Sitting on the couch in the family room of his late grandfather’s home, Stetson McBirnie looks like a typical teenager. He’s wearing a “Speedo Athletics” T-shirt and blue jeans and balancing his little dog Cowboy on his lap. But Stetson isn’t so typical. He has been deaf since birth and has dyslexia, a learning disorder that can cause difficulty with language skills.
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Riverside water polo star to compete in Deaflympics in Taiwan (The Press-Enterprise)
Journey comes to San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Saturday and will take you back to the days of acid washed jeans and mullets. But if you go, here are a few things you might want to keep in mind. Don’t yell out for Steve Perry a la “Baseketball.” He hasn’t been in the band since 1998. We don’t recommend yelling out “Oh Sherrie,” either. That was a Perry solo hit.
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Pre-flight safety announcement for Journey (The Press-Enterprise)
Their uniforms are tight, sagging jeans, T-shirts and Vans, not jerseys and cleats. Their coaches are their teenage friends, not someone several times their age with a whistle around his neck. Their playing fields are Riverside’s streets and the Moreno Valley Skatepark, not a high school gym or stadium.
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Inland skateboarders use growing national association to strut their stuff (The Press-Enterprise)
After scouring the bargain racks for the coats, shoes and “skinny jeans” that seemed to be this year’s popular requests, members of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church made their way to children’s doorsteps, gingerly knocking at doors with colorful packages in hand.
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Angel Tree makes sure inmates’ children not forgotten (The Press-Enterprise)
