VIDEO: City Year LA : Young People Serving our Country one Community at a Time

For as long as I can remember entrenched politicians have been telling the youth of America the best thing you can do is serve your country. The problem is the service that they are speaking of usually involves picking up a gun and traveling to a distant land with out an invitation. Well finally there is a group that is revolutionizing the meaning of national service. City Year trains 17-24 year olds to work in 17 cities across the country volunteering in schools and community centers.

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VIDEO: Surfrider: Keeping Southern California's Beaches Clean

Whether a long time resident or a first time tourist, California's beaches draw thousands of tourists a year. Although this traffic can harm our beautiful coast line, it is only a fraction of the abuse. Our coast is also home to some of the nations largest urban areas and busiest ports. All of this abuse puts our coast in jeopardy. For the last 25 years The Surfrider Foundation has been fighting for clean water and beaches. Among other projects, they do this through a monthly beach clean-up.

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VIDEO: San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay : A World Stage for Protest

San Francisco was chosen as the only city in the US to hold the Chinese Olympic Torch Relay. The relay did not come off as planned. City officials changed the route and then canceled the closing ceremony fearful of widespread non-violent protests. The relay did provide a world stage for the continued debate over China's occupation of Tibet. Although very few attendees were able to see the torch many took part in discussions on the history and current state of the Chinese and Tibetan conflict.

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VIDEO: Sprinter : Is Light Rail The Answer to California's Congested Freeways?

At the Center of Southern California's Coastal living is Northern San Diego County. Known for it's sunny weather, long white beaches and outdoor shopping malls and better known for is it's TRAFFIC. Unless you are traveling it's 8 lane freeways in the middle of the night you can expect to share the road with thousands of other motorists. The North San Diego County Transit District has just launched the Sprinter, a new light rail train, to help alleviate some of that gnarly freeway congestion.

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