Past Stories
Open Minded
Divisive comic Carlos Mencia finally gets up close and personal
“You know what is funny?” remarks Carlos Mencia when asked about his dramatic weight loss. “I only talk about this when other people ask because there are th...
Shock to the System
The death of Allen Kephart—hit with a Taser 16 times by deputies—brings up ugly questions about “reasonable force”
The Traffic Stop
From the moment he flipped on his lights and siren, Ismael Diaz knew something ...
My Fair Lady
Behind the Curtain with Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese is you and I. She’s you and I with a 22-inch waist, skin like manicured alabaster and a job that involves writhing around, next-to-naked, inside a giant martini glass.
See...
The Seven Man-Made Wonders of California
Discover all of The Golden State’s marvels in this year’s Travel Issue
From the Great Pyramid of Giza to the Great Wall of China; from Stonehenge to the Grand Canyon, there are marvels from around the world that scientists,...
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...
Freeze Frame
With all his success in music, movies and television, Ice Cube still remembers his days as a boy n the hood
Remember the days when rappers just . . . rapped? That’s so old school. Nowadays they are also practically…
The Misfits of Football
Indoor Football lives in the Inland Empire
In the United States pro football is king. And not just in sports. It left poor baseball in the dust sometime around 1980 as Americans discovered it to be the perfect sport for…
Hug a Tree
This Earth Day we shed light on some of the IE’s most memorable environmental mishaps
For those of us who grew up in the Inland Empire during the ’70s and ’80s one of our indelible childhood memories is smog, thick-envelo...
The Men Behind The Fest
Coachella organizers talk Goldenvoice, The Glass House and everything that started the seminal music and arts festival
“We’re proud of the IE; we think about it all the time.” That’s Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett, ...
Decks in Effect
A San Bernardino museum delves into the realm of skate art
“Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art” brings new meaning to canvassing the neighborhood. The celebration of the subculture that emerged from a once-maligned pas...
Comeback Kids
Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss show us what their made of as Sleigh Bells
Last month, on an episode hosted by former cast member Maya Rudolph, Brooklyn-based Sleigh Bells made its network television debut in a way most indie ba...
Trouble in North Town
The Cucamonga Kings gang and the DA’s proposed gang injunction are on a collision course in the heart of the barrio
The neverending battle royale for the hearts and minds of brown-skinned youths, lost in a struggle for surviv...
Math Madness
He might be reclusive, he might be introverted, but Harvey Mudd’s Palmer Mebane is the world’s top puzzle-solving badass
Palmer Mebane is solving a logic puzzle called Nurikabe that he tells me is a simple binary determinat...
It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere!
Happy Hour strikes again and we’ve got your guide to the IE’s finest
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ometimes all you need after a long day is an ice cold beer. Sometimes you need a nice strong cocktail. And sometimes you don’t want…
Lending a Hand
Gary Sinise uses his Lt. Dan role from Forrest Gump to help a wounded hero
In 2010, Juan Dominguez was patrolling in Sangin, Afghanistan when he stepped on a 30-pound underground bomb that sent him hurtling through the air. O...
Where The ’90s Never Die, Where The Tattoo Ink Never Runs Dry
Carrie Brownstein helps keep Portland weird. The former guitarist for riot grrrl stalwarts Sleater-Kinney traded her axe for laughs, teaming with friend Fred Armisen to create, write and star in the breakout Independent Film Ch...
Three Decades in the Making
When a 21-year-old Mike Ness rolled up to his friend’s half pipe, 16-year-old Jonny Wickersham had no idea he was looking at his future sitting on a stolen 10-speed.
The lead singer of then up-and-coming punk band Social Dist...
Are You from Tennessee?
Confused about how to romance your sweetie? Or are you simply wondering why he’s into that? Have no fear—our annual Sex Issue is here! Whether you’re looking for new ways to turn someone on or just trying to figure out&he...
Into the Asylum
Ask Emilie Autumn where she is on any given day of her tour, and her answer is abrupt: “I’m in the Asylum,” she says, quite matter-of-factly.
Okay. And that would be…where?
“Wherever I am.”
It’s tempting to raise ...
The Life, the Legend, the Legacy
“And life is like a song.” So sang Etta James in her hit ballad, “At Last,” released in the fall of 1960. Since then, the song James made popular has been performed by countless musicians and household names—some argu...
Winter Guide 2012
Who knew? Word on the slopes is that some Southern California resorts are host to the best ski conditions in the nation right now. Yeah. Seriously. Better than Tahoe, and Mammoth is lagging, too, as are resorts in Utah, Colorad...
Reality Check
Bill Maher became the first media casualty of the massive surge in American nationalism that followed the events of 9/11. Ironic doesn’t seem to be a strong enough word to describe being fired for saying something politically...
The Scientific Process
Nine years, 1000 myths tested, and one cannonball through an unsuspecting person’s home. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage have seen a hell of a lot since kicking off their acclaimed Discovery Channel television show, MythBusters...
The Forest Through the Trees
The cultivation and trade of black market marijuana in the Inland Empire and the rest of the Golden State is in a prime position for a bumper crop harvest next grow season. Experts predict that short-sighted Sacramento budget c...
The Great Leap Forward
Australian motorcycle daredevil Robbie Maddison has had a brilliant career so far but—like everyone else who attempts seemingly-impossible motorcycle stunts—he feels the long shadow of the “King of Daredevils.”
Evel Kni...
Boogie Nights
My name is Louie Ochoa. I’m a 22-year veteran of the nightclub industry as both a DJ and promoter in some of Orange County’s most elite clubs and, more recently, in the IE’s hottest spots. Inland Empire nightlife is on&he...
I Ain’t Afraid of no . . . Scandal!
2011 was a rough year for the Inland Empire Ghostbusters.
Chris Maldonado and Nathan Gastineau founded the cosplay fan club in October 2010 when they came across a handful of other local Ghostbusters fans who had the means and ...
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
If my true love gave me just five golden rings I’d be a happy camper, let alone that partridge in a pear tree and those lords-a-leaping. But alas not all of us are going to be blessed with three French…
