> ## 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. # πŸ—žοΈ Riverside News- May 31, 2026 - URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riverside-news-may-31-2026/ - Published: 2026-05-31T12:00:49.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-09T02:13:35.000Z - Description: Fatherhood brings Riverside roots, Neighbor of the Week: Greg Cuellar, thread prompt... - Author: Gazette Staff - Tags: Newsletter ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/05/Riverside_RCC_Sigma_Rho__Delta_Chi_float_at_the_Plaza_1961.jpg) A big thank you to Mary Carpenter for sharing this photo of the RCC Sigma Rho and Delta Chi homecoming float, captured by Constant Bilicke. The parade passes storefronts including W.T. Grant Co. and Leeds, with a classic Corvette among the cars lining the route. (Constant Bilicke) **Sunday Gazette: May 31, 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 we're stepping back in time to an RCC homecoming parade, back when W.T. Grant Co. and Leeds lined the route. 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: Lisa Brown and Jill Butler. [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=20260531)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169513/click/0?seed=20260531&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [COMMUNITY](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/community/) ## My Daughter's Hometown In this final installment, Anthony Solorzano explores Riverside through the eyes of a transplant, as the memory of a hometown slowly fades. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/05/RG-Feat-Image-Template-10-2.jpg)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/my-daughters-hometown/) (Anthony Solorzano) With every step we took on our first walk to the park as parents, I became more than just a transplant in the city. With each step, everything mattered: the school district, the park, the community events, the recreational leagues. With every push of the stroller, I suddenly felt like I was where I belonged. Since moving to the Inland Empire, I treated my new home as a foreign place. Since the birth of my daughter, Riverside feels more like our forever home. I've spent my time trying to replicate the life I had in Pomona. I looked for restaurants with menus similar to the ones I grew up eating, tried to set up routines similar to the days I had for 35 years, all in a new city. [Read and share the complete story...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/when-magnolia-avenue-was-riversides-showcase-of-homes/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169515/image/0?seed=20260531)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169515/click/0?seed=20260531&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/neighbor-of-the-week/) ## Neighbor of the Week: Greg Cuellar Neighbor of the Week is a series profiling the hidden heroes of Riverside, doing incredible works of service throughout our different neighborhoods. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/05/RG-Feat-Image-Template-11-3.jpg)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/neighbor-of-the-week-greg-cuellar/) Greg Cuellar, Executive Director of the Riverside Community Arts Association, inside the RCAA Gallery in Downtown. (Brenda Flowers) Greg Cuellar grew up in Riverside and has spent his adult life giving back to the community that raised him. Through a range of leadership and volunteer roles, he has worked to support and strengthen local arts, culture, and community organizations β€” connecting people and ideas and helping make Riverside feel more inclusive and vibrant. He serves as Executive Director of the Riverside Community Arts Association (RCAA) β€” where he previously served as President β€” and as Vice Chair of the Riverside Arts Council. He also collaborates with the Inland Empire Civil Rights Institute, serves on a committee with the Riverside Downtown Partnership, and co-owns Paint Party Professionals, which hosts a monthly paint party at Back to the Grind to bring creativity and connection to the community. A vocal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Greg also lends his support to Riverside Pride and the Ramona High School Magnet Program. [Get to know Greg...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/neighbor-of-the-week-greg-cuellar/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [ ![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169514/image/0?seed=20260531) ](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169514/click/0?seed=20260531&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [CREATIVE PROMPTS](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/creative-prompts/) ## Thread Head A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns. [![a close up of a needle with a red thread](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1622461962346-a4d6c6ffade5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDIzfHx0aHJlYWR8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzgwMDc1MDYxfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/thread-head/) ([Immo Wegmann](https://unsplash.com/@tinkerman?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/thread-head/) --- πŸ“£ ****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 ### Sunday, May 31 - [Prayers and Public Information Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/prayers-and-public-information-meeting/16726617/2026-05-31T11) at Riverside Baha'i Center - [Anime Riverside 2026](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/anime-riverside-2026/18337705/2026-05-31T00) at Riverside Convention Center - [No Question Riverside Stand Up show](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/no-question-riverside-stand-up-show/18842006/2026-05-31T20) at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge ($15) - [**Oscars, Tonys & Grammys**](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/oscars-tonys-grammys/18797026/2026-05-31T16) at Calvary Presbyterian Church ($10- $20) - [UCR Choirs & Orchestra: Dona Nobis Pacem](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ucr-choirs-orchestra-dona-nobis-pacem/19004389/2026-05-31T15) at University Theatre, University of California, Riverside ($6- $10) ### Monday, June 1 - [Volunteer Interest Hour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/volunteer-interest-hour/18161070/2026-06-01T09) at Riverside Meals on Wheels - [Goeske Bingo](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/goeske-bingo/17920930/2026-06-01T09) at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100) - [Monday Carillon Recitals](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/monday-carillon-recitals/17079871/2026-06-01T12) at UCR Bell Tower - [REEF's 27th Annual Golf Tournament](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/reefs-27th-annual-golf-tournament/18542190/2026-06-01T07) at Canyon Crest Country Club ($140- $175) - [Riverside Off-Road & Jeep Nights](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-offroad-jeep-nights/18477720/2026-06-01T17) at D'Elia's Grinders - [Sip with a Scientist](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/sip-with-a-scientist/18962583/2026-06-01T17) at Bar Ni Modo ### Tuesday, June 2 - [ScotSurplus Public Sale](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/scotsurplus-public-sale/17279943/2026-06-02T11) at ScotSurplus, UCR Corporation Yard - [Taiko Ensemble Recital](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/taiko-ensemble-recital/17079812/2026-06-02T12) at The Barn, Outdoor Stage - [Karaoke Tuesday Competition at the Hideaway](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/karaoke-tuesday-competition-at-the-hideaway/18262381/2026-06-02T19) at The Hideaway ### Wednesday, June 3 - [Riverside East Rotary Club](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-east-rotary-club/13565436/2026-06-03T07) at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern - [Transportation Board](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/transportation-board/18982107/2026-06-03T17) 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/18314303/2026-06-03T17) at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21) - [**Paint. Sip. Spark Kindness**](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/paint-sip-spark-kindness/18842007/2026-06-03T18) at HRBC Insurance ($75) - [Stretch & Dance Class](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/stretch-dance-class/17541755/2026-06-03T09) at Janet Goeske Senior Center - [UCR Wind Ensemble](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ucr-wind-ensemble/17554005/2026-06-03T19) at University Theatre ### Thursday, June 4 - [Board of Ethics](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/board-of-ethics/18812402/2026-06-04T18) at Riverside City Hall - [Lincoln Park Community Group](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/lincoln-park-community-group/16552274/2026-06-04T18) at Lincoln Park Community Center - [Planning Commission](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/planning-commission/18584284/2026-06-04T09) at Riverside City Hall - [FREE ADMISSION - First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-admission-first-thursday-of-every-month-during-riverside-artswalk/13230799/2026-06-04T18) at Riverside Art Museum - [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/18314294/2026-06-04T17) at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21) - [Inlandia's Indie Author Fair @ Arts Walk!](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/inlandias-indie-author-fair-arts-walk/18941656/2026-06-04T17) at Riverside Main Library-Community Room - [Palabra at The Cheech](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/palabra-at-the-cheech/18910469/2026-06-04T18) at The Cheech Center for Chicano Art & Culture - [Pour Decisions a Comedy Wine Tasting Summer Edition](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/pour-decisions-a-comedy-wine-tasting-summer-edition/18671860/2026-06-04T18) at Canyon Crest Winery ($39.19) - [UCR Jazz Ensembles](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ucr-jazz-ensembles/17554004/2026-06-04T19) at Culver Center of the Arts - [Whose Live Anyway?](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/whose-live-anyway/18175659/2026-06-04T18) at Fox Performing Arts Center ### Friday, June 5 - [**Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting**](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-sunrise-rotary-club-meeting/18634391/2026-06-05T07) at Zacatecas CafΓ© - [R'Hours at the R'Garden](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/rhours-at-the-rgarden/18094958/2026-06-05T08) at R'Garden - [Courthouse, Murals and Heroes Walking Tour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/courthouse-murals-and-heroes-walking-tour/17901085/2026-06-05T15) at Mission Inn Foundation ($23.18) - [Painting Pets Night, a Comedy Paint and Sip](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/painting-pets-night-a-comedy-paint-and-sip/18671863/2026-06-05T19) at Carbon Nation Brewing ($28.52) ### 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 - [California Adopt-a-Pet Day at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/california-adoptapet-day-at-mary-s-roberts-pet-adoption-center/19009700/2026-06-06T12) at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center - [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) - [Punchis! Punchis! Banda Rave (18+)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/punchis-punchis-banda-rave-18/18501425/2026-06-06T21) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium - [Ryan Bonaminio parkrun](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/ryan-bonaminio-parkrun/14535510/2026-06-06T07) at RYAN BONAMINIO PARK - [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) ## Save the Date - June 7: [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 - June 8: [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) πŸ—“οΈ [See More Events](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/)πŸ“ [Submit Your Event](https://hub.cityspark.com/Event/Submission/Raincross?ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- πŸ“Έ [Submit a photo](http://raincrossgazette.com/submitphoto?ref=raincrossgazette.com) to be featured in our newsletters and social media accounts. πŸ† [Nominate a remarkable Riversider](https://rgnotw.paperform.co/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) as Neighbor of the Week.