Safely Surrender law saves lives

Published Nov. 26, 2014 Josiah Patterson | Special to Viewpoints Defenseless, abandoned, and innocent, yet left to die. That was the fate of little Yachaziel, a newborn girl left on a conveyor belt at the Advance Disposal facility in Hesperia on Oct. 1. The Garden of Angels, an organization that holds burial services for abandoned…

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SmartRiverside Bridges the digital divide

Published Nov. 24, 2014 Joshua Wilson | Staff Writer With the rapid growth of technology in Southern California, the forward-thinking SmartRiverside organization ventures to prove to be a valuable asset to the city’s technological expansion and to the community. SmartRiverside is a non-profit organization that includes several programs with the focus of bringing Riverside residents…

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Sports Roundup (Nov. 23, 2014)

Football Riverside 51 Ventura 37: The Tigers battled against the visiting Ventura College in the Southern California Regional semifinal game. Quarterback Nicholas King, who was named the Player of the Game, completed 22 of 30 passes (zero interceptions) for 259 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman runningback Christopher Anderson, who was named Riverside’s Most Valuable Player (of…

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Internment camps can’t stifle art: World War II camps inspire a documentary on Japanese art today

Nov. 13, 2014 Michael Isberto | Staff Writer The Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in Riverside held it’s monthly film screening Nov. 6 for the city’s art walk, but this particular screening was a little different than ones in the past. They screened “Hidden Legacy,” a documentary about the renaissance of traditional Japanese…

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