Julian Sutter’s credit card is on ice, literally, he says. The 25-year-old froze it, three months ago, inside a cup in his apartment’s freezer. He’s also liquidated his mutual funds to pay off several thousand dollars in credit card debt, started eating 60-cent cups of noodles for lunch and hasn’t bought a new pair of jeans in half a year (he used to buy two each month).
More here: Inland young adults see valuable lessons in poor economy (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)
