By: MATTIE KAHN, Elle ~ MAY 31, 2017 The statistics aren't good. According to recent estimates, women make up just under 20 percent of Congress and less than 25 percent of ...

Jenny Oropeza was an incredible leader in our Long Beach Community and for all of California. Oropeza served on the LBUSD board of education from 1988-1994 - the first Latina ...

by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, NBC News, September 14, 2016 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/california-governor-signs-bill-develop-high-school-ethnic-studies-curriculum-n648396 California Gov. Jerry Brown signed new legislation Tuesday to develop a model curriculum for ethnic studies in high schools, according ...

By: Jennifer Rice Epstein, Gazettes Newspaper ~ July 19, 2016 http://www.gazettes.com/news/long-beach-to-rename-three-schools/article_43edd8fe-4dd0-11e6-8af7-234d98574d53.html For some Long Beach children, the new school year also will mean a newly re-named school. The Long Beach Unified ...