Susan Straight
Susan Straight was born in Riverside, where she still lives. Her latest novel is "Between Heaven and Here." She teaches at UCRiverside and works with photographer Douglas McCulloh to document the Inland Empire.
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"I've come to believe that there are two kinds of us here on earth -- people who stay and people who leave..."
There is a wedding day and then there is the rest of your married life. Richer or poorer.
This is what it means to have been a teacher for 30 years, as of this new January quarter.
You might think that we've all heard this speech, these words, before. All of us in America, by now. We have. But I stood, transfixed, unable to move, looking out the window while he said words not as often quoted.
There are six sisters in this story, and one brother, all educated in a one-room schoolhouse, ninety children and one teacher, and all of them went to college, and their kids went to college. This story, and the sweet potato pie, come from slavery, whi...
It may be one of the most quintessential Southern California landmarks, beloved by thousands, and now it's made national news.
Jose Medina walked into the banquet room at Zacateca's Restaurant on Riverside's Eastside to loud cheers and clapping of hundreds of supporters.
Take a look today while you drive around, wherever you live, at the not-lost art of housepainting.
"I'm a bracero's daughter. To be a judge here, in the Inland Empire, means everything."
My new book was released yesterday is my eighth novel, and each time, I spend days walking around thinking of where that book began.
The old Route 66 and surrounding environs are home to fast food history, including Juan Pollo.