[Translate] FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — As I sit on a park bench, enjoying the appetizing food and appreciating the company of my classmates, I realize how much I have grown to appreciate every single one of them. My classmates and I are taking part in a celebratory event [...]
[Translate] JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA – The chefs carefully placed a souvlaki pita and a southwest chicken sandwich in front of the three judges, next to their scorecards. But this is no ordinary cooking competition. This is a [...]
[Translate] ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Like a lot of other families living in the Eastern Coachella Valley, when one of our family members fell sick, it meant driving about a hundred miles across the border into Mexico, to the City of Mexicali, to get taken [...]
[Translate] Ed. Note: In 2011, California’s legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career. Studies document that up to 70 percent of high school seniors fall into one [...]
[Translate] JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Javier Avila and Calani Raceles are two young men with mental challenges doing the unimaginable — playing baseball. “At first, my son didn’t even want to show up. He couldn’t catch a ball, let alone hold a bat. [...]
[Translate] IVAN DELGADO/Coachella Unincorporated OASIS – Thirteen-year-old Diego Martinez runs around the grassy field, throwing water balloons at the kids from his neighborhood — an activity new for this former Duroville resident. Diego is among the many children who recently relocated to Mountain View Estates, a new [...]
[Translate] MECCA — The California Nonprofit Technology Festival – a high-spirited, fully interactive statewide convening — is coming to the Eastern Coachella Valley. Also known as Coachella Tech Fest, this event will take place Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 [...]
South Kern Sol The Know FresnoJOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA – The chefs carefully placed a souvlaki pita and a southwest chicken sandwich in front of the three judges, next to their scorecards. But this is no ordinary cooking competition. This is a Teen [...]
Editor’s Note: This commentary was submitted by Josh Bunce, a member of the Vet Voice Foundation. JOSH BUNCE/Vet Voice Foundation I am proud to be a veteran of the U.S. Army. I served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006 and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2008. I’m home in California now, studying mathematics and philosophy at the University [...]
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