Undocumented Kids to Get Health Coverage in State Budget

June 15, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California Budget, Gov. Jerry Brown, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, SB4

  New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 16, 2015 Sen. Ricardo Lara and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León discuss the state budget that passed this week.

Coachella residents get moving with Walk with a Doc program

June 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Las Flores Park, Walk With A Doc

AMANDA FLORES / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Eastern Coachella Valley residents are getting an opportunity to exercise alongside local physicians thanks to the Walk with a Doc program, a program dedicated to encouraging physical activity in order to improve the health of communities.

Conference Focuses on Implicit Bias and Social Justice

June 10, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice Society, Implicit Bias, National Center for Youth Law, Oakland

By Claudia. J. Gonzalez and Nayoon Jin OAKLAND, Calif. — Why are Black and Latino men across the country shot and killed by police officers at rates far surpassing whites?

Agua 4 All Featured On Univision’s National Health Week

June 9, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Agua4All, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido, Rural Communities Assistance corporation, the california endowment

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — On Monday night, the eastern Coachella Valley’s Agua 4 All program was featured on Univision’s national Health Week.

UC President Urges State to Fund Expanded Enrollment

June 1, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, expanded enrollment, Janet Napolitano, New America Media, University of California

Editor’s Note: One of an occasional series of New America Media interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano.

Bill to Combat Arsenic in Drinking Water Makes it to the Senate

May 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

IVAN VALENZUELA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — A proposed bill for combating arsenic-tainted water in rural California communities, including those in the eastern Coachella Valley, is one step closer to becoming a reality.