Past Stories
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: I am a chica struggling with the choice to come out to my parents about my sexual orientation. My family is Catholic and my parents are old school. While we are very close, I am scared of how…
Karl Rove Met With Protests at McKenna College
Hundreds of protesters descended on the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College on Monday night where former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove held a scheduled dinner and talk for the student ...
Newspapers Continue into Obsolescence?
The Riverside Press-Enterprise is the latest daily newspaper to suffer drastic cuts in their staff. Parent company A.H. Belo Corp announced the completion of a Voluntary Severance Offer (VSO) aimed at reducing staff at their ...
The RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
President George W. Bush speaks to the Republican Convention—as opposed to at the convention—for a whole eight minutes . . . one for each of his destructive years in office. And speaking of surv...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Readers: The Mexican’s new book, Orange County: A Personal History, is in your local bookstore on September 16—by pure coincidence, Mexican Independence Day! In honor of and to shamelessly promote my muy calien...
The RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26
Joe Baca (D-Rialto) may have totally misread the political tea leaves by supporting Hillary Clinton early and often in her failed run to represent the Democrats in November’s presidential election, but ...
Shining a Light on the Death of Robert Day
Waiting until all the facts are in is not something journalists are particularly good at. Ours is a deadline-driven business: We report each and every detail as quickly as we get them, often without considering whether the deta...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: I’m an illegal alien. Got here on a tourist visa and stayed for a job. My gabacho employer knows about it and doesn’t give a crap. I don’t apologize about it, as ever since I can remember, the&he...
Things to do in Denver when you’re dying
Last week, I sat in the lounge of the glittering Sheraton Hotel in downtown Denver typing medical symptoms into a search engine on my laptop. The list included fever, nausea, chills, body aches, stomach cramps, headaches, abdom...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans paint stripes on their donkeys in Tijuana?
—Avenida Revolución Reveller
Dear Gabacho: Same reason we put worms in tequila bottles, celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and star in Beverly Hills Chihuahua: ...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19
Olympic fever sweeps across the Inland Empire, sending many residents flooding into gymnastics and swimming clubs in a desperate search for a cure. Infected by the Beijing Games, people are tossing their kids...
The Arthouse Experience
The Laemmle 5 Theater in Claremont has taken some hits in recent weeks for not being arty enough. Residents and moviegoers are disconcerted that the family-run chain—which hails itself an “arthouse” theatre, s...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: I am the proud uncle of five Mexican-redneck kids who recently moved to Wausau with their mamá wisconsiana after living in la Capirucha all their lives. I’ve talked to them on the phone several times ...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
The experienced reactions of a team of caterers almost certainly save the life of mouthwateringly chubby Inland Empire Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Mistake), who was being eyed hungrily by Dick Cheney at a fund...
Local to Climb Mt. Fuji–Four Times in 24 Hours
“Sugoi!” say some Japanese (awesome). Others say “Arienai” (impossible). But Chief Petty Officer Mike Raney cuts to the chase.
“Perhaps we are a bunch of knuckleheads,” Raney writes in an ema...
Claremont blog still howling like a wounded dog
Reading the latest rant against the Weekly by that primer of syllogistic fallacies known as the Claremont Insider, I’m reminded of an old newsroom saying: “You know you hit ‘em in the sweet spot when they howl...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
Crystal Kay McPhee went to the DMV, and awhile later she went there—you can imagine where—and now she’s in jail, unable to raise the $187,500 bail, and pleading not guilty today to a charge o...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: As a Mexican, I’m always ashamed of the fact that a lot of Mexican women just come to the US to have babies and to utilize this country’s welfare. I know a lot of them that just keep…
Claremont Museum of Art Gets Giant Gift
The Claremont Museum of Art (CAM) just scored a huge donation of $10 million dollars, but the last thing Executive Director William Moreno wants you to do is put that twenty dollar bill you had earmarked for the museum back&hel...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, JULY 29
Everybody comes back from lunch telling their “where I was when the earthquake struck” story, knowing they’ve got to hurry to beat the 24-hour time limit for legally doing so after a temblor i...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: Where I recently started working at, Latinos make up about 95% of the work force. We are, however, prohibited from speaking Spanish. Our supervisor tells us that if we can so much as speak one word of English,&hel...
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: What’s with calling yourselves “La Raza”? Being Mexicans, Chicanos or whatever isn’t enough—now you’re THE race? Sounds pretty racist to me.
—The Race is On
Deart G...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, JULY 22
Cue the violins and break out the hankies! Randy Cunningham, the Cryin’ Congressman, is making news—and undoubtedly getting ready to turn on the waterworks—by asking President George W. Bush t...
A Wall Between Vice and Commerce in Highland
Heide DeWitt came to work one morning and noticed that a wall had gone up barely 20 feet in front of her store. DeWitt, the proprietor of That Smoke Shop, a tobacco shop located at the intersection of Highland Ave.…
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Readers: Gracias, merci, obrigado for the many submissions in our contest asking readers to argue in 25 words why corn tortillas are superior to flour, or vice versa. Below are the winners for some of the cities that carry...
THE RUNDOWN
TUESDAY, JULY 15
Clayton Koh of Colton, who grew up as the butt of jokes because he was a fat boy who preferred writing and drawing to playing sports—strangely, the bullies missed the obvious target . . . that he…
No New Assessment Taxes
The residents of Phillips Ranch have made their decision and, going against the recommendations of Pomona’s City Manager, their answer is “No new assessment taxes!” As a result, Pomona may have to cut services...
‘Awesome!’–Riverside’s annual burning of Mt. Rubidoux
Rising 1,337 feet above sea level, Mt. Rubidoux in the city of Riverside may very well be the world’s tallest Roman candle.
For at least 50 years every Fourth of July, Riverside City Hall has staged spectacular displays...
