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Richard Matus’ nieces and nephews, Alleena Morales, Maddie Morales, Willy Jr, and Bella Fuentes, and his sister and brother-in-law, Rachel and Willy Morales, his mother, Lisa Matus, and older brother, Andrew Cortez, pose for a portrait in Lisa’s home, where Richard lived, on June 14, 2023. Matus was one of 19 deaths in Riverside County Jails in 2022.
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Keeping it Real: FAC Sues Riverside Over Transparency in Quest for Sheriff Department Jail Deaths Accountability

by S.E. Williams December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

The First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against Riverside County for refusing to disclose records related to in-custody deaths at Riverside County jails, seeking to enforce the new California transparency law, SB 519.

With so much political negativity in the air rising from extreme and questionable actions of the current commander-in-chief, it is sometimes challenging to remember how much power we have as citizens; how local communities and leaders are standing as bulwarks against these actions; and how gratitude is a powerful tool for effecting change.
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Keeping it Real: “Gratitude Can Transform Any Situation”

Stephanie by Stephanie November 25, 2025December 1, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Give us the ballot, and we will fill our legislative halls with men of good will.”
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Keeping it Real: Will Proposition 50 Yield an Opportunity for Riverside to Throw the Bums Out?

Stephanie by Stephanie November 5, 2025November 5, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces Proposition 50, The Election Rigging Response Act.
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Inland Empire Congressional Map at Stake as Proposition 50 Goes to Voters

Aryana by Aryana November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
A report published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) dated June 3, 2025, assessed a cohort of about 3.26 million incarcerated adults nationwide, including those in county jails from 2008 through 2019. The report found individuals incarcerated at the time of the survey experienced a 39% higher risk of all-cause mortality and more than three (3) times the risk of overdose mortality compared with nonincarcerated individuals nationally. Riverside County is now beginning to nearly outpace the nation as it relates to in-custody deaths. Not only did this county have the highest homicide rate among large jails in the state from 2020 through 2023; other deaths, including murders, made Riverside County jails the second-deadliest in the nation during this same period.
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Keeping it Real: In Riverside County Saving Human Lives is a Battle We Will Win

Stephanie by Stephanie August 5, 2025August 12, 2025
Protesters gathered by the thousands in downtown Riverside in early June, 2022, to express their frustration with the killing of Black people by police officers across the nation. The uprising that became international, was in response to the murder of a 46-year-old Black man, George Floyd, by a Minneapolis police officer while other officers stood and watched.
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When Did “Activist” Become a Dirty Word?

Contributor by Contributor August 5, 2025
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Keeping it Real: Bianco the Burger Meister

Stephanie by Stephanie June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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Keeping it Real: Remember This About Chad Bianco

Stephanie by Stephanie May 20, 2025May 20, 2025
A Werner truck drives past the ONT1 Amazon Sort Center in Mira Loma, which is situated between California State Route 60 West and Interstate 215 North, April 4, 2023.
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California Tightens Warehouse Regulations with New Design and Build Standards

Aryana by Aryana April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

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