Deepa Barath

Treena Meins sits on the porch of her Riverside home Wednesday Nov. 27, 2019 as she looks at a pair of photographs of her late husband Damian who was killed in the Dec. 2 shooting in San Bernardino in 2015. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

379 mass shootings in 329 days: Victims find comfort and support in each other

December 3, 2019 at 6:05 a.m.

For Tina Meins, grief comes “in cycles and waves.” “You could be fine for two months, and you could suddenly break down,” said the daughter of Damian Meins, who was...

A new report by the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice based in Temple University has found that nearly 20 percent of community college students in California are homeless and an even higher number are food insecure. Above, a student stops and examines the campus map, searching for the location for his next class as a group of students walk among him during the first day of classes at East L.A. College. (Photo by ISAAC ARJONILLA,Orange County Register/SCNG)

Study finds 19 percent of community college students in California are homeless

March 9, 2019 at 6:33 a.m.

Nineteen percent of students attending California’s community college system have experienced homelessness in the last year, while 60 percent have experienced recent housing insecurity and 50 percent have struggled with...

First time approach to Easter, Passover

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

It’s going to be an Easter and Passover of firsts for congregations across Southern California. For the first time, a Roman Catholic Church in Riverside will invite psychiatrists onto its...

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