The San Gabriel Mountains catch the first light of morning after a fresh snowfall, seen from Canyon Crest. (Bob Sirotnik) Have a photo that captures the spirit of Riverside? Share it with us and help celebrate the beauty of our community!
Sunday Gazette: February 22, 2026
Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday! For many of us, Sunday is the day to fully unplug: slow mornings, a good book, maybe a long walk. For others, Sunday is the day to get ahead: meal prepping, inbox clearing, mentally mapping out the week. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, today is National Single Tasking Day — a gentle reminder that whatever you're doing, try doing just that one thing. No scrolling while watching TV. No replying to emails mid-conversation. Just one task, start to finish. It's surprisingly satisfying.
See you tomorrow!
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A series by Anthony Solorzano exploring Riverside through the eyes of a transplant, as the memory of a hometown slowly fades.
(Anthony Solorzano)
It was an ordinary Wednesday in the middle of February. My family went to work. The coffee maker in the kitchen was set for 6 in the morning to wake the house up with the caffeinated smell of a dark roast.
Kenny, our dog and self-appointed house guard, woke up ready for his morning ritual – play catch with me, use the restroom and report to duty ready to alert half the block there is a person entering our cul de sac.
Sometime in the middle of the day, a text went into our house thread, "Do you all want to order some food today to commemorate the day?"
A year ago, on Wednesday, February 11, we got the keys to the house. The four-bedroom with triangle windows on each end, down the street from an active, yet family-friendly park, became ours. Riverside became home, at least for the next 30 years while we pay our mortgage off.
I will raise my family here. It's comforting and I need to commemorate the moment in my life. I thought long and hard and I think I should just get a tattoo of the Raincross somewhere in my body. There is no better way to commemorate my commitment to Riverside.
This week’s creative nudge is quieter. It doesn’t blare. It waits. It blinks in a little box and asks you to prove yourself. This week’s creative nudge is a password.
As a kid, my buddies and I created one to allow entrance into our tree fort. I would be denied entry today because I can’t remember it; but I bet we changed it all the time, and not because our IT department told us to. Passwords back then were less about security and more about belonging.
Now? We live in a world that does not trust enough. Or maybe it trusts us too much and needs constant reassurance. Every day we whisper secret combinations into glowing rectangles: first pet + favorite number + special character we will absolutely forget. We are told our passwords must be strong, unique, unknowable, never repeated, and easy to recall. They must include capital and lowercase letters. And numbers. Definitely requiring the shift or control key engaged on the keyboard.
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