Coachella Unincorporated | 2012 September

Monthly Archives: September 2012

City’s General Plan Moves Closer to Update

September 27, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, Fiesta de la Salud, General Plan, General Plan Update, Johnny Flores, Luis Lopez, Matt Burris, Raimi and Associates, the california endowment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0H5xCVdl9M&feature=plcp[/youtube] By Johnny Flores, Jr., Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. – Last week’s third Fiesta de la Salud moved the city of Coachella closer to completing the long overdue update of its general plan, which will be the first in the Coachella Valley to include a community health element.

Disaster Relief for Eastern Coachella Valley Communities

September 26, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: American Red Cross, Building Healthy Communities, Catholic Charities, Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Imperial County, Lideres Campesinas, Margarita Luna, Mecca, North Shore, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Riverside County, Rodolfo Pinon, the california endowment, thermal

Foundations band together and leverage resources to respond to community health and safety needs; Severe weather event highlights the desperate need for safe, affordable housing in the region Coachella, Calif.

New America Media Launches “Soda Sucks 2” Creative Contest for Youth

September 25, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Allen Meyer, Anti Ad Campaign, Beverage Digest, Coachella Unincorporated, Health Happens Here, Liz Gonzalez, New America Media, Soda Sucks, Soda Sucks 2, The California Museum

By Liz Gonzalez, New America Media Picture this: Stylish, athletic and beautiful people are dancing in the street to hip-hop beats.

OPINION: Student Reporters Respond to Congresswoman

September 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, college of the desert, Daily Kos, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, El Informador del Valle, Fatima Ramirez, Gary Stone, Johnny Flores, Marc Troast, Mary Bono Mack, Mecca, Olive Crest Academy, The Desert Sun, thermal, Third World Toilet, Tony Aguilar, University of Redlands, xavier college prep

Thank you!!!! I heard some of your remarks with the councliman (sic) from Coachella.

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

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.

Changing Lives A World Away

September 21, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Navarro, Indio High School, Interact Club, Kimberly Miranda, Malawi, Mali, New America Media, Peanut Butter Project, Philippines, Rotary, Rotary International, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Sierra Leone, Somalia

By Kimberly Miranda, Coachella Unincorporated A few years ago, my friends and I decided to help nourish children in Africa – and we were able to do so without leaving the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Coachella Candidates “Fired Up” and Ready to Go

September 20, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Assemblymember Manuel Perez, aurora saldivar, barack obama, Beatriz Barajas, Betty Sanchez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, election 2012, Fired Up, Maggy Zepeda, Raul Ruiz, si se puede

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAr5AjfWEn4&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw&index=1&feature=plcp[/youtube] By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez hosted a rally for some of his fellow Democratic candidates from Coachella at the grand opening of his new election headquarters on September 18.

City Offers Last Opportunity for General Plan Input

September 18, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bobby Duke Middle School, Coachella, Coachella General Plan, Coachella Unincorporated, community, community health, Eastern Coachella Valley, Erika Ramirez, Fiesta de Salud, General Plan, ivan delgado, Luis Lopez, Raices Cultura, wellness

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — Coachella residents will have their last chance to provide input for the city’s long overdue general plan update at the final Fiesta de la Salud this Thursday, September 20.

Mexican Independence Event in Coachella

September 14, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, coachella chamber of commerce, El Grito, Independence Day, taco competition, Veterans Park

COACHELLA, Calif. – The Coachella Chamber of Commerce invites the public to “El Grito,” its annual Mexican Independence Day celebration this Sunday, September 16, from noon to 9 p.m.