Sunday Gazette: September 7, 2025
Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday! Whether you cheer for the Bears, Braves, Eagles, Huskies, Lions, Rams, Trojans, Wolves or simply consider Riverside “Home Forever,” show your Riverside pride with our 2025 Back to School Collection. Featuring signature tees in fresh colorways and youth sizes, we’re offering pre-order pricing of $5 off every shirt through Sunday, September 14, plus bundle-and-save options:
- 2-3 shirts: 15% off
- 4-5 shirts: 20% off
- 6+ shirts: 25% off
- Mix & match 3+ shirts across adult/youth sizes for special pricing, plus buy 5, get the 6th 50% off
Grab your bundle, save, and start the year showing your Riverside pride!
HISTORY
A Costly Outing: Riverside Family’s Fishing Trip Ends in Fiery Disaster
Ransom B. Shelden and his family learned the hard way in 1909 that even a well-packed White Steamer can’t escape misfortune. From a backfiring gas tank to a total loss, their fishing trip to San Antonio Canyon became an unforgettable adventure.
A fishing outing for a few days became quite costly for Ransom B. Shelden and his family. The party left Riverside as passengers in a White Steamer automobile on Saturday morning, May 1, 1909, for a camping and fishing trip to San Antonio Canyon. The big 1908 White Steamer automobile included Shelden, his wife Cardelia, his son Ransom P., two young ladies, and the chauffeur, Fred Harver. Filling up the large auto was a hamper with food, fishing gear, a rifle, overcoats, and other needed supplies.
Rollin White, the son of the founder of White Motor Company, developed the White Steamer. Rollin created a special water-tube steam generator in which the coils were all joined at the top, allowing the water to flow only when pumped, thereby providing better control. His invention also operated a superheated unit, taking advantage of the steam’s higher temperatures. The first cars were offered to the public in April 1901. In 1907, President Teddy Roosevelt allowed his Secret Service to use a White Steamer to follow his horse-drawn carriage. The last car was built in January 1911 as the company transitioned to gas-powered vehicles.
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CREATIVE PROMPTS
Get the Vapors
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
This week, we're warming up our creative muscles to find inspiration in the truly temporary: steam. Contemplating how water adapts to its surroundings, embracing new forms while remaining fundamentally itself, is a great way to introduce several minutes of creative play without delay. From the whistle of a tea kettle to the sauna conditions of your morning shower, steam is a physical manifestation of change. It's the moment when one world, heat, meets its equal, cold, and must adapt to get anywhere interesting.
Not unlike our own artistic practices. We must adapt to what we have around us and what we have time to do. I spend a lot of creative energy lamenting this fact as a creative human being. But water does not complain about having to become liquid to get down the mountain or steam to get back up; it takes the shape it needs to do what it desires.
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This Week in Riverside
Sunday, September 7
- Welcome Back Kick-Off at First Congregational Church of Riverside
- Prayers and Public Information Meeting at Riverside Baha'i Center
- English Country Dance at First United Methodist Church of Riverside
- Learn Origami at UCR Botanic Gardens
- The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa's Annual Event & Wedding Showcase at (Free- $17.85)
- Storytime in the Gardens at UCR Botanic Gardens
- Towards Zero at Riverside Community Players ($20)
Monday, September 8
- Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc
- Clean Campus Competition Art Contest at Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
- Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful Business Closet at Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
- Land Use Committee at Riverside City Hall
- Icons in Transformation Ribbon Cutting and Gala at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Victoria Country Club
- Interfaith Prayer Meeting at Riverside Baha'i Center
- Men's Soccer vs. San Diego State at UCR Soccer Stadium
Tuesday, September 9
- Riverside County Board of Supervisors Meeting at County Administrative Center
- 909 Day - A Celebration for the Inland Empire at Riverside Municipal Auditorium-Garden Room
- Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue
- Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway
Wednesday, September 10
- Stretch & Dance Class at Janet Goeske Senior Center
- Free Reading Assistance Program at My Learning Studio
- Beginning Square Dance Lessons with Line Dancing at Cowtown Square Dance Center ($5- $7)
- Riverside Mission Belles at Victoria Presbyterian Church
- Riverside Open Mic Music Series at Back to the Grind
Thursday, September 11
- Architectural Walking Tour of Downtown Riverside at Mission Inn Foundation & Visitor Center ($21.20)
- Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at Riverside City Hall
- Downtown Riverside Haunted Tours Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Tour Starts In front of Eliza Tibbets Statue ($39.19)
- Neighbors of the Wood Streets at Eden Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
- Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Benefit Night at Riverside Community Players at Riverside Community Players Theatre ($25- $40)
- Speak Your Soul: A Powerful Spoken Word Event at Riverside City College
- Women's Soccer at CBU at California Baptist University
Friday, September 12
- Extreme Heat Summit 2025 at California Air Resources Board
- Local History Presentation: History of the Riverside Fire Department at Main Library
- Courthouse, Murals and Heroes Walking Tour at Mission Inn Foundation ($23.18)
- Enanitos Verdes tribute at The Hideaway Riverside! at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge
- Murder Mystery Co. Dinner Theater Show at The Old Spaghetti Factory at The Old Spaghetti Factory ($69)
- Shrek Rave (18+) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
- Cruise Night at Tuxie's Drive In
Saturday, September 13
- 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ at Magnolia Church
- Frank Miller's Vault Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation & Tower Agency at Riverside Airport ($15- $25)
- Benise - 25 Years of Passion! at Fox Performing Arts Center ($73.89)
- Comic Book Comedy Paint and Sip at Back to the Grind
- Paint & Sip with LiaNardo Mobile Paint & Sip at Canyon Crest Winery! at Canyon Crest Winery
- River Ratts! w/ Desmadre, Cold Cut, Enjoiska & Donuts! at The Concert Lounge - Romano's Mission Grove
- The Switchblades @ Fret's Music at Fret's Music
- Urban Heat - Garden Room @ RMA at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Save the Date
- September 14: Meet Ludmila Pawlowska, the artist behind Icons in Transformation at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Schools
- September26: Concert Under the Stars at Private Residence ($200)
- October 6: Moon Festival at Heritage House
- October 15: Fifty & Better Health Fair at Janet Goeske Center
- October 18: Pink on Parade Breast Cancer Awareness Walk at Ryan Bonaminio Park ($22.20 - $32.80)
- October18: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Rideat Riverside Plaza ($15- $80)
- October 25: Friends of the Mission Inn Present: Nosferatu - a Silent Movie at The Mission Inn ($30- $35)
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