Thursday Gazette: August 20, 2026
Hello Riverside, and Happy Thursday! August has a way of testing everyone's patience, and if you're already dreaming of sweater weather and cooler evenings, you're not alone. For some, the countdown to fall officially starts around now, even if we've got many more weeks of warm weather to get through. What's your favorite sign that cooler weather is on its way, and how are you getting through these last dog days of summer?
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COMMUNITY
At 93, Evelyn Shea Looks Back on a Life Built on Resilience
A turbulent childhood led Evelyn Shea to 33 years shaping young minds in Riverside Unified — and a belief that where you finish matters more than where you start.
Dusty cardboard boxes piled up, forming giant mountains in the room. 93-year-old Evelyn Shea carefully sifted through decades of teaching memorabilia, pausing over letters written by former students she taught years ago — many of whom she still keeps in touch with. After teaching 33 years in the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD), Shea has accumulated more than fond memories. Looking back, her life was a continual accumulation of evidence proving that one's story is not defined by its beginnings.
Shea's early childhood was full of instability. Born in Dallas, Texas, she was adopted by a Houston couple who divorced when she was three. After bouncing between different relatives and families, she eventually moved back in with her adopted father.
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Your Advisor, CPA and Attorney Each Have a Plan. Who Has the Plan?
Inside TriCord Advisors' Planning 360 approach — and why 500 Riverside households trust a process that starts with their lives, not their portfolios.
Most Riverside families have done the responsible thing. They have a retirement account, likely overseen by a financial advisor. They have a CPA who handles taxes every spring. They may have an attorney who drafted a trust years ago. Maybe an insurance agent, too.
Each professional is doing solid work. The problem is that none of them are talking to each other.
The investment advisor recommends one strategy. The CPA has a different view. The estate plan was drafted five years ago and no longer reflects the family's actual situation. A business decision made last quarter has tax consequences nobody flagged. The advice is good in pieces.
It is a problem TriCord Advisors, the Riverside-based financial planning and legal services firm on Magnolia Avenue, was built to solve.
"Clients would receive excellent advice from different professionals, but no one was connecting the dots," said Laura Lee, the firm's president and a Certified Financial Planner®. "An investment decision affected taxes. Estate plans impacted family wealth. Business decisions influenced retirement. Everything was interconnected, yet advice was often delivered in isolation."
Their answer is Planning 360 — a process that puts every dimension of a client's financial life into one coordinated strategy, under one roof, with financial planners and attorneys working from the same blueprint.
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What's Happening in Riverside
Today
- History on the Rocks! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21)
- LUCKI at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Tomorrow
- Bee Gees Fever - Tribute To Bee Gees at Fox Performing Arts Center
- Cumbiatron - The Cumbia Rave (21+) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Save the Date
- Aug 21: FREE YOGA - The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 21: Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting at Zacatecas Café
- Aug 22: FREE YOGA - The Art of Vinyasa with Catherine Murray at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 22: FREE YOGA - Yin Yoga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 24: FREE YOGA - Moody Mondays with Cherie Amour at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 26: FREE YOGA - Seated Yoga with Kristin Varner at All Saints Episcopal Church
- Sep 3: Orange Street Mural Unveiling at Main Museum Pedestrian Walkway (Orange Street)
- Sep 9: FREE Beginning Square Dance Lessons with Line Dancing at Cowtown Square Dance Center
- Sep 18: Open Mic Night at Riverside Baha'i Center
- Oct 3: Aquamotion Aquathon at Shamel Pool
- Oct 7: Fifty & Better Health Fair at Janet Goeske Center
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