In Northern California a "Walk with Friends" Leads to Healthier Living

What makes local residents meet up to take a walk together in several Sacramento parks each week? To hear them tell it, it’s the fun that comes from a shared activity with neighbors, and, for as long as supplies hold out, free fruit and vegetables at the end of the trek.

The program, Walk With Friends, is an initiative of the Health Education Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access, education, advocacy and training to empower individuals towards a healthy life. Funding for Walk With Friends comes from a Kaiser Permanente program calledHEAL Zones that began over a decade ago.

Sacramento Latinos gear up for 'Get Out The Vote' campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Latinos are a key voting group in California, especially this year with immigration being such a hot button issue. On Sunday, organizers were going door-to-door in Sacramento to help get out the vote.

In California, the voter surge is on. Hundreds of thousands of Californians are registering to vote just ahead of California's historic presidential primary, which is scheduled for June 7.

"I'm ready to vote," said Phillip Calvillo, a Sacramento registered voter. "We've got to do something here."

Latino Jewish Forum on Insight on Capital Public Radio

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For over a century Americans have viewed the United States as a “melting pot” – immigrants from all over the world are assimilated into our culture.

The Latino-Jewish Forum is hosting an event to share Stories of Immigration to foster greater understanding of the immigrant experience. On Sunday afternoon, they will show two films with a panel discussion to follow.

Sacramento State Students Spending Spring Break Trying To Get Out The Vote

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A group of Sacramento State students are adding some extra substance to spring break through politics.

More than 100 students are spending the week knocking on more than 1,600 doors to get out the vote for the 2016 election.

From sidewalks and stairs, to navigating around gates and even a few barking dogs, Sacramento State students are targeting neighborhoods with traditionally low voter turnout to try and change that.

Sac State students get out the vote during Alternative Break

Sac State students get out the vote during Alternative Break

College students traditionally spend spring break on a beach, but this year, more than 100 Sacramento State students – joined by 40 local high school and community college students – volunteered to knock on 1,600 doors in south Sacramento neighborhoods to get out the vote for the presidential election this fall.

“We learned at the orientation that this area has one of the lowest percentages of people who vote,” says Arianna Stubblefield, 20, a communication studies major at Sac State. She got credit in her government class for participating. “The work we were doing was important, to let people be informed. Going door to door opens your eyes to the fact that a lot of people don’t know they can register to vote.”

Sacramento College Students Use Spring Break to Help Register Voters

SACRAMENTO --

Allegra Chisholm wants her neighbors to participate in the upcoming elections, so she's dedicated her spring break to the cause.

She's going door-to-door providing people in South Sacramento and Oak Park with the resources to vote.

"We've had three register with us today," said Chisholm.

The Sacramento State Graduate student helped coordinate an alternate spring break for students at both Sac State and Sac City College. She says 150 students registered for the program.