Past Stories
Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo
Sat, Oct 6-Sun, Oct 7
High-powered off-road vehicles soaring through the air, gorgeous women in bikinis prancing around on stage and ice cold beer to distract you from the heat—these have to be good enough reasons to unlatch ...
Holly Pulliam
Members: Holly Pulliam (songwriting, vocals, guitar).
Cities of Origin: Lake Elsinore native; Seattle transplant.
Kindred Spirits: “Artistically, I am most influenced by life and relationships, circumstances, events, social i...
Variety Can Go A Long Way
Photo by Chris Crisman
Dr. Dog has evolved as music has and it’s not looking to slow down
It’s been 13 years and seven albums for retro rockers Dr. Dog, and the Philadelphia-based six-piece isn’t showing any signs of slo...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Why do so many Chicanos claim to be Aztec?
—Chicano Stuck in Leavenworth
Dear Gabacho: You’re right. The beaner love for everything Aztec mostly stems from the Chicano Movement, which appropriated various Mexi...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
“Never again!” the architectural preservationists proclaimed—ohhh, guess it must be a year now—when a little, Spanish revival building that had been tucked behind the Fox Theater in downtown Rive...
Braking Bad
To the Fontana trucking company accused of racial discrimination against its non-white employees—pay up, sucka!
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that it settled a class-action lawsuit...
Best Coast
Fri, Oct. 5
Who is the Best Coast? Well anyone from California knows and understands that the West Coast is the best coast (sorry East Coast, but sunshine and beaches beat the snow and Jersey Shore any day!). Since that’s...
California Beer Festival
Freverland
Sat, Oct. 6
New location? No problem. The extra seven minutes added to your drive is worth it if you want to check out the renowned California Beer Festival. Bonelli Park is the new host of the autumn celebration&he...
The 7 Day Stretch
Thurs/10/4
EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL
An Evil Dead and Army of Darkness combination isn’t that farfetched but create a soundtrack and making it a musical is just crazy. But somehow deep down inside you’re snapping your ...
House of Art
By Douglas McCulloh
David Leapman’s Contemporary Artist Space exhibits its second show
From the street, David Leapman’s house looks like many of the other off-white stucco structures on the modest-yet-well-groomed block in...
What the Thai
Photo by Nancy Powell
Authentic Thai flavors come to the land of meat and potatoes
Norco isn’t exactly a Mecca for Asian, much less authentic Thai food. When Sam Pankaew touched down upon the part of town last November, ther...
The Christian Crash
SoCal filmmakers take on the world Sunday with the surprisingly gritty Crossroad
David Dginguerian had a lot of things going well in his life: a successful marriage to a model and actress and a string of successful business end...
Final Word
When I bought my house several years ago—back during a simpler time when we all thought houses in California were worth, I don’t know, money—the realtor tried to butter me up by telling me that a former Los Angeles Angels...
BEST OF IE 2012
There’s no shame in having a little fun to liven up the boring, non-working days of your life, and the IE has plenty of fun to go around. To those people who tell others to “grow up” and quit going…
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BEST AIR SHOW
March Field AirFest
The March Field AirFest is one of the best air shows in the country and definitely a sight to see. Anyone from a die-hard aviation fan to a casual enthusiast will be blown away…
BARS & CLUBS
BEST BAR HOPPING/PUB CRAWLING AREA
Downtown Riverside
Downtown Riverside has the party vibe only a college town can provide. Whether you start off at Worthington’s and end up at Lake Alice . . or maybe Arts is your startin...
EATS & TREATS
BEST BAKED GOODS
[Desi]gn Cakes & Cupcakes
Desi, the CSUSB alum and the IE’s go-to girl for all things sweet, narrowly lost her bid to host the ESPYs on The Cupcake Wars, but those who have tasted the award-winning baker...
PEOPLE & PLACES
BEST BARTENDER
Jessi Snell at Redlands Underground
She’s hot, she’s smart and she’s got the right moves both in front of and behind the bar. So it should come as no big surprise that a pole dancer who also happens…
SHOPPING & SERVICES
BEST AUDIO/ELECTRONICS STORE
JR Audio
If your car needs a serious electronics makeover, then consider taking your set of wheels to JR Audio in Norco where the company’s stock-in-trade includes Bluetooth installations, navigat...
SPORTS & RECREATION
BEST BIKE TRAIL
Santa Ana River Trail
Just think of the Santa Ana River Trail as the 91 Freeway of bicycling. The 30-mile bicycle path—which starts in Corona and follows the 91 and the Santa Ana River all the way…
Lead By Example
San Bernardino County Democratic Party has a new head honcho—but hold the wine and roses. Despite the fact that Chris Robles, who used to serve on the board of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, was recently elected to ...
America’s Indie Darling Returns to Pomona
Jenny Lewis tells her life story and pays homage to Rilo Kiley
In 2005, a group of surgeons or rather interns lit up the small screen paving way for a hit that is now going on eight years. As the…
Star Wars Reads Day
Stormtroopers on parade in Redlands
Ever since the words “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . .” appeared on movie screens, fans of all ages have been drawn to Star Wars like white on rice.…
You Could Save a Murdering, Raping Arsonist’s Life–Will You?
As much murder and mayhem that goes on in Southern California, it’s actually rare that you stumble across a death penalty case, particularly in San Bernardino County.
That’s part of what makes Rickie Lee Fowler’s stor...
