By DAVID OLSON, The Press-Enterprise

In the old days -- circa 1998 -- family or friends of someone who died would sometimes spend weeks rummaging through boxes and sifting through stacks of papers to locate photos, bank statements and personal letters.

That still happens, but today many people leave a detailed trail of their personal and financial lives in computer files and on online accounts.

Doug Gentry and Alex Benshimol have been together nearly six years. The Cathedral City, Calif., couple plans to spend the rest of their lives together.

But Benshimol, a Venezuelan immigrant, faces deportation for overstaying his visa. The couple's marriage last year in Connecticut doesn't protect them because the U.S. government does not recognize same-sex unions.

For many of the nearly 16 million Americans who practice yoga, the ancient discipline is about shedding pounds, increasing stamina, reducing stress, finding inner peace or some combination of benefits.

For Hindus, it is an integral part of their religion, a path toward mastery over the mind and body and bringing them closer to the divine.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - At first glance, C28 clothes feature the edgy styles similar to those on display in scores of stores aiming for the youth market.

But look closer and you'll spot biblical verses, crosses and "Praise the Lord" amid the graffiti-like designs on the T-shirts, hoodies and sneakers.

Researchers say Mexican immigrants who exercise regularly, eat wholesome foods and live in tight-knit communities illustrate why Latinos live longer on average than non-Hispanic whites and blacks.

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - With signs of economic recovery growing, some immigrants who left inland California for their homelands after losing their jobs are returning to the United States, Mexican officials and leaders of local immigrant-assistance groups said.

A few years after the Rev. Dale Garland was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, a field supervisor noticed that Garland had almost no free time.

The supervisor told Garland to take more breaks from work and gave him a book about pastors who dropped out of the ministry, often because of burnout and family problems caused by overwork.

Now Garland sets limits.

Supporters of liberalized immigration laws portray illegal immigration as an economic boon. Those in favor of stricter immigration laws view it as a fiscal disaster.

In reality, illegal immigration is a mixed bag for U.S. workers and government budgets.

David Calvillo used to think praying the rosary was for "old ladies and funerals."

Then he went to a Catholic men's retreat in 2008, where for the first time he felt the rosary's spiritual power as he prayed it with 79 other men.

Calvillo, 49, is now on a crusade to convince Catholics that "real men pray the rosary," the name he gave a nonprofit he founded last year.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - San Bernardino-based KVCR-TV next year will launch the nation's first 24-hour American Indian television channel with the help of a $6 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.