Coachella Valley Water District Approves Plan to Cut Water Waste

May 18, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California drought, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley Water District, CVWD, drought, Eastern Coachella Valley, water waste

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ/ Coachella Unincorporated PALM DESERT — The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) Board of Directors approved water restrictions and penalties last week, as part of a strategy to meet the state-mandated 36 percent reduction in water usage.

Student Leaders Series: Karla Martinez gives back to her community

May 8, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Youth and Family Center, Johnny Flores, Karla Martinez, LUPA Project, NOVA Academy, Riverside County, Young Lady of the Year

JOHNNY FLORES/ Coachella Uninc. A few years ago Karla Martinez didn’t think a young person like her could ever make a difference in her community.

Crisálida Workshops Celebrate Spanish Poetry and Literature

May 4, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Christian Mendez, Crisalida a McCallum Theater Art Initiative, Eastern Coachella Valley, Mecca, Spanish poetry

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated The smell of pozole and tostadas floated through the air as a group of women and young people gathered for a poetry workshop at the North Shore Beach & Yacht Club in Mecca, Calif.

The Most Popular East Valley Music Venue isn’t Coachella Fest, it’s a Backyard

April 21, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Festival, east valley music scene, Eastern Coachella Valley, house shows, Indio, local bands, music

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ and AMBER AMAYA / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — For fifteen years, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has brought hundreds of musicians and artists to Indio, growing from a one-day event to a multi-weekend production.

Local Youth Share Their Concerns About CV Link Access Point

April 6, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, CVLink, Eastern Coachella Valley, LUPA Project, NOVA Academy, Riverside County

Editor’s Note: The following video was produced in partnership with the Land Use Planning Awareness team, a community capacity building project designed to empower communities across the eastern Coachella Valley.

Remembering Cesar Chavez and Raising the Next Generation of Organizers

March 31, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker rights, farmworkers, Indio, MECha, New America Media, UFW, United Farm Workers, youth journalism

AMBER AMAYA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Pins from a United Farm Workers of America Convention were scattered across a long table covered in a bright red banner.

Lideres Campesinas: Fighting for Farmworker Women

March 28, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker women, farmworkers, Lideres Campesinas

AMBER AMAYA / Coachella Unincorporated  Editor’s Note: For the past 27 years, Lideres Campesinas, a nonprofit organization based in Oxnard, Calif.,

Pueblo Unido CDC Joins the United Nations’ World Water Day

March 23, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: clean water, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido CDC, Reverse Osmosis, United Nations, World Water Day

Editor’s Note: In 1993, the United Nations designated March 22 as “World Day for Water,” a day to raise awareness about the need for clean drinking water and sustainable water development around the world.

Raising the Smoking Age: East Valley Youth Respond

March 20, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Eastern Coachella Valley, legal smoking age, SB 151, smoking, STAKE, Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, tobacco, youth

By: COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, California Senator Ed Hernandez introduced the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act (Senate Bill 151), a bill that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 21.