Past Stories
Policing the Police
Cato Institute’s police misconduct project names Rialto and Riverside departments among the top 10 offenders
A first-of-its-kind effort by libertarian think tank Cato Institute to compile reputable media accounts of police mi...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26
Leftovers!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
Two men are arrested tonight at a McDonald’s restaurant in Hemet and charged with breaking whatever law is broken when somebody steals used cooking grease. Surprisingly,...
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...
Final Word
No figgy pudding for you:
Six former and current postal workers—calling themselves Communities and Postal Workers United—have staged their second hunger strike in the last six months in Washington, D.C. As scheduled, it las...
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...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Special Year-End Edition
Dear Mexican: Longtime reader, first-time writer. I need some advice. My wife (who’s a half-Mexican L.A. native, just so you don’t think we’re a couple of white hipster dickheads) and myself (who...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19
What is it, exactly, that makes Christmas so holy . . . or in the case we’re going to talk about here, so holey? Fact is, the holiness of Christmas resonates quite differently—which is to say, very&he...
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 ...
Final Word
We have a winner!
California has decided to try its luck at Powerball. Our state recently voted to join Powerball, which is played across the country in 42 states. Tickets will begin selling here on April 8 and cost $2…
¡Ask A Mexican!
Special Navidad Edition
Dear Mexican: Many of my friends think I’m loco for playing with my dad the way I do. See, mi padre is now retired and living in Mexico, and is very worried that I am now 30…
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...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12
The holiday shopping season functions somewhat like a drug for many depressed and/or stressed-out people—stimulating euphoria, but likewise setting up a letdown. So writes Press-Enterprise columnist Mar...
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...
Final Word
POOF! Like that. It’s over.
Maybe it’s a volcano, an asteroid or a 50-story fire-breathing, smoke monster. But you, your pet hamster and everyone you’ve ever cared about, Googled or flipped off—they’ll be deader than ...
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 ...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Special Navidad Gift Guide Edition
Dear Readers: Behold your favorite Mexican’s annual Christmas gift guide, where I give shout-outs to some of my favorite books that deserve your money this holiday season! And for once, I wo...
The Rundown
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6
Unless I’m wrong, today is supposed to be the “new” Friday? What—thought I’d forgotten?
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
A new mortuary opens up in Jurupa Valley: Metropolitan Mortuary. And the dude behi...
Final Word
Forty-five percent of Americans said they’d rather skip Christmas, according to a recent poll.
Who can blame them? Christmas blows.
The stress, the travel, the traffic, the lines, the malls, the mall Santas, the creepy mall S...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Why is it that many Mexican women hate on me for having an Asian (Korean to be exact) novia? I notice this in a lot of places. We go to the store and I get looks. We go…
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...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Ron O. Loveridge has given 36 years of political service to Riverside—18 as a member of its city council, 18 as its mayor . . . that adds up to 36, right? Anyway, it’s a lot of…
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...
Final Word
We’re leaving—and we’re taking our state with us!
That’s the message some unhappy Americans are sending to the White House. Upset that Barack Obama has been re-elected president, the White House has received petitions f...
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...
¡Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? The program seems like mierda that screws people over in the long run…
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21
The public works yard in the City of Upland is being redesigned to look like . . . the City of Upland. The new landscape, which is actually going to be a recreation of the original landscape,…
Final Word
There’s a hole in my heart—like someone sucked out all the cream filling.
After 82 years, Hostess is going out of business. One of the largest wholesale bakers of breads and snack cakes, Hostess filed for bankruptcy on Frid...
