How a Bag of Flour Taught Me About Dyslexia

March 16, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Dyslexia, Eastern Coachella Valley, Join Coachella Unincorporated, learning disorders, reading

MARIA GARCIA / Coachella Unincorporated When I started looking around my house for a bag of flour, my mother asked me what I planed on baking.

15 Years Later, Comfort Station for Farmworkers a Reality

February 6, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: CRLA, DACE, Eastern Coachella Valley, Galilee Center, Mecca, Mecca Comfort Station, migrant farm workers, Riverside County

AMBER AMAYA and IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc. MECCA — A new structure being built in Mecca, Calif.

Agua 4 All Campaign Launches in the Eastern Coachella Valley

January 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Agua4All, Building Healthy Communities, clean water, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido CDC, Rural Communities Assistance corporation, San Jose Community Center, The califnornia endowment

AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — Agua 4 All, a pilot project that aims to bring clean drinking water to rural communities across California, launched Wednesday at the San Jose Community Center in Thermal, Calif.

Son Jarocho Takes Root in East Valley

January 26, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: culture, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fandango, jarana, music, Rancho La Boquilla, Son Jarocho, tarima, thermal, Veracruz, zapateado

JOHNNY FLORES / Coachella Uninc. Brightly colored papel picados are strung around the courtyard at the Rancho La Boquilla in Thermal, Calif.

Farmworker Women Speaking Up on Domestic Violence

January 15, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California Rural Legal Assistance, CRLA, domestic violence, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker, health journalism, Lideres Campesinas, the california endowment, USC, USC Annenberg

New America Media, News Feature, Brenda Rincon, Posted: Jan 15, 2015 Editor’s Note: This article was produced as part of the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Hard Winter for California Farmworkers

December 23, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California fields, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworkers, Merced, unemployment

New America Media, Photo Essay, David Bacon, Posted: Dec 22, 2014 Above: Vidal Cota is an immigrant farm worker from Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

Water Stations Filling a Huge Need in East Valley

December 22, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: clean water, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Ivan Valenzuela, mobile home, Rethink Your Drink, rural communities, San Jose Community Center, thermal, Water, water bottle refilling

This additional water bottle refilling station has been installed in the learning center at the San Jose Community Center in Thermal, Calif.

Hernandez Is Sworn In As Coachella’s New Mayor

December 5, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 2014 elections, California Assembly, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, elections, Manuel Perez, Mayor, Steven Hernandez

COACHELLA—Residents gathered in the Coachella City Council Chambers Thursday night to witness Steven Hernandez get sworn in as the city’s newest mayor.

East Valley Residents Give Obama’s Immigration Order Mixed Reviews

November 26, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amber Amaya, Beaman Law, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration, immigration reform, Obama, president obama, San Jose Community Center, thermal, U.S. Immigration

  AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Uninc. THERMAL — A crowd of 30 eastern Coachella Valley residents gathered at the San Jose Community Center last Thursday night where they watched President Obama, on Spanish-language television, make his long awaited immigration announcement.