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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a couple who attacked an employee of a Redding storage facility with a baseball bat were later arrested after a keen-eyed officer spotted them leaving the area in a U-Haul vehicle Friday morning, Oct. 8. The baseball bat attack happened after the 59-year-old employee interrupted the pair while they were burglarizing one of the storage […]

-on October 10, 2021 at 01:16PM by Trevor Montgomery

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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif., — A murder investigation is continuing today after a man was fatally shot in Jurupa Valley early Saturday morning, Oct. 9. No arrests have been made related to the shooting, which occurred in a residential neighborhood in the 5000 block of Samantha Place off of LaRue Street, between SR-60 and Mission Boulevard, according to officials. This weekend’s deadly […]

-on October 10, 2021 at 11:31AM by Trevor Montgomery

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A man was found shot to death in Jurupa Valley early Saturday morning after residents heard sounds of gunfire.

Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department went to the 5000 block of Samantha Place, a neighborhood just north of Mission Boulevard and Riverview Drive, at around 12:18 a.m. after getting calls about a shooting.

When they arrived, they found 27-year-old Aimga Magallanes dead at the scene.

Officials haven’t said exactly where they found Magallanes, whether he was inside a residence or down on the street. It also wasn’t clear how many times Magallanes was shot.

Officials said the suspects fled the area. They haven’t said how the suspects got away — whether they were on foot or in a vehicle.

Detectives with the Riverside Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley station were investigating the shooting, and asked anyone with information to call them at 951-955-2600.

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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities arrested a local man after a drunken downtown Redding disturbance that resulted in a shooting early Saturday morning, Oct. 9. No injuries were reported after the shooting, which happened in the area of Foundry Square, near California and Placer streets, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Seen brandishing replica rifle along I-5, wanted SoCal felon arrested […]

-on October 10, 2021 at 10:32AM by Trevor Montgomery

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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a wanted felon who was seen brandishing what appeared to be an assault-style rifle while walking alongside I-5 in Redding was arrested after fleeing from responding officers yesterday morning, Saturday, Oct. 9. Although the rifle the alleged suspect was seen brandishing was later determined to be a realistic-looking BB gun that was missing its orange […]

-on October 10, 2021 at 09:38AM by Trevor Montgomery

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These columns have been appearing in The Press-Enterprise since July 2020, but with the pandemic, opportunities to meet Riverside County readers, or anyone else for that matter, have been scarce. That’s why an event last Sunday, Oct. 3, was meaningful for me.

A Local History Book Fair was put on by the Riverside Historical Society, and yours truly was among the baker’s dozen of writers in attendance hawking their published works. In my case that’s three books of my past columns.

It was my first author event since early 2020, and with low pressure, since I wasn’t the focus and didn’t have to give a talk. Like everyone else, I set up at a table in Crown of Life Lutheran Church’s social hall and wished for the best. For the occasion, I wore my T-shirt with the motto “Save a Journalist, Buy a Newspaper.”

This local history-themed book fair went over well enough that the Historical Society is already mulling a repeat next year. We authors all sold books, met people and made connections.

Three familiar faces from your newspaper: columnists Kim Jarrell Johnson, Steve Lech and David Allen, photographed at the Local History Book Fair, which Lech organized on behalf of the Riverside Historical Society. (Courtesy of Nancy Cox)

For me, after all these months of throwing my columns into the void, it was affirming to meet people face to face and hear your comments. True, what with masks, it was a little hard to understand some of those comments. But what I could make out was generally positive.

For instance, while I was still setting up, a woman came over to say: “I’m so glad you’re writing for the Press. It’s so fun, so positive. I hope you stay for a long time.”

“I hope so too,” I replied, a little awed.

Dan Bernstein, the retired P-E columnist who was also at the book fair, said hello. I extended a lunch invitation and he agreed to meet after virus numbers come down to an acceptable level. “So, 2023?” I asked. He wondered if 2038 might be more realistic. We newspapermen are mordant types.

Some of you have become faithful readers, bless your hearts. Someone said he was glad to see me beyond the tiny head shot in the newspaper. A man boasted that he had appeared in my column twice. A woman overheard and said lightly, “I’ve been in it three times — but who’s counting?” (I’d use both their names again but don’t want to affect the score.)

I got to meet true-blue Riversiders Lorna Jenkins and Glenn Wenzel, whose names have also appeared in my columns and will certainly do so again. Glenn has a new book about Mount Rubidoux that I’m looking forward to reading.

Kevin Bash, the mayor of Norco and a chronicler of history, ambled over for a friendly chat. He’s someone else I’ve known only virtually. I was pleased to see him smiling in front of me.

One reason I’m writing about all this, besides to thank everyone who took time out on a Sunday afternoon to attend, is that I can segue into a matter I’ve meant to get to in this space since July.

That’s to take a breath, reflect on my first anniversary in The P-E and explain the newspaper situation again to old and new readers alike.

I’ve been writing for the Ontario-based Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 1997, covering an area basically between the 57 and 15 freeways, which encompasses a few Los Angeles County cities and the west end of San Bernardino County.

The past two years, that status quo has changed dramatically. As our Southern California News Group papers began sharing more staff and content, my columns started appearing in The Sun in July 2019, giving me all of San Bernardino County. Then they expanded to The P-E in July 2020, handing me all of Riverside County as well.

Thankfully, July 2021 passed with no further changes. I mean, I’m still in the awkward stage of figuring out where Menifee is.

To reiterate, each of these columns appears in three papers, The P-E, Sun and Daily Bulletin, three times per week. Sometimes one will also appear in the Redlands Daily Facts or in some of our L.A. County papers if it’s deemed relevant.

So, these columns serve the entire Inland Empire, and occasionally beyond. From my perspective, it’s challenging and thrilling, but also a little overwhelming. It’s a good thing I don’t take life too seriously or I’d be in the corner whimpering.

At the book fair, some of you looked at the bright side of this state of affairs. You said you enjoy reading in my column about other cities.

A husband and wife told me they appreciate that I’m writing about Riverside County as a newcomer because I’m helping them see the area through fresh eyes. I liked that. Several longtime Riversiders, in a high compliment, said they’ve learned things about their city from reading me. (Although I worry that rather than presenting new information, I’m simply wrong.)

That said, not everyone is on board or willing to make the best of it.

A Riversider, in being introduced to me, said tartly, “You’re the one who writes about Pomona.”

That hung in the air a couple of seconds.

“…and Riverside!” I replied, both exasperated and defensive.

But I get it. If I lived in Riverside, I’d want an all-Riverside column too. I’d feel the same if I lived in San Bernardino or Ontario or Moreno Valley or (fill in your own city). All I can do is to try to serve everyone as best I can.

As it is, the next time I’m in Pomona someone may say disdainfully, “You’re the one who writes about Riverside.”

Let me add that with The P-E being by far the largest of the three newspapers by readership, and Riverside by far the largest city by population, my efforts have to lean in that direction. But my goal is to not leave anyone out and to try to appeal to everyone, from La Verne to Blythe.

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Anyway, I don’t know that anyone has ever had to write an Inland Empire newspaper column before. And thus, I don’t know what a successful Inland Empire newspaper column looks like. If you read me regularly, you might not know either.

But I’m trying. Join me, if you will, in this ongoing experiment.

And maybe I’ll see you around.

David Allen hangs out Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Email [email protected], phone [phone], like davidallencolumnist on Facebook and follow @davidallen909 on Twitter.

-on October 10, 2021 at 01:00AM by David Allen

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LOS ANGELES — After an earlier conviction was overturned, a former Gardena police officer was found guilty again of scheming to purchase “off-roster” firearms not available to the general public and then illegally reselling the weapons for profit, prosecutors announced Friday.

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Edward Yasushiro Arao, 51, of Eastvale, of conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing firearms without a license and engaging in an unlicensed firearms business, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said Arao and his co-conspirator, another former Gardena police officer, Carlos Fernandez, 46, of Norwalk, exploited their positions as police officers to operate an illegal gun-selling business.

As part of the scheme, Arao purchased the firearms — all Colt .38 Super-caliber handguns that were not available to the general public, but which could be legally purchased by law enforcement officers — through Ronin Tactical Group, a federal firearms licensee that Arao owned and operated.

Arao then transferred the guns to himself individually from the inventory of Ronin Tactical and re-sold 41 of them to non-law enforcement officers. Similarly, Fernandez obtained multiple off-roster weapons, which he re-sold to the general public through Ronin Tactical. Through messages on Instagram and via other means, Arao and Fernandez negotiated the prices and terms of firearm sales, and then delivered the guns and accepted payment, often in cash.

In a previous trial in November 2019, a federal jury found Arao guilty of the same two felony charges and found Fernandez guilty of conspiracy, selling firearms to a convicted felon, engaging in an unlicensed firearms business, and making false statements in federal firearms licensing paperwork.

In March 2020, Fernandez was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. At the same time, a new trial was ordered for Arao after the judge determined the two defendants should not have been tried together.

At sentencing on Jan. 21 in Los Angeles federal court, Arao will face up to 10 years in federal prison.

Previously in the case, six other defendants who illegally purchased firearms from Arao and Fernandez pleaded guilty and were sentenced, with two of those defendants being ordered to serve time in federal prison.

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-on October 09, 2021 at 02:54PM by City News Service

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RIVERSIDE — A 37-year-old man who fatally shot an ex-friend in a Jurupa Valley canal because the victim criticized him was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A Riverside jury in July convicted Shaun Daniel Tara of Jurupa Valley of first-degree murder for the slaying last year of 32-year-old Jeremy Amerson.

Along with the murder count, jurors found Tara guilty of attempted murder and a special circumstance allegation of killing a witness to a crime.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Matthew Perantoni imposed the sentence required by law during a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to the District Attorney’s Office, the defendant and Amerson had been on good terms and regularly associated until two weeks before the deadly shooting.

On July 29, 2020, Tara got into a drug-related dispute with a man at an am/pm near the intersection of Bellegrave Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard in Jurupa Valley, culminating in him shooting the other man with a .22-caliber rifle, according to a trial brief filed by the prosecution.

The victim survived, and Tara was able to elude capture.

Amerson witnessed the attack and denounced Tara for perpetrating it, mainly because it drew unwanted attention to the nearby homeless encampment in the storm channel beneath the Van Buren Boulevard bridge, where Amerson stayed with his girlfriend.

In the ensuing days, the victim and Tara had several exchanges via social media regarding the shooting, with Amerson expressing his displeasure and Tara making threats. Amerson told him that they should settle their differences with fists, but Tara would not agree.

In the predawn hours of Aug. 17, 2020, Amerson parked his motorcycle in the canal under the Van Buren bridge and began tinkering with it when Tara suddenly appeared out of the shadows armed with a handgun, according to sheriff’s investigators.

The victim’s girlfriend, who was asleep in a tunnel, awoke and heard Amerson beg for his life, telling Tara, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” to which the defendant replied, “You ruined my life,” according to the prosecution’s brief.

Tara then fired two shots into the victim’s chest, killing him on the spot, prosecutors said.

The defendant fled the scene as the woman, whose identity was not released, and other transients called 911.

None of the witnesses were initially forthcoming about what had happened, fearing for their lives. However, after several weeks of interviews, detectives finally persuaded Amerson’s girlfriend and others to provide the necessary details, leading to the identification of Tara as the shooter, according to court papers.

He was taken into custody without a struggle on Aug. 27, 2020, and charged with both the canal killing and the other attack weeks earlier.

Tara has prior convictions for assault with a gun, being under the influence of a controlled substance, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon.

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-on October 09, 2021 at 01:55PM by City News Service

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RIVERSIDE — A former teacher who molested a Riverside high school girl was sentenced Friday to two years felony probation and nine months in a work release program.

John Torrez, 27, of Loma Linda pleaded no contest in May to two counts each of oral copulation of a minor and unlawful intercourse with a person under 18 years old.

Prosecutors objected to the plea, which was directly to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gail O’Rane, who overruled the objection.

The term of probation and work release stipulation were handed down by the judge after she considered a Department of Probation report on Torrez’s offenses. Work release mandates that a defendant remain employed, attend school or volunteer time during the period defined by the judge.

“Our office filed a brief requesting that the court exercise its discretion and require the defendant to register as a sex offender, which was denied by the court,” District Attorney’s Office spokesman John Hall told City News Service.

Torrez was arrested in March 2020 following an investigation by the Riverside Police Department, focused on the defendant’s interactions with the North High School student, identified in court documents only as “Jane Doe.”

According to prosecutors, Torrez, who worked on assignment from the Office of Education as an instructor, had multiple encounters with the girl in 2019.

The Riverside Unified School District is being sued by the victim, who is represented by attorney Morgan Stewart.

In his civil complaint filed in February, Stewart wrote that the school district and Riverside County Office of Education “ignored all of the warning signs” that girls were being targeted by the defendant.

Only the one victim was named in the criminal complaint. However, the lawsuit alleges Torrez found opportunities to “be alone with minors in secluded areas of the school, and drive minors off campus.”

“The abuse took place in such locations as the training room at North High School, the storage garage … in Torrez’s personal vehicle and at Torrez’s personal residence,” according to the suit.

Torrez had no documented prior felony or misdemeanor convictions in Riverside County.

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  -on October 09, 2021 at 01:11PM by City News Service

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A 51-year-old woman was hit and killed by a motorcycle while crossing a major street in Riverside on Friday night, Oct. 8, authorities said.

The woman was walking northbound on Wood Road and attempting to cross Van Buren Boulevard, near the south border of the city, when the crash occurred just after 11:50 p.m., Riverside police Sgt. Ryan Wilson said.

The motorcyclist did not stop to render aid, Wilson said.

The woman, identified by the coroner as Lisa Cullinan of Riverside, later died at a hospital, Wilson said.

Authorities continued to investigate the crash. It wasn’t immediately known if the woman was in a crosswalk.

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-on October 09, 2021 at 02:34AM by Nathaniel Percy

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According to an April 2021 study of warehousing in Southern California, the region is home to more than 3,300 distribution centers of 100,000 square feet or more.

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The report by the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, which focuses on environmental issues in the Inland Empire, and the University of Redlands, examined warehousing in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino counties. Ontario topped the list with 289 warehouses in the area.

Here’s how the warehousing inventory stacks up in other Inland cities, according to the report.

Ontario: 289

Fontana: 140

Chino: 117

Rancho Cucamonga: 107

Riverside: 94

Jurupa Valley: 80

San Bernardino: 76

Corona: 65

Redlands: 56

Moreno Valley: 48

Rialto: 47

Perris: 45

Pomona: 41

Eastvale: 23

Temecula: 23

Colton: 22

Bloomington: 16

Beaumont: 7

Chino Hills: 3

Coachella: 3

Mira Loma: 3

Montclair: 3

Murrieta: 3

San Dimas: 3

Upland: 3

Indio: 2

Mentone: 2

Norco: 2

Thermal: 2

Banning: 1

Desert Hot Springs: 1

Diamond Bar: 1

Grand Terrace: 1

Hemet: 1

La Verne: 1

March Air Reserve Base: 1

Nuevo: 1

Palm Springs: 1

San Jacinto: 1

-on October 09, 2021 at 08:10AM by Staff report

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Guest Writer Spotlight: Cubicle World – Richard Lewis I lived in a Cubicle World and where I worked at Boeing, there were lots of cubicles just like you might see in a Dilbert cartoon. SEE OTHER RECENT DEVOTIONALS BY RICHARD LEWIS: Religion Today: When a Christian departs this earthly realm Religion Today: 9/11 Her Name Was Genelle Religion Today: Am […]

-on October 09, 2021 at 12:35PM by Trevor Montgomery

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MEAD VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a murder investigation is continuing after a local man was fatally shot in the unincorporated area of Mead Valley Friday evening, Oct. 8. The deadly shooting happened in the 19600 block of Seaton Avenue, south of Cajalco Road, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Teens arrested after trio of violent Hemet & Perris home […]

-on October 09, 2021 at 12:06PM by Trevor Montgomery

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A 46-year-old man died after being shot in Mead Valley on Friday night, Oct. 8, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said.

Deputies found Robert Toy with a gunshot wound at a property in the 19600 block of Seaton Avenue in Mead Valley, after responding to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon just after 7 p.m., the Sheriff’s Department said. Toy, of Mead Valley, died at the scene.

It wasn’t known what led up to the shooting. No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning.

The Sheriff’s Department asked that anyone with information contact Investigator DeMattia at 951-210-1000 or Investigator Letterly at 951-955-2777.

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-on October 09, 2021 at 04:40AM by Emily Rasmussen

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While remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic lowered reported instances of bullying, parents fear that, for some students, going back to school will mean going back to being bullied. “Bullying is something we worry about, especially with the beginning of each new school year,” said Zury Bourque of her family of four in Cypress, Texas. SEE OTHER RECENT JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES […]

-on October 09, 2021 at 11:26AM by Trevor Montgomery

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I    coyote-hungry-for-wisdom    I say:

we are only a little while here

not forever on earth…

Who will know my name?

at least my songs?

at least my flowers?

Are we here on earth for nothing?

— Ancient Nahuatl poem translated by Toni de Gerez

One’s name is connected with personal identity and signifies who we are culturally and associated with personality. Disregarding someone’s name is akin to denying their identity.

Frances J. Vasquez serves on the Inlandia Institute board of directors and coordinates Tesoros de Cuentos bilingual writing workshops in Riverside. (Courtesy of Lily Rivera)

In this column for Mother’s Day 2017, I wrote about two unnamed Mexicanas from Casa Blanca who presented a petition in 1911 to the Riverside City School District Board of Education. They requested a school be built in their neighborhood. Sadly, the women’s names were not recorded in the board minutes, nor identified in the newspaper report. Still, they made an indelible mark in the history of education equity in Riverside.

I described the women as “Adelitas de Casa Blanca” for their brave, unprecedented public stance for their children’s education.

Eventually, we learned that Ysabel Solorio Olvera led the effort to gather the signatures of Casa Blanca heads-of-households. To present the petition, they walked several miles to downtown Riverside on a hot July day.

Kimberly Olvera DuBry fondly remembers her great-grandmother: “Ysabel was a woman ahead of her time. She demanded to be treated with respect. As a Mexican immigrant woman of that era, she faced lots of barriers. At some point, it was too much to keep shouldering it, so she and her comadre took a stand. Ysabel had a lot of dignity and felt indignant about the way they were treated. Ysabel was outraged that Casa Blanca students had to walk over a mile to school while the other kids had their own neighborhood schools. ‘Didn’t we all work like the others?’ To Ysabel this was an injustice.”

Why Adelitas? During the Mexican Revolution (1910 to 1920), hundreds of women joined the troops. Some served as nurses and many fought bravely alongside men as soldaderas — armed soldiers. They were called Adelitas (representative of revolutionary women) who inspired legends, ballads, books, and movies. Like Monarch butterflies, many migrated north — some settled in California.

During a voyage to México, I purchased several books — two favorites featured soldaderas: “Emiliano Zapata: Como lo Vieron los Zapatistas,” by Fernando Robles, Laura Espejel, Francisco Pineda. And, “Mujeres en la Colección de Museo Soumaya,” Marzo 2019.

The take-away — without women, there was no revolution.

The real Adelita, Adela Velarde Perez, was born in 1900 in Chihuahua and died in Texas in 1971. Adelita joined the White Cross as a nurse against her wealthy father’s wishes. At age 15, she joined General Pancho Villa’s troops. Antonio Aguilar, archives director of México Secretary of Defense posits, “Her name has crossed the geographical and temporal borders of history and myth, with her name countless fantasies have arisen.” In addition to her gallantry, Adela was beloved for her expertise in treating the wounded.

Antonio del Río Armenta, a grateful sergeant, composed a corrido in her name:

“If Adelita wanted to be my girlfriend, / if Adelita were my wife, / I would buy her a silk dress to take her to dance at the barracks. / If Adelita went with another, / I would follow her by land and sea, …”

Adela was recognized as a veteran of the revolution in 1941, but was not awarded a pension until 1961.

María Valentina de Jesús Ramírez Avitia from Sinaloa was born in 1893 on St. Valentine’s day and died in 1996 in Brawley, California, at the age of 103. She is called the “Mulan of México” because she shared her father’s ideals and took his place in the army when he died in 1910 — dressed as a man — using the pseudonym of Juan Ramírez. She fought valiantly in over 20 battles, attaining the rank of Coronela. A corrido, “La Valentina” was attributed to her. When her female identity was discovered, Valentina was discharged.

Amelia Robles from Guerrero was born in 1889 to a landed family and died in 1984 at the age of 95. She changed the last letter of her name, cut her hair, donned men’s clothes, recruited workers from her hacienda, and joined the revolution. Amelio served General Emiliano Zapata’s troops from 1911 to 1924. Posing as a man, she attained the rank of colonel, and fought in more than 70 battles. In 1970, Amelio was officially recognized as a veteran and was presented a Revolutionary Merit Award. In 1979, she finally admitted her true gender.

Adelitas did not let sexism define them. Petra Herrera, Rosa Bobadilla, Ángela Jimenez and others served gallantly in the revolution. Countless female veterans were denied military pensions.

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In 1970, Hilda Reyes co-founded Las Adelitas de Aztlán, an all female Brown Berets chapter in Los Angeles. A photo of her wearing bandoleros across her chest became symbolic of militant Chicanas’ struggle for social justice. The cover of Jesús Salvador Treviño’s book, “Eyewitness: A Filmmaker’s Memoir of the Chicano Movement,” features a collage of photographs from that era. Hilda’s iconic image is prominent, but not credited. She contacted the author to request that he identify her by name. Treviño complied.

Professor Eliud Martínez wrote in “Güero-Güero: The White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories,” “As a writer… as artists, we are born to be witnesses and to remember, to snatch from the wind the spoken stories that were never set down in writing, to rescue from oblivion the stories that history has silenced.”

Tesoros de Cuentos writing workshops in Casa Blanca aim to rescue stories that exist within our hearts and in our ancestral memories — and give literary voice in remembrance. As Tesoros’ motto cautions, “Las palabras vuelan; los escritos quedan. Words fly, writings endure.”

Frances J. Vasquez facilitates Tesoros de Cuentos and serves as director emerita of Inlandia Institute. Tesoros de Cuentos begins its fall session on Friday, Oct. 8, and will meet every other Friday. Interested parties should email [email protected] for details.

-on October 09, 2021 at 04:00AM by Frances J. Vasquez

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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a hit and run that occurred in Riverside ended in the death of a pedestrian late Friday evening, Oct. 8. The alleged suspect fled the scene of the fatal collision, which occurred in the area of Van Buren Boulevard and Wood Road, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Teens arrested after trio of violent Hemet […]

-on October 09, 2021 at 10:49AM by Trevor Montgomery

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