Past Stories
No More “Gotcha!”
San Bernardino’s got problems. Lots of problems. Crime, filing for bankruptcy, crime, bankruptcy . . . crime. But here’s one thing residents in that city don’t have to worry about anymore: red-light cameras! Whoo-hoo! The...
All About Timing
Paul Chabot
A day after the Sandy Hook school shooting, Rancho Cucamonga Drug Warrior Paul Chabot pitches shooter training
A training course designed to teach how to protect yourself during—and possibly stop—a deadly shoot...
Ware(house) Is That Pollution Coming From?
Really, Moreno Valley, you sure you want to become the next Ontario or Mira Loma? That’s sort of the message regional air-quality guys are sending MoVal in the form of a letter the South Coast Air Quality Management District ...
SOS for MLK
San Berdoo’s money problems are bad—it can’t even fix its statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
To say that the city of San Bernardino is having financial difficulties would be the year’s biggest understatement. The city...
That Presidential Touch
Surprise! Hollywood got the facts wrong again. The only people shocked by this are the historians of the A.K. Smiley Library and Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands, according to the The Press-Enterprise. They even came togethe...
What Lies Beneath
Barstow’s polluted water problems are over . . . for now
Two years ago, the Golden State Water Co.—which serves Barstow—alerted its customers to some startling news: high levels of perchlorate, a potentially hazardous roc...
What Dream May Come
Photo courtesy of Dameron Communication
San Bernardino is putting a whole new spin on the phrase “go for broke.” It’s no secret that the city has been having financial difficulties, but you think they would do something ...
The Power of Words
San Bernardino City Attorney Jim Penman
Was San Bernardino City Attorney Jim Penman wrong or right to tell citizens to arm themselves?
At a time when the city of San Bernardino is already going through the difficulties of bank...
No Miracles Here
The case of an alleged “maternity hotel” in Chino Hills hit the blogosphere this week—so much so that Next Media Animation—those crazy CGI animators from Taiwan who love riffing off of current events. Local residents ar...
Collateral Damage
Photo courtesy of Cop Watch
An activist who documents instances of police misconduct has her own horror story to tell
The Nov. 15 conviction of a police-misconduct activist for blocking a sidewalk near a DUI checkpoint on Mark...
Gobble, Gobble . . . Maybe Not
You Might Want to Go Vegan This Turkey Day, An Animal Rights Group Says
This Thanksgiving, as millions of families gather to celebrate with a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixins’, one Los Angeles-based animal rights...
Hurray for the Underdog
No mailers, no phone banks, no splashy campaign ads—that’s no problem for Julio Rodriguez. The 27-year-old politically inexperienced resident just got elected to the Perris City Council, getting more votes than any other ca...
Working Man’s Blues
Photo courtesy of Warehouse Workers
Speaking up for workers’ rights gets you straight-up fired, warehouse employees say
A September full of direct action and progress for workers’ rights group Warehouse Workers United (WWU...
Laundry Day
Neil Derry
While California re-elected Obama and Feinstein, it seems Election Day in the Inland Empire was all about cleaning house. Most notable among these changes was in San Bernardino County, where incumbent Third District...
Taking Out the Garbage
There’s something fishy about a Pomona waste-hauling deal and the mayor’s campaign contributions, activists say
For some, there’s a pungent stench lingering in the city of Pomona, but this time it isn’t due to winds, su...
An Inconvenient Truth?
Because politics hasn’t been enough of a mess this week, it seems that Riverside will be playing host to its own scandal. Brian Smith, head of the Riverside Police Officers’ Association, has just written an open letter to t...
Upsetting the Apple Cart
On Election Day, the Weekly offers a radical presidential candidate Jill Stein as an alternative to, well, those two other guys
“Is is not only okay to vote for a third party—it’s essential for the survival of our democra...
Suicide Silenced?
Mitch Lucker of Suicide Silence (Facebook Suicide Silence)
Riverside Metalcore Band Suicide Silence frontman dies from motorcycle injuries
Heavy music fans everywhere are devastated by the recent death of Mitch Lucker, the ene...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
Several attendees at the Riverside Community Review Commission meeting criticize an episode at the Riverside City Council meeting 24 hours before, when Riverside police handcuffed 60-year-old Karen Wright,...
Victimless Crime?
In an effort to target sex traffickers, Proposition 35 brings protection—and problems?—to the table
A vote for “yes” on Proposition 35—also known as the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation (CASE) Act—seems as s...
Disrespect Your Elders?
There are certain kinds of people you have to look at and just wonder how their minds work. Murrieta resident Janice Susan Deutsch, 47, might serve as a stunning local example. She was arrested and charged last month with great...
Equal Under the Law
Protecting the streets isn’t a job for one man alone. In fact, Riverside County would prefer if the job wasn’t just for men alone. According to The Press-Enterprise, only 9.9 percent of the county’s sworn officers are wom...
Dirty Tricks
Assembly candidate Mike Morrell
Assembly candidate Russ Warner takes a political cheap shot at the competition—and at medical marijuana!
The good name of medical cannabis is being impugned in the highly competitive and incre...
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...
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...
Miscarriage of Justice! Guilty Verdict in Upland Medical Marijuana Case
Aaron Sandusky, found guilty on drug conspiracy charges Friday, standing in front of U.S. Central District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Sandusky, charged as a drug trafficker by the feds and heralded as a medical-marijuana ri...
Fighting the Feds: The Aaron Sandusky Trial Pt. 1
Photo Credit: Cheri Sicard (www.facebook.com/cheri.sicard)
By Jasen T. Davis
Day Three of major medical marijuana case goes to jury deliberation
Eight months ago Aaron Sandusky was running three medical cannabis cooperatives i...
Judge Not Lest . . .
A Claremont Church’s guest sermon comes courtesy of a retired (and lesbian) judge
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Daily Journal
—now that’s tolerance!
Are you LGBT and thinking of coming out? Go to church.
This weekend,...
