Spotted on northbound Dudley Street at Arroyo Avenue, Pomona. I not only stopped anyway, I pulled around the corner, parked, walked back and took a photo.

Reader Mike Hames offers a tourist tip: “If you are ever in Shell Beach (just north of Pismo Beach), you might want to see the ‘reasonable rat’ at this motel.” Sounds good. If you’re going to meet a rodent, might as well be a sensible one.

If you want to live in a development named College Park, you have your choice of Chino, above, and Upland, below. The former is near a Chaffey College campus while the latter is near the Claremont Colleges.

This epicurean epigram is painted inside Classy Cafe in Rancho Cucamonga.

On Foothill Boulevard just east of Towne Avenue in Claremont, some agency, rather than replace the faded sign pointing to the 10 Freeway, simply posted a nice new one several feet behind the old one. I guess sign removal must be done by a different agency.

This Humane Society message about “cohabitation” is an attention-getter — which is the idea, of course — but upon closer inspection, the message is only wild in a strictly literal sense: “Cohabitation, it’s a two way street. Learn how to live with wildlife.” Seen in Montclair.

This bus shelter ad in Ontario seems to boast of bringing a child to term a month early, at first blush (to use the term literally). But it’s really about completing some sort of medical degree. Seen at Vineyard Avenue and D Street.

I believe the insurance lizard was telling us he was “in Ontario” before he was rudely interrupted by a banner. Seen on Vineyard Avenue at D Street.

At a stoplight in Ontario recently, I spotted this security company’s van and snapped this picture. Unusual slogan. I wonder what the “7,000 teeth” part means? Is it one tooth per volt?

Dollars to doughnuts this used to be a Winchell’s. In this economy, better to recycle an old sign than buy a fresh one, I guess. Spotted in Victorville by John Evans.