Past Stories
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Taste of the Tabloids

Hallie Fryd’s Scandalous spells out why being caught can be good for society It’s true what they say: one thing leads to another. You oversleep, so you’re late getting out the door. Because you’re late, you get stuck in...


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Comeback Kids

Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss show us what their made of as Sleigh Bells Last month, on an episode hosted by former cast member Maya Rudolph, Brooklyn-based Sleigh Bells made its network television debut in a way most indie ba...


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Sacrificial Lamb

A taste of Syria and Lebanon in Chino Hills One might not immediately equate Chino Hills with superb Mediterranean cuisine. However, the Mes Amis experience is a pleasantly surprising journey through a taste of authentic Syrian...



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Funny Fairytale

Mirror Mirror is not just the fairest, but maybe the most entertaining movie of the year so far What’s a parent with young children to do this weekend, as every moviegoer in the world will seem to be lining up…


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Final Word

What’s that sound? It may be Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood honking his car horn at you—especially if you’re talking on a cell phone or texting while driving . . . HEY, YOU! PAY ATTENTION! I’M TALKING! LaHood recen...


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Call of the Wild

Western-leaning The Lonely Wild takes its folk rock on the road In less than two years, Los Angeles quintet The Lonely Wild have put out an EP, executed a national tour and are independently releasing their first full-length al...



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Party Like It’s 1989

The legacy of Club Metro simply refuses to die For folks of a certain age, let’s say 35 to 50, who lived in the IE at the time, Club Metro—in what they said was Riverside but was really Rubidoux—is a…


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¡Ask A Mexican!

Dear Mexican: Stop using Spanish in your column. I like reading your column, but when every other word is in Spanish, I don’t know what the hell is going on. It makes you sound like that nerdy kid who uses…


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The Rundown

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 A 4,400-square-foot ranch house that Desi Arnez designed and lived in after he no longer loved Lucy enough to remain married to her, is being considered for transformation into a meeting and events venue in ...



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The Pick Up: White Party

Thurs, April 5 thru Sun, April 8 This one’s for our LGBT friends in the IE. Mark your calendars and take your white leather suit to the cleaners, because the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs in partnership with Towleroad will…


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Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Fri, March 30 When Paul O’Neill first formed the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 1996, his goals were pretty modest. He wanted to form a “progressive rock band that would push the boundaries further than any group before follo...


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The 7 Day Stretch

Thurs/3/29 LADIES POKER NIGHT This weekend it’s all about the ladies. Although this is a weekend event reserved strictly for women to compete, Pechanga is allowing the lucky men tagging along to join in on the fun for one eve...



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My Double, My Brother

MEMBERS:  Joel Hasemeyer (vocals, guitar), Andy Leong (guitar, glockenspiel, percussion, vocals), Evan Eliason (bass, vocals), Beau Knechte (keyboard, French horn, glockenspiel, vocals), Matt Bushyeager (drums, percussion and ...