Richmond Pulse South Kern Sol The Know Fresno[Translate] NATALIA CERVANTES/Coachella Uninc INDIO — Fernando Arredondo was only 17 when he became a father and dropped out of school to support his new family. Two years later, the roles have switched. His girlfriend has finished high school, gone on to college, and is now supporting the family so that Arredondo can earn his diploma at […]
[Translate] IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc MECCA – The streets near Mecca Elementary School are undergoing a series of improvements as part of a $1 million project recently approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Work began this week, during Coachella Valley Unified School District’s spring break, and is expected to last two months. The project focuses on the […]
[Translate] NATALIA CERVANTES/Coachella Uninc INDIO – Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine (CVVIM), established in the fall of 2010, has flourished into a state-of-the-art facility staffed entirely by volunteers and serving the most vulnerable in the community – those without health insurance. Many low-income people without health insurance flee to the emergency room for non-emergency situations, such as […]
[Translate] MARIA GARCIA, KARLA MARTINEZ and BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Uninc MECCA — The children of the San Antonio del Desierto no longer have to worry about getting hurt while they play because a safe playground has replaced the rocky dirt patch at the center of their mobile home park. “I’m relieved there is finally somewhere I can take my […]
[Translate] JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA — When Christian Sesma graduated from San Diego State University in 2003, he had no idea where his bachelor of arts degree in anthropology would take him. But that all changed four years later. “I realized filmmaking was my true calling in 2007 after I shot my first few short and […]
[Translate] IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc SALTON CITY, Calif. – Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez has joined the Sea View Elementary School student effort to save the California red-legged frog with the introduction of Assembly Bill 2364, which would establish this endangered frog as the official state amphibian. “It started when Ms. (Virginia) Haddad was looking for extracurricular things to bring […]
[Translate] MARIA GARCIA and KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA — Alicia Sanchez* lived in fear that her mother would discover her problems with marijuana. “If I (were) to tell her the truth,” explains the 15-year-old, “we would have had a huge fight.” There was enough tension in the Sanchez household, due to her mother’s work […]
[Translate] Ivan Valenzuela/COACHELLA UNINC INDIO — The Coachella Valley is eclectic in its array of residents and lifestyles. An Eastern Coachella Valley resident can work his entire life in the fields, but chances are he will never enjoy the retirement havens of nearby Palm Springs. It is also unlikely that he and his family have health insurance. […]
[Translate] NORTH SHORE – Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare enrollment assistance will be available to Eastern Coachella Valley residents on Saturday, January 25, at the North Shore Yacht Club, 99155 Sea View Drive. The event begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. The event is part of a yearlong project of Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC), in […]
[Translate] AURORA SALDIVAR and BRENDA R. RINCON/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA – Three years ago Jose Rodriguez was more likely to be found vandalizing neighborhoods rather than cleaning one up. But on Monday’s Day of Action, organized by the Clinton Foundation and led by Chelsea Clinton, Rodriguez was one of approximately 100 volunteers who participated in the beautification of one […]
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