Southern California

  Frickleburgers in Cathedral City (68375 E. Palm Canyon Drive – Highway 111) makes one of the best hamburgers we have had anywhere – and the best we have found in the Inland Empire. In addition to making great burgers, it’s even fun to just say “Frickleburgers.” Frickleburgers is a small place with big burgers [...]

KROQ and GoldenVoice  The Black Keys will be playing at the Honda Center October 8th, 2012. They will be sharing the stage with the indie rock duet Tegan and Sara. Both of these performers are slated to tour together with an additional stop at the Staples Center. Both performers have already sold out shows in Chicago’s [...]

On March 17, 2012, Fairmount Park in Riverside will host the 20th Annual Walk With Animals where you and your dog can enjoy a fun, fair-like atmosphere and walk 1.3 miles while raising money for homeless animals in our community. [...]

Celebrating Riverside’s citrus heritage is the theme of Old Riverside Foundation’s 21st annual Vintage Home Tour, which takes place this Saturday, May 19, 2012. The self-guided tour showcases four privately owned homes near Victoria Avenue in the city’s historic orange greenbelt as well as a downtown church with strong citrus ties. The four homes are [...]

Pizza and Wine Dinner This Friday Night at Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes! Just $35 Per Person! We’re ordering in on Friday Night. Come sample five different gourmet pizzas from five of the best pizza makers in the area, and try a different wine paired specifically with each unique pie! Only $35 per person! May has [...]

Rock the Bells 2012 was announced on Tuesday, May 15th and already there’s a huge buzz going on. But when you consider how many amazing artists that Guerilla Union managed to line up, it makes sense. This year Rock the Bells is going to be a Two Day event and will feature some hip hop [...]

Wine lovers are in for a big treat as the Los Angeles Wine Fest hits Raleigh Studios in Hollywood on June 9 and 10. The 7th Annual LA Wine Fest is set to have vendors serving more than 500 wines, spirits and brews along with some of SoCal’s best food trucks on hand to keep [...]

Fans of Johann Sebastian Bach have a treat in store at the upcoming Raincross Chorale concert in Riverside. The 45-voice group will perform Bach’s Magnificat, with orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3 at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, 4495 Magnolia Ave. Tickets are $15. Light and bright, with prodigious runs and trills and interlocking harmonies, [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have announced their preseason home schedule for the 2012-13 season. They’ll be playing one game at the Citizens Business Bank Arena on October 10th and also one at the Honda Center on October 16th. This is a great opportunity to catch an early game and get to see The Los Angeles [...]

**UPDATE: Due to health reasons, Bobby Womack has cancelled his appearance at the JazzReggae Festival’s Jam Day on May 27. Performing as his replacement is soul singer Booker T. Jones.** If you’re looking to kick off the summer season with some good vibes and some good music then the JazzReggae Festival at UCLA is up [...]

May 14, 2012 Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 Coachella tickets will be available through the advance sale on Thursday, May 17, 2012 for $349 each. For more information, check out Coachella.com. Weekend 1 will be April 12 through 14 and Weekend 2 will be April 19 through 21, 2013. No Coachella lineup information is available [...]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Fitness instructor Sarina Jain, known as “the Indian Jane Fonda,” will teach a free class of her popular Masala Bhangra dance workout at the University of California, Riverside’s Student Recreation Center on Thursday, May 24 at 5 p.m. UC Riverside students, staff and faculty, as well as the general public are [...]

Time to search for the tunic, polish the suit of armor, and lace on the corset. Beginning May 12th through June 17, 2012, the “15th Annual Koroneburg Old World Festival” will be in Corona at the only permanent Renaissance Village in California! The (fictitious) Baron Heinrich Von Lauffer allows the townsfolk onto his estate, the [...]

See the WW2 Flying Fortress! To honor all veterans and our heritage of freedom through flight, education and remembrance, the WWII “Flying Fortress” is coming to Riverside! “Sentimental Journey” is scheduled to be on display and available for rides and tours May 21 through 24, 2012 at Riverside Municipal Airport. Sentimental Journey is a fully-restored [...]

Dripp Coffee Bar at The Shoppes in Chino Hills is a relatively new joint, opened in November 2011, that offers customers both a cool place to hang out and amazing coffee. As soon as you walk into the coffee bar you’re greeted with decorative menus that initiate the feel of the whole business. Everything from [...]

Attention all strawberry fans and fanatics…ready to sample every type of strawberry concoction imaginable? On the 19th and 20th Oxnard makes your strawberry dreams possible by hosting the “2012 California Strawberry Festival”! If you can’t make Oxnard (or have a serious strawberry addiction), you can always attend the “Garden Grove Strawberry Festival” on the 25th [...]

For the last 17 years Los Angeles has been the host to one of the best Indy Film festivals this side of the country. What makes this festival unique is the vast array of signature programs that include: Filmmakers retreat, Ford Amphitheatre Outdoor Screenings, Poolside Chats, Coffee Talks, and more. Additionally, the Festival screens short [...]

POWER 106, Where Hip Hop lives, proudly announces the lineup for Powerhouse 2012. Once again the live Hip Hop event of the summer, Powerhouse 2012 will feature a massive lineup – everything from West Coast artists Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and YG, to chart topping artists, J.Cole, Young Jeezy, T.I. plus breakout star TYGA [...]

The Cove is the Inland Empire's newest water park, and the 2012 season will bring scorching hot weather and awesome waves in this Riverside oasis. [...]

For men, getting a haircut has become something that we just have to do. It’s no longer the days where men could go into a barbershop, enjoy a beer, and get a haircut that makes you look like a million bucks. Or so I thought. Nowadays people are wanting to experience that classic barber cut [...]

Join us this Friday, May 4th at Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes for our next wine class: Wine-0-1: The Basics – Forgotten Reds Our wine basics series Wine-0-1 runs the first Friday of every month and covers everything you’ll need to know to appreciate the world’s most popular beverage. Now this is more like it! We’ve [...]

Malibu typically brings thoughts of surfing, waves, and the slow life. But on June 9 you’ll be able to add beer to that list. The 4th annual Malibu Beer Festival hits one of SoCal’s storied beachside towns with a wide variety of beers available for SoCal beer lovers. It takes place at the World Famous [...]

Authentic Mexican cuisine can be found in nearly every Southern California town and Ontario’s certainly no exception with Casa Sanchez located near the 60 Freeway. Brightly lit and with a soft interior, Casa Sanchez is an authentic Mexican restaurant with food loaded with flavor. One of the offerings it’s known for is its Menudo, the [...]

Join Killarney’s as they celebrate their first 5 years in business @ the Riverside Plaza and the local craft breweries that have been with us along the way! The event is Saturday, June 16th from 1 – 5 PM Unlimited beers throughout 1 Food Ticket A Commemorative tasting glass Expect a live band, master brewer [...]

Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes in Riverside — America’s most uncommon wine shop — offers up brand-new wine classes to the public every FRIDAY NIGHT starting at 6:30 p.m.. From the absolute wine beginner to the most seasoned and sophisticated oenophile, this new wine shop and tasting bar offers wine classes for every level of wine [...]

One of the biggest complaints people have about southern California is that we don’t have a lot of great BBQ. And to be fair, those people are right in a lot of way. But then a little restaurant in Moreno Valley opened called Hoggs Gourmet Grill. Located at 12625 Fredericks Ave in Moreno Valley, it’s [...]

Victoria Gardens, and Promenade Temecula, have teamed up with Project Runway designer Nick Verreos and The Style Network’s host of How Do I Look?, Jeannie Mai, for this year’s national “Project Style” competition. This online fashion contest provides local fashion enthusiasts with a chance to show off their unique styles through a regional [...]

Cupcakes have been all the craze for several years now, and even more recent we have seen the rise of the cake pop in the Inland Empire! [...]

We wandered beyond the I.E. to the Dana Wharf in Orange County this past weekend for some whale watching adventures. If you are looking for a relaxing and fun day trip activity, considering heading down the 91/261/I-5 to Dana Point for a wonderful day at the wharf. [...]

Pop and Latin music icons don’t get any bigger than this! Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and Wisin Y Yandel announced today they will tour together this summer hitting nearly 20 cities nationwide, including an Orange County show Saturday, August 11 at Honda Center. [...]

The 14th annual Primavera in the Gardens wine and food tasting festival is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens. Nearly 500 people attended the 2011 event and a full house is expected once again in 2012. Guests will sample food, wine and beers [...]

Check this page for daily reviews of Stagecoach Festival 2012!!! Stagecoach Festival Day 3 Review The third and last day of Stagecoach 2012 went without a hitch as more of country music’s best performed for a crowd of tens of thousands. While young people are probably the majority at Stagecoach, country music legend Kenny Rogers [...]

A visit to the California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside is a vivid reminder of when fragrance from orange blossoms filled the air and citrus groves decorated the Southern California landscape. Situated in Riverside’s historic Arlington Heights citrus greenbelt, the 377-acre Citrus Park celebrates the role citrus – and in particular the navel orange [...]

There’s something about taking your mom to tea that moms find thrilling. My mom is a real soccer mom-bring on the hot dogs and hamburgers. But tell her you’re taking her to tea, and she’ll pull out the white gloves and big hat that that no one knew she had hiding behind her jeans and [...]

Make sure you keep Saturday, July 7th open because the good folks over at Goldenvoice have announced this years acts at Hootenanny! This year Hootenanny is going to be in Irvine again at Oak Canyon Ranch. This year is going to be something extra special for all you Rancid fans out there. [...]

Whose barbecue style reigns supreme? That question will be answered on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. when the Queen Mary in Long Beach presents the first-ever West Coast BBQ Classic – a full day of finger lickin’ good competition with pitmasters from around the country battling for the title of Ultimate [...]

Sunday, April 22nd, welcomed the Route 66 Food Truck Fest 2012– The absolutely delicious brainchild of KVCR’s own Cliff Young. The plan: Gather together some of the best food trucks in Southern California into San Bernardino’s San Manuel Stadium for a day of feasting and fun. My goal? To discover the best each truck had [...]

Hangar 24 just announced the awesome things they have planned for American Craft Beer Week. This year Craft Beer Week is May 14th-20th. It looks like it’s going to be an awesome week filled with great beers, great events, and great fun. The festivities start off Saturday, May 12 with Hang 24 announcing who won [...]

We’ve been saying the Inland Empire has great food for a while, and now they are going to prove it. On May 18th between 6 and 9pm, the City of Upland is presenting the “4th Annual Taste of the IE”. On “A” Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, “Discover Upland” will be laying out a [...]

On April 27th, 2012 the Glasshouse will be hosting the producer/artist Balam Acab. He will be on tour with Active Child and Superhumanoids and this is going to be one great Chillwave/House show. Balam Acab has been making waves with the big music publications for his “innovative and memorable” sounds on his debut LP last [...]