> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 🗞️ Riverside News- June 7, 2026 - URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riverside-news-june-7-2026/ - Published: 2026-06-07T12:00:42.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-09T02:13:27.000Z - Description: Riverside's oldest church building still stands... - Author: Gazette Staff - Tags: Newsletter ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/06/RG-Feat-Image-Template-4-3.jpg) Christal Pennington and her cousins at Easter Brunch, Mission Inn, in front of the Nanjing Bell. 1976\. (Christal Pennington) **Sunday Gazette: June 7, 2026** **Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday!** Welcome to *Snapshot Sundays*, our weekly series featuring vintage photos of Riverside shared by the people who live here. This week, Christal Pennington takes us back to Easter brunch at the Mission Inn. Do you have old photos of a Riverside spot from long ago? We'd love to see them. [Send them our way](http://raincrossgazette.com/submitphoto?ref=raincrossgazette.com). See you tomorrow! --- 🧡 Thank you to the Subscribers who became paid supporters this week: Bruce Ford, Connie Fortier, Barbara Klein, Peggy Littleworth, Jennifer Morehead, Laura O'Rourke, Michelle Reh, Linda Sherman-Nurick, Pauline Price, Mary Ward, and Dorie Haddy. [Your ongoing financial support](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riverside-news-march-15-2026-2/#/portal/account/plans) is vital to our success in serving Riverside with the news it deserves! --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169513/image/0?seed=20260607)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169513/click/0?seed=20260607&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [HISTORY](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/history/) ## Riverside's Oldest Church Building Still Stands on Magnolia Avenue Founded in 1879, the church that became Magnolia Presbyterian holds the distinction of housing Riverside's oldest existing church building. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/06/6--Church-UCR-1.jpg)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riversides-oldest-church-building-still-stands-on-magnolia-avenue/) Photo of the Church some years later with a glimpse of a house to the left – (Courtesy Special Collection and Archives – University of California, Riverside) Traveling back in time along Old Magnolia Avenue, those traversing the avenue admired the showcase houses built by some of the wealthy citrus growers and businessmen of the city. They stopped, often after riding the Riverside and Arlington Electric Railway streetcar, at Chemawa Park to enjoy the zoo and other attractions or maybe watch a polo match. They might visit Sherman Institute Indian School. What might have been overlooked is one of Riverside's oldest churches, Arlington Presbyterian Church. In 1879, ten families gathered at the home of Samuel Evans, Sr., and Mary Evans, to discuss establishing a Presbyterian Church in the Arlington area, where many of them had settled. On Sunday, November 9, 1879, those desiring a church met at the Sunnyside Schoolhouse on Central Avenue and organized the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington. Chester Crosby, one of those early organizers, recorded his recollections: "Mr. and Mrs. Evans drove us with their team and top surrey through a two-inch rainstorm and a foot of adobe mud to the Sunnyside Schoolhouse where we met the other charter members." Not even a torrential rainstorm could keep these enthusiastic people from attending this important meeting. According to Elmer W. Holmes, this group was the fourth church to organize in Riverside. The first was the First Church of Christ in 1872 (later the First Congregational Church). The next was the First Methodist Episcopal Church, also in 1872\. The third was the First Baptist Church in 1874\. These three were all located in the Mile-Square area of Riverside. A Church Directory in various 1881 issues of the *Press and Horticulturist* lists the four churches, their pastors, and the times of their services. No addresses were given; the assumption was that everyone knew the locations of these congregations. [Read and share the complete story...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riversides-oldest-church-building-still-stands-on-magnolia-avenue/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169515/image/0?seed=20260607)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169515/click/0?seed=20260607&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [CREATIVE PROMPTS](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/creative-prompts/) ## Post Modern A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns. [![photo of assorted photo lot](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1453329180519-b4dba097ed5b?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDIwfHxwb3N0JTIwY2FyZHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3ODA2OTIxNzR8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/post-modern/) Photo by [Christopher Flynn](https://unsplash.com/@cjflynn89?ref=raincrossgazette.com) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) This week, we’re moving from the marks left by our hands to the lines that hold things together. Our creative nudge is a thread. Not a whole spool necessarily. No need to have access to an embroidery collection arranged by color, though we welcome overachievers in this column. You really just need one small thread. The kind that peeks from a shirt collar or cuff, a frayed hem, or the one left naked and alone when the button makes a break for it. Pull the wrong one and something comes apart. Follow the right one and a pattern emerges. We use threads to stitch, mend, attach, and decorate. They are metaphorically fertile and abundant: thread of conversation, narrative thread, common thread, loose thread, threadbare excuse. Online, we follow threads to see where a story goes or lose ourselves in one until suddenly it’s past our bedtime and we know too much about sandwich toppings. [Read and share the complete prompt...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/post-modern/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [ ![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169514/image/0?seed=20260607) ](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169514/click/0?seed=20260607&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- 📣 ****See something? Say something.** Your tips and ideas are what fuel The Raincross Gazette. If you know of something newsworthy happening in our city, please [share it with us](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/contact/). --- ## This Week in Riverside ### Saturday, June 6 - [Bubble Bash at Riverside Plaza](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/bubble-bash-at-riverside-plaza/18934880/2026-06-06T11) at Riverside Plaza - [Low-Cost Vaccination Clinic](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/lowcost-vaccination-clinic/19030194/2026-06-06T09) at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center's Spay-Neuter Clinic ($10- $28) - [Mt. Rubidoux Walking Tour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/mt-rubidoux-walking-tour/18884790/2026-06-06T08) at Mt. Rubidoux Trailhead, a short walk from Ryan Bonaminio Park. ($21.20) - [Concerts: Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/concerts-cocreativity-in-music-sound-and-ai-improvisation-interaction-composition/19040308/2026-06-06T15) at Culver Center of the Arts - [Goeske Bingo](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/goeske-bingo/17920930/2026-06-06T09) at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100) - [Juneteenth-Voices of Freedom](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/juneteenthvoices-of-freedom/19063222/2026-06-06T19) at Riverside Community Players ($10- $12) - [Mind's Eye and Lovers Peak at The Barn](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/minds-eye-and-lovers-peak-at-the-barn/19040295/2026-06-06T19) at The Barn - [Punchis! Punchis! Banda Rave (18+)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/punchis-punchis-banda-rave-18/18501425/2026-06-06T21) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium - [Three Bad Jacks 30th Year Anniversary w/ Special Guests!](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/three-bad-jacks-30th-year-anniversary-w-special-guests/18729963/2026-06-06T21) at The Concert Lounge - Romano's Mission Grove ($20.23) ### Sunday, June 7 - [FREE ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-ashtanga-vinyasa-yoga/19060739/2026-06-07T08) at Riverside - [Gardening for Butterflies](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/gardening-for-butterflies/18543239/2026-06-07T00) at Botanic Gardens - [Learn Origami](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/learn-origami/18025240/2026-06-07T11) at UCR Botanic Gardens - [Riverside Historical Society June Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-historical-society-june-meeting/18976350/2026-06-07T13) at Riverside Medical Clinic - Basement Conference Room - [Architectural Walking Tour of Downtown Riverside](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/architectural-walking-tour-of-downtown-riverside/18884613/2026-06-07T10) at Mission Inn Foundation & Visitor Center ($21.20) - [Friends of the Library Annual Meeting: Guest Speaker: Carlos E. Cortés](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/friends-of-the-library-annual-meeting-guest-speaker-carlos-e-corts/18762477/2026-06-07T13) at Ssgt Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library Garden - [Free Summer Sundays](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-summer-sundays/19056728/2026-06-07T12) at Riverside Art Museum - [Prayers and Public Information Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/prayers-and-public-information-meeting/16726617/2026-06-07T11) at Riverside Baha'i Center - [Storytime in the Gardens](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/storytime-in-the-gardens/18025386/2026-06-07T10) at UCR Botanic Gardens - [Vinyl & Rides](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/vinyl-rides/19056729/2026-06-07T12) at Riverside Art Museum ### Monday, June 8 - [Volunteer Interest Hour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/volunteer-interest-hour/18161070/2026-06-08T09) at Riverside Meals on Wheels - [Interfaith Prayer Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/interfaith-prayer-meeting/19073551/2026-06-08T19) at Riverside Baha'i Center - [Academic Boot Camp](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/academic-boot-camp/19059396/2026-06-08T09) at My Learning Studio ($357) - [Animal Kids Camp - Summer Sessions](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/animal-kids-camp-summer-sessions/18779521/2026-06-08T08) at Mary S. Roberts pet Adoption Center ($240) - [Mat Pilates](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/mat-pilates/18543210/2026-06-08T17) at Student Recreation Center (SRC), MPR E - [Vacation Bible School: Snowball Mountain Challenge](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/vacation-bible-school-snowball-mountain-challenge/19029187/2026-06-08T09) at First United Methodist Church ($15- $25) - [Wild about Animals Camp](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/wild-about-animals-camp/19030090/2026-06-08T09) at Ameal Moore Nature Center - [Board of Public Utilities](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/board-of-public-utilities/18584290/2026-06-08T18) at Riverside City Hall ### Tuesday, June 9 - [City Council](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/city-council/18431185/2026-06-09T15) at Riverside City Hall - [Seed to Scale: Explore Controlled Environment Agriculture at UCR](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/seed-to-scale-explore-controlled-environment-agriculture-at-ucr/18864709/2026-06-09T18) at University of California, Riverside - [Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE: Home on the Range Tour 2026](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/earl-sweatshirt-mike-home-on-the-range-tour-2026/18501474/2026-06-09T19) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium - [Karaoke Tuesday Competition at the Hideaway](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/karaoke-tuesday-competition-at-the-hideaway/18262381/2026-06-09T19) at The Hideaway ### Wednesday, June 10 - [Riverside East Rotary Club](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-east-rotary-club/13565436/2026-06-10T07) at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern - [Stretch & Dance Class](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/stretch-dance-class/17541755/2026-06-10T09) at Janet Goeske Senior Center - [One Big Day for Little Lives - Evening Open House & Adoption Event](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/one-big-day-for-little-lives-evening-open-house-adoption-event/18977413/2026-06-10T18) at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center - [Evergreen Cemetery Tour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/evergreen-cemetery-tour/18884634/2026-06-10T10) at Evergreen Cemetery ($21.20) - [Finance Committee](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/finance-committee/18642989/2026-06-10T15) at Riverside City Hall - [History on the Rocks - Round Two! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/history-on-the-rocks-round-two-presented-by-the-mission-inn-foundation/18314303/2026-06-10T17) at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21) ### Thursday, June 11 - [Airport Commission](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/airport-commission/18584286/2026-06-11T15) at Riverside City Hall - [Mobility and Infrastructure Committee](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/mobility-and-infrastructure-committee/18584285/2026-06-11T13) at Riverside City Hall - [History on the Rocks! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/history-on-the-rocks-presented-by-the-mission-inn-foundation/18314294/2026-06-11T17) at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21) - [TFDP Culmination Celebration](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/tfdp-culmination-celebration/16765960/2026-06-11T19) at University Theatre ### Friday, June 12 - [Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-sunrise-rotary-club-meeting/18634391/2026-06-12T07) at Zacatecas Café - [Eastside Library at Bordwell Park | Aztec Culture and Dance](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/eastside-library-at-bordwell-park-aztec-culture-and-dance/18788292/2026-06-12T15) at SPC Jesus S. Duran Eastside Library at Bordwell Park - [Doc Talk](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/doc-talk/18884825/2026-06-12T14) at SSgt. Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library - ["The Miscast Show"](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/the-miscast-show/19030217/2026-06-12T19) at The Box Riverside ($20 - $25) - [Drive In Cruise Night](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/tuxies-drive-in-cruise-night/18584301/2026-06-12T17) at Tuxie's Drive In ### Saturday, Jun 13 - [Moth Madness](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/moth-madness/18898909/2026-06-13T19) at LandUse Learning Center - [Permaculture Design Training and Certificate](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/permaculture-design-training-and-certificate/17147647/2026-06-13T09) at Land Use Learning Center - [Community in Conversation: "Banished Citizens"](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/community-in-conversation-banished-citizens/19061979/2026-06-13T17) at Cellar Door Book Store - [The Altons: Show You Love Tour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/the-altons-show-you-love-tour/18501478/2026-06-13T19) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium - [The Beatles Tribute by 4 Lads from Liverpool](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/the-beatles-tribute-by-4-lads-from-liverpool/18120409/2026-06-13T21) at The Concert Lounge - Romano's Mission Grove ($20.23) - [Olivewood Cemetery Tour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/olivewood-cemetery-tour/18884611/2026-06-13T10) at Olivewood Cemetery ($21.20) - [Painting with PRIDE, a Comedy Paint and Sip](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/painting-with-pride-a-comedy-paint-and-sip/17462033/2026-06-13T11) at BACK TO THE GRIND - [Ripperside Cinema Galore Presents: Eraserhead](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ripperside-cinema-galore-presents-eraserhead/18842015/2026-06-13T19) at Back to the Grind ($12.51) - [ULTRA MODE a Depeche Mode Tribute 06/13](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ultra-mode-a-depeche-mode-tribute-0613/18842016/2026-06-13T23) at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge ($12.51 - $200) ## Save the Date - June 14: [FREE ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-ashtanga-vinyasa-yoga/19060739/2026-06-14T08) at Riverside - June 15: [Wildlife Encounters- IE Kids Outdoors summer camp](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/wildlife-encounters-ie-kids-outdoors-summer-camp/19030975/2026-06-15T09) at California State Citrus Historic Park ($175) - June 19: [Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-sunrise-rotary-club-meeting/18634391/2026-06-19T07) at Zacatecas Café - July 13: [River Camp with IE Kids Outdoors](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/river-camp-with-ie-kids-outdoors/19031148/2026-07-13T08) at Martha McLean Park ($235) - July 20: [Camp Riverside with IE Kids Outdoors](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/camp-riverside-with-ie-kids-outdoors/19031395/2026-07-20T09)at California State Citrus Heritage Park ($200) 🗓️ [See More Events](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/)📝 [Submit Your Event](https://hub.cityspark.com/Event/Submission/Raincross?ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- 📸 [Submit a photo](http://raincrossgazette.com/submitphoto?ref=raincrossgazette.com) to be featured in our newsletters and social media accounts. 🏆 [Nominate a remarkable Riversider](https://rgnotw.paperform.co/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) as Neighbor of the Week.