Pomona’s Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Ave., will hold its twice-yearly rummage sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 20. The sale, spread out in rooms and patios throughout the grounds, will offer gently used clothing, pots and pans, furniture, antiques, garden plants and other household goods. There will also be hundreds of hardcover and paperback books available and many CDs. A new addition to this spring’s sale will be several hundred new pairs of casual shoes, according to a news release. The sale is a fundraiser for Pilgrim Congregational Church, which began holding its twice ..read more

The Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage, an annual multicultural event organized by Pomona Valley community organizations with the support of the Latino and Latina Roundtable, will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 20. The pilgrimage raises scholarship money for local students and recent graduates who carry on the vision of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta through advocacy and community engagement, according to a news release. This year’s theme is “Unite to Defend Human Rights of Our Communities.” The pilgrimage will begin at Pomona City Hall, 505 S. Garey Ave., at a 200 ..read more

The Costanoan Rumsen Ohlone Tribe will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Great Gathering Pow Wow with music, storytelling and community. The event will take place Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28, beginning with a California tribe-focused ceremony Friday at 6 p.m. that will feature Chumash singers and members of the Tongva tribe. A basket-making session is also set for Saturday. Participants will learn traditional weaving techniques from Jacque Nunez, an Acjachemen cultural educator. About 2,000 visitors attend the annual event, according to tribe representative Carla Marie Munoz ..read more

A family-focused guaranteed income program first proposed in Pomona three years ago will launch this summer, city officials announced. Flourishing Families, an 18-month pilot project, is funded by $4.5 million in federal coronavirus aid the city received in 2021. The program will tentatively begin in July. Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval has been an advocate for a family-focused income program and has suggested other ways to support programs aimed at children under the age of 5. “The most valuable investment we can make in our communities is in our children,” Sandoval said in an interview. “When we ..read more

To a skater, the board is an extension of the body. And like a skateboard, an aging body can show life’s hard knocks. “Skateboarding is truly rebellious and punk in its ethos,” said author José Vadi. “Nobody should care how old someone is just as much as someone shouldn’t care about their sexual orientation, gender, economic background. None of those things should be the determining factor of your ability to enjoy yourself on a skateboard.” Vadi explores these ideas and more in his sophomore collection of essays, “Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder’s Lens,” out on Tuesday, April 16. SEE ALSO ..read more

Neon Bear Brewery has shuttered its Pomona taproom as it prepares to move east. Neon Bear is planning to reopen as part of the still-under-construction Redlands Public Market food hall, 330 Third St. Neon Bear opened in August 2022 in the Pomona Packing Plant, 560 E. Commercial St., taking over the space that was formerly Sanctum Brewing. New at Haven City Market Italian cuisine is back on the menu at Haven City Market food hall. Nonna’s Bistro has a variety of hot and cold sandwiches, pastas, salads and Italian sodas. Delivery is available through Grubhub and DoorDash. Haven City Market is at ..read more

The city of Pomona offered a $10,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of whoever set fire to the playground at Montvue Park, located at 1555 Cordova St. in Pomona on April 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Pomona Police Department) The city of Pomona offered a $10,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of whoever set fire to the playground at Montvue Park, located at 1555 Cordova St. in Pomona on April 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Pomona Police Department) Show Caption of Expand Police are still looking for the ar ..read more

The votes are in. Election officials in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties have finished processing ballots in the March 5 primary election. Now the California secretary of state must certify the results by April 12. The top two vote-getters in races for federal and state office advance to the Nov. 5 general election. Likewise, in local races where candidates do not receive a majority of the votes cast, the top two finishers advance to the November election. Here’s a look at how candidates in select races fared. Congress 23rd District Includes Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lak ..read more

It’s baby season at Cal Poly Pomona where two new foals have arrived and one more is expected to come later this month. This spring, three Arabian foals will be born at the W.K Kellogg Arabian Horse Center, continuing the 99-year legacy of breeding Arabian horses in Pomona, according to a news release from the college. Two colts “Declan” and “Julio” are two weeks old and one week old, respectively. The third foal is due within two weeks. The mother horse, named CP Metropolitan, stands over her two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2 ..read more

It may have been a gloomy day, but the faithful across the Inland Empire still celebrated the joyous holiday of Easter. Damien Ruiz, 17, is baptized by Michael Broadhurst and Tim McAnlis on Easter morning, March 31, at Purpose Church in Pomona. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) The Worship Team performs during the Easter morning ceremony on Sunday, March 31, 2024, at Purpose Church in Pomona. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Sheyla Pardomo gets baptized by Pastor Marcus Robinson and Tim McAnlis Easter morning, March 31, 2024, at Purpose Church in Pomo ..read more