Riverside County

Dorner Carjack Victim Vows To Block Reward Payment

The $1 million reward for the capture and conviction of Christopher Dorner went to four people, including a couple that was tied up in their cabin by Dorner (James and Karen Reynolds will get 80 percent), the ski resort employee who spotted his burning truck in the mountains, and a Corona tow-truck ... More >>

The Adobo Road Cookbook: A New Filipino Cookbook A Recipe for Red Wine and Short Ribs Adobo

If you're missing The Manila Machine, a jaunty orange truck that once roamed L.A. dispensing Filipino food, there's good news. You can still have the truck's top sellers, including sticky glazed carabao wings, lumpia, a spicy sizzling pork dish called sisig, and pork belly and pineapple adobo. The ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Brunch Class, Bar Crawl, Coffee Talk Wine Tour

Brunch Cooking Class Learn to cook a Mexican-inspired brunch from Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The chefs will demonstrate how to make Border Bloody Maria; guava empanada; heirloom bean and bacon tostada; Peruvian shrimp and grits; and La Bomba rice pudding. WHAT: Brunch Cooking Class WHEN: ... More >>

Christopher Dorner Gets No-Bail Warrant, Death-Penalty Eligible Murder Charges

Christopher Dorner is officially a man with a no-bail murder warrant over his head. That after the Riverside County District Attorney's office today charged him with murder and attempted murder following his alleged fatal ambush of a Riverside cop and shootings involving that officer's partner and ... More >>

Donald Vincent: Ice Skating Coach Suspected Of Molestation Worked Throughout SoCal

An ice-skating coach who has worked at rinks in Culver City, Anaheim, Riverside and more, was charged this week with lewd acts on a minor. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department announced that 29-year-old Donald Vincent was jailed in lieu of $1 million bail after a 17-year-old boy came forward and cl ... More >>

Top 5 Huell Howser Food Episodes: In Memoriam

As many Angelenos probably already know, Huell Howser died Sunday night at the age of 67. In memoriam, we thought we'd channel-surf through some episodes of Howser's KCET series California's Gold, which have covered myriad subjects over the course of the beloved reporter's long career -- Howser onl ... More >>

Anais Fournier: Alleged Monster Energy Drink Death Leads To SoCal Lawsuit

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been made aware of as many as six deaths and 18 hospitalizations that might be linked to drinking the high-caffeine energy drink Monster, which has its corporate offices in Corona. (Monster disputes any links). It turns out one of those deaths involved a 14 ... More >>

Larry Beal of Moreno Valley Gets Laptop Stolen; Thieves Find Child Porn, Try to Blackmail Him, Says Riverside Sheriff

What's the cruddiest possible scenario for a guy with (alleged) child porn on his laptop? Lawrence Tibbals Beal of Moreno Valley might hold the world record for worst luck-having by a suspected pedophile. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the 63-year-old resident was arrested ... More >>

Eat This Now: Dragons' Whiskers Salad Specialty Vegetables at Cafe Fusion

It's a great time to eat at Café Fusion. May officially kicks off dragons' whiskers salad season at the eight-year-old Taiwanese restaurant, and it also marks the seasonal arrival of locally grown baby bamboo shoots, yam leaves and other produce you rarely see elsewhere. The restaurant attained ... More >>

Marijuana Being Shut Out of Santa Barbara After Feds' Medical Crackdown

Obama recently said it: "Big" marijuana business would not be immune from federal prosecution, even in medical weed states like California. Today the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. announced that the feds are walking that walk: They raided four pot operations, filed legal papers to seize the asse ... More >>

10 Best Reasons to Visit Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley (Besides Coachella)

The Coachella Valley was once known as a fantastic spot for a getaway from L.A., especially during its high season in winter, when it features almost-certain sunshine and better temperatures. In recent years, Coachella has become synonymous with just one thing: Coachella. But this year, the music f ... More >>

Mike Rios, Moreno Valley School Board Member, Is Sketchiest School Board Member of All Time

We don't usually concern ourselves with all the weird inbred stuff going on in Riverside County, but this tale of elected-official-gone-awry is too absurd to pass up. Mike Rios, 42, a member of the Moreno Valley School Board, has just set the record for sketchiest school-board member of all time. ... More >>

ICE Deportation Sweep Includes Over 200 Illegal Immigrants in L.A. Area -- Only Half of Whom Are Serious Criminals

In a plea for the Latino vote, President Obama keeps promising that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will ease up on the deportations. In a direct contradiction to that promise, ICE officers across the country just conducted a week-long deportation sweep called "Cross Check" --

We're Going to Have to Hear About the LACMA Rock for Another 2 Weeks

It's only Day Two in the $10 million cross-county journey of the LACMA rock, and already we never want to hear the words "LACMA rock" ever again. What makes this particular boulder so special is that artist Michael Heizer chose it as the 340-ton centerpiece of his long-time-coming LACMA exhibit, "L ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Food Fare: Great Chefs, Great Cause

If watching a gaggle of the country's most arrogant, clueless and regressive men discuss the reproductive fates of millions of American women -- with almost no input from women themselves (apparently, we aren't "qualified") -- left you utterly appalled, perhaps you'll want to attend the annual Plann ... More >>

Plane With Marijuana On-Board Forced to Land as Obama Flies Nearby, Officials Say

You're flying along and suddenly two F-16 fighters pull up alongside your little Cessna 182 and kindly ask that you get the hell down. There's marijuana on-board (allegedly), so ... A) You're paranoid and seeing things; B) They know! C) You're a dumbass who just violated a federal no-fly rule creat ... More >>

Etta James Is Dead

See also: R&B Legend Etta James Has Dementia, Reveals Sordid Riverside County Money Lawsuit Etta James passed away today at the age of 73 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, suffered a number of health problems at the time of her death, including leukemia an ... More >>

Ninja Murder? Teen Dressed in Black Fatally Stabs Saskia Burke, Murrieta Valley High School Student, Cops Say

Updated at the bottom: Simpson was arrested over the weekend. First posted at 12:32 p.m. on Dec. 21. They're calling this teen an alleged ninja murderer. Police say 19-year-old William Gary Simpson Jr. entered 40025 Milkwood Lane in Murrieta at 3:55 a.m. yesterday and fatally stabbed an 18-year-ol ... More >>

James Fayed Gets Death Penalty: L.A. Gold Trader Who Plotted Wife's Murder Could Cost Taxpayers Over $300 Million

KTLAJames Fayed is sentenced to death.​James Fayed's crime was as heinous as they come: Last summer, the wealthy businessman admitted to a Los Angeles jail mate that he'd paid several men to murder 44-year-old Pamela Fayed, his estranged wife, in a Century City parking garage in 2008. (The cou ... More >>

Southern California Blackouts in San Diego, South Orange County During Heatwave

​Updated at the bottom: As power seems to be coming back on, California electricity officials issue a "flex-alert" for the entire state. A power outage affecting all of San Diego County has been reported today, and now we're seeing tweets that the lights have gone out in Dana Point, Laguna Ni ... More >>

John Nolte, Hollywood Writer, Calls L.A. 'a Big, Fascist, One-Story Ghetto'

Eric DemarcqSuch a ghetto.​It's hard to passionately disagree with a piece and nod in agreement with it almost at the same time. But that's our honest reaction to Hollywood writer/director John Nolte's Dear John letter to Los Angeles. After eight years in L.A. and an admittedly unsuccessful b ... More >>

Jeff Hall Murder: 10-Year-Old Killer Says Neo-Nazi Dad Beat Him and Stepmom, Allowed Family to Live in Piss-Stained Filth

The New York TimesHall at his house, hours before the fatal nap​It's hard not to feel for the Riverside 10-year-old currently on trial for killing his father, National Socialist Movement leader Jeff Hall, last month. Sure, the kid was ruthless -- allegedly walking up to his father on the couc ... More >>

Andy Dick Arrested. Guess Where.

Andy Dick's most recent mugshot.​Andy Dick's been arrested, again. Not at some Hollywood hot spot thick with desperation and aspiring starlets. At Marie Callender's. In Temecula. Riverside County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Marie Callender's restaurant on Rancho California Road, r ... More >>

Corona Thief Poses as City Councilman, Attempts to Purchase $1,500 Worth of Office Supplies for 'Inner-City Kids Project'

ABC7Councilman Steve Nolan (left) and poser Lorenzo Ciaramella (right). He might have tried a slimy grin?​No one can blame Riverside County parolee and wannabe office-supply thief Lorenzo Joseph Ciaramella for lack of creativity. Interest in local politics, even! Apparently thinking himself t ... More >>

Michael Sykes, 19-Year-Old Suspect Wanted in Brutal Gang Rape of 11-Year-Old Girl, Could Be in L.A.

Google MapsAuthorities say an 11-year-old girl was gang raped in this park.​Updated after the jump: The teen suspect at-large was arrested this morning. The attack shocked even veteran cops. They say an 11-year-old girl was raped by at least 7 young gang members at a Moreno Valley park. Over ... More >>

In California, Not Telling Your Lover That You Have Herpes Could Cost You Millions

Aussie hair-product creator owes millions for not disclosing his herpes​To all you suave lovers out there with herpes who think you can kiss someone - or do whatever else you like to do -- without telling your partner, the California appeals court wants you to think again. According to a recent r ... More >>

SoCal Alligator Used to Guard $1.5 Million Marijuana Grow, Authorities Say

Tony Pierson / Riverside Press-EnterpriseWally the watch-gator.​We've heard of drug dealers using "gators," to, well, you know, just to look fly. But these were dead gators. On their feet. Shoes. In the I.E. this week authorities say they found a real live gator guarding the green stuff -- $1 ... More >>

Top 9 Now-Defunct L.A. Fast Food Restaurant Chains The Return of #3

Del Taco Corp.​With the further expansion of Chick-fil-A in Los Angeles, the recent announcement of Papaya King coming to Hollywood and the arrival of Australia's Oporto to the Southland, we at Squid Ink thought it was an opportune time for a trip down memory lane. Here, in no particular orde ... More >>

California Controller John Chiang to Probe L.A. Redevelopment Agency, 17 Others

John Chiang takes on the L.A. CRA​Looks like we Angelenos may have raised enough of a ruckus about the last-minute $1 billion money transfer between the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and the L.A. City Council for a state official to get involved. Welcome to the shitshow, Controll ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Not Off The Hook Yet: Potential 'Battery' Charge Could Send Her Back To Jail

globovisionCourt is the new trailer for some in Hollywood.​Lindsay Lohan is free and living in the party capital of the planet, Venice (trust us on this one -- she need only stick her head out the window to get any number of vices delivered via rastafarian or long-haired courier). But not fo ... More >>

L.A. County Population Grew Only 0.7 Percent Last Year -- And Yes, 'It's A Job Thing'

Tom BakerWhere have all the people gone?​Population statistics for all the economically bleeding counties of California were released yesterday by the state Department of Finance, and guess what they show: Sure enough, it's been another hard year for the state, whose total number of residents ... More >>

Charles Manson Cell Phone Prison Call On Tape; Big Killers, Mexican Mafia And 8,675 Criminals Use Smuggled Cells In California Prisons

Charles Manson on the line.​Charles Manson had a smuggled cell phone in prison. CBS has truly creepy audio of Manson singing in a sicko call to the outside world. The Weekly explained the ugly game by legislators Mark Leno and Tom Ammiano, who head public safety committees in Sacramento -- and ... More >>

Best Beef Jerky: Meet Your Beef Jerky Blogger

​ For over a thousand years, nomadic peoples have been drying strips of meat to capture maximum calories in easily transportable form. Modern-day road-trippers choke down packages of Oberto because jerky is affordable and satisfying--a stop-gap when pulling over for real food isn't an option ... More >>

Forever Scared: Ten Years After Winning His Freedom, Herman Atkins Still Fears That He Will Again Be Convicted of a Crime He Did Not Commit

SoCal Wedding Crasher Who Allegedly Made Off With $1,800 Arrested

​Police on Wednesday arrested a Riverside County man who allegedly crashed a wedding and made off with $1,800 in cash and checks during a 2007 reception in Garden Grove. Stephen Kadlec, a Canyon Lake resident, was arrested at about 1 p.m. and booked on suspicion of burglary, according to polic ... More >>

$16 Million Verdict Against Doc Who Allegedly Left Man Paraplegic

​A Riverside County jury this week awarded $16.5 million to an area man and his wife after the panel agreed that a doctor's negligence left the husband paraplegic following a back injury, the Beverly Hills law firm representing him announced. The victim, 41-year-old Trent Hughes, was off-road ... More >>

WHO'S YOUR PIPER?

Voter Guide: the Pros and Cons of the Initiatives, February 5 Ballot

Making sense of the issues

Dog Busters

If puppies are outlawed by Lloyd “Lightbulb” Levine, will only outlaws have puppies?

Bush's Big Bluff

The end of Internet gambling

Homeless in Westwood

A shelter for vets sounds better than more car-dependent business

Dirty Air Deals

Smog fighters are about to cave to Big Business — again

Designer Air

A clean city looks a lot like L.A.’s growth around transit stations

What’s Killing Joshua Tree National Park?

Fire, smog, golf courses . . . and maybe even coffee-loving, rock-climbing hipsters like you

Injustice for All

Taryn Simon and The Innocents

Justices Face IQ Test

Likely ruling could spare mentally retarded on California’s death row

The Alphabet Killer: What Makes Mike Schaefer Run? And Run?

The Grapes of L.A.

Winemaking can once again be local

Right and White

Why last week’s electorate does not portend the future of California politics

Workers Allowed To Join Union