Carpenter Jahan Patterson wants a chance to work to help rebuild the Brookside projects in 2009 — and worries that the housing authority will hire a construction company that employs “Mexicans.” ...

A home invasion was foiled Monday thanks to a Riverside carpenter and his ability to swing a hammer, according to police. A 17-year-old tried to hotwire a man's car parked in the driveway of a home in ...