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                <title>Gang Prevention through Parental Involvement</title>
                <description><![CDATA[Signs your Child May be in a Gang Parents often lack factual information about gangs. Many gang members have become knowledgeable about the law and, as a result, have minimized their visibility. In the past, there was a high level of pride associated with the display of gang symbols (i.e., style of clothing, tattoos, hand signs), but today it is no longer easy to identify a gang member. As a result, a growing number of youth are being recruited into gangs without the awareness of parents, teachers, law enforcement officers or community members. While no single sign is proof that a teen is in a gang, the risk factors increases with each additional indicator your child exhibits as listed below: -Truancy -Decline in grades -Change of friends -Keeping late hours -Alcohol and other drug use -Having large sums of money or expensive items that cannot be explained -Developing attitude problems with parents, teachers, or others in authority -Intensifying anger -Sudden hatred for another group -Glamorizing gangs -Wearing gang clothing or an importance placed on certain colors -Withdrawing from the family -Secretive or abrupt changes in behavior -Abrupt changes in music tastes, clothing styles -Presence of body modifications, including tattoos, scarring, burns and brands. -Presence of gang graffiti in bedroom or on books, clothing, shoes, or posters -Using hand signs to communicate with other gang members, siblings, teachers, and parents -Displaying photos showing gang names, slogans, insignia, hand signals, or people involved in gang activities -Using gang-style language -Participating in gang activities -Associating with known gang members What You Can Do About Gang Involvement Parents are an important factor in preventing high-risk behavior like gang involvement in youth. Below are some tips to help parents keep their children away from gang activity. 1. Talk to your teen about high-risk behavior with gangs and drugs 2. Monitor your teen and set clear rules 3. Identify risk factors for delinquent behavior, violence and gang involvement 4. Recognize warning signs indicating your teen may already be involved 5. If your teen is involved with a gang - ACT QUICKLY 6. Get involved in your child&amp;rsquo;s life 7. Get involved in your community 8. Let your child know you love and care about him or her There are some simple steps parents can take to keep track of their child&amp;rsquo;s activities. Of course, their child might not like them keeping tabs on where he or she is and what he or she is doing. It won&amp;rsquo;t be a democracy and it shouldn&amp;rsquo;t be, according to many parenting experts. In the end, it&amp;rsquo;s not pestering, it&amp;rsquo;s parenting. 1. Set rules 2. Praise and reward 3. Know where your teen is and what he or she will be doing 4. Talk to your teen 5. Keep them busy - especially between 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., when the majority of juvenile delinquency is committed 6. Check on your teenager 7. Establish a &amp;ldquo;core values statement&amp;rdquo; for your family. Establish a clear family position on drugs and repeat it often 8. Be a good example 9. Spend time together 10. Take time to learn the facts about drugs and alcohol 11. Get to know your teen&amp;rsquo;s friends (and their parents) 12. Stay in touch with your child&amp;rsquo;s adult supervisors Bottom line: &amp;ldquo;Get involved with your child&amp;rsquo;s life. Show them you care and DO NOT tolerate criminal behavior!&amp;rdquo; ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                <title>Never Leave a Child or Pet Alone in an Unattended Vehicle</title>
                <description><![CDATA[With the temperature in Fremont projected to be more than 80 degrees today, it&amp;rsquo;s time to remind our community not to leave children or pets alone in unattended vehicles. From 1998 to May 2011, a reported 500 children died in locked vehicles, according to Consumer Reports. Children and pets are less able to handle extreme heat and are more susceptible to hyperthermia, which can lead to brain damage, kidney failure and death. San Francisco State University (SFSU) put out a recent study that stated temperatures in closed automobiles rose approximately 19 degrees in just 10 minutes, even in moderately warm weather. The API (Animal Protection Institute) conducted a study, which showed that even at 9:00 a.m., with an outside temperature of 82 degrees, the closed vehicle registered at 109 degrees inside. The study went on to say that if the automobile window was left cracked on an 88-degree day at 9:00 a.m., the vehicle turned into a 103 degree sauna, by 10:00 a.m. inside the vehicle. Leaving a child or pet in a vehicle remains a perilous choice, even for just a short time. Never leave a child unattended in a vehicle. If you should see a child in a hot vehicle, call 9-1-1 immediately. To learn more about this topic or other child safety topics, visit Safe Kids USA at ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                <title>Wear Your Seat Belt!</title>
                <description><![CDATA[Although California boasts one of the highest seat belt use rates in the nation at 96.6 percent that still leaves more than one million motorists who are at risk for serious injury and death. In 2010, estimates are that over 1,300 lives were saved by seatbelts in California. Another 110 could have been saved if seat belts had been used. Nighttime passenger vehicle occupants are among those least likely to buckle up and most likely to die in crashes when unrestrained. In California in 2010, the number of those who died in crashes and were not wearing seat belts was nearly 60 percent higher at night. WORTH IT? The cost of a seat belt ticket is at least $159 on a first offense. The cost of failing to properly buckle up any child under the age of 16 is at least $479 per child for a first offense, plus having a violation point added to the driver&amp;rsquo;s record, and $1,079 or more on a second offense. If the parent is not in the car, the driver gets the ticket. If a driver is found to be in violation of both the seat belt and hands-free or no texting law, they can be cited for both infractions with a combined ticket cost of $318 or more! ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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