by Erendira Alvarez, OBOC essay contest finalist. Art by Janet Trenier. “When we’re 88, we’ll still be friends and we’ll be complementing each other on our cute orthopedic shoes.”…
When the very first print edition of the base line magazine debuted May 7, copies flew off the newstands. Not to worry, here is a pdf copy for you to…
“Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat,” by Anthony Santiesteban, “Tyler Rouse,” by Olivia Rodriguez with photographs by Joe Worrell and Hillary Gonzalez. “Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat..” is the way of life for…
by Bailee Epperson, OBOC essay contest finalist. “Because the darkness squeezes you inside yourself, you get cut off from the outside world, the imagination takes over…you think about dark closets,…
by Julie Cosgrove. Looking for things to do this summer? Consider the First Thursday Artswalk, on June 5, from 6 to 9 p.m., in downtown Riverside. The last one, on…
by Sara Goding. Residents of the Wyvernwood say that their community is a safe place for their children. Parents don’t worry when the kids run around on the grassy park…
Art and photography by Janet Cramer-Trenier. Click on any image to start the slideshow. (Images are larger in the slideshow.)
by Ryan Geluz. Edited by Jake Baylor. For the full story as reported by Ryan Geluz, click the link to the pdf file below: click.here.to.download
by Nancy Yeang. I debated whether or not to buy the small, fat, yellow and black plaid pig magnet, a souvenir for my fiancé, Nao. I wasn’t sure if I…
by Michelle Jones. She walked into our room. “We have a meeting at one,” The Beth said, “Don’t be late.” Then she stormed out again. We sit in the…
by Sean Henry. Who kept watch here? When the horn, brazen, Broke the midnight air. Signalling the coming of a storm; A sea of bodies, Boasting steel and mail Broke…
by Sara Goding. Love. It dominates this special time of year. Scientists claim love is a chemical reaction. Philosophers may attribute it to one’s soul finding its mate. Historians describe…
by Lorena Rositas. I took the same familiar drive I’ve taken hundreds of times before. Past the houses that lined Wilson Avenue, empty and alone during the day while the…
by Andrea Duran. Thursday evening. I waited in the parking lot of the dental office where Stacy works. The twenty-five year old receptionist, who could pass for thirty, jumped…
by James Rodriguez. I like to sit under the eucalyptus trees at Chaffey College and listen to the young people chattering, the birds singing, the gentle breezes driving through the…
by Sean Henry. I can barely hold this feeling back! My vocabulary is falling short, Into ditches in our Mother Earth. No words can identify, No words can internalize, What…
by Joshua Walters. What’s really good? Let’s get Gucci with this language. Fasho not English, I’m talkin’ Ebonics, that lingo, or better yet, slang. “I use slang a lot. If…
by Maurice Jackson. The essence of perfume and fragrance linger in every inch of air. Star lights spot pictures of tall skinny super-models wearing nothing but sexy lingerie. All price…
by Valeen Gonzalez. We all know the stereotype. The image that comes up when we hear Dungeons and Dragons is a morbidly obese, unkempt, extremely hairy man whose body odor…
by Brian Pollorena. I have been photographing for about 4 or 5 years, ever since my junior year in high school when I got my first Canon camera, a rebel…
