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2013 BETTER NEWSPAPERS CONTEST AWARDS PRESENTATION: SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

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normally loquacious violinist is prone to becoming overwhelmed with emotion The Most Interesting Man in the Phil when discussing the physical, psychologi- How Vijay Gupta, a 26-Year-Old Former Med Student, cal and spiritual struggles of his non-Dis- Found Himself and Brought Classical Music to Skid Row ney Hall audience. “I’m this privileged musician,” he said recently. “Who the hell am I to think that I By Donna Evans could help anybody?”

On a sweltering day in late August, raucous applause. Chasing Zubin Mehta Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Vijay Screams of “Encore!” are heard. One Gupta will be front and center this week Gupta steps in front of a crowd and bows man, sitting amidst plastic bags of his when the Phil kicks off the celebration of his head to polite applause. belongings, belts out a curious request for the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney Con- He glances at the audience and surveys Ice Cube. Gupta and his fellow musicians, cert Hall. Along with the 105 other mem- the cellist and violist to his left . He takes Jacob Braun and Ben Ullery, smile widely bers of the orchestra, he’ll spend much of a breath, lift s his 2003 Krutz violin and and bow. the next nine months in formal clothes tucks it under his chin. Once it’s settled, Skid Row may seem an unlikely place and playing in front of affl uent crowds. In he slowly pulls the bow across the strings. for a classical concert. In fact, it was, prior addition to the Downtown dates that start As the fi rst strains of the “Passacaglia” to Street Symphony, a nonprofi t organiza- on Monday, Sept. 30, the Phil this season by George Frideric Handel and Johann tion founded by Gupta in 2011. Th e New will tour domestically, including stints in Halvorsen usher forth, the murmurs of the York native was just 24 at the time, though Washington, D.C., and New York. crowd go mute. he had already been a member of the Phil Vijay Gupta was born in 1987 in While the scene is one that audiences at for fi ve years. He was the youngest player Walden, N.Y., in the Mid-Hudson Valley Walt Disney Concert Hall pay up to $266 in the orchestra when he joined at the age public relations for the L.A. Phil who now to Vivek, a travel agent, and Chandana, a a ticket to take in, no one here has spent a of 19, and at 26 today, he’s still the young- serves as vice president of external aff airs bank teller; the couple immigrated to the cent. In fact, many in the packed room at est. for the St. Louis Symphony. United States from India. His musical in- Skid Row’s Midnight Street Symphony Th e path that brought Gupta to Skid clination was clear from an early age — he Mission know little Los Angeles Downtown News is an ensemble of Row is as twisting as it is unlikely, and continually sang and danced around the about classical music socially conscious house — and when he was 4 his parents (Weekly A. 25,001 & Above) though he has now played the Mission and even less about musicians dedi- three times, it’s clear that it’s a visceral took him to a music teacher. He was soon the men playing in 1st Place, Feature Story cated to bringing experience for the man who suff ered his given the choice of piano or violin. While front of them. Still, live, classical music own mental abuse while growing up. Th e Gupta’s younger brother, Akshar, later the approximately to the mentally ill, See PHIL, PAGE 8 100 people, many of whom sleep on the imprisoned, homeless and the otherwise streets at night, sit rapt on their blue plas- marginalized members of society. Gupta tic chairs. Th ey remain largely quiet — if founded the group with Adrian Hong, a not as silent as Disney Hall crowds — dur- human rights activist and the managing ing the 45-minute performance. director of consultancy Pegasus Strategies, Harvest of Fear When it ends, the crowd busts into and Adam Crane, the former director of Rape, harassment persist among female farmworkers.

By Robert Rodriguez and Diana Aguilera Maria, a farmworker from Guatemala, sor was not arrested and she has seen him Bringing back the Logjams says never again will she look at any super- around Huron numerous times. Huron visor with the same trust she once had. police Lt. Chad McMullen said Sunday By Adam Spencer Th e 40-year-old mother of three was that the department takes all sexual assault Like so many rivers of the West, the Del Norte Triplicate hired last November to pick pomegran- cases seriously. He said he didn’t have Lower Klamath exhibits a legacy of de- (Weekly C. 4,301 - 11,000) ates near Huron. Her supervisor told her information on Maria’s case and couldn’t he would pick her up an hour earlier than comment on it. struc ve logging prac ces and is currently 1st Place undergoing restora on. What sets this the rest of the crew. She was puzzled, but Legal aid workers and experts who have work apart is the lead role held by Na ve Environmental Reporting needed the work. studied the issue say Maria’s case is not American tribes. But the early pick-up turned into a sexual unusual. assault when the su- Besides federal and state agencies, the For hundreds if not thousands of years, pervisor drove to an The Fresno Bee Veil of secrecy alley Yurok Tribe Fisheries Program is the larg- tribes of the Klamath basin have been in- (Daily B. 35,001 - 150,000) est fi sheries management organization in trinsically linked to salmon, steelhead and in Huron and Every year in the California. the waterways that breed them. attempted to rape 1st Place central San Joaquin her in the back of Today, commercial harvesting of chi- Agricultural Reporting Valley, thousands Photo: Del Norte Triplicate / Bryant Anderson nook salmon is an economic driver for the the van, putting of farmworkers are Yuroks, with tribal fi shermen pull-ing in his hand over her harvesting fruits and close to $3 million last season — some- mouth and holding her wrists while trying vegetables to feed the nation and the world. times making around $1,000 a day. to take her pants off . Yet, underneath this massive multibillion- In order to sustain and improve this Maria was in shock. dollar industry is an environment that resource, the Yurok tribe has acquired and She was able to fend him off , and a few advocates say makes it ripe for sexual abuse. spent millions of dollars in grant funding days later — at the urging of her husband Female workers have been the victims of to restore fi sheries in the Lower Klamath. and with the help of legal aid staff ers sexual attacks, harassment and intimida- In a three-part series beginning today — she reported it to the Huron Police tion by supervisors and fellow workers. and continuing in March and April, the Department. Many have suff ered in silence, afraid to Triplicate will take a look at the three as- Maria, who spoke on condition that her tell authorities for fear of losing their jobs pects of Yurok fi sheries restoration work: last name not be used, said the supervi- — or being deported. Sarah Beesley, a biologist for the Yurok Tribal Fisher- habitat restoration, up-slope restoration See FEAR, PAGE 3 ies Program, overlooks a logjam she helped engineer to recover fi sh in Terwer Creek. See LOGJAMS, PAGE 8

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Great breadth, strong writing, solid This paper cares about its commu- Packed with local news, features, This paper shows that it is ambitious reporting, packaging and design—and nity. Good beat reporting, sense of enterprise and photos. The Desert Sun in its journalism, offering a well-con- so much newshole—create a diverse place and keen focus on local news. serves its community well. The paper ceived mix of local, state, national sense of life and culture in L.A. Creativ- Strong editorial, great space for let- is easy to read—clean, accessible and world news, plus sports, arts ity and energy help features and busi- ters and topical op-eds. writing; interesting stories; simple and lifestyle sections. The design/ ness shine brightly. design and heads. Strong news cover- layout is attractive and well-orga- age and fun, engaging bite-sized nized. Kudos for a strong Sunday edits on Saturday. opinion page and op-ed offerings, with a nice mix of topics.

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Lots of local concerns covered here. Nice job on water shortage. Layout makes for easy reading. Editorials ad- dress local issues. Calendar features A good community weekly refl ects its well-presented. community well. A generous newshole, a strong local focus, smart reporting, Reporting was solid and story choice and an attractive, well-organized pack- creative. Writing lived up to graphics age; good columns, nice mix of letters and layout. Regular features like “Rise from readers and a dignifi ed approach and Fall” a nice balance to in-depth to obituaries. Well done. stories. This is a paper that serves its readership. Strong and inviting editorial page with a good representation of local voices. The coverage of the Polly Klass anniver- sary was comprehensive and sensitive. Enjoyed seeing student and parent voices on the school page. Solid news judgment all around.

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Cont... FEAR, PAGE 1 Th at veil of secrecy, however, supervisor, she kept quiet while AgSafe, a nonprofi t group focused “Th ere is a greater awareness requests for additional training.” may be lift ing. he picked up the rest of the crew. on reducing injuries and illness out there, and employers are act- Researchers say that educating Several studies have shined a She began seeking help the next in agriculture, has helped provide ing on that,” Wolfe said. “We have workers and supervisors about national spotlight on the is- day. A few days later, she made some of that added training. seen a tremendous number of sexual harassment is important sue, and on Tuesday the Public contact with the legal aid lawyers but is only part of the solution. ANDRÉS CEDIEL/FRONTLINE Broadcasting System’s “Front- and then called her husband, Also needed is immigration line” news program will feature who was in Mexico. reform and greater enforcement a report on the subject titled “He supported me and en- by regulating agencies. “Rape in the Fields.” Th e program couraged me to report it to the But educating consumers will be rebroadcast Saturday in police,” Maria said in Spanish. who buy the food also should Spanish on Univision’s television Maria has worked in agri- play a part, said Grace Meng, a stations. culture with diff erent crops, researcher who helped produce Th e program — produced in depending on the season, since the 2012 farmworker report for partnership with Univision, the she fi rst came to the United States Human Rights Watch. Center for Investigative Report- in 2008. She sends nearly all her “Th ere is so much attention ing and the investigative report- income to her three daughters being paid to where our food ing program at the University of — ages 18, 11 and 8 — who live comes from and how animals California at Berkeley — delves in Guatemala. In all the years are treated,” Meng said, “that this into the painful price some wom- working, this is the fi rst time she might be a good place for con- Maricruz Ladino, whose story is featured in “Rape in the Fields,” is one en are paying for providing for has been assaulted. of many women who say they have been sexually assaulted while work- sumers to start asking ‘How are their families. As part of the pro- Maria continues to work in ing in America’s fi elds, farms and factories. A 2010 survey of Central the workers being treated?’ ” gram, dozens of women — from agriculture, but now in an onion Valley female farmworkers found 80% had experienced some form of the Valley’s almond orchards to fi eld with diff erent supervisors. sexual harassment. Florida’s tomato fi elds—shared “It still aff ects me. Every time their stories about being victims I see a new supervisor, I get wor- of sexual abuse. ried it’s going to happen again,” Awards Experts say the problem is she said. widespread and complicated by the fact that a majority of Supervisors in control by Category farmworkers — at least 60% — are undocumented. Nationally, It is not unusual for a supervi- women make up 24% of the agri- sor to be with the workers from Agricultural Reporting Daily C. 15,001-35,000 Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 1st - Daily Republic 1st - Mountain Democrat cultural work force, according to the time he picks them up to the Daily A. 150,001 & Above 2nd - Th e Record 2nd - Black Voice News federal statistics. time he drops them off . He may 1st - Los Angeles Times It’s very hard to know the ac- also be the one who drives them 2nd - Los Angeles Times Daily D. 15,000 & Under Weekly D. 4,300 & Under 1st - Glendale News-Press 1st - Th e Winters Express tual number of cases, experts say, to the neighborhood market to Daily B. 35,001-150,000 2nd - Th e Whittier Daily News 2nd - Th e Recorder since many go unreported. cash their paycheck. 1st - Th e Fresno Bee Th ose who do come forward “In many cases, there is no one 2nd - Daily Breeze Weekly A/B. 11,001 & Above 1st - Los Angeles are subject to retaliation, accord- supervising the supervisor,” said Daily C. 15,001-35,000 Coverage of Business News Downtown News ing to a 2012 report by Human Espinosa, the California Rural 1st - Daily Republic Daily A. 150,001 & Above 2nd - Good Times 1st - Los Angeles Times Rights Watch in New York. Legal Assistance attorney. “So if 2nd - Marin Independent Journal 2nd - San Jose Mercury News Th e report interviewed 50 that person has this tendency to Daily D. 15,000 & Under Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 1st - Mountain Democrat women working a variety of prey on women, who does the 1st - Th e Hanford Sentinel Daily B. 35,001-150,000 2nd - Petaluma Argus-Courier 1st - Th e Bakersfi eld Californian crops in three states — Califor- employee go to? Th e only person 2nd - Lodi News-Sentinel 2nd - Daily News-Los Angeles nia, North Carolina and New they may know is the supervisor.” Weekly A. 25,001 & Above Weekly D. 4,300 & Under 1st - Th e Windsor Times York. Researchers found that Espinosa has heard of cases 1st - New Times Daily C. 15,001-35,000 2nd - Th e Trinity Journal 1st - Th e Record women who resisted their super- where the female worker is asked 2nd - Good Times 2nd - Th e Desert Sun visor’s advances were fi red or not to move to a remote area, away Weekly B. 11,001-25,000 rehired the following year. from the other employees, and 1st - North Coast Journal Breaking News Daily D. 15,000 & Under 1st - Th e Union, Grass Valley In the Central Valley, a 2010 then she is attacked. 2nd - La Jolla Light Daily A. 150,001 & Above 2nd - Santa Monica Daily Press survey of 150 farmworker women William Tamayo, regional at- Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 1st - Los Angeles Times by a researcher from the Univer- torney for the U.S. Equal Em- 1st - Sacramento Business 2nd - San Francisco Chronicle Weekly A. 25,001 & Above 1st - Los Angeles sity of California at Santa Cruz ployment Opportunity Commis- Journal Daily B. 35,001-150,000 Downtown News found that 80% had experienced sion, said it is diffi cult enough for 2nd - Th e Sonoma Index-Tribune 1st - Th e Press-Enterprise 2nd - SF Weekly some form of sexual harassment. women in non-farm workplaces Weekly D. 4,300 & Under 2nd - Daily News-Los Angeles to come forward. 1st - Th e Trinity Journal Daily C. 15,001-35,000 Weekly B. 11,001-25,000 1st - San Francisco “Women don’t report because 2nd - Th e Mammoth Times 1st - Santa Cruz Sentinel Isolation on job sites Business Times they don’t want their careers 2nd - Th e Record 2nd - San Francisco Felicia Espinosa, directing at- killed or be ostracized within Artistic Photo Daily D. 15,000 & Under Business Times torney for California Rural Legal their companies,” Daily A. 150,001 & Above 1st - Lodi News-Sentinel Assistance in Fresno, says her Tamayo said. “Can you 1st - San Francisco Chronicle 2nd - Lodi News-Sentinel Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 1st - Del Norte Triplicate offi ce has handled many cases imagine what it must be like for 2nd - San Jose Mercury News Weekly A/B. 11,001 & Above 2nd - Petaluma Argus-Courier of abuse — including Maria’s — women in farm work?” Daily B. 35,001-150,000 1st - Th ousand Oaks Acorn over the last several years. Monte Jewell, executive direc- 1st - Ventura County Star 2nd - Roseville Press-Tribune Weekly D. 4,300 & Under 1st - Th e Recorder Women have reported being tor of the Fresno-based Resource 2nd - Th e Press-Enterprise Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 2nd - Tahoe Mountain News fondled, sexually harassed and Center for Survivors of Sexual Daily C. 15,001-35,000 1st - Big Bear Grizzly intimidated. Assault, said his organization’s 1st - Daily Republic 2nd - Amador Ledger Dispatch Espinosa said women in farm counselors have dealt with sever- 2nd - Th e Desert Sun Weekly D. 4,300 & Under Coverage of Education work, such as Maria, are particu- al victims who are farmworkers. Daily D. 15,000 & Under 1st - Sierra Star Daily A. 150,001 & Above larly vulnerable to sexual attacks What concerns Jewell and other 1st - Imperial Valley Press 2nd - Taft Midway Driller 1st - Los Angeles Times because of the isolation that takes advocates is how many victims 2nd - Th e Hanford Sentinel 2nd - San Francisco Chronicle place on some job sites and the don’t come forward. Weekly A. 25,001 & Above Columns Daily B. 35,001-150,000 control supervisors have over the “Th ere is a real fear out there,” 1st - Sacramento News & Review Daily A. 150,001 & Above 1st - Ventura County Star workers. Jewell said. “Women are afraid 2nd - Metro Silicon Valley 1st - San Jose Mercury News 2nd - Th e Fresno Bee Espinosa said Maria’s case, that if they say anything they risk Weekly B. 11,001-25,000 2nd - San Jose Mercury News Daily C. 15,001-35,000 since she reported it right away retaliation, losing their job or be- 1st - Th e Almanac Daily B. 35,001-150,000 1st - Th e Record to authorities, is an anomaly. ing turned into the Immigration 2nd - Th e Downey Patriot 1st - Th e Bakersfi eld Californian 2nd - Th e Desert Sun “Women are usually afraid to and Customs Enforcement.” Weekly C. 4,301-11,000 2nd - Th e Bakersfi eld Californian Daily D. 15,000 & Under tell anyone about their attacks or Organizations that provide an- 1st - Th e Sonoma Index-Tribune Daily C. 15,001-35,000 1st - Santa Monica Daily Press the harassment,” Espinosa said. tisexual harassment training say 2nd - Del Norte Triplicate 1st - Santa Cruz Sentinel 2nd - Desert Dispatch In Maria’s case, harassment the agriculture industry is paying Weekly D. 4,300 & Under 2nd - Chico Enterprise-Record Weekly A. 25,001 & Above began on her fi rst day working close attention to the issue. 1st - Th e Mammoth Times Daily D. 15,000 & Under 1st - Good Times with the supervisor. Although California already 2nd - Th e Mountain Enterprise 1st - Th e Salinas Californian 2nd - Chico News & Review She recalls him telling her: requires employers with 50 or 2nd - Th e Davis Enterprise Weekly B. 11,001-25,000 “Take that bandana off ; all the more workers to provide at least Arts & Entertainment Weekly A. 25,001 & Above 1st - Mountain View Voice women who work with me don’t two hours of sexual harassment Daily A. 150,001 & Above 1st - SF Weekly 2nd - La Jolla Light cover their faces. I want to see training for supervisory employ- 1st - Los Angeles Times 2nd - Sacramento News your face.” ees, many farming companies are 2nd - San Francisco Chronicle & Review Two days later, she was as- asking for more comprehensive Daily B. 35,001-150,000 Weekly B. 11,001-25,000 See BY CATEGORY PAGE 9 saulted. anti-harassment policies. 1st - Th e Fresno Bee 1st - La Jolla Light Aft er Maria fended off the Amy Wolfe, executive director of 2nd - Th e Bakersfi eld Californian 2nd - Poway News Chieft ain

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‘There it is —Take it’ ervoirs could be built within a period of fi ve years at a cost of about $23 million. Construction began in Sep- A century of marvel and controversy tember 1907 on the Elizabeth Tunnel portion of the aqueduct. For 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has delivered water to a thirsty city, wending its way for more than 200 miles In the months that followed, from the Owens Valley, through canyons and deserts, down to the modern metropolis. A feat of engineering and a work camps sprang up along the route, requiring the construction product of political maneuvering, it nurtured the region’s growth while leaving confl ict in its wake. of more than 2,300 buildings and tent houses for a labor force that By Louis Sahagun, Brian Vander Brug, Armand Emamdjomeh, Stephanie Ferrell peaked at about 3,900 men. Los Angeles TImes Photos by Brian Van Der Brug Life in the project’s 57 work camps was hard. Workers paid 25 (Daily A. 150,001 &Above) cents per meal out of their daily greed,” said Jay Lund, a profes- 1st Place wages of $2.25. Th e crews were a sor of civil and environmental tough mix: Greeks, Italians, Bul- Environmental engineering and director of UC garians, Serbs, Swiss, Mexicans Davis’ Center for Watershed Sci- Reporting and Native Americans. ences. In an era when derbies served As the morning haze peeled Th e water begins high in the as hard hats, the men who dug, off the northern corner of the Sierra Nevada. hacked and blasted the system San Fernando Valley, Fred Barker Squeezed between those jagged into existence between 1908 and walked along remnants of an peaks and the less loft y White 1913 risked falls, cave-ins, rock engineering marvel that trans- Mountains, the Owens River slides, vehicular accidents and formed a dusty railhead into ran through a valley inhabited falling debris. At least 43 men a metropolis — rusting pipes, for thousands of years by Paiute perished during construction. wooden walkways and a concrete Indians. White ranchers and Th e aqueduct was dedicated spout that wound serpent-like farmers in the late 1800s stole the on Feb. 13, 1913. Bessie Van Nor- down a hillside. land and water. man, wife of Mulholland’s right- Th e job — completed on time miles with a population of nearly Th e fathers of the Los Angeles One hundred years ago — Nov. and under budget — required 800,000. Today, Los Angeles hand man in the Owens Valley, 5, 1913 — 40,000 people gathered Aqueduct, from left : Joseph B. cracked a ceremonial bottle 215 miles of road, 280 miles of covers 465 square miles with a Lippincott, an engineer; former on this spot in Sylmar to watch pipeline, 142 tunnels, more than population of nearly 4 million. of Champagne on the system’s the water arrive for the fi rst time L.A. Mayor Fred Eaton; and Wil- intake north of Independence in 1 million barrels of cement and 6 Mulholland’s “Big Ditch” also from the Owens Valley. liam Mulholland, the city’s chief Inyo County. million pounds of dynamite. sparked the long confl ict between Barker, an engineer with the water engineer. Los Angeles developed quickly Mulholland’s prophecy that Los Angeles and the Owens Valley. In 1904, former Los Angeles Los Angeles Department of “whoever brings the water will Th e stealth and deception used aft er the water began fl owing in Water and Power, trudged a few Mayor Fred Eaton and Mulhol- November. bring the people” was soon to obtain the region’s land and land rode a buckboard with a yards up the hill. fulfi lled. water rights became grist for No one could have foreseen “Th is is the exact spot,” he said. team of mules to the Owens Val- that within a decade Mulholland Th e Los Angeles Aqueduct — books and movies that portrayed ley to take a look at its riches. At 1:15 p.m. that day, William powered by gravity alone as it the dark underbelly of Los Ange- would be leading a search for ad- Mulholland, the city’s chief water Mulholland took notes as ditional supplies to slake the city’s tapped the snows of the Sierra les’ formative years, and inspired Eaton regaled him with stories of engineer, gave a signal, and crews Nevada more than 200 miles to deep-seated suspicions about the unquenchable thirst. turned two steel wheels, opening discoveries he had made during By the early 1920s, tensions the north — ensured reliable irri- city’s motives that linger to this earlier trips to the region. He was gates that sent the fi rst sparkling gation for farms and ranches and day. seethed in the Owens Valley over water into the waiting San Fer- confi dent that an aqueduct from the city’s continuing acquisitions nurtured a galaxy of prosperous Th e aqueduct left no more Owens Lake, which sat at 4,000 nando Reservoir. Southern California suburbs and water for the 62-mile-long Lower of land and water rights. Over “Th ere it is — take it,” Mulhol- feet, could deliver water to Los the next three years, the aque- industrial centers. Owens River. It also denied water Angeles, roughly 200 miles away, land said to the cheering crowd. Like a magnet, it pulled in mil- to the river’s massive catch basin, duct was dynamited more than a It took 5,000 workers fi ve years using just gravity. dozen times. lions of people from around the Owens Lake, which evaporated Mulholland submitted a report to complete the $23 million country, off ering them new jobs, into salt fl ats prone to choking In the 1930s, Los Angeles project, which was excavated to the Board of Water Commis- extended the aqueduct’s reach by communities and lifestyles. dust storms. sioners in 1905 that concluded with dynamite, hand shovels and In 1913, the city covered 107 “Th e Los Angeles Aqueduct 150 miles to include runoff from mule power in rocky canyons and that Eaton was right — a system fi ve streams in Mono Basin. Th at square miles. Seven years later, is as much a product of will and of tunnels, conduits and res- searing desert expanses. it had expanded to 364 square innovation as of sneakiness and diversion system begins at the See AQUEDUCT PAGE 6 Something to think about: A face to remember

By Wendy Schultz Th e area on the left side of his tennial. I don’t remember if he his stories, even if he was telling fi sh wouldn’t bite. Dad picked a head where the stroke happened won, but he had a lot of fun. His stories about growing up at Lake spot down a little ways from us felt cool under my fi ngertips; patients must have wondered at Elsinore 70 years ago. He took a to begin his fi shing, but in 10 Mountain Democrat, there was a little bump — prob- his appearance, but some of them boat to school instead of a bus minutes, he’d move somewhere Placerville ably a skin tumor. I remembered were probably growing beards, and waterskied like a champion. more promising; then he’d move (Weekly C. 4,301 - 11,000) he had a bump on that side when too. His amazing memory got him again and still again. My broth- I was 9 or 10. It grew slowly His lips were soft . I didn’t through school without having to ers would wait until Dad was out 1st Place larger and larger, so he went to linger over them; they were push- do much actual studying. Even in of sight and then they moved to the doctor to have it removed. ing air out as if he were running college, all he had to do was open other spots, too. I just enjoyed Columns Aft er it was removed, the doctor instead of lying tethered to a a text book, look at the diagrams the boulder and the sun. At the I hadn’t touched my father’s performed a biopsy of the mass hospital bed. His lips were always and read the text once and he end of the day, I would have face, except to kiss him hello and found a piece of a nettle bush moving, even when someone would remember all the infor- caught fi sh and Dad and my or goodbye, since I was a baby. embedded in the tissue. Dad had else was talking — as if he were mation. It frustrated my mother brothers would have stories about Babies always explore the people fl own down a hill on his bike rehearsing their words, repeat- who always had to study hard, how they almost caught the big- they love — pulling noses, put- when he was four and ended up ing them under his breath so he as did Dad’s self-taught abil- gest fi sh in the river. ting a fi nger on a lip or an eye, in a stinging nettle bush. It had could remember for later. He ity to draw and paint. When he Th e nurses and doctors at patting cheeks — but I outgrew taken 32 years to work its way did remember, and each joke or attended my school conferences, the hospital don’t know what a that stage and Dad was always back out. Perhaps there was still a story he heard was added to his he always covered the chalkboard jokester Dad was. Every time I moving too fast. piece left in the bump under my abundant repertoire to be pulled with pictures of Goofy, Mickey got that 2 a.m. call to the emer- In the darkened ICU room, fi ngers. out later and shared with family, and Donald. My classmates were gency room, I’d arrive, frightened watching him breathe, I stroked Th e whiskers were three or friends, coworkers and complete delighted, but I was always a bit out of my sleep, to see nurses and his cheeks, felt the soft ness of his four days old, past the scratchy strangers. Aft er the stroke, he embarrassed. aides laughing. He’d have told white whiskers, explored the con- stage. He was never interested in couldn’t talk; he couldn’t even Th e furrows in his gaunt them a joke or made a smart alec tours of the furrows in his cheeks, shaving and, on weekends, he put swallow. cheeks were like little canyons remark despite his fear and pain the smoothness of his forehead. it off . My mother would protest, Th e age spots like giant freckles — like the canyons along the — his coping mechanism. I admired the shape of his nose but before he shaved, he would on his forehead felt no diff erent Yuba and Bear rivers where he Days later, his only respon- and prayed for his hazel eyes to chase me around the house to than the rest of his skin. Under took us kids fi shing, looking sive hand caught my hand as it open. I could see my grandma give me sandpaper kisses as I the skin, behind the bone of his for quiet spots where the water traversed his cheek. He pulled and my aunt in his face. shrieked. Once, he grew a beard skull, did his brain still remem- moved slowly. He parked us on my hand to his lips and kissed it, for a Wild and Wooly contest in ber? Dad could recall the fi rst a big boulder with our poles and saying goodbye. celebration of our town’s cen- and last names of every person in instructed us to stay put or the

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California Newspaper Publishers Association 2013 BNC 6 Th e Winners Tab Colony in collapse Beekeepers see ravages of disorder in Trinity County San Francisco Chronicle ‘All or most of everyone’s bees in Trinity County died off this fall into winter.’ (Daily A. 150,001 & Above) — Beekeeper Ernie Garcia 2nd Place, Photo Essay Even odds By Amy Gittelsohn The Trinity Journal By Lacy Atkins (Weekly D. 4,300 & Under) Remote as Trinity County is, honey- bees here apparently are not immune to 1st Place the mass die-off s alarming beekeepers Agricultural Reporting nationwide. Just ask Ernie Garcia, a Lewiston resident and retired U.S. Fish and Wild- nating these large crops,” he said, and wild life Service biologist in his 42nd year of bees can’t do the whole job. beekeeping. Over the past 10 years Garcia One of the prevailing theories about has expanded his longtime hobby into a colony collapse disorder is use of neonic- sideline, selling honey and in some years otinoid pesticides which may disorient the renting the bees bees. Garcia had out to pollinate Photo: Phil Nelson hoped his bees commercial far from large, crops. commercial crops “We were would be safe. complete fl ops “It’s really kind last year,” said of disconcerting,” Garcia, who he said. maintains about Seeing no 100 to 150 bee reason to believe colonies with residents have his partner in suddenly become beekeeping, less responsible Daphne Van with their home Ooy of Douglas insecticide use, City. “We lost Garcia believes 100 percent of the bees are being our bees.” weakened by a From talking variety of prob- to other local lems — pesticides, beekeepers, parasites, patho- Garcia said, “all gens, habitat loss Cont... AQUEDUCT, PAGE 4 or most of ev- and less diversity eryone’s bees in in their diet when Lee Vining Intake, about 7,000 feet above storms on dry Owens Lake continue to Trinity County used to pollinate sea level, not far from the east entrance to exceed the federal standard for harmful died off this fall monocrops. Yosemite National Park. airborne particulates, resulting in the issu- into winter.” “Too many Th e Second Los Angeles Aqueduct ance of local health alerts. He described things all stressing opened in 1970. Beginning just south of Th e DWP has spent $1.2 billion on hives that some- them out at one Owens Lake, it added 50% more capacity vegetation, gravel and fl ooding of Owens times had a live time,” he said. to the water system. Lake that has reduced dust pollution by queen, “plenty Ernie Garcia inspects some of his new starter bee He believes Th e two Los Angeles aqueducts began 90%. In 2010, the Great Basin Unifi ed of honey, plenty hives, called nucs, amidst a fraction of the 61 colonies GMO crops will delivering about 430 million gallons a day Air Pollution Control District, a state of pollen,” and from three bee yards he suspects were lost due to be studied as a to the city. agency, ordered Los Angeles to control colony collapse disorder this past fall and winter. babies — lar- possible culprit. In 1976, the DWP announced plans to dust on an additional 2.9 square miles of vae and pupae Other theories for increase pumping from the Owens Val- lake bed, a job that could cost ratepayers — that were colony collapse ley’s subterranean water table. $400 million. sealed inside their little cells to mature but disorder such as use of cell phones or Th e move further sharpened the con- The dispute is far from over. On a re- instead froze for lack of enough adults in remote phones have not been borne out, fl ict between Los Angeles and the Owens cent morning, Ted Schade, Great Basin’s the hive keeping it warm. Garcia said. Valley, whose residents complained enforcement officer, reached down and It was like all the bees went afi eld in the In spite of the huge setback, Garcia and of environmental damage from all the lifted a handful of sand at the edge of the fall looking for food and for some reason Van Ooy have not given up — in fact they pumping. eerily flat alkaline lake bed. didn’t make it back, Garcia said, and it’s have ordered more honeybees and plan to On Sept. 15, 1976, a dynamite blast “If Los Angeles hadn’t taken the water symptomatic of colony collapse disorder. do some crossbreeding of diff erent variet- ripped apart one of the Alabama Hills from one of the largest natural lakes in Th e loss of honeybee hives aft er bees ies and organically raised honeybees. gatehouse’s fi ve gates, fl ushing 100 million California, we wouldn’t see all this sand,” fail to return from foraging characterizes “We thought we’d mix it up a little bit gallons of water into the valley fl oor. he said. the disorder which escalated in the United genetically,” Garcia said. Critics say the DWP has been painfully Over the decades, the prominence of States in 2006 and is reported in other And Garcia is happy to report about 80 slow to address the environmental eff ects the Los Angeles Aqueduct system has countries as well. people interested in beekeeping attended of its activities in the Owens Valley. diminished. There are longer aqueducts Honeybees are hard workers that humans the bee seminar he gave last month. Th e It took a court order to force the DWP now linked to the Colorado River. In a have put to use pollinating vast crops. interest is welcomed by Garcia. to restore water to the Lower Owens Riv- typical year, Los Angeles gets more than Garcia noted there are 777,000 acres in al- “I just think it’s really important to keep er, as required under a 2003 agreement to 50% of its water from the Metropolitan monds in California. At a rate of two bee hives the pollinators around,” he said. stop environmental damage caused by the Water District; this year, it draws only per acre, about 1.5 million hives, or colonies, Feral honeybees are also struggling. city’s groundwater pumping. 13% of its water from the system. For the are needed to pollinate that crop alone. Garcia notes that while he tries to inhibit On a recent weekday, DWP biologist first 90 years of its existence, it met more Garcia noted that at last check there were swarming, domestic honeybees when Brian Tillemans pushed through a thicket than 60% of the city’s demands. 2.5 million managed, registered honeybee they do swarm can help restore those of tules and slid his kayak into the rejuve- Rising temperatures have taken a toll colonies in the United States, well down populations. nated river, which fl ows through a serene on what once seemed to be boundless from about 6 million hives in the 1940s. People can help out the bees even if they expanse of carefully manipulated wet- supplies of Sierra Nevada snowpack. “Th is year there was a serious, serious aren’t interested in beekeeping. lands, oxbows and pasturelands framed Today, the water flowing down the aq- concern there would not be enough bees Be prudent with use of pesticides, Gar- by the snaggletooth Sierra. ueduct system is at the lowest level ever to meet the pollination requirement,” he cia said, particularly neonicotinoids. If you Th e only sounds were the chattering recorded, and almost all of it is being said. must use them, do so when bees are not of yellow-headed blackbirds and the soft directed onto dry Owens Lake to meet Continued decline of honeybees is foraging, on cloudy or rainy days or just splashes of his paddles digging into the federal air pollution standards. likely to make fruits more expensive as it before dusk. cold water. Squadrons of white pelicans Still, the system continues to serve as becomes more diffi cult to get crops pol- Learn to distinguish between honeybees and white-faced ibises fl apped overhead. an important safety net for Los Angeles. linated, Garcia said. and the more aggressive hornets, wasps “Because of the aqueduct,” Tillemans Gazing out the window of a helicopter Although there are other pollinators and yellow jackets, Garcia said, noting that said, “many people see the Owens Valley hovering above its intake structure on such as hummingbirds, bats and the wind, “most bees people spray and kill aren’t go- as California’s last wilderness.” the Owens River, about 250 miles north “honeybees are the most effi cient at polli- ing to hurt them.” A few miles downstream, however, dust of Los Angeles, DWP water systems See AQUEDUCT, PAGE 7

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Cont... PHIL, PAGE 1 Cont... LOGJAMS, PAGE 1 opted for the piano (Akshar, now 23, is a (primarily tearing out old logging roads) classically trained pianist who just fi nished and fi sh monitoring. a PhD in chemistry), Vijay took one look at that stationary behemoth of an instru- Re-wooding the creeks ment and started bawling. Less than three miles from U.S. High- “I just wanted to dance with my fi ddle,” way 101, Terwer Creek enters the Klamath he said, laughing. River next to the small community of Daily practices led to an audition at Klamath Glen. the Juilliard School’s pre-college program Like most of the Lower Klamath sub- when Vijay was just 6. To the shock of his basin, Terwer Valley was heavily logged in parents, the boy nailed the audition. the 1950s and ’60s, including much of the In the following years his parents fallen wood that naturally occurs in the poured a considerable amount of time, creek bed and the riparian forests adja- money and energy into supporting their cent to the stream. Decades ago, even the son’s music. California Department of Fish and Game Vivek was so sure of Vijay’s talent that (long before the recent name change to he semi-stalked Zubin Mehta, the director Department of Fish and Wildlife) recom- for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orches- mended removing wood from streams to tra (and the former music director of the improve fi sh passage, according to restora- L.A. Phil), fl ying Gupta to Tel Aviv and tion specialists. Germany — wherever the maestro was Additionally, the Arrow Mills Company conducting — trying to get him to hear sawmill operated east of Terwer Creek Gupta play. close to the mouth and a large mill pond Th e eff ort eventually paid off : Vijay was built, blocking fl oodplain and poten- made his solo debut at age 11 with the tial fi sh habitat. For years, the land was Israel Philharmonic in Tel Aviv. used as pasture to raise cattle. Dozens of Th e school district was less forgiving feral cattle still roam the landscape, tribal than his parents, and administrators failed offi cials said. him in sixth grade for missing so many Th e majority of private land in the Low- classes. It didn’t matter that Vijay was er Klamath River is now owned by Green doing his homework in the car during the Diamond Resource Company, including 90-minute drive back and forth to Juilliard the Terwer Creek Valley, Hunter Creek (which Akshar was also attending). and McGarvey Creek restoration sites, and Eventually, Chandana quit her job and the Yurok Tribe considers Green Diamond made transporting Vijay to international a restoration partner. music festivals and other gigs her full-time When the Yurok tribe started restor- pursuit. ing Terwer Creek almost 10 years ago, Th e time constraints never eased and, the stream was fl at — lacking the natural fi nally fed up with battling the school riffl es, side channels and deep pools that provide fi sh habitat. Especially missing system; Vijay’s parents yanked him out  The Almanac  San Francisco Chronicle of middle school. Aft er he passed a high was the low-velocity habitat crucial for (Weekly B. 11,001 - 25,000) school equivalency exam, Vijay enrolled (Daily A. 150,001 & Above ) Coho salmon, which are listed under the at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburg, 1st Place, Artistic Photo 1st Place, Artistic Photo Endangered Species Act. N.Y. He was 14. “Because a lot of our systems like Ter- Relections on the World Taking the Plunge wer have really been impacted by logging Th ere was a caveat: His parents said By Michelle Le By Russell Yip he still had to study science. Music was a and other land-use activities, there is not lovely hobby for doctors, they told him, a lot of that low-velocity habitat anymore,” but it would never be his life. said Sarah Beesley, a high-level fi sheries Vijay felt diff erently, and recalls need- biologist who’s worked for Yurok fi sheries ing to play music the way people need to for more than 10 years. breathe oxygen. Th us, he signed on for “Coho are born with big fi ns” so they a second undergraduate program at the are pushed around easily in high fl ows, Manhattan School of Music. which is why “basically from the time they are born, they are searching for low-veloc- Torching the Candle ity habitat,” Beesley said. Gupta and his parents fought frequently Th e National Marine Fisheries Service over music versus medicine. A decade released a recovery plan for Coho salmon later, he clearly recalls the harsh words in Southern Oregon and Northern Califor- and “emotional manipulation” that he said nia last year. Two of the biggest stressors cloaked him in self-doubt. listed for Coho salmon in the Lower Klam- On several occasions, the earliest occur- ath River are lack of fl oodplain and channel ring when he was 9, the vicious arguments structures, and degraded riparian forests. led to his parents ordering him out of the Th e restoration fi eld now recognizes house. that in-stream wood structures are essen- He remembers sobbing in the yard, tial for fi sh habitat, and the installation of watching his breath form a cloud in the complex engineered logjams is one of the cold night air. To them, he said, it was tribe’s primary tools. discipline. Th e Yurok Tribe Fisheries Program and Still, his parents continued to support Rocco Fiori, a geologist contracted by his musical pursuits, to a degree. His was pushed to the back burner as Gupta applied for one of two violin positions ad- Yurok fi sheries, have installed complex mother traversed New York during the accepted a research position at Harvard vertised by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. engineered logjams in order to re-create a week, waiting for 12 hours some days University, where he studied Parkinson’s Th e St. Paul Chamber Orchestra also more natural landscape, what they like to while Gupta slogged through his studies. disease and the eff ects of pollution on the had an opening, but he needed his parents call “bio-mimicry.” Between both schools he was carrying 32 brain. to buy the airfare, and they chose Los First, heavy equipment is used to install credits (18 is considered a full load for a Still, Gupta couldn’t escape music’s pull. Angeles. His parents reasoned they could large wooden posts into the creek bed, college student). Unbeknownst to his parents, he applied to “visit our cousins when you don’t win the mimicking larger trees that should natu- Just as Vivek and Chandana compro- a master’s program at Yale University. He job,” he said. It was his fi rst-ever orchestral rally exist. Th e tribe pays market timber mised, so did Vijay. At 16, and enthralled was accepted and given a full scholarship. audition. prices for the posts themselves, preferring by biology, he accepted a research assistant He believed it would be his last oppor- Just like when he was 6 at Juilliard, high-quality logs for structure longevity. position at Hunter College. He studied tunity to play music consistently. As he be- Gupta nailed it. Th is time, however, he “We log whole trees with the same size spinal cord repair. grudgingly accepted that medicine would beat out hundreds of applicants with years, equipment that they used to log for the mills, However fatigued Vijay was from torch- be his life, he played every gig he could, and sometimes decades more experience. but we’re logging it for the creeks,” Fiori said. ing the candle at each end, his mother’s as many as 10 concerts a week, all while Once he got the job, he began winning “We’re using the same approach they used to health bore the brunt: She collapsed from taking classes, working as the head of the over the members of the orchestra. de-wood creeks to re-wood creeks.” fi broid tumors just aft er he turned 17. school’s philharmonic library and being a “He’s probably one of the most talented Th e use of large machinery is a depar- Th e eff ect on his schedule was immediate: TA for two music theory courses. people who’s ever auditioned for the Phil,” ture from early-restoration techniques He left Mount Saint Mary and Manhat- Still, every few days his parents called: said Daniel Rothmuller, who retired in that strived to have little impact on the tan School of Music and transferred to You’re wasting your time, they told him. 2012 aft er 42 years with the Philharmonic. landscape. Th en an interlocked pile of Marist College, where he graduated with Th ere’s no point. Why are you doing this? Rothmuller, 70, who played the violon- logs, branches and brush are piled against a pre-med biology degree at 17. Music Gupta graduated at 19 and, on a lark, cello, said he was impressed by Gupta’s the posts — a kind of “log lasagna” that

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2013 Campus Excellence in Journalism

High School Division

Editorial Comment General Excellence Best Photo 1st -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School 2nd -The Gazette, Granite Bay High School Feature Story 1st -el Estoque, Monta Vista High School 2nd -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School General Excellence 1st -el Estoque, Monta Vista High School 2nd Place 2nd -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School The Pearl Post Photo 1st Place 1st -The Gazette, Granite Bay High School The Gazette 2nd -The Pearl Post, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School Sports Photo Sports Photo 1st -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School 1st Place 2nd Place 2nd -el Estoque, Monta Vista High School el Estoque The Chronicle Sports Story 1st -el Estoque, Monta Vista High School 2nd -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School 1st Place Writing The Chronicle 1st -The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School 2nd -el Estoque, Monta Vista High School 2nd Place el Estoque 2-Year College Division

Editorial Comment General Excellence Best Photo 1st -The Advocate, Contra Costa College 2nd -The Times, San Jose City College Feature Story 1st -el Don, Santa Ana College 2nd -el Don, Santa Ana College

General Excellence 2nd Place 1st -The Advocate, Contra Costa College The Advocate 2nd -The Telescope, Palomar Community College Photo 1st Place 1st -The Renegade Rip, Bakersfield College The Renegade Rip 2nd -The Advocate, Contra Costa College Sports Photo 1st -The Guardsman, City College of San Francisco Sports Photo 2nd -The Union, El Camino College Sports Story 1st -The Guardsman, City College of San Francisco 2nd Place 2nd -The Advocate, Contra Costa College The Telescope Writing 1st -el Don, Santa Ana College 2nd -The Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa Junior College 2nd Place 1st Place 1st Place The Union The Advocate The Guardsman

4-Year College Division

Editorial Comment General Excellence Best Photo 1st -Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University 2nd -The Runner, CSU Bakersfield Feature Story 1st -Spartan Daily, San Jose State University 2nd -The Orion, CSU Chico General Excellence 1st -The Orion, CSU Chico 1st Place 2nd Place 2nd -Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University Golden Gate Xpress Daily Sundial Photo 1st -Golden Gate Xpress, San Francisco State University 2nd -Daily Sundial, CSU Northridge Sports Photo Sports Photo 1st -Daily Sundial, CSU Northridge 2nd -The Orion, CSU Chico

Sports Story 2nd Place 1st -The Orion, CSU Chico Los Angeles Loyolan 2nd -Golden Gate Xpress, San Francisco State University 2nd Place Writing The Orion 1st -Daily Sundial, CSU Northridge 1st Place The Orion 2nd -The Runner, CSU Bakersfield

1st Place Daily Sundial

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she called it. In the fi rst paragraph, she A bullied victim recovers details her years of middle school hell. Facebook messages, rumors, shoving in the hallways. She was once locked in the through communication girls’ bathroom for half an hour. Despite the trauma of a bullied childhood, one MVHS junior’s Sadly, Jane’s experiences are all too common in American high schools, where recovery proves that life gets be er bullying is ever-present in varying degrees. For many kids across the country, hell is “I know that I wasn’t going to die or reality. By Kristin Chang anything. I was suicidal, but I didn’t really want to…you know. It was a comfort, Close your eyes and take three long Th e epidemic breaths. though, just lying there a little bit. I went Keep your arms still, your body rigid. on walks in the morning, and I’d just stop According to the National Center for Feel the way the cold air stings, hear the and see [the tracks]. And I couldn’t help Education Statistics, approximately one- pigeons squawking, feel the icy metal bit- it,” she said. “I really couldn’t.” third of American students aged 12 to 17 ing into your back. Th is MVHS junior, who spoke to El have been bullied daily. And according And that was exactly what she felt that Estoque on the condition that she remain to El Estoque’s survey of 349 students, morning. Th at morning she laid down on anonymous, will be referred to as Jane for 47 percent have witnessed some form of the remainder of the story. the train tracks and waited. bullying on campus. As abusive behavior The Chronicle She waited for nothing. It was still so On Oct. 17, I sat across from Jane at the continues to pervade the school environ- (Harvard-Westlake High School) early that it was dark, and there was no Cupertino Library. She showed me the ment, the idea of full recovery is “idyllic train coming. She was lying horizontally scars on her wrists, the emails she used to … but distant,” according to the California 2nd Place, Feature Story receive and the text messages that once across the tracks right outside of the local Psychological By Zoe Dutton, Mazelle Etessami 7/11 on McClellan Road, where hundreds caused her to toss her Association. of kids crossed on their way home from phone over a fence. She el Estoque In 2010, told me about the bully, school, armed with backpacks and junk (Monta Vista High School) the American food. She knew that these tracks were the one person in her Psychological mostly abandoned, that there was nothing world that mattered 2nd Place, Best Writing Association states coming for her. But she waited. She waited the most. An older that childhood for a rumble, a honk, anything. Lying on a girl had tormented her trauma in the bed of iron, hoping to never wake up, she since sixth grade, following her down the form of bullying is a lead cause of Post waited for three hours. Th en she sat up, halls, tripping her in class and sending her Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety in the brushed off her jeans and walked away. degrading emails. You’re fat, ugly, stupid, workplace and suicidal thoughts. She couldn’t remember if she’d fallen a slut, you don’t deserve to be alive — that asleep. was everything she saw and everything she “Everything was always dark,” she said. heard. Th is was her world. “When it comes down to safety, and She paused and nodded at the tracks, her how [bullying] aff ects the student, we’ll hands stained with rust as she knelt and “It gets better.” always do our best to [protect] the student. brushed the metal beams. Th ere have been a lot of … cases of self- But on Oct. 17, Jane sat in the library harm, or kids trying to hurt themselves, with her back straight, her chin tilted and that’s when we step in,” Dean of Stu- upward. Her eyes never wandered. dents Nico Flores said. It had taken her a lifetime to fi nally Since the suicide of bullied Saratoga teen stand at her full height. 5 feet 9 inches, she Audrie Pott, the additional job of monitor- noted proudly. ing potential incidents of self-destructive “Here,” she said. She handed me a hand- behavior has fallen to the administration. written note, three pages long in total, Jane, however, believes that it is not the written in looping cursive. job of adults to guide students through “It’s too hard to … you know, say out psychological trauma. loud,” she said. “Yes, they have to watch out and every- Th e fi rst words of the note are black and thing. But really, I don’t think it would bold: have made a diff erence in the end,” Jane “It’s shadow me!” said Jane. “Th is is where “It gets better.” I used to lay every morning.” Beneath the said, revealing that she had been careful to early aft ernoon sun, Jane bends over the Th e remainder of her letter details her hide the details of her school life from her railroad tracks that once haunted her. evolution, an “evolution of happiness” as el Don See BULLIED, PAGE 13 (Santa Ana College, 2-year) 2nd Place, Feature Story Right up to its closure, the dental as- By Teree Saldivar sisting program here had a waiting list for Removing opportunity people to join. Since the college’s open- Absence of program damages community ing in 1950, there has been a consistent demand by people in the community for Technology, Engineering and Mathemat- the dental program. The Advocate ics (STEM) programs, among others, have By removing it from the curriculum, (Contra Costa College, 2-year) been pushed as the means to an end that is CCC is taking a stance against opportuni- gainful employment. ty. If opportunity honestly comes knock- 1st Place, Editorial Comment CCC’s administration has seemingly ing, CCC has slammed the door in its face. Vocational programs train students to forgotten that the goal of the college is If the college and the surrounding com- do a specifi c task and teach specifi c skills. to prepare munity are to grow and Th ey don’t require transfer to four-year students for prosper, courses must colleges, thereby allowing students to leave their future, be off ered that allow a community college and immediately fi nd whatever that students to leave the a job. future may be. college and improve Th e closure of Con tra Costa College’s Th e goals their community. dental assisting program denies people, of the college District and college mostly young women in the West County should not be administrators need to area, a chance at landing not only a job, how to better understand that by de- but a career. fi ll the class- nying opportunities to Th ere have been many reasons given for rooms at UC people in West County, the program’s indefi nite suspension. Berkeley or at they are asking people President Denise Noldon, up until re- San Francisco to leave the county. cently, has ignored the established process State only. Th e A message from Dr. to discontinue a program. Academic Sen- goals of the Noldon on CCC’s web- ate President Wayne Organ believes this is college should site says, “I am certain be to meet that whatever your the real issue. The Orion But the real issue is that the college does the diverse educational goals may CSU, Chico, 4-year) not seem to recognize the importance of educational needs of its surrounding com- be, Contra Costa College will be the place ( vocational education. munity. to achieve many of them.” 2nd Place, Feature Story And the world needs mechanics. Th e Noldon is right. CCC is a great place to Th e focus of the college, and educa- By Jessica Barber tion nationwide, has been primarily world needs nurses. Th e world needs den- achieve your educational goals. on academics in recent years. Science, tal assistants. Just not if you are interested in dental assisting.

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Cont... PHIL, PAGE 8 musical maturity and sophisti- iel Ayers, a onetime Juilliard stu- talked about the composers and Detention Center in Castaic. spectators. Street Symphony al- cation, and quickly befriended dent whose longtime battle with their lives and he answered ques- Bringing classical music to a ways includes a Q&A in addition the then-teenager. He described schizophrenia had landed him on tions from the fl oor. It was truly place where men live behind bars to the concert. Gupta as “hungry” for a deeper the streets of Skid Row. an interactive experience.” has a humanizing eff ect, Rubin Th e musicians soon played understanding of music. Lopez’s columns would lead to It’s the kind of experience that said. He notes that when the “Happy Birthday” for Ryan “We adopted each other,” he the book and movie “Th e Soloist.” Chris Ayzoukian, vice president concerts end, the inmates, some Navales, who was one day shy of said. “I had the experience and Gupta fi rst met Ayers at a of production for the Philhar- of them crying, routinely jump to two years sober. It was a big mo- knowledge he was looking for so birthday party. It was there that monic, said he fi nds inspiring. their feet in thunderous applause. ment for Navales, a former client we latched onto each other. Ayers asked Gupta to give him Gupta, whom Ayzoukian called Still, his highest praise is of the Mission who now works He made it quite clear he had a proper violin lesson. Th e fi rst a “unique talent,” is in a class of reserved for Gupta the person as as its public aff airs coordinator. respect for what I knew, and I time they played together, Gupta young musicians who are using opposed to Gupta the musician. Th e scene quickly moved beyond 100% enthusiastically enjoyed recalled, “I got a real taste of his their gift s to promote social Th e judge is struck by the violin- music and Gupta listened intently playing with him.” illness. It is really gut-wrench- causes. ist’s humility. as Navales told the room that Th e friendship continued ingly terrifying to see someone “He made the conscious “He’s as impressed to meet you his drugging days started at age outside the confi nes of the Phil, so talented in the midst of such decision to follow the music as you are to meet him,” Rubin 10, and that he hopes the healed as Rothmuller has played with suff ering.” track, luckily, for all of us,” said said. “Whoever you are.” punctures in his arm will stay Gupta during Street Symphony Soon aft er, Gupta learned Ayzoukian. “He brings great pur- healed. But that choice is up to concerts at the Twin Towers jail about the Midnight Mission’s pose to his work and is a valued Inner Comfort him, he said. and the Midnight Mission. monthly concert series in which member of our violin section.” Th is is a heady time for Gupta. For every hand that rose dur- Th ough he may not have bands, oft en the rock or pop Street Symphony isn’t bound to In addition to his individual ing the Q&A, a smile stretched grasped the magnitude of scor- variety, perform in the Skid Row Skid Row. In the past 18 months, achievements and his role at the across Gupta’s face. It was clear ing a seat in the Philharmonic facility’s multipurpose room. Gupta and his colleagues have Phil, he has a new sense of inner that, just a few miles but worlds orchestra at such a young age, Gupta called Georgia Berkov- played 40 concerts at Southern comfort. On May 26 he married removed from the gleaming steel Gupta today doesn’t take it for ich, who runs the Music With a California jails through the Samantha Lynne Wilson, who of Disney Hall, he was in his ele- granted. Mission series, and asked if he Maximizing Education Reach- is studying for her master’s in ment, even if he never expected it “If I didn’t get that, I’d very could bring Street Symphony to ing Individual Transformation divinity from Claremont College. to be his element. possibly not be here,” he said. Skid Row. Berkovich was over- (MERIT) program, which is run Gupta is quick to say that his best One audience member, a gray- “I’m so grateful — I’m making a joyed and the group made its fi rst by the Los Angeles County Sher- friend and life partner keeps him haired man leaning on a wooden living doing what I love. It’s my appearance in January 2012. iff ’s Department. grounded and reminds him that cane, asked what Gupta and the dream job.” Street Symphony has come back Judge Rand Rubin, who works he’s good enough just being him, group hoped to get out of playing two more times. Aft er the August out of the Criminal Courts Build- regardless of all the attention. He these kinds of concerts. Skid Row Journey performance, Berkovich refl ected ing in Downtown and frequently calls her his “highest blessing.” Th e answer was easy. Gripping While Gupta enjoyed the acco- not just on the music and the addresses inmates in the MERIT Still, it was music and the audi- his violin, Gupta leaned forward, lades and companionship of the repeat appearances, but at how program, approached Gupta, ence that occupied Gupta’s mind his brown eyes laser-focused on Philharmonic, he was only in his Gupta strives to relate to those in whom he’d met at a party, with during the August performance the man. early 20s and still fi nding himself. the room. the idea of bringing Street Sym- at the mission. In addition to He said, “I hope to meet you.” Th en, in 2008, he met Steve “He didn’t simply play music, phony to jails. Gupta signed on the Handel-Halvorsen work, the Lopez, the Los Angeles Times which would have been wonder- immediately. Th e fi rst event was group performed pieces by Mo- columnist who had been writing ful anyway,” Berkovich said. “He for 200 inmates at the Pitchess zart and Ernö Dohnanyi before a series of articles about Nathan- entertaining questions from the

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Cont... BULLIED, PAGE 11 snickers and an absence of a vicious commentary behind parents and teachers. her back, she was fi nally in touch with herself. She was “We feel shame … so that’s why it’s hard to say some- here, in the present. According to her letter, she was “con- thing,” Jane said. “It’s really the second step. Let other scious but numb. Here but not here.” people see, don’t make it a secret. Just say some names, “I just realized … wow, it’s just [me] and the world, I just admit to yourself [that] you were hurt. And then it all can do whatever I want,” Jane said. “I asked myself, ‘what feels a little better.” matters?’ I was sort of confused … but then I could start According to Flores, the administration continues to talking to other people.” hope that more students will feel comfortable enough Aft er realizing that she could hardly speak without to consult the school offi cials if they feel emotionally or wincing at her own words, that she was still afraid of physically endangered. voices and even wary of the alert sound of a text mes- “Sometimes, what will happen is that [bullied] kids sage, Jane fi nally consulted her parents. Th ough she still won’t give us any names. We know that it’s happening… had trouble expressing herself verbally, the self-imposed but there’s a lot of anonymity,” Flores said. “We [want] burden of silence began to ease an inch at a time. students to get the help they need.” “Just little by little, I felt okay again, like people under- Sophomore Talia Yukelsen, who was bullied in elemen- stood and knew,” said Jane. “And I’m lucky. My bully sort of tary school for her weight, believes that her own indepen- lost interest. I guess you have to try not to always fuel them, dent ability to cope with bullying has made her stronger and then they stop having fun [bullying]…but I was lucky.” in high school. “[At fi rst] it was really hard for me to feel good about Th e challenges of Challenge Day myself,” Yukelson said. “But I’m a new me now.” Aft er four years of hyper-awareness about her looks, And in the spring, Jane got luckier. Yukelson entered her high school years determined to re- At MVHS’ bi-annual Challenge Day, where students invent her image and build confi dence day-by-day. Th ough participate in bonding activities that allow for better emo- she was her own worst critic, early exposure to adversity tional communication, Jane cried for the fi rst time in two strengthened her resolve to be independent and assured. years.Th e fear was gone, at least for those six hours. She huddled in her plastic chair, head resting in her lap as she Misery needs company listened to teens recount their own bullying experiences. She remembers hugging a girl in a green shirt, hearing Roseville Press-Tribune Aft er what seemed like a lifetime of emotional trauma, her whisper everything she had always wanted to say to (Weekly A. 25,001 & Above) her parents, teachers and friends. According to her letter, Jane and Yukelson now feel distant enough from their 1st Place, Sports Photo experiences to begin emotional recovery. Th e process the “pain felt good and the silence was broken.” is slow and grueling, oft en forcing them to spend hours “I never cried. I’m not a crying type of person, but the By Philip Wood wondering why they were targeted. Th ough a few scars crying is good. Really. Like, sometimes you just gotta cry. remain, Jane’s past no longer haunts her, and though bul- I think it should be a requirement,” Jane said. “Kids can lying has altered the course of her life, she is determined be so brave, you know. I’ll keep going to Challenge Day to continue living it. because it’s really powerful stuff .” “I’ve stopped taking walks,” she said, laughing. “Really, Challenge Day, a one-day event staged at hundreds of I hardly feel it anymore, that really bad urge to lie down. schools nationwide, provides students with an outlet to It took years! It took everything.” express their emotions and day-to-day struggles. By creat- Aft er years of targeted abuse because of her weight, ing an environment of total acceptance, Challenge Day hair and clothes, Jane’s persistent suff ering began to ease. helps “lower the waterline” — a motto used to describe Th e more she shrank beneath the bully’s gaze, the more the destruction of barriers between students. she hid and sat alone at lunch, the more she slept in the “It’s all about connection,” Jane said. “You see that other back of class, too afraid to stay awake, the more her bully people have their troubles, too.” began to ignore her as well. Th ough Challenge Day was a catalyst for recovery, al- lowing her to trust her peers with her experiences, Jane still struggles with feeling invisible. She still feels small. “I spent so long just always protecting myself.”

“I felt invisible! I spent a lot of time in my own head. “I feel so breakable” Like one week I felt like dying, it was all so awful … and the next week, I still felt awful, but she stopped going aft er “I feel so breakable,” Jane writes in her letter. “Being me so oft en,” Jane said. “It was like [I] disappeared.” alive is just hard, right?” Her months of solitude became an unexpected bless- But she has begun to talk again, and best of all, she is ing. She spent hours with her headphones clamped on making friends. She is playing sports. She is eating three her ears, lying back on her bed and wondering whether meals a day, sleeping eight hours a night and indulging in she could ever feel happy. She wondered if she would ever every activity most teenagers fi nd ordinary. But to her, they have friends, if her life was nothing but a cycle. are miracles. Small miracles, but miracles nonetheless. “Eat, sleep, eat and again,” Jane said. “Th at was it. I “To best sum it up,” Jane said. “I’m 16. And I’m feeling spent so long just always protecting myself. I fi nally had pretty okay.” time to just think. Th at was the fi rst step,” Jane said. Mountain Democrat With no other opinions warring against her own, fewer (Weekly C. 4,301 - 11,000) 1st Place, News Photo By Krysten Kellum

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California Newspaper Publishers Association 2013 BNC 14 Th e Winners Tab Cont... LOGJAMS, PAGE 8 The CO$T to play goes several feet down into the the tribe for more than 10 years. ated in Terwer Valley. Dona ons and fundraisers are necessi es in today’s high creek bed to prevent Terwer’s Th e willow baffl es are intended Juvenile Coho salmon us- fl ows from scouring beneath the to be like speed bumps, slowing ing these areas have markedly school sports world structure. down fl ow during high water increased, and even more striking fundraise or receive donations, Th e posts also “act like catcher events in order to deposit sedi- is that the areas are also being By Cary Osborne only his varsity team could play mitts,” catching additional wood ment that had been washed away used by Coho salmon hatched in two tournaments. Parents are not required to fl oating down the creek, Beesley by Terwer’s constant movement and tagged in creeks 100 miles Th at means his lower levels spend money for their kids to said. Th ese logjams create deep exhibited over years without upriver. would be in zero. participate in high school sports pools or guide fl ows to side chan- adjacent riparian forest. With an increase in waterfowl, Th at would mean he couldn’t in the state of California. nels to create habitat. “We went from having no trees migratory birds and fi sh, the pay for meals for his kids. However, if there was no and no brush on this site to having few people who reside in Terwer Th at would mean new uni- ‘Th e next generation’ outside money coming in for the a 15-year-old forest,” Fiori said. Valley have said that the Yuroks’ forms, basketballs, medical Although the California William S. Hart District Union Before Yurok Fisheries started restoration work has brought the equipment and many other Department of Fish and Wildlife High School District schools’ work in Terwer, the stream was valley back to life, Fiori said. things that teams would con- includes installation of logjams in athletic programs, it’s clear that it migrating back and forth through Other residents appreciate sider a necessity would likely be the California Salmonid Stream would be extremely challenging the valley up to 20 feet a year, but how the tribe’s restoration work sacrifi ced. Habitat Restoration Manual, for coaches and administrators to movement has now stabilized to has reduced fl ooding on their Whatever money parents are they are typically much simpler run the programs. just a few inches a year, Fiori said. properties. pouring into the programs, in than the ones employed by Yurok In fact, one Foothill League Replacing soils that have been Eighty-nine-year-old Beverly terms of donations and fund- fi sheries and Fiori, who are con- athletic director and former boys’ washed away is a harder task Marsaw has been living in lower raising, helps to sustain these structing structures more com- basketball head coach said if he than some might think. Terwer Valley since 1957 in the programs. mon to Oregon and Washington. only received money from the “Th is (soil) is more irreplace- same house that had 24 feet of However, over the years Th e “It’s a whole trees materials school’s Associated Student Body able than old growth trees,” Fiori fl ood waters up to her second- Signal has heard grumblings list — you can’t do it with logs said. “We could, in a thousand story ceiling during the 1964 for boys basketball and didn’t without root wads; you can’t do See COST, PAGE 15 years, grow a redwood tree to re- fl ood that destroyed the old it without branches and tops. It place the redwood trees that have Klamath town site. goes back to that bio-mimicry been lost off this surface, but we “I’ve lived here for more than The Signal, Santa Clarita part,” Fiori said. “We’re trying can’t in a thousand years replace 50 years, and I seem to be getting to push restoration in a better (Daily D. 15,000 & Under) the soil that’s been lost. less water than I have in the past,” direction.” Now natural trees like alders Marsaw said. 1st Place, Enterprise Reporting “Th ere’s a lot of research out are sprouting in the soils created “Our work is now visible from By Cary Osborne, Dan Agnew, Jon Stein, Alex Nieves there that says that habitat you by the willow baffl es, a slow space,” Fiori said. provide once you construct these return to the natural landscape. Th e Yurok Fisheries restoration types of structures is phenome- But not too natural. Beesley and work is 100 percent grant-funded nally better than a one- to-two-log Fiori are quick to point out that with primary funding partners structure that is typical of Fish and Terwer Valley is still owned by a including California Department Training for that extra edge Game restoration manual,” Beesley timber company. of Fish and Wildlife (Fisheries Parents are spending more and more on private instruc on said. “We’re not trying to convert Restoration Grant Program), By Alex Nieves Gary Flosi, a senior environ- this back to wilderness; this is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, mental scientist with CDFW working landscape,” Fiori said. Bureau of Reclamation, National As youth and high school sports become more and more competitive and regional coordinator for the Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- and specialization becomes a norm, parents and athletes are increas- agency’s fi sheries restoration ‘Back to life’ ministration’s fi sheries, U.S. Fish ingly turning to outside resources in order to gain a competitive edge. projects, co-authored the fi rst Yurok fi sheries perform and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Th is is no more true than in the booming business of private ath- edition of the manual released extensive monitoring of Lower Reclamation. letic training. in 1991. In his 36 years with the Klamath tributaries including in In the Santa Clarita Valley, private coaches in a variety of fi elds, department, he has had a lead the ponds and side channels cre- from strength and conditioning to tennis, are continually seeing large role in revisions, updates and ad- numbers of athletes willing to pay big bucks in order to become more ditions to the restoration manual, competitive. and he’s quick to note that “the But does it pay dividends? See TRAINING, PAGE 15 restoration fi eld keeps evolving.” Flosi would not go as far as saying that the large logjams installed by Yurok Fisheries are The traveling game “outside of the manual, but it’s Youth athletes spend more me compe ng on the road the next generation.” By Cary Osborne “Th ose folks have been really innovative and looked at what Alison Lee is the most suc- other agencies have done in cessful girls golfer to ever come other states” and applied those out of the Santa Clarita Valley. technique to Lower Klamath And she is just 18 years old and tributaries, he said. Th e restora- about to start her freshman year tion fi eld is always evolving and at UCLA. there hasn’t been an update to Some might say a reason the CDFW manual in 15 years, she has achieved elite status is Flosi said, but there have been because she competed at such a additions. high level with girls of her ilk. “It’s not a stagnant group of for their athlete to compete. And in order to that, she had techniques we’re always looking Gone are the days of parents to travel — a lot. to stay up to date,” he said. putting their kids in just Little And with that has come signifi - League or parks and rec sports. Irreplaceable soil cant costs. In order to keep up with the Besides constructing logjams, Her mother Sung estimates Joneses, give their kids better creating riparian forest is another that the per-tournament cost is competition and various other top tool for Yurok fi sheries res- $2,500 to $3,000. reasons, kids are traveling to play toration. Total cost of all expenses? “I their sport outside of the Santa In order to stabilize the fl ood don’t know how much,” Clarita Valley. plains, fi sheries staff plants rows Sung said. “Over six years? She Th is isn’t an SCV thing, either of willow branches called “willow played out of state eight to 10 — it’s national with the amount baffl es.” Th e fi rst step requires dig- times per year. During summer of showcases, tournaments and ging 10-foot-deep trenches into break, she’s away from home camps that in many cases give the ground. Th en willow branches sometimes three, four weeks.” kids exposure to better competi- up to 20 feet long are stuck into A conservative estimate would tion and college and professional the ground, buried, and if the soil put the cost at $20,000 per year scouts and the media. is right, they will grow. — a very conservative estimate. But that was a byproduct for “Sometimes we put a big piece It’s not just super-elite athletes the Valaika family, whose four of wood at the bottom of the San Jose Mercury News like Lee. boys all earned college baseball trench fi rst, and that helps get Daily A. 150,001 & Above) It’s every parent who has a ( scholarships and three who have them through the dry season” by child on a club or “travel” team 1st Place, Graphic Illustration played professional baseball. creating a pool of water, said Al- or a child who is in an individual By Pai Ching Wei It wasn’t cheap, though. “Oh daron McCovey, a lead fi sheries sport who has to pay big money technician who has worked with See TRAVEL, PAGE 16

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Cont... COST, PAGE 14 contribute in order for their child to participate in sports, but the program in the Santa Clarita Val- Burrill said sounds about right from a very small minority of to play, and if athletic programs parents deserve an accounting of ley asks for support in some way. for his program per year. parents who say they are paying ask for too many donations or do how the money is spent. Th ere One way is the “spirit pack,” — Th e school is not paying for programs too much money and too many fundraisers, answers is no transparency and that is which is a term district employ- those balls, so they have to come feel that if they don’t contribute, were mixed. troublesome to me.” ees don’t want to use because of from somewhere. their child might play less. “So tired of the mentality of From another poster: the implication that it has to be Track and fi eld programs need And when Th e Signal threw people thinking you should be “All programs cost money and purchased. hurdles, soft ball programs need out the question on Facebook as able to get something for noth- our state can’t even cover the A vast majority of the coaches soft balls, football teams need ath- to whether parents felt that they ing,” one person wrote. costs of academic programs! interviewed for this story were letic tape, volleyball teams need had to contribute, if they had to Another person wrote: If we want these extras for our willing to detail what athletes get nets and so on. “I will gladly pay for my son kids we need to be willing to pay in the spirit pack. Booster clubs might ask for and help those who truly cannot.” What that covers is practice more money for various reasons, And fi nally: clothing, caps, transportation, and Th e Signal has heard from “We as parents ARE required medical equipment, fi eld mainte- people in the past who wanted a to pay if we want our kids to be nance and other related costs. better accounting of where their able to play. I have spent thou- Th at’s a full year, which money was going. sands of dollars on high school amounts to about 10 to 90 games Coaches and athletic direc- sports ... and it was most certain- depending on the sport. tors asked for this story said they ly a requirement.” Coaches asked for this story would freely support their booster Saugus High School Athletic say their “spirit packs” cost clubs giving an accounting of Director Jeff Hallman said he has between $70 and just over $1,000. what money is being spent on. not heard any complaints from West Ranch High varsity base- “Most coaches have parent parents. ball head coach Casey Burrill said meetings and do a good job of Canyon’s Chad Phillips said the his program asks for optional do- showing where the money’s go- same. nations in the form of a payment ing,” Hallman said. Both were boys head basketball plan to ease things on parents. “Football cost (for example) is coaches and feel that in order Parents who can’t aff ord to unbelievable. As you present this, for athletic programs to not only donate don’t and other parents, you say this is how much money thrive, but survive, they need the business donations and fundrais- we need per athlete.” support of parents and boosters. ers help cover costs. West Ranch High boys and “It’s 100 percent important,” Burrill has a son who plays girls golf coach Jeff Holen said Phillips said. “In terms of club volleyball and said he paid instead of donations he tries to parental support, if that comes approximately $3,500 for coaches. get his athletes to try and raise at from volunteering, from dona- Transportation was not part of least $250 each. tions, from fundraising, we need that fee and his family was travel- Th ose $250 pay for greens fees parents to be involved. We want ing across Southern California and range balls. to be competitive. Th at’s the key and most recently to Nevada. “I had one player balk at me The Press-Enterprise word in all aspects in the Santa “West Ranch baseball’s a steal and the kid said, ‘My mom said (Daily B. 35,001 - 150,000) Clarita Valley. We live in a valley compared to that,” he said. public education is free.’” Holen 2nd Place, Photo Essay with great public schools. In or- Rival Foothill League coach recalled. “I said, ‘It is, but those Angel Faces der for this to be competitive, we Jared Snyder said his program who support the program by By David Bauman need parents to be involved.” spends thousands of dollars per bringing in ($250), I pay their With that being said, every year on baseballs alone, which green fees. If you don’t, you pay

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Cont... TRAINING, PAGE 14 Private coaching in the area highly respected private ten- nities to compete in college, some The Orange County Register can range in price from the “af- nis coach in the SCV, generally former high school athletes be- (Daily A. 150,001 & Above) fordable” to services that charge agrees with Wagner’s view that lieve that this is in fact the case. more than $1,000 for a single most parents are not looking too Recent Hart High graduate Ben 2nd Place, Graphic Illustration month of training. far ahead into their kids’ futures. Basher, who is headed to the Uni- By Scott Brown, Fred Matamoros, Sandy Coronilla Two of the more recognized However, Davidson, who has versity of La Verne for track and local operations, Phenom Speed worked with kids as young as fi eld, credits most of his success & Agility and Velocity Sports 3, says that he has experienced to his time spent training with Performance, list prices on their times when parents were very current College of the Canyons websites. serious about getting their young assistant track coach and three- Phenom charges $135 a month kids to the college level. time Olympic medalist Denean and requires a $405, three-month “Some parents are defi nitely Howard-Hill. Basher said that he commitment, while individual very serious about it,” said Da- began working with Howard-Hill sessions at Velocity are $70 to $100 vidson, a Hart High graduate. at the start of his senior year and depending on diff erent packages. “I’m here. Th is is my invest- that by the end of track season, he Velocity also off ers a free trial. ment and I want my kid to get a had dropped his 400-meter time And while just about all of college scholarship.” by about three seconds. these private trainers are off ering Certifi ed personal trainer “I reached my goals and the same results-the ability to be Mike Yudin works with ath- defi nitely if I didn’t have (How- bigger, faster, stronger and more letes across the Santa Clarita Val- ard-Hill) I wouldn’t have been skilled-it is the expectations of the ley, specifi cally at Valencia High anywhere close to as fast as I parents and the athletes that vary. School with its baseball team. was,” Basher said. According to Jim Wagner, who Valencia baseball head coach At the same time, however, trains up to 200 baseball players Jared Snyder said that Yudin has Basher does not recommend pri- a month as young as 6 out of his made a signifi cant impact on his vate coaching to every athlete. Th rowzone Academy based in players and feels more comfort- “You have to be able to put in Canyon Country, in most cases, able with a certifi ed trainer the work,” Basher said. parents are looking to help their showing his players weight train- “(Trainers) are going to give it kids be as competitive as possible ing than teachers who have other 100 percent when they are train- when moving up to the next level areas of expertise. ing you, but you have to be able of competition. Yudin also runs programs that to give it back.” “I think that parents are always are open to athletes of all sports Davidson shares Basher’s senti- looking to help get their kids and focuses on the strength and ment, saying that in his experi- to the next level,” said Wagner, conditioning aspect of sports ence as a private coach, he has whose star pupils were Cleveland rather than technique-specifi c learned that private training is Indians and former Hart pitcher training. not for all athletes. Trevor Bauer and Hart grad and Yudin recommends private “Ten to 15 percent of the time Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguer training to all calibers of athlete, people just can’t do (private Tyler Glasnow. as there is a byproduct that training) – whether they don’t “Youth kids are looking toward comes from it. have the commitment or they high school, high school toward “Not only are you going to be just aren’t skilled enough,” David- college and college toward the bigger, faster, stronger, but it’s son said. “You want to be honest pros. I don’t think that usually also a huge confi dence builder,” with the parents because it is a parents of a 10-year-old kid are Yudin said. big investment.” already looking at college.” To the question of whether Adam Davidson, a former private training can be the diff er- professional tennis player and a ence maker in gaining opportu-

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Cont... TRAVEL, PAGE 14 Every tournament you’re learning a lot from others.” my gosh, hundred thousand, I don’t Sung said from her experience, golfers Participating know,” said Ilona Valaika, on how much don’t necessarily have to travel far distanc- she thinks her family spent on Chris, es to get that competition. Newspapers Matt, Pat and Nick Valaika — all Hart West Ranch High boys and girls golf High products — to play travel ball. coach Jeff Holen’s son J.J. is now a sopho- Th e boys have played in New York, more at Long Beach State. Th e Acorn, Agoura Hills Mountain View Voice Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, J.J. didn’t really get going playing indi- Acton Agua Dulce News Th e Napa Valley Register Nevada and Nebraska — and those were vidual tournaments outside of high school Alameda Journal, Alameda New Times, San Luis Obispo just what Ilona could remember. until he was a junior. Th e Almanac, Palo Alto North Bay Bohemian, Santa Rosa Th e family has gone through a few cars, Holen estimates in two years, the family Amador Ledger Dispatch, Jackson North Coast Journal, Eureka has had to fundraise and had to sacrifi ce poured $40,000 to $50,000 into J.J.’s golf. Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale Novato Advance at their jobs. In six years he estimates the family has Appeal-Democrat, Marysville Th e Oakdale Leader Ilona chose a job, she said, where she spent close to $20,000 on their daughter Th e Ark, Tiburon Th e Oakland Tribune could be close to home to take her kids to Jessy’s soccer travel expenses. Auburn Journal Th e Orange County Register, Santa Ana baseball functions. Th e family has had to sacrifi ce spending Th e Bakersfi eld Californian Palo Alto Weekly Th e Valaikas, like the Lees, are dual- money on house improvements and Jeff Big Bear Grizzly Paso Robles Press income working families who have had to even says the credit card has been maxed Black Voice News, Riverside Petaluma Argus-Courier sacrifi ce. out a couple of times. Brentwood News-Antioch Th e Piedmonter, Walnut Creek Vacation destinations are where their For Jessy, the money was spent because Burbank Leader, Los Angeles Placer Herald, Rocklin kids are playing. she enjoyed the sport. For J.J., Jeff said, the Th e Business Journal, Fresno Pleasant Hill-Martinez Record However, not every tournament or money was an investment for getting him Calaveras Enterprise, San Andreas Pleasanton Weekly showcase is benefi cial, Ilona said. “(Some to play golf in college. Calistoga Tribune Poway News Chieft ain showcases) take a lot of money with the “It’s like anything. You have to spend Th e Camarillo Acorn Th e Press Democrat, Santa Rosa promise of exposure,” she said. money to make money,” Jeff said. Th e Cambrian Th e Press-Enterprise, Riverside “So many show up and may pay $500 But is the dream of a college education Th e Campbell Reporter, San Jose Press-Telegram, Long Beach and get an inning of playing time. To me worth the fi nancial sacrifi ces of travel ball? Chico Enterprise-Record Rancho Bernardo News Journal, Poway that’s not cost benefi cial.” Skip Sorenson’s daughter Kylie received Chico News & Review Th e Record, Stockton She adds that college and pro scouts a scholarship to play soft ball at Stanford Chino/Chino Hills Champion Record Searchlight, Redding have a job to do and they will fi nd talent University. His younger daughter, Mollie, Claremont Courier Th e Recorder, San Francisco no matter where they play. followed in Kylie’s footsteps by playing Concord Transcript, Redlands Daily Facts She also said kids run the risk of overex- travel ball and has verbally committed to Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek Th e Ripon Record posure by playing in numerous showcases. Penn State. Daily Breeze, Torrance Rosamond News It’s the love of the sport, she and Sung say, Like Sung, Ilona and Jeff , Skip estimates Daily News-Los Angeles Roseville Press-Tribune that should drive families. he’s poured thousands of dollars into Daily Pilot, Costa Mesa Ross Valley Reporter, Novato “She loves it,” Sung said of Alison. “Not all registration fees, equipment and, most Daily Press, Victorville Th e Sacramento Bee the parents can aff ord to travel so far away. substantially, travel costs. Daily Republic, Fairfi eld Sacramento Business Journal It’s very expensive. ... But tournaments are “Most kids that end up getting scholar- Th e Davis Enterprise Sacramento News & Review very important. Th e competition, competing ships, if someone bankrolled that money Del Mar Times, Rancho Santa Fe Th e Salinas Californian with others, you gain so much. and invested it would they be able to pay Del Norte Triplicate, Crescent City San Francisco Business Times for their college education? Probably,” Desert Dispatch, Barstow San Francisco Chronicle Sorenson said. Th e Desert Sun, Palm Springs San Francisco Daily Journal Cont... COST, PAGE 15 And that’s Skip’s biggest warning: that Dinuba Sentinel San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina for green fees and range balls.’” parents shouldn’t go in with unrealistic Th e Downey Patriot San Jose Mercury News Golfers in the SCV play at Robinson expectations. Elk Grove Citizen San Rafael News Pointer Ranch, TPC Valencia and Valencia Coun- “It was something that we never intend- Feather River Bulletin, Quincy Santa Barbara News-Press try Club — among other courses — for ed on getting into the sport for a college Fort Bragg Advocate-News Santa Cruz Sentinel free. education,” he said. Th e Fresno Bee Santa Maria Sun Th e standard Monday through Th urs- “We got into the sport because our fam- Galt Herald Santa Maria Times day fee at Robinson Ranch is $87, accord- ily has always been outstanding. “It was a Glendale News-Press Santa Monica Daily Press ing to the course’s website. bonus, Kylie going to Stanford and Mollie Good Times, Santa Cruz Saratoga News, San Jose TPC and VCC are private. going to Penn State; it was never a set of Grunion Gazette, Long Beach Sausalito MarinScope However there are those who will not be guidelines, ‘We’re doing this because of Half Moon Bay Review Th e Selma Enterprise happy because their kids don’t get playing this or that.’ When we sent her down to Th e Hanford Sentinel SF Weekly time. And others who feel kids who bring Huntington Beach (for travel) it was just Healdsburg Tribune Sierra Star, Oakhurst in more money get preferential treatment. for her to get better. She loved the sport Idyllwild Town Crier Sierra Sun, Truckee No coach would admit that’s the case. that much and we’ll do what we can when Imperial Valley Press, El Centro Th e Signal, Santa Clarita Phillips was emphatic with his answer. we can do it.” Independent Coast Observer, Gualala Signal Tribune “It’s not true,” he said. Signal sports writer Jon Stein contributed Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario Silicon Valley Business Journal, San Jose “Th e amount of money does not dictate to this story. Kingsburg Recorder, Selma Simi Valley Acorn, Agoura Hills playing time. ... From time to time, par- La Canada Valley Sun, Los Angeles Th e Sonoma Index-Tribune ents may donate more time and more than La Jolla Light St. Helena Star other parents. I could see some parents Lamorinda Sun, Walnut Creek Star-News would see that. I give this much time and Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga Th e Sun, San Bernardino this much eff ort. My son or daughter Lincoln News Messenger Th e Sunnyvale Sun, San Jose should play more. Lodi News-Sentinel Taft Midway Driller Never would we want any of our pro- Lompoc Record Tahoe Daily Tribune grams to think that.” High school sports Los Altos Town Crier Tahoe Mountain News programs, say some coaches, would shut Los Angeles Downtown News Th ousand Oaks Acorn, Agoura Hills down without the support of donations Los Angeles Times Times-Herald, Vallejo and fundraisers. Los Banos Enterprise Times-Standard, Eureka Maybe that’s an extreme statement. Th e Mammoth Times Tracy Press Maybe it isn’t. Th omas W. Newton Manteca Bulletin Th e Tribune, San Luis Obispo But a simple Internet search of high Executive Director Marin Independent Journal, San Rafael Th e Trinity Journal, Weaverville school budget cuts will illustrate how Merced County Times Turlock Journal important that support is. 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