Past Stories
Was a Riverside PD Officer Driving Drunk or Sick? Neither is an Acceptable Answer
It all began like any other summer night–Olive Jones and her parents were hanging out in the backyard of their Moreno Valley home, enjoying the weather and the general pleasantness that goes along with it.
Normally, lazy nigh...
In the Trenches
The Absolutist’s exquisite prose details wartime tragedy . . . and love
For some reason, you just can’t seem to let it go.
It happened so many years before. You were a child then, really: old enough to know better,…
Ice Cream of the Crop
Give your overheated self a real cool-down this summer—check out some of the Inland Empire’s chillest places for frozen desserts . . .
EL RASPADITO! AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SHAVED ICE
Mexican-Style Shaved Ice
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You Don’t Need Philly For This Cheesesteak
Philly’s Best brings the big cheese to the Southland
The most well-known icons of Philadelphia in Southern California aren’t the Liberty Bell, Benjamin Franklin or the Declaration of Independence. Nope, ask any Californian ...
Savage Ineptitude
Oliver Stone’s Savages drags viewers through the mud of America’s pot wars
Have you ever gone to a movie and felt like you needed a shower afterwards? I’m not talking about sitting in run-down, flea-bitten theater where 2...
Final Word
Country superstar Kenny Chesney will perform with Tim McGraw this Saturday at Anaheim’s Angel Stadium. If you’re going, better “un-Chesney” yourself up with an unsightly pirate scar or bone through your nose.
Tennessee ...
Psychedelic Milk
MEMBERS:
Chasen “Chase” Landry (frontman); Taylor Ruthford (guitar); Russell Rosenwirth (bass); Gary Humphrey (drums); Brian “Saud” Saude (guitar).
PLACE OF ORIGIN:
High Desert.
KINDRED SPIRITS:
Drugs, sex and rock...
“An Evening” With Katy Goodman
Photo by Magda Wosinska
La Sera’s as legit as it gets
Katy Goodman’s solo project, La Sera, was something of an accident. The redheaded bassist for Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls hadn’t ever spent much time writing her...
The Final Chapter?
The fate of the Pomona Public Library is up in the air . . but it doesn’t look good
Reading may be fundamental, but in Pomona, some feel that right is being threatened for its kids.
Like so many other…
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Magdalena has worked for me many years—15, to be exact. She came over as a mojada with her two little girls when they were four and six. The girls went to school but only until middle school because…
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
It’s Independence Day, but three men wake up in jail, booked the night before on suspicion of arson and conspiracy after staging an impromptu protest when they were denied admission to the Jurupa Valley High...
Don’t Sleep
The Lowkeys
Sat, July 14
You deserve a little bit of everything. Maybe you want to broaden your horizons and see some great art. Maybe you want to try some food that you’ve never had before. Maybe you just want…
Pechanga’s Fourth Annual Microbrew and Chili Cook Off
Sat, July 14
It seems that Pechanga is the place to get drunk this summer, as this is the second of its events to give microbreweries a place to shine. After you’ve spent the last of your life savings in…
The 7 Day Stretch
Thurs/7/12
SOMETHING’S AFOOT
There’s just something hilarious about spoofs that make something serious and in-depth seem lighthearted and silly. This isn’t the play for you if you despise a classic whodunit story tak...
What Happened in Stockton . . .
It can’t be fun being San Bernardino’s bank account right about now. That particular city is tobogganing its way to financial hell . . . unless it tightens up its belt. And we really mean “tighten up.” With San Bernardi...
