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South Coast Stories

Improving Opportunities for South Coast Youth / Mejorando las Oportunidades de la Juventud de la Costa Sur

Improving Opportunities for South Coast Youth “Do you need a job this summer?” “Want to work at Puente this summer?” These phrases are all too familiar to Puente’s team. Every year the Education staff visits the high school to announce youth program opportunities and to provide assistance with program applications. Since its launch in 2007 […]

Community comes together for inclusive Pescadero Town Planning process. La comunidad se une para un proceso inclusivo de planificación de Pescadero

Picturesque, idyllic Pescadero has always had growing pains – though not in the traditional sense. Visitors who stick to the Stage Road circuit can easily overlook the struggles of Pescadero’s low- and middle-income population, hidden from plain view. But they’re clear as day to locals who cannot meet basic needs like safe and affordable housing, […]

Trauma Informed Care comes to the South Coast / La Costa Sur se prepara para dar Atención Informada de Trauma

Trauma Informed Care comes to the South Coast Puente and La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District (LHPUSD) have kicked off a yearlong partnership to bring the language and practice of trauma informed care to program participants. Through a grant from the Sand Hill Foundation, Puente has contracted with Trauma Transformed and the East Bay Agency for […]

Zumba instructor makes wellness, dance and joy a priority for 2019 / Instructora de Zumba pone el bienestar, el baile y la alegría como prioridades para el 2019

From left to right (de izquierda a derecha), Pescadero Zumba Instructors (Instructoras de Zumba en Pescadero): Yesenia Serratos, Elizabeth Sumano, Paola Vázquez y Juana Corona. Zumba instructor makes wellness, dance and joy a priority for 2019 Four years of Zumba have taught Yesenia Serratos a lot about her body. Especially how much she enjoys dancing. […]