Estates.
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    Duroville Family Gives Thanks for New Home (1)

    Nov 21, 2012

    Aurora Saldivar

    Just days before Thanksgiving, the Alvaro family left their home at the notoriously substandard Duroville trailer park for a new mobile home at the beautifully landscaped Mountain Views Estates.
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