Past Stories
Food Chains
Animal abuse accusations cast a shadow across some of our favorite fast-food choices
Ever since the very first In-N-Out set up shop in Baldwin Park over six decades ago, the company’s dedication to simplicity was clear: to se...
Costume Change
Photo by White Strobe Photography
Beatrice Casagran is putting on a new hat—and a new theater company
It’s been said, in advocacy of diversity in the workplace, that one can’t be what one can’t see. A similar idea can ...
What’s in a Name?
Omar Rodriguez Lopez is one prolific musician—even his band is billed under multiple titles
“It’s a band—that’s something I haven’t been in for over 11 years.”
Fans of Omar Rodríguez López might be surprised to ...
SWEET CREPES!
Chino Hills welcomes a taste of France
With two locations in Long Beach, the French mini-chain La Creperie Café opened its third spot in Chino Hills a little over a year ago. According to assistant manager Joe Carlin, the thou...
The War at Home
Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In paints the War on Drugs as a costly failure
I was reminded of Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In while driving home to Pasadena recently. The latest film by the New York-based…
Final Word
Earn more money from home? Ask me how!
On the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is hoping to increase business by cutting deals with direct-mail marketers to deliver even more junk mail, according to CBS News.
The U....
The Kyms
MEMBERS: Chrisol Lomeli (vocals), Jose Cruz (guitar), Fabian Marquez (bass) and
Melissa Garcia (drums).
CITIES OF ORIGIN: Chino and Yorba Linda.
KINDRED SPIRITS: “We take most of our inspiration from some progressive, punk an...
Take Note
Kaki King doesn’t consider herself a “god” of any kind
Whatever you do, please don’t tell Kaki King that she’s a guitar god.
In 2006, the venerable magazine Rolling Stone gave props to the native Georgian by naming ...
Give ’im a Brake
Schrödinger’s brakes. Did or didn’t they fail? It depends on who you ask: the CHP or the Riverside County DA’s office. According to The Press-Enterprise, officials this week reversed their earlier stance concerning the H...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: As a college educated Mexican-American, I had my fair share of Chicanas in college . . . all of which my jefita considered putas with books. But now that I graduated, I’m going out with a gabacha for…
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10
A Press-Enterprise columnist—can’t remember the name; these days there seem to be thousands of them—reports that Mettheus Theo Zoeternelk thinks Norco needs an official city song. To that we reply, o...
Howie Mandel
Sat, Oct. 20
Let’s make a deal. Do you want to see a great comedian, one known for being something of a wild child in the past, who can still drive audiences wild despite growing up a little? Well you…
The Mill Creek Boys
Photo by Jim Gunther
Sun, Oct. 21
All things considered, California isn’t really a rustic state. True, you can still find the occasional farm here and there but it’s difficult to capture that old feel of the West long forg...
The 7 Day Stretch
Thurs/10/18
THIS IS THE ’60S
So what if you’re approaching that over-the-hill age (just avoid thinking that the “’60s” was a whole fifty years ago). At least you know that you come from a generation with t...
Murder, Strip Parties Spell Bad News for Seven Adopted Kids
We’re going to give our usual snark and general refusal to take stuff seriously to actually . . . well . . . take something kind of seriously.
We don’t think we’re taking an unusually strong stance when we say…
