PHOTOS: Youths turn out for 6th District job fair

By Paul Eakins on May 27, 2009 5:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Hundreds of Long Beach youths turned out last Thursday for Councilman Dee Andrews' 6th District Youth Job Fair at the Ernest S. McBride Sr. Park Community Center, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

Participants could meet with various employers and apply for the 2009 Summer Youth Employment Training Program, which includes 200 hours of paid work experience, work readiness training, and job coaching for youth ages 14 to 24.

Here are a couple photos of the event, courtesy of Andrews' chief of staff, John Edmond:

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Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional politics. A newcomer to the Press-
Telegram, he previously has covered local and state government and politics in San Diego County, Mexico and his home state of Kansas.

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Kris Hanson reports on the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, covering environmental issues, economic triumphs and pitfalls and trade trends of America’s largest port. He also writes a weekly column “On The Waterfront”, appearing Tuesdays, and also produces an occassional video and column titled “On The Job,” which follows the hard-working men and women who keep Southern California’s economy humming.

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Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
Telegram in April 2002 as a beat reporter, covering the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower and Paramount. She now covers business, specifically redevelopment, tourism and small businesses. She also writes Eye on Redevelopment, a monthly column that appears in the Business Monday section.