Past Stories
Ready, Set, Go
Amgen Tour of California Kicks off Today
Today marks the beginning of one of California’s biggest annual bicycle tours. This year’s Amgen Tour travels from Northern California all the way to the Inland Empire taking 16 team...
The Henry Clay People
Tues, May 15
I don’t know what’s more frustrating, a band whose name originates from a renowned 19th century Senator, or the fact that its own official website has no biographical information about them. The former, actua...
Casking the Brew
Hangar 24 revs up for American Craft Beer Week
For seven years the Brewers Association has recognized American Craft Beer Week, which starts on May 14 and runs through May 20 this year, and there’s no better way to celebrate&...
Dream Big
Original Dreamgirl Sheryl Lee Ralph tells the truth about who a diva really is
Is it so horrible to know what you want?
You don’t think so. That’s why you’re decisive, you state your needs clearly and firmly, and you…
Let It Ride
X-Fighters brings the superstars of FMX to the motorsports mecca that is Glen Helen
Travel on any Southern California highway on any weekend and you’ll almost certainly see dirt bikes. Dirt bikes on trailers; dirt bikes in th...
The Fairest Dumpling of Them All
One Plus One Dumpling House makes food worthy of the Emperor
It’s hard to beat Alhambra or the San Gabriel Valley when it comes to authentic Chinese food, but One Plus One Dumpling House out in Chino Hills has managed…
Double The Fun
Bernie and Headhunters provide unique thrills and laughs as the best movies of the year so far
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
That line came from writer Sir Walter Scott more than…
Final Word
Shh. Don’t say, do or think anything!
And wear exactly the same shirt and underpants (forever if possible). Because otherwise someone somewhere might be jinxed!
JINXED I tells ya‘!
That’s the warped logic used last week b...
The Fingers
Photo by Marc Piron
MEMBERS:
Chris Pepino (keyboard, vocals); Matt McKnight (bass, vocals); Jeff Shannon (drums, vocals); Oscar Heller (guitar, vocals); Ray Zeigler (guitar, vocals).
CITIES OF ORIGIN:
Redlands, Yucaipa, Cu...
Naturalistic Ethos
Photo by Luca Venter
Gardens and Villa takes the fruits and veggies of its labor on the road
A defining moment for Gardens and Villa, a five-piece based in Santa Barbara, happened before the band was even a band.
A…
The Check is in the Mail
Democratic hopeful Amos Young Jr. makes campaign promises—but not the ones you’d think
By all appearances, Amos Jackson Young, Jr. has big plans for the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) that is going to be held...
¡Ask A Mexican!
BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has finally hit bookstores! Place your order with your favorite local bookstore, your finer online retailers, your craftier piratas, b...
American Craft Beer Week at Hangar 24inland empire weekly, ie weekly,
Sat, May 12-Sun, May 20
Traditionally, American Craft Beer Week starts on May 14, but why wait? On May 12, Hangar 24 kicks off its ACBW celebration early with its 3rd Annual Homebrew Competition. Judging brews against standards...
Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert Fundraiser Party
Thurs, May 10-Fri, May 11
“Here we have the very first discovery of ancient tumbleweed excavated by archaeologists.” The Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert, in my childish and oftentimes perverted imagination, can...
Miss Manners Afternoon Tea
Sat, May 12
You can go with this Miss Manners: the 100-year-old (or thereabouts) advice columnist who graces newspaper pages across the country with crucial information like . . . which is the right type of glass to drink impor...
The 7 Day Stretch
Thurs/5/10
DENGUE FEVER
Dengue Fever has invented a new sound; the likes of which have never before existed in our music scene. Described as expressing “Cambodian garage rock, Afro Grooves and Neo-surf tunes” only b...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
Whether or not the Blue Pearl Project is biting off more than it can chew with its goal of “helping the ocean, saving the Earth and the animals that are a part of it,” there’s no doubt…
Dengue Fever Makes Good
There is a moment of desperate longing that happens when I listen to a new album for the first time. My finger hesitates for about a half a second before I press the play button on my iPod and learn…
