Tag Archives: Young

Margarita Engle, the celebrated author and poet who calls the Central Valley home, published two new books in 2021. The first, “Your Heart, My Sky,” is a young adult novel written in verse. The second is a children’s picture book titled “A Song of Frutas.” Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock …

Why is food insecurity so common in Kern County, and what can people do to solve it? Those two questions are at the core of a new documentary called “INVISIBLE: The Unseen Faces of Hunger.” The film was produced by members of Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change, also known as …

This week on Valley Edition: More and more young candidates are running for office. We talk with three Valley youth vying for seats on local school boards. Plus, teaching online is challenging enough. But getting kids to sing in a chorus over the internet? That’s really tricky. Choir teachers are …

There’s a prevailing narrative that young people in America are not politically engaged and are unlikely to vote. But Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock recently spoke with three individuals who are actively challenging that assumption: Riddhi S. Patel, a 24-year-old coordinator for Sunrise Kern in Bakersfield, Alexandria Benn, a 25-year-old …

It’s hard enough for seasoned teachers to transition from in-person classes to online learning. But what about teachers who are just starting out? Oscar Andrade falls under that category. The second year educator left his classroom at Centennial Elementary School in March, and was allowed to return in early August …

Seventy five years ago this month, the streets of Los Angeles turned violent in an event that came to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots. The cause is still unclear, but we know this: for 10 days in 1943, white service members attacked young Latino men on the streets …

Family and friends identified the 17-year-old fatally shot in downtown Turlock on Monday as Richard Lee Short III. A gofundme page Wednesday asked for donations to help with funeral expenses … Click to Continue »

Two young children who died last month in a house fire in South Merced were identified Thursday by the Merced County Coroner’s Office. The boys, ages 3 and 5, were … Click to Continue »

The Merced City Fire Department has been investigating the south Merced house fire that killed two children earlier in the week, but haven’t been able to release many details. Chief … Click to Continue »

More than 400 young women aspiring to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) attended last week’s Expanding Your Horizons conference. The event, hosted by the UC Merced chapter … Click to Continue »

Tensions escalated this week at UC Merced after a conservative student club demonstrated on campus, carrying homemade signs encouraging people to report undocumented immigrants. UC Merced’s College Republican club held … Click to Continue »

Merced High School freshmen sell copies of the Fresno Bee on Tuesday as part of Kids Day, a fundraising effort for Valley Children’s Hospital. Last year’s Kids Day raised a … Click to Continue »

One in 68 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control — but diagnosing the disorder early is … Click to Continue »