welcome to communidad del valle. hope you are enjoug your holiday weekend. we have a special show for you today with some christmas carrolling by some young kids. also, the texas tornadoes. this is your communidad del valle. we begin with the duel language academy. they did some christmas

carrolling for some senior citizens over on the east side. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ had a shiny nose and if you ever 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 ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho ♪ 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 nose reindeer you'll go down in history ♪

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♪ >> melina and her friends from the dual language academy in san jose. up next, a special program out of the mission district. [ male announcer ] nature is unique...

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francisco eh's mission district district. our correspondent reports about that program. >> we have taken to the streets of san francisco to see a project dedicated to promoting t transition and development for the bay area's music, theater, dance, and cultural diversity. founded in 1994 due to the california state reductions of art and music programs, local artists and activists created this organization for inner city schools, low income minorities and immigrant families to access arts at no cost. here now is alex, a director of loco bloco, it's not just about dance and music. it's a self-esteem builder. >> definitely. the organization started about 16 years ago, and it started with community activists and artists. from the beginning there's very family oriented energy in the group and loco bloco, think of a

dance troop and drum troop. we're so much more than that. we pride ourselves on being a youth development organization using the performing arts as a tool to be able to help issues as self-esteem and young people who may not have the best situation at home or maybe they don't live at home. maybe they're in a space in their life where they might be trying something negative rather than positive. what happens is when people come into the organization through the drumming, dancing, acting, painting, through the performing, they're gaining skills that they don't know that they're gaining, like, for example, you're going to perform in a theater piece. might write a script. you might write a scene. you might develop characters with the drumming, you might learn and come to a point in your life where you're teaching. >> it has empowered over 6,000 youths and families and continued to make a difference through music and dance. as an individual, what has loco

bloco done for you? >> made me feel more proud of  myself. like i accomplished things that i didn't think i have done. >> loco bloco wants to incorporate art within each student. personally, i'm a dancer, so i mostly do the dancing. i can drum, but, you know, dancing is it for me. >> nothing wrong with that. so you're a good dancer, and you have been dancing with loco bloco since how old? >> about 5 years old. i started with them. my older family members, like my mom and my dad and, leak are their cousins and star were also in çloco bloco. i started to join, and for a little bit i took a break ask came back because it was an organization that all my friends are here. >> the way that we survived is we're hustling out there and trying to get our communities to donate whatever they can, businesses, and then sometimes it doesn't come through, and we

to down size. what that means is there's not enough classes for young people. there's not -- we can't offer all the services that we potentially can offer. our services are free. that means we don't make any money off of the class that is we teach, so we have to go out there and fundraise to pay for the teachers, the equipment, space, and all that. >> not only do they let us hang out here, but they also offer help. if you have any problems, can you go to the office and talk to them. oh, hey, i got a problem. what's up? even just to hang out. a lot of us even hang out outside of loco bloco. it's a really fun program to be a part of. >> people just most of the time either walk into a space where they see loco bloco at, and because it's so free and accessible to everybody they just come and ask and here's the registration form. here you go. it's that simple. >> there are classes for youth and even adults. you don't have to have rhythm or even prior experience playing drums. just come with an open mind and

heart. if you need more information or if you week like do donate, go to www.locobloco.org. i'm signing off. until next time. >> thank you, our correspondent out of san francisco. up next on communidad del valle, a comedian. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain.

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he is a comedian out of l.a. he has been on this program once before. he sent me a dvd of his work, and he wanted notice share that with you right here on communidad del valle. >> i'm an exterminator, pest control operator, my official title. let's see. i think we've got everything i need. >> this one is usually working in the more affluent part of town is the pests are different, for one thing. if you are working in beverly hills and they have roaches that

you see outside, they'll call them water bugs. no, that's a water bug. if you had that same roach in east l.a., that's a roach. that isn't a water bug. that's a roach. people, water bug. i got a -- >> peanut butter. this is what gets the rats. i put this on the traps. gets them every time. good stuff. i get some too. ah. yeah, you got to be careful setting these things because, you know, ah. okay. looks like we've got one there at the bottom there. right away you can kind of see them on the ground. i've been married with my wife of 29 years. be 29 years. got three kids. some of them back here. i'm basically introduced to --

i'm going to mentor them, and i don't really know anything about them, so i'm going to have to meet them and learn from them. >> please welcome armando. >> what's happening? hey, that dude works out. >> i can't work out, man. o work out. hey, you got to chase the ice cream man. i can't chase the ice cream man because he parks in front of the house. he does. on purpose. he cranks the music up on purpose. he goes, watch this. one of them is going to run out right now. as soon as he hears the music, he is going to run out right now. crank it up. here he comes. here he comes. go clam go! that's just the guy with the push cart and the little bell.

bling bling bling. come on. hurry up. i get mad. i get mad at him. hey! have you ever noticed what they have inside there besides ice cream? they got beer in there. they got beer in there. if you ask what's the beer for, they forget how to speak. they blow air out their teeth. what's the beer for you? ah -- no, no, no --. no, no, no, no. no, no, no, no. that's for me and the guy that sells corn. yeah. same horn in every neighborhood. hey, gordo, you want one? >> no, i'm on a diet.

they're healthy for you. not the way we eat them because you know how we eat them. pick me one up. put mayonnaise all over it. mayonnaise wrash yeah. powdered cheese. they put powder cheese. then they get that liquid margarine. watch mying cholesterol. margarine, okay? my name is armando. nice to meet you. my full mexican name is -- i'm a first generation american. all right. all right. you saw that. i'm really from tijuana. err hear of tijuana? yeah? i need a ride home, bro. tijuana is a fun place to partied, 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 got a little code. they go,', ah,', ah, give me something for coffee. i give him, $10. no, no, no. $150. i'm, like, what kind of coffee do you guys drink? we got starbucks down here too. starbucks in tijuana? i can just imagine walking up to starbucks in tijuana. hi, i'll have a grando latte with a churro. even the sizes mess you up, right? i'll have a small. >> we don't have a small. we got a tall. >> how about a medium? no, that's a grande. >> what's the biggest one you got. a vinti. >> a vinti. i'm leaving. >> my family leftç tee juan wh. we came to california for the

cheese. that was actually when we became citizens. they said use the word cheese in a sentence. >> take my picture, cheese. >> immigration officer just laughed. he goes, huh, that's funny. have your mother step up. mom steps up. use the word cheese in a sentence. she said i don't know cheese. my dad steps up. leave her alone because cheese with me. welcome to america. made it up here. we finally moved up here. not that chino hills. echo park used to be a nice place before. echo park in los angeles was a nice place.

now the ducks are dealing drugs. you go by at night and all you hear is crack, crack, crack, crack. yeah. i just celebrated 29 years of marriage. i've been married three times. you know, i've been married three times. first we had a court wedding. went to the court, paid a ticket, got married. a few years later we had a church wedding, which was cool. all our kids were in it. 25 years later she goes, hey, we have to get married again. i go why? why? it's tradition. well, if it's a tradition, i want a bachelor party. yeah. that's tradition. >> that was comedian armando. up next, texas tornadoes.

we thank you for sharing another sunday with us once again right here on communidad del valle. as we enter the year 2011, it will 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. communidad del valle. it's my honor to have been hosting this show for that long, and he thank you for allowing us into your homes for those 15 years. we will celebrate next year. we do leave you now with a texas tornadoes. happy holidays. ♪ç

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