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Monthly Archives: May 2012
A Tough Competitor On The Softball Diamond
By LIZETTE MIRELES/South Kern Sol
ARVIN–Every individual has their own talent in them, Yazmine Moreno is not exception.
Friend’s Death Will Not Be in Vain
Commentary, Danny McLane Jr./Richmond Pulse
Richmond is a city ridden with violence, drug abuse and robbery, among other things, including low high school graduation rates.
Richmond Adopts Innovative General Plan to Promote Community Health and Sustainable Development
News Report, April Suwalsky/Richmond Pulse
More than 1500 Richmond community members and dozens of local partner organizations came together on Sunday, April 29, in Richmond, California, for the third annual Richmond Tales Fest: An Afternoon of Family Literacy and Healthy Living.
Students Express Concern with Proposed Pell Grant Cuts
By Tony Aguilar Coachella Unincorporated
Federal Financial Aid for many college students stands on the brink of annihilation if the newly proposed Republican budget passes in Congress.
A New Miss California?
Written by Anthony Nget, VoiceWaves Journalist.
Tiaras, ball gowns, swimsuits—these feminine items are what people think of when conjuring the image of a beauty queen.
Former Nurse Finds New Way to Serve
By Rogelio Montaño,
Coachella Unincorporated
When Lilia Rebollar came to the United States from Mexico, the only work the former nurse could find was in the agricultural fields of the Eastern Coachella Valley.
KEEN Launches Reporting System
By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD–Community advocates and government agencies joined forces to launch the website that will allow community members and environmental advocates to report environmental and health hazards they see on May 1.
Counselors at Arvin High Doing More With Less
by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA for NAM / South Kern Sol
ARVIN, Calif. — The public high school in Arvin has one of the largest student bodies of any school in Kern County, its 2,400 students coming mostly from the small rural communities of Lamont, Weedpatch and Arvin, just south of Bakersfield in California’s central valley.
SERIES: Four Voices, One Dream – Paola Uriostegui
Compiled by MIROSLAVA DELEON/South Kern Sol
Ed. Note: In October 2011, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB-131, the second part of the California Dream Act.