Column: A tip of the hat to Toby Keith’s bar and grill

Toby Keith’s death reminded me (eventually) that his name had been on a bar and restaurant at Victoria Gardens until 2015. I refresh everyone’s memory about this local tie-in to the singer who died earlier this month. Also, as the downtown Pomona Starbucks serves its last customers, I’m there to bear witness. And, finally, theater seats are there for the taking at Palm Springs’ Plaza Theatre before the space is renovated. All this is in my Sunday column.

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Column: Bullet train would speed change in RC

I delve into the local impacts of the Brightline West project linking Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga by high-speed rail. It’s akin to “adding a small airport,” one city official says. I also make some wisecracks, under the theory that if we, as a nation, can’t joke about a bullet train to Cucamonga, what can we joke about? All aboard for my Sunday column!

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Column: Sculpture of dog in RC has critics sniffing

A sculpture of a 12-foot dog, made of steel, slightly abstracted and painted bright yellow, stands outside Rancho Cucamonga’s new Bark at Central Park dog park. It’s got its detractors, both online and at the dog park, but some admirers too, including me. I round up opinion, speak to the artist and tell the tail, er, tale in my Sunday column.

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Column: A coffee origin story, as Klatch marks 30 years

Klatch Coffee started in Rancho Cucamonga 30 years ago (as Coffee Klatch — do you remember?). For its anniversary, I talk to the family behind the seven-shop chain to hear how they got started in 1993, before coffee was a thing and before people carried phones and laptops into coffeehouses with them. See what’s brewing (zing!) in my Wednesday column.

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Column: For fans, Shake Shack’s arrival in IE is a smash

I’m one of those fans, and I ate during a preview event Sunday with a few others at Victoria Gardens. The NYC-based chain opened to the general public the next day. I write about my love for its food and why Rancho Cucamonga gets first-in-the-IE chains in my Wednesday column. (I feel like I’ve been preparing to write a pro-Shake Shack column my whole life…or at least since 2014, when I first ate at one.)

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