Past Stories
Final Word
Pack your bags. We’re going to Mars!
Danish millionaire Bas Lansdorp, founder of the Mars One Project, has promised to put humans on the Red Planet by 2023. Applications to join the Mars mission are open to anyone—no experi...
The New Bullying?
The ACLU slams a Hesperia high school for alleged anti-gay harassment
In a perfect scenario, all high school students shouldn’t have to face bullying, harassment, name-calling or any censorship of their freedom of speech or p...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: About six years ago, my wife and I adopted a little baby boy. He is “pure” mestizo and we are complete wabs. I’m a little dark because of my mixed Arab heritage, but my wife is a major…
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Sandra Jean Alaniz of Riverside celebrates her 50th birthday, but not as enthusiastically as most people expected. She says she’s more excited about the prospects for next year, when she turns 51. That’s...
Final Word
All hail the Commander-in-Chief! Just do it from a half-mile away and from behind a 10-foot armored gate. (Please don’t touch the armored gate.)
That’s the message sixth graders from Waverly, Iowa, were given when they had ...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I’m living in Mexico part of the year. I’m learning Spanish but can’t say I understand or speak well. I read several books about the history of Mexico and think I’m reasonably well-informed. I’m curious ...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
In a bizarre moment of confluence that I can only interpret to highly calibrated spiritual synchronicity—or, OK, maybe the arbitrary wacky-assed-ness of life . . . or, let’s be honest now, the undeniab...
Flipping the Scripps
Student protesters slam a leadership institute they say is connected to the United States’ “oppressive” foreign policy
Students and others recently protested at Scripps College in response to a leadership institute that c...
Final Word
Former Playboy model and former Girls Next Door reality star Holly Madison has given birth to a baby girl, Rainbow Aurora. What’s more surprising: Holly still wanted to name her daughter Rainbow after the drugs wore off.
Alre...
Mixed Messages
Washington talks immigration reform—but the Border Patrol in Murietta is (allegedly) all about abuse and racial profiling
A discarded, unspent Smith and Wesson .40 caliber hollow tip bullet was found in the intersection of th...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I would be most interested in hearing your point of view regarding our raza always voting for someone with a Latino last name, without even considering if the vato/vata is qualified for a particular office. Often ...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
Chilly, breezy mornings like this somehow seem made for going investigating in Enchanted Heights, which almost looks like the resort community it was intended to be when constructed in the early 1970s. But yo...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
The Board of Education of the Fontana Unified School District convenes for the first time in who-knows-how-long—tonight’s meeting makes up for a Feb. 3 meeting that was postponed because Christopher D...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently dealing with deportation issues but will return next week once he builds his 15-foot escalera to climb over that pesky 14-foot wall. In the meanwhile, here are some oldies-but-goodies to t...
Money is Not Free Speech
An effort to level the electoral playing field takes shape with a 28th Amendment
Following in the footsteps of Move to Amend and firebrand Sen. Bernie Sanders’ efforts to cutoff the never-ending flow of special interest cash ...
Final Word
Back to work! That’s what Yahoo’s big boss is telling its 14,500 workforce.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently banned working from home for hundreds of Yahoo telecommuters. All Yahoo employees have until June 1 to start putti...
Final Word
The future is coming and it’s going to sit on your face.
Google has invented computerized eyewear to video chat, take photos, search the Internet, check weather and get driving directions, according to CNET. Marketed as “Go...
The Write Stuff?
Riverside ranks pretty low in a university literacy study—but it’s not all bad
The tenth annual study of America’s Most Literate Cities was released by Central Connecticut State University last month, and to no surprise t...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: You mentioned in the past that your Dad is against illegal immigration, but that’s a voice you never hear. Why aren’t the legal immigrants and legal aliens “vocally outraged” about the illegals who drive d...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20
Our latest communal WhatTheFuck is over, and in the aftermath of the Christopher Dorner Experience we become individuals again, sorting through and straightening out the mess that’s been made of our head...
Final Word
The Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday and odds are your favorite movie won’t win. It probably wasn’t even nominated.
Recent winners for Best Picture have included The Artist, The King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionair...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous columns) will do the jobs gabachos won’t do for the same wages. I agree. I have a white-collar job, so I...
Caught on Film?
Cops say they shot a dangerous parolee in Temecula—but alleged video footage and conflicting accounts muddy the waters
Twenty-four hours before law enforcement made what several social media critics feel was an organized effo...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Authorities pore through the rubble of a burned-out cabin in the Seven Oaks area near Big Bear Lake after a gun battle between fugitive Christopher Dorner and Sheriff’s deputies during which the cabin w...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6
My buddy, Luis, drops by today. He works for the city and he’s happy to have the job—good pay, good benefits—and he’s definitely not a complainer. Luis enjoys life. “I enjoy reading,” he says. ...
Vital Signs?
Downtown Pomona’s “Arts Colony” and “Antique Row” arches will be a-changin‘—does everyone think this is a good idea?
What’s in a name? In downtown Pomona, apparently a lot.
The city of Pomona is very rich in his...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I’m 39. My stepdad—who raised me—just died. This freed my mother to tell me (stepdad always forbade it) that the man I thought was my biological father all this time was not. The man who IS my biological&hel...
Final Word
No fair! That’s what Coach Jim Harbaugh is yelling, after his San Francisco 49ers lost the Super Bowl on a controversial last-minute play. Jim Harbaugh—whose team was competing against his older brother, Baltimore Ravens Co...
