David Allen Column

4/20/2023 6:58:14 PM

Near Joshua Tree, a gust of great news for La Copine, Noah Purifoy museum

There's excellent news to share from two of my preferred places around Joshua Tree. La Copine, the New York Times-reviewed dining establishment unbelievably located on the road to Landers, has a mo...

4/11/2023 5:53:47 PM

As 'Realito,' Rialto slips into Raymond Chandler's 'Big Sleep'

Rialto made an appearance in among the most long-lasting detective novels of the 20th century. Well, sort of. In Raymond Chandler's launching novel "The Big Sleep," published in 1939, L.A. private ...

4/2/2023 2:30:52 PM

Citrus State Historic Park is Riverside's living homage to orange days

I'm getting a strolling tour of California Citrus State Historic Park, a sprawling homage in Riverside to the groves that as soon as enticed millions of freezing Midwesterners and East Coast locals to...

3/28/2023 6:51:30 PM

Flash! Grand son gos to famous Burton Frasher image archive in Pomona

Picturesque postcards from the American Southwest were shot and sold by Burton Frasher Sr. from a studio in Pomona. Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, Lake Tahoe, Path 66 and other places were the settin...

3/23/2023 7:08:01 PM

Ham radio kept Upland guy connected throughout pandemic

Where were we? Oh, yes, pandemic hobbies. A few of you discovered one and, three years later, are still pursuing it, developing a favorable change in your lives. I printed a batch of your reactions...

3/14/2023 11:40:13 PM

For fans, Shake Shack's arrival in Rancho Cucamonga is a smash

In possibly the biggest news that will come out of Rancho Cucamonga in 2023, if not the rest of this years, the city is now house to the Inland Empire's very first Shake Shack. I am, typically spea...

3/9/2023 10:28:52 PM

MexiCali Biennial art program moves to The Cheech in Riverside

Have you become aware of a biennial? It's an art-world thing: a significant exhibition of contemporary art, mounted every two years, and indicated to stimulate discussion. Desert X, occurring now in t...

4/16/2023 2:30:02 PM

With warmer weather, Joshua Tree National Park beckoned again

The weather was so uncertain in March that I postponed my yearly trip to Joshua Tree, where it was even cooler than it was here. Instead of travel, my primary birthday-month activities were 1) shiveri...

4/8/2023 5:00:10 PM

Beach Boys had early gigs in San Bernardino prior to wave of fame

Now that the heat of the sun, to estimate a Beach Boys tune title, appears to have belatedly shown up, let me inform you the story of how the band got early support from an unlikely quarter: the Inlan...

3/31/2023 12:32:50 AM

Cellar Door Books indications lease for new store in Riverside

Riverside's independent bookstore will soon be evacuating for a new house - - one that's still in Riverside. As you've checked out here formerly, Cellar Door Books should leave Canyon Crest Towne C...

3/26/2023 2:00:02 PM

Civil liberties icon Myrlie Evers, 90, lauded in Claremont as 'motivation to us all'

When he got home from work, the three young children had remained up late to welcome their daddy. "There's Daddy, there's Daddy," they exclaimed when they saw his automobile pull into the driveway. Th...

3/19/2023 2:00:48 PM

Jimmy Carter had 'a certain magic,' says former aide from Redlands

James Fallows was 27 when he went to operate in Jimmy Carter's White Home and 29 when he left, however the Redlands native is still thinking of Carter. A lot more so given that the previous president,...

3/12/2023 3:00:39 PM

'Life Logistics' art exhibition targets Inland Empire storage facilities

Is the anti-warehouse motion getting anywhere? I have not seen concrete outcomes yet, however momentum appears to be growing. Like a lot of us depressed about these blank-walled fortresses blighting t...

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