Outrageous snacks, dining discounts and foodie events await visitors to the LA County, opening Friday, May 3 at the Fairplex in Pomona. The fair has been drawing Southern California to its fairgrounds in Pomona since 1922, but this is the third year that the fair has been held in the spring instead of the fall. It will run from Cinco de Mayo weekend through Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. This year’s theme is “Stars, Stripes & Fun.” A worker moves a ticket booth in preparation for this Friday’s opening of the LA County Fair at Fairplex in Pomona on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. This year’s f ..read more

State Sen. Susan Rubio, who represents the 22nd District, and San Bernardino County 4th District Supervisor Curt Hagman will be the keynote speakers and presenters at Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity’s annual Community Builder Awards ceremony. The event will honor high-achieving students from local public and private high schools as future community builders at the dinner to be held April 28 at the Fairplex Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Pomona. The high school seniors were nominated by their schools in the 16 cities in Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity’s service area. “Acknowledgi ..read more

Cal Poly Pomona’s annual Pepperzania sale, featuring more than 130 varieties of pepper plants, begins Saturday, April 27, at the Cal Poly Pomona Farm Store, 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona. Pepper plants available include multiple varieties of serrano, jalapeño, hatch, poblano/mole, bell, sweet, specialty, Peruvian and Asian peppers, according to a news release. The sale will include classics such as orange sun bells, El Jefe jalapeños and shishito as well as some uncommon varieties such as aji chaparita (Peru), tepin, wiri wiri (Guayana) and purple serrano peppers. Asian peppers include bask ..read more

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Pomona on Monday evening, April 22, marking the second hit-and-run pedestrian death in the area in two days. Police were called around 8:43 p.m. Monday and found the victim on the roadway of North Towne Avenue, near East Monterey Avenue. The woman, whose identity had not been released, was hospitalized and later died, Pomona police said. On the morning of Sunday, April 21, a man was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver on South Towne Avenue at East Ninth Street, less than a mile from the second collision. Related Articles Crime and Public Sa ..read more

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