yes to "comunidad del valle. we hope that you're enjoying your holiday weekend. we have a special show for you today with some christmas caroling by some young kids. also the texas tornados and mario. this is "comunidad del valle." ♪ we begin today with the dual language academy. they did some christmas caroling to some senior citizens over on

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♪ rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose and if you every saw it you would even say it glows ♪ ♪ all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names ♪ ♪ they never let poor rudolph join in any reindeer games♪ ♪ then one foggy christmas eve santa came to say "rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight" ♪ ♪ then how the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in history" ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> melina and her friends right there from the language academy in san jose. up next here on "comunidad del valle" a special program out of the district. [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread

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program. our correspondent eva mendes. >> welcome to the streets of san francisco. proud of dedicating the transition and development of the bay area music. founded in 1994 due to the california state reductions on art and music programs, local artists and activists created this organization for inner-city schools. low-income minorities and immigrant families to access the arts at no cost. here to speak more, is the executive director. tell us more about this organization because it's not just about dance and music it's a self-esteem builder with unique mentors. >> no, yes, definitely. so the organization started about 15 years ago and it started with community artists and community activists so from the beginning, there's very family-oriented energy in the group. and like you said, people think,

oh, dance troupe. we're so much more than that. uing the performing arts as a tool to help issues like self-esteem, young people who may not have the best support at home or maybe they don'tlich at ho home, maybe they're in a space in their life where they're trying something negative than positive. come to the organization through the journey through the acting, painting, performing, they gaining the skills this they don't know that they're gaining. for example, you'll perform a theater piece, you might write a script, a scene, you might develop characters with the drumming. you might learn and come to a point of your life where you are teaching. >> reporter: has empowered and educated over 6,000 youths and families and continue to make a difference through music and dance. >> as an individual what has it done for you?

>> it made me feel more proud of myself. >> it really tries to incorporate the art within each student. me, personally, i'm a dancer, so, yeah, i mostly do the dancing. i could drum. >> nothing wrong with that. >> yeah. >> so you're a good dancer obviously and dancing since how old. >> i was about 5 years old when i started with them. my older family members, like my mom and my dad and like their cousins and stuff were also in loco loco. and for a little bit i took a break but then came back because it's just an extra good organization that my friends are here. >> the way that we survive is two ways is that we're hustling out there, trying to get our community to donate whatever they can, businesses and sometimes it doesn't go through

and we have to downsize so we that means is not enough cost for the young people. cannot offer all of the services that we potentially can offer. our services are free. so that means we don't make any money off of the classes that we teach. so we have to go out there and fund-raise to pay for the teachers, the equipment, and all of that. >> not only let us hang out here but they also offer help. if you have any problems you could just go to the office and talk to them. because they're like, oh, hey, i have a problem, what's up, you know? or even just to hang out. a lot of us even hang outside of loco loco so it's just really fun to be a part of it. >> people most of the time either walk into a space where they see loco loco and ask for the information because it's free and accessible everybody and here is the application form and it's that simple. >> and even classes for adults. you don't need to have rhythm or prior experience playing for the

drums. come with an open mind and a heart. www.locoloco.org. i'm signingach for "comunidad del valle." >> thank you. our comunidad correspondent out of san francisco. up next here on "comunidad del valle" comedian armando.

the name is armando. a comedian out of l.a. he's been on this program once before. he sent me a dvd of his work and he want mead to share that with you right here on "comunidad del valle." >> i'm exterminator, pest control operator, my official title. let's see. got everything that i need. the difference usually with working in the more affluent area from my part of town is the -- difference. for one thing if you're working in beverly hills.

they'll call them water bugs. if you have that same roach in east l.a. that's not a water bug, that's a roach. [ bleep ] [ speaking spanish ] peanut butter. it gets them every time. good stuff. i get some too. ahh. yeah you have to be careful setting these things because -- okay. it's looks like we've got one there at bottom there. right away, you can kind see them on the ground there. i've been married with my wife of 20 -- 29 years, it'll be 29 years. got three kids. some of them back here. i'm basically being introduced to the godchildren in their 20s and most got to meet when they were infants.

and i don't really know anything about them. so i'm going to have to meet them and then learn from them. >> it's been awesome, latinos -- before, please welcome armando. [ speaking spanish ] he's a big guy. he's a big guy. [ applause ] >> what's up? [ applause ]. >> what's happening? i know that you guys looking at me, hey that dude works out. i can't work out, man. my wife tries to get me to workout. she goes, hey you have to chase the ice cream man. i can't chase the ice cream man because he parks in front house and he cranks the music up on purpose. and watch this, gordo will run out right now, as soon as he hears the music, he'll run out right now. watch, watch, here he comes, crank it up, crank it up, here he comes, here he comes, here he comes. go, go, go, and that's just the guy with the push carton and the

little bell. come on, gordo, hurry up. i get mad. i get mad at him. i go, hey, hey, hey! have you ever noticed when they have inside there besides ice cream, they've got beer in there. they've got beer in there and if you ask me what's the beer for? they forget how to speak. they blow air out of their teeth. hey, what's the beer for? no, no, no, it's -- no, no, no, no it's -- no, no, no, no, no. [ applause ] that's for me and the -- man. you know the guy who sells corn? yeah. famed horn in every neighborhood. hey, gordo, do you want one?

no i'm on a diet. they're healthy for you and that's the way that we eat them. because you know how we eat them. put mayonnaise all over it. mayonnaise, yeah. powdered cheese, they put powdered cheese and then they get that liquid marge orran. we like to put lemon and chili on everything. my name is armando. my full mexican name is armando -- i'm a first generation american. yeah, all right. all right. you saw that. i'm really from tijuana. anybody here from tijuana? yeah? i need a ride home, bro. tijuana is a fun place to party, right? yeah. oh. and if you get pulled over by the cops, don't worry, you can pay your ticket right there.

yeah, oh, yeah. the cops have a little code. when they want you to pay for it, they have a little code, they go, hey, hey, hey, give me something for coffee. i gave him ten bucks. and he goes, no, no, no, no, no. no, no, no, no, no 150 bucks and i'm like oh, what kind of coffee do you guys drink? hey, we got starbucks down here, too. starbucks in tijuana? i could just imagine walking up to the starbucks in tijuana. hey, i'll have a khomplado latte with a churo and even the sizes mess you up about i will have a small. we don't have a small we have a tall. how about a medium? no that's a grande. what's the biggest one a venti. my family left tijuana, they finally left tijuana. we came to california for the cheese. that was actually on the test

when we became citizens. they said use the word cheese in a sentence and i'm like, take my picture, cheese. immigration officer just laughed. he goes ha, ha, that's funny, ha, ha. have your mothern step up. mom steps up, si, senor. use cheese in a sentence. yes, cheese. so then my dad stands up. and he goes, hey, leave her alone because cheese with me. welcome to america. [ applause ] made it up here finally made it up here to chino hills, not that chino hills. above chinatown. echo park. yeah, yeah. echo park used to be a nice place before. echo park in los angeles. a nice place. now the ducks are dealing drugs there. at night, you go by and all that

you hear is quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. [ applause ] yeah. i just celebrated 29 years of marriage. yeah. i've been married three times. and i've been married three times because first we had a court wedding, you know? went to the court. paid a ticket. got married. few years later we had a church wedding, which was cool. all of our kids were in it, you know? 25 years later, she goes hey, we have to get married again. and i go, why? why? well, it's just tradition. well, if it's just tradition, then i want a bachelor party. yeah, yeah that's tradition! >> that was comedian armando. up next here on "comunidad del valle." the tornados.

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we thank you for sharing another sunday with us once again right here on "comunidad del valle" as we enter the year 2011, it'll be my 15th year as a reporter here at kntv and 15 years as your host and producer of this great show, the longest running public affairs show in all of northern california. more than 30 years "comunidad del," it's my honor to have been hosting this show for that long and we thank you for allowing us into your home for those 15 years. it will be my keensenara, we'll be celebrating next year. we leave you with the -- tornados. happy holidays. ♪ ♪

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