I am one of very few that thinks U2 really isn’t that great, other than The Joshua Tree and a few other random songs. The fact that Rolling Stone gave the new release five stars pretty much guarantees I won’t like it. But Neko Case… ohhh Neko Case. If only you were ten years younge...

Sorry this blog posting is short but unfortunately, there was a huge power outage in part of the city late Thursday night caused by a truck that ran off the street and struck a brick and metal gated wall and a transformer which powered a huge section of a neighborhood and so the lights went out. The...

The Tropicana redesign disaster seemed strangely familiar to us, and we just now realized why: the Simpsons already did it. Here's our highly-researched evidence: 1. Poochie was dreamed up by marketers. The new Tropicana packaging was the result of overpaid marketing types. 2. The new design was vet...

"I used to think I was a good person." ---Former Atlanta Police Department Officer Gregg Junnier at his sentencing hearing for convictions stemming from his actions in the shooting death of Kathryn Johnston, 92. He was sentenced to six years in federal prison. "If you've done that before that might ...

"The city manager is running the city not the city council and that needs to stop." ---Ward Four city council candidate Paul Davis at the Friday Morning Club. ****UPDATE**** Save Our Chinatown Committee seeks restraining order on Saturday Members of the Save Our Chinatown Committee stated through an...

It was a busy week in Riverside with two meetings that addressed the scope of investigative powers of two of the city's boards and commissions. And when the dust was settled by the end of the action-packed week, what was learned was the difference between a commission having its powers inscribed in ...

"Ralph Brown did away with that." ---The Group Chair Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely at the Governmental Affairs Committee meeting in response to the creation of a not-officially-an-ad hoc committee which will meet privately. The California "sunshine" open meetings law is named after Brown. The Governmental...

Here's a sad little saga. After convincing our government that it was responsible enough and commercially viable enough to deserve a multi-billion-dollar bailout, Chrysler spent some of the money taking out full page ads in The Wall Street Journal and USAToday, thanking America for its money. They a...

What is amazing about the following story is the reaction of key Canadian religious figures to it. First, we begin with the background and a brief synopsis of reaction in the US and Britain, then we’ll move to reactions of Canadian religious figures, and close with the reactions to similar ads...

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." ---L. Frank Baum The Press Enterprise Editorial Board is at it again. After chastising the Riverside City Council on numerous occasions over its attempts to dilute or to allow its direct employees to dilute the powers of the Community Police Review ...