Keeping it Real: Riverside Pays $7.5M for What Sheriff Calls “Appropriate and Lawful Actions” by Deputie
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Christopher Zumwalt, who died in custody in 2020 after a confrontation with corrections officers, with medical examiners citing contributing factors such as lack of food and water, asphyxiation from restraints and pepper spray.
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Everything Revolves Around Food
Luca Martinez As a child, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack would begrudgingly help her mother Vangie and grandmother Jesuista in the kitchen. Cooking Mexican food was a significant element of her Mexican family and their El Paso, Texas home. But unlike her two elders, Marquez-Sharpnack didn’t feel a connection to the food in…
A Restaurant Unlike Any Other
Luca Martinez Nearly 22 years ago, Jose and his wife Antonia Toledo made a gamble.…
The Taste of “Little Thumb”
Luca Martinez As a young girl growing up in La Libertad, a city in El…
Spreading Nicaraguan Culture through a Dream Come True
Luca Martinez | Photos by Aryanna Noroozi You could call it a restaurant founded on…
Beyond Earth Day: Inland Empire Environmental Justice Community Lays Solutions for Warehouse Growth
A coalition of more than 60 environmental and social justice groups and organizations in the Inland Empire have identified the…
Proposed California Bill Would Allow Arizona Doctors to Provide Abortions in CA
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a bill that would allow Arizona providers to provide abortions in California in response…
Legacy of a Black Cowboy: Remembering Al Joubert’s Life and Love for Rodeo
Flora and Alton James Joubert, a Black couple from Jurupa Valley, California, shared their memories of the rodeo lifestyle and…
Rancho Cucamonga Excels at the Arcadia Invitational
Rancho Cucamonga High School’s Boys Relay teams won both the 4×100 and 4×200 relays at Arcadia High School, posting some…
Keeping it Real: Federal Judge Rules Minority Business Development Agency Discriminates Against Whites
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency must also serve white people, citing a…
Navigating Reentry: Two Men Share Their Journeys After Decades in Prison
Richard Jerimiah Giles III and Bennie Burrell, two formerly incarcerated individuals, have shared their experiences of reentry to society and…