Coachella Uninc: New Office Space at Raices

February 11, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, raices, Tony Aguilar

[Translate]   By TONY E. AGUILAR/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. — It’s been nearly two years since the youth journalists of Coachella Unincorporated began covering the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Cautious Hope After Obama’s Immigration Reform Speech

January 31, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, brenda rincon, Coachella, Comite Latino, Cristina Mendez, DREAM Act, DREAMers, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Navarro, immigration reform, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Mario Lazcano, Trinidad Arredondo

[Translate]       By BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. – The immigration issue is not about numbers for Esperanza Navarro.

Two Farmworkers’ Daughters, Two Paths to Higher Education

January 28, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, Cristian Cabrera, DACA, DREAM Act, Farm Workers, immigration reform, Kent Braithwaite, Silvia Paz

[Translate]   COACHELLA, Calif. – Cristian Cabrera was working in the grape fields with her family last summer, saving money for the fall semester, when she received a text from a friend.

Ruiz Riding Latino Vote to Congressional Victory in Riverside County

November 8, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 36th congressional district, aurora saldivar, brenda rincon, Coachella, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Mary Bono Mack, Mecca, New America Media

[Translate]     Editor’s Note: As of late Wednesday night, the official count had Democrat Raul Ruiz leading Republican incumbent Mary Bono Mack in California’s 36th Congressional District by 2.8 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Red Cross Closes Thermal Emergency Shelter; Residents Petition for Answers

September 22, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: American Red Cros, brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Daphne Hart, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, Facebook, flood, flying doctors, Mecca, Red Cross, St. Anthony's trailer park, thermal

[Translate]     By Brenda R. Rincon, Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — On September 19, the American Red Cross closed its emergency shelter at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal.

Committee Planning First Día de los Muertos at Coachella Cemetery

September 7, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, coachella chamber of commerce, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley cemetery, coachella valley mexican american chamber of commerce, cvmacc, Dia de los Muertos, Eastern Coachella Valley, ernesto rosales, forest lawn, raices, Raices Cultura

[Translate]   By Brenda Rincon, Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – On a 110-degree afternoon, it is hard to think about November 2.

EPA Visit a Good Start, but Not Enough for Mecca

August 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amy Miller, Becky Ross, brenda rincon, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Consolidated Tire Recyclers, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley Environmental Justice Taskforce, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Nation Recovery, IVAN, IVAN Coachella, Johnny Flores, Kathleen Johnson, Luis Olmedo, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Western Environmental

[Translate] By Johnny Flores, Jr., and Brenda R. Rincón Coachella Unincorporated   MECCA, Calif. — Two dump sites.

Student Reaches for Dreams with Deferred Action

August 16, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: amnesty, Atlixco, barack obama, brenda rincon, California State University, Childhood Arrivals, Coachella, Coachella Unincorported, college of the desert, Deferred Action, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Deferred Action scams, DREAM Act, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration lawyer, Jose Chiquito, Leaders of Tomorrow, Mecca, Mexicali, Obama Administration, Puebla, Russell Jauregui, thermal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, University of Laverne, USCIS

[Translate]   By Brenda Rincón, Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. –  Cris* was only 12 years old when she left Atlixco, Puebla, with her brother and sister to join their parents in the United States.

Assemblymember Pérez Inspires Young Reporters to Push Envelope

August 14, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: assemblymember victor manuel perez, aurora saldivar, Boys and Men of Color, brenda rincon, California Agriculture and Service Worker Act, california state assembly, California State Assembly Select Committee Status of Boys and Men of Color, casa, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, coachella valley unified school district, college of the desert, CVUSD, Eastern Coachella Valley, Harvard, harvard university, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, MECha, Tony Aguilar, Unión Estudiantil de la Raza, University of California Riverside

[Translate]   By Brenda R. Rincón, Coachella Unincorporated   INDIO, Calif. –  A large poster hangs above Victor Manuel Pérez’s desk at his district headquarters, with the words “This is our moment, this is our time” etched atop a pensive Barack Obama.