In February 2014 Governor Jerry Brown formally declared California to be in a drought emergency asking for voluntary cutback of water usage by 20%. Since that time we Californians have cutback a dismal 8%. On April 2, 2015, Governor Brown checked out the snowpack at Phillips Station, located at the South Fork of the American…
“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Fifty years ago, on September 8, 1966 William Shatner, the actor who played Captain James T. Kirk, first…
About the Book Title: The Season of Decay Author: Michael W. Garza Genre: YA horror Our world decayed and a new world arose from the ashes of the old. The Canaan tribe formed from the ruins of their oppressors, struggling to build a new world for themselves, challenged by the rise of a threat within…
Think back to your childhood experience in the school cafeteria. Remember the wasted food tossed into trash after a small bite? Recall the garbage cans brimming with discarded lunches? According to DoSomething.org, one of the largest global organizations for young people and social change, one in six Americans face hunger and more than one in…
Purchase on Amazon Purchase on iBooks Purchase on Google Play Add it on Goodreads There is nothing more powerful than love. Daisy and Owen never catch a break. After being torn apart by the powerful and ruthless Elders, the sweetness of their reunion is tempered by the knowledge that Daisy’s emotions may…
Respect for the law begins at home and its roots lay in the minds of our children. From an early age children need to feel a sense of self-worth and positive self-esteem. From this evolves respect. Getting kids involved in a good cause is one way to achieve this goal. Support the Blue Now…
According to Hearing Health Foundation nearly 50 million Americans experience hearing loss and 1 in 5 children between the ages of 12-19 have reported hearing loss due to loud noise. I suffered a life altering hearing loss over 22 years ago forcing me out of teaching sixth graders and learning the art of the writer….
Many high school students focus just on their GPAs believing high academic classroom performance and perfect SAT scores will open doors to their college dream school. Perhaps this was the best path to take a generation ago, but 21st Century colleges and universities want more. According to Elizabeth Dankoski, founder and CEO of The Dream…
Daddy’s Girl, by Ben Burgess Jr., is a unique novel about the black experience in America as seen through the eyes of a father and his daughter. Nick Johnson is an underachieving alcoholic and womanizer with little ambition other than partying with friends. After he gets a married woman pregnant, she decides to give the…
The 2016-17 school year starts today for the Los Angeles Unified School District and in many other school districts around the USA. High school students interested in going to college must make sure their transcripts reflect grades that will get them into a good college. When college admissions officers decide whom to accept for their…