Youth Inspired During Wii Bowling Loss to Seniors

July 11, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, coachella senior center, Consuelo Godwin, Fatima Ramirez, ivan delgado, Karla Martinez, Maria Arcos, Wii Bowling

    BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Unincorporated     COACHELLA – The four members of Team Coachella Unincorporated arrived at the Senior Center on a hot summer morning with smiles on their faces. 

Creative Ideas for Free Summer Fun

June 27, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bagdouma Park, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez, Maker Camp, Mecca, summer, swimming

FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY – With summer underway, teenagers everywhere are out of school and asking the age-old question, “What can I do during the hottest months in the year?”

CV Study Reveals Disparities of East Versus West

June 24, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, California Institute for Rural Studies, California Rural Legal Assistance, Celia Garcia, Center for Regional Change, Coachella, Comité Cívico del Valle, CRLA, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, environmental justice, ICUC, Inland Congregations United for Change, Invisible Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, Jonathan London, Mecca, Megan Beaman, North Shore, Pueblo Unido CDC, Salton Sea, the california endowment, UC Davis

  IVAN DELGADO/Coachella Unincorporated   EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY — With its lavish resorts and golf courses, the Coachella Valley is a getaway to some and a retirement home for others.

Kick Off Summer with Artchella June 14

June 11, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Artchella, aurora saldivar, carlos gonzalez, Coachella, Kactus Clan, Machin, Raices Cultura

  AURORA SALDIVAR/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA – As schools let out for the summer, local youth need look no further than Sixth Street.

Fight Summer Boredom in the ECV

June 10, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Coachella, Coachella boxing club, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, Mecca, raices, Zumba

    Coachella Unincorporated got together with community members at their most recent editorial meeting to discuss summer opportunities for young people in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Leap of Faith Pays Off for Olive Crest Graduate

May 21, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unified School District, college of the desert, CVUSD, Fatima Ramirez, Margaret Hensel, Olive Crest Academy

                    FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — As I sit on a park bench, enjoying the appetizing food and appreciating the company of my classmates, I realize how much I have grown to appreciate every single one of them.

Health Reform Means Not Going to Mexicali for Care

May 13, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Mexicali, New America Media, Ronnie Cho

                          ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — Like a lot of other families living in the Eastern Coachella Valley, when one of our family members fell sick, it meant driving about a hundred miles across the border into Mexico, to the City of Mexicali, to get taken care of by a doctor.

Disabled Youth Play Ball, Make Friends in Challenger Division

April 26, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bagdouma Park, Challenger league, Coachella, disabled youth, Johnny Flores, special needs

                            JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — Javier Avila and Calani Raceles are two young men with mental challenges doing the unimaginable — playing baseball.