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By Daily Forty-Niner Staff (Fatima as photographer) + 7 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 5 min read
Online resources are helping build closeness in religious groups
Photo credit: Fatima Durrani
By: Igor Colonno, Fatima Durrani and Maher Basharahil Online religious communities assist in bringing together individuals who seek to strengthen their faith and make connections. Jannah Mohamed, a student at Long Beach City College, is involved with the Long Beach Mosque and believes social media positively influences religious communities “It really helped strengthen my bond with the community,” Mohamed said....
By Fatima Durrani + 5 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
Women in Gaza cut up tents for menstrual products
Photo credit: Courtesy of: Ayesha Durrani
Palestinian women in the Gaza have resorted to taking period-delaying pills as they continue to face unlivable conditions. These conditions include lack of access to water, menstrual hygiene products and overcrowded living conditions with little to no privacy. Independent journalist Bisan Owda from Gaza shared the horrors on an Instagram reel, documenting women urgently requesting pads stating, “[...] but there...
By Fatima Durrani (Fatima as photographer) + 5 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 5 min read
Israel-Hamas war locally impacts Long Beach residents
Photo credit: Fatima Durrani
Members of the Palestinian and Jewish communities at Long Beach State and in surrounding areas have expressed feelings of distress about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, which escalated following the events on Oct. 7. The aftermath of Oct. 7 led to a death toll of over 25,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis, according to AP News. The situation has...
By Jonathan Gonzalez (Fatima as online) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Manuel Bermundez, Owner of Tutor Zones
Photo credit: William Ebert
Manuel Bermudez is the owner of Tutor Zone, a business designed to tutor students in and for a variety of school subjects. There are currently three locations: in Whittier, 10255 Colima Road Unit E; La Habra, 1491 W. Whittier Blvd; and Placentia, 1225 E. Imperial Hwy. Bermudez decided to take the chance of opening a tutoring business because of his...
By Alfredo Menjivar (Fatima as online) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 8 min read
Ducks vs Blue Jackets
Photo credit: Alfredo Menjivar
Alfredo: Hello, everyone, welcome back to the Puck Talk podcast. I'm your host Alfredo Menjivar, and this week I'll be using Blame by RYT3XZ, that is R Y T 3 X Z the song is called Blame, yes. So I wanted to talk about the game I actually went to, which was against, the Ducks, against the Columbus Blue Jackets....
By Alfredo Menjivar (Fatima as online) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 8 min read
The Kings tie the series 2-2
Photo credit: Alfredo Menjivar
Alfredo: Hello, everyone, welcome back to Puck Talk. I'm your host Alfredo, and this is an Imaginary Dream by RYT3XZ that is R Y T 3 X Z Imaginary Dreams. Check him out on YouTube. Now, the Los Angeles Kings have tied up the series two games a piece with the Edmonton Oilers in a shutout. Now, this is the...
By Jaelyn Delos Reyes (Fatima as online) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 18 min read
Living life to the fullest
Kara: Welcome to the podcast I am your host KaraAlexia: AlexiaJaelyn: and Jaelyn Kara: And we're gonna to be talking today about living life to the fullest during the pandemic. Alexia: So Jaelyn, what do you think living life to the fullest means?Jaelyn: During the pandemic? Living life to the fullest I feel like that means that people need to...
By Michael Cody Stephenson (Fatima as online) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 10 min read
Blue and Red Podcast Episode 4
Michael: What’s up everybody you are listening to the final episode of the "Blue and Red podcast." I'm your host Michael Cody Stephenson, I’m on the Talon Marks newspaper at Cerritos College. And I must start by saying as always, we're not talking about politics today. We're talking Angels (and) Dodgers. On this podcast. I'm gonna go over the pros...
By Michael Cody Stephenson (Fatima as online) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 9 min read
Blue and Red episode 3
Michael: What's up everybody? You're listening to episode three of the Blue and Red Podcast. I'm Michael Stephenson. I'm on the Talon Marks newspaper at Cerritos College. And the Blue and Red Podcast is not about politics. I need to make that very clear each and every episode right at the top. We're not talking politics, and we never will....
By Fatima Durrani (Fatima as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 16 min read
Being a mompreneur during the pandemic: a podcast
Clarissa Arceo: Good morning. My name is Clarissa Arceo and I'm the Community Editor for Talon Marks, Cerritos College's newspaper. Fatima Durrani: Hi, my name is Fatima Durrani. I'm the Opinion Editor for the Talon Marks newspaper at Cerritos College. Clarissa: Today we're going to be interviewing Maria Buenrostro, who is the owner of Buenrostro Tax Consultants located in the...