As I go in to the grocery store I notice that junk food is priced lower than healthier food. Some cereal and bread are highly priced at $3.96 to about $4.50, whereas most chips, noodles, and cookies are as low as seventeen cents to $1.98.
Category: Community Health
Miguel and Amelia, both bus riders, use BusTracker to share reports about their rides. They like how easy it is to TXT a BusTracker report and expect the tool will bring change to FAX.
Public transportation in Fresno needs improvement, and The Know Youth Media has been working to bring awareness to this issue. Their most recent effort was TransForum, an event held at The Revue Cafe for the community to voice their transit needs, on June 16.
In June of this year, as I finished dressing up in my royal blue top and black skirt with a traditional green sash tied around my waist, my dad’s cell phone rang loudly from the living room. I thought nothing of it. My mind was busy with curling my hair and fixing my friend’s makeup. It was the day of the Sunnyside High School Cultural Show and my five friends and I were getting ready for our Hmong dance performance that night.
A normal Monday was underway: I was on my way to work, and the bus was a few minutes late. It finally pulled up along the curb, and I could already see that it was crowded inside. This wasn’t typical for the beginning of the week, or for the bus that I normally take. There were hardly any open seats – I had to stand for a majority of the trip.