Past Stories
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...
Epic Christopher Dorner Manhunt Ends Violently in Angelus Oaks
Search for Christopher Dorner in Big Bear Lake. Photo by Jesse B. Gill.
It’s over.
After a harrowing week, one of the biggest manhunts in California history is finally over.
Unofficially.
San Bernardino County fire crews pul...
Final Word
We’re fat. We’re lazy. And we lo-o-ove to smoke.
That’s according to the 2013 Community Health Profile, a report released by the County of Riverside Department of Public Health.
Turns out residents of Riverside County are...
The Betrayal
Torture was the name of the game at Guantanamo—a former Muslim chaplain knows first-hand
As President Obama is now settled into his second term in office, the crucial issues of the day still seem to revolve around gun contro...
!Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: The pinche Republicans are making a gigante ruido about their “Hispanic” senators in Congress. Wachale! Lets call a pendejo a pendejo. Please discuss with tu audienca what Mexicans really think about Cubans in...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
A couple of Riverside County sheriff’s deputies respond to a case of highway robbery, and what do they get for their trouble . . . you know, besides their wages and benefits and eventual publicly paid pe...
Youthful Indiscretion?
They say life imitates art. In this case, life was like the missing subplot from 21 Jump Street. Two dozen students have been arrested in an undercover drug sting at Chaparral and Temecula Valley high schools, according to The ...
Final Word
Beyon-Say-Can-You-Sing?
Beyoncé reportedly used a “backing track” during her performance of the national anthem at Barack Obama’s recent presidential inauguration . . . I’m starting to suspect Beyoncé might not even...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Grammar question/rant. If Spanglish is a legitimate dialect/language, why do you feel the need to italicize every instance of code switching? I seriously doubt that when you speak you emphasize every puta palabra ...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23
There was a lot of heart-palpitating tension in the air of some United States cities as they waited for the American Lung Association’s annual list of the country’s worst places to breathe. Not so much...
Breathing Easy?
Latest report on smoking in California gives lots of bad grades to the IE
According to a recently released report, California received mixed grades, when it comes to anti-tobacco efforts and programs to reduce the ill effects o...
Behind the Times
The news that the Boy Scouts of America is reconsidering its perspective on gay scouts and leaders has been hailed as a noteworthy and progressive step forward. Little do they know is that they’re behind the curve and Redland...
Final Word
Think you had a rough week?
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o has been labeled everything from a chump to a con artist after his two-year relationship with girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, turned out to be imaginary.
Te’o received ...
“Someday, my people will be free.”
Photo by Kristopher Christensen
The times they are A-changin‘, medical cannabis godfather Dennis Peron assures
In the world of medical cannabis activism, Dennis Peron’s name looms large. For decades, he’s been a tireless...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: In 1983 or 1984, I was walking home from work down Haight Street in San Francisco one evening and stopped into Watusi Records to look through the dollar cutout bin. I flipped through it for a bit and then stoppe...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16
Huell Howser is dead, which you know, of course. We all know—have known for well over a week. But still. Dead? Yep, since January 7—already more than a week—although we had to wait a few days to…
Failure to Launch?
Though the phrase may be “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” for Lake Elsinore it’s more “If it’s broken, just toss money at the problem and expect change.” The city’s officials have been less than impressed wit...
Final Word
Is Lance Armstrong a weasely little bastard who had the one ball to actually lie to cancer patients? You bet.
A “no-holds barred” TV interview with cyclist Lance Armstrong was scheduled to air on Thursday, hosted by Oprah W...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it’s fair that all the people that come to our country and stay get treated far better than some of the people who have busted their butt all…
Tickets to Salvation
Got a red-light ticket in San Bernardino last year?—don’t pay it!
When San Bernardino filed for bankruptcy last August, residents and city officials might not have been able to foresee an unintended consequence: Goodbye, re...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9
After about a month in the sewer, Eva Negrete’s engagement ring is back on her finger today, thanks to the work of the City of Redlands’ wastewater collections system supervisor Joe Sanchez and his crew...
Message in a Bottle: Don’t Drink
It’s a good principle never to accept gifts from strangers, but does that have to be extended to power companies as well? Pacific Gas & Electric has been giving out bottled water to the residents of Hinkley that exceeds t...
Final Word
Get ready to lose all that extra holiday weight…
Flu season is here—about five weeks early. It’s been described as “intense” and “severe” and “the feel-good hit of the summer.” (Actually that last quote might...
Pious Pioneer
Groundbreaking (and gay) bishop coming to show Palm Springs that all are equal in the eyes of God
As anyone who has ever been in a relationship can tell you, love is one of the most complex things a human…
Another Birther Movement
Chinese women are going to have to find a new path to American citizenship for their kids, because Chino Hills isn’t silently cooperating anymore. The city recently shut down an alleged “maternity hotel” via a temporary r...
