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Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. Opens Up About Fatal Moreno Valley Police Shooting

Police shootings are pretty common in Southern California but what’s uncommon is the way Riverside County sheriff’s officials are handling a recent shooting involving a deputy in Moreno Valley, being uncharacteristically up...


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Hey Mikey, We Like You!

  Photo by Amy Bystedt “Comedy in the Art Colony” tickles our collective funny bone When Mikey McKernan graduated from high school, he told his parents he was going into comedy. “But you’re not funny,” they respond...


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Making it Second Nature

Jay Leno hits the road and takes the stage doing what he knows best Jay Leno has had a long history with late night television. Beginning in 1987, Leno was only substitute hosting for Johnny Carson on the show that…



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Taste of Italy

Bella Trattoria puts the ristorante back into patio dining There is only one solution for unbearable heat: a satisfying culinary refresher. There’s no better place to restart your engine after walking in the heat like Riv...


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Battling the Dark

 The Aurora theater massacre should not force us to give up our rights “Where was Batman when we really needed him?” That was the comment posted on Facebook by one of the victims of the last week’s massacre inside an&hel...


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Final Word

These are the facts. Twenty-four-year-old James Holmes entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., armed with an assault-style rifle, shotgun, Glock handgun and gas mask. He threw canisters of gas into a crowd and began shooting....



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Seville Street Blues

MEMBERS:  David Vermillion (lead guitar, vocals, song writer); George Manning (bass); Laura Parmenter (vocals, song writer, lyricist); Rick Johnson (percussion). CITIES OF ORIGIN: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, La Habra and Ponc...


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Tree of Life

The Lunar Atlantic is all about the things that happen to you before you die Austin White, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Lunar Atlantic, met drummer Elias Texel in the second grade, but it wasn’t until shortly after h...


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In Treatment

A new way to prevent AIDS emerges—but don’t forget the safe sex! This week, the International AIDS Conference met in Washington, D.C., where thousands of scientists, philanthropists, politicians, lobbyists, researchers, act...



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A Lot of Bunk

Attention all you survivalist and doomsday types out there: avoid Menifee. Yup, its City Council recently voted to extend a moratorium on underground bunkers, according to The Press-Enterprise. This became an issue after city o...


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¡Ask A Mexican!

Dear Mexican: I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I’m really just a gringo trying to make progress towards getting work legally in Mexico, a side of the immigration debate we rarely hear about. Most gringos that...


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The Rundown

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 Like a mini Queen Mary sitting like a huge embarrassment in a mini Long Beach harbor, an 84-foot, 93-ton side-paddle boat named the Princess is marooned in mud and weeds on the shores of Lake Elsinore. The&he...



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“Fabrics of Our Past”

Thru November It has been said that “it’s the clothes that makes the man,” but have you ever stopped to think about who really makes the clothes or why certain trends seem to be more popular than others? If so,…


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Fontana Arts Festival

Sat, July 28 Free and full of fun . . . need I say more? In case you do need more incentive, how does it sound to check out diverse dance and live demonstrations as well as have the opportunity…


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The 7 Day Stretch

Thurs/7/26 SHA’ DYNASTY IMPROV There are mom and pop restaurants and local business but as for local comedy, there are few groups who stem from the IE. Except for Sha’ Dynasty. So although it has a few short comedic...