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East Valley Residents Tune In, React to Congressional Debate

October 15, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 36th Congressional Debate, 36th congressional district, 36th Congressional District debate, aurora saldivar, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, Mary Bono Mack, Mecca, Nancy Pelosi, North Shore, Tony Aguilar

On Friday, October 12, Dr. Raul Ruiz and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack faced off during the 36th District Congressional Debate.

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.

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.

Youth Reporter Attends Prep School in Search of Opportunity

September 4, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Johnny Flores, New America Media, OLPH, opportunity, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Palm Desert, Xavier, xavier college prep, Xavier College Preparatory High School, youth journalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated A year ago, I was feeling anxious, nervous, and scared.

EPA Visit a Good Start, but Not Enough for Mecca

August 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amy Miller, Becky Ross, brenda rincon, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Consolidated Tire Recyclers, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley Environmental Justice Taskforce, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Nation Recovery, IVAN, IVAN Coachella, Johnny Flores, Kathleen Johnson, Luis Olmedo, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Western Environmental

By Johnny Flores, Jr., and Brenda R. Rincón Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — Two dump sites.

Assemblymember Pérez Inspires Young Reporters to Push Envelope

August 14, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: assemblymember victor manuel perez, aurora saldivar, Boys and Men of Color, brenda rincon, California Agriculture and Service Worker Act, california state assembly, California State Assembly Select Committee Status of Boys and Men of Color, casa, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, coachella valley unified school district, college of the desert, CVUSD, Eastern Coachella Valley, Harvard, harvard university, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, MECha, Tony Aguilar, Unión Estudiantil de la Raza, University of California Riverside

By Brenda R. Rincón, Coachella Unincorporated INDIO, Calif. – A large poster hangs above Victor Manuel Pérez’s desk at his district headquarters, with the words “This is our moment, this is our time” etched atop a pensive Barack Obama.

Park Expansion to Offer Much Needed Rec Area for Youth

August 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bagdouma Park, bagdouma park expansion, c.s. legacy construction, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley unified school district, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, Johnny Flores, jonathan hoy, maria machuca, Mayor, parks and recreation, rancho las flores park, soccer month

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – In this Eastern Coachella Valley city with over 2,000 registered soccer players there are only three regulation-size soccer fields.

Residents’ Help Needed to Curb Costly Problem

August 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: budget, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, graffiti, graffiti abatement, graffiti hotline, Johnny Flores, maritza martinez, Mayor Eduardo Garcia, tagging, vandalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif, — In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the City of Coachella budgeted $91,372 to combat the costly problem of graffiti or “tagging,” as it commonly known.

Are We Not Even Safe Inside Movie Theatres?

July 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: alfred pennyworth, aurora, batman, christian bale, Coachella Unincorporated, colorado, dark knight rises, james holmes, Johnny Flores, mass murderer, michael caine, movie theatre, the dark knight

By: Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated During last week’s midnight premiere of “Dark Knight Rises,” James Holmes walked into a Colorado movie theatre armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun, and two handguns.