🍊 Sunday Gazette: September 28, 2025

Sunday Gazette: September 28, 2025

Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday! What a gorgeous Sunday we're having! At 81° with partly cloudy skies, it's the perfect fall day to soak up before Monday rolls around. Whether you're relaxing outdoors or just enjoying the view from your window, we hope you're making the most of this beautiful weather. Here's to savoring these last sweet hours of the weekend before the work and school week begins. Enjoy!

COMMUNITY

Court-Side Connections: Why Riverside's People Make It Home

A series by Anthony Solorzano exploring Riverside through the eyes of a transplant, as the memory of a hometown slowly fades.

Sweat drops as a teenager dribbles the ball up the basketball court. He takes the shot from the paint, with his hands visibly tired, and misses.

Rather than putting him down, Coach Tori Mitchell stops him for pointers. She speaks with compassion and motivation. The kid grabs the ball and repeats the shot, this time, he sinks the shot. His biggest fan, Coach Tori, cheers him on and pushes him to do it again.

I stumbled into Mitchell's class during my daily walks with my dog. She is loud, but if you pay attention to what she says, it paints a picture of a supportive coach who loves the game.

Watching her push her students to give it their all is one of the reasons I’ve fallen in love with Riverside. The people, like Mitchell, within the city make it feel just like home.

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NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK

Neighbor of the Week: Local Legend Kaylee Hauck

Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.

Today we’re debuting a new addition to Neighbor of the Week, Local Legends. This feature celebrates Riverside athletes, coaches and sports figures whose dedication and achievements inspire our community. Know a Local Legend? Nominate them today!

Kaylee, a Riverside native, is proud to carry on a family legacy of soccer rooted at California Baptist University, where both parents once played. Guided by faith and the values instilled by her family, she has built her career on discipline, leadership, and hard work. Her athletic journey began with Legends FC, where her love for the game deepened under the mentorship of Coach Bryan Kuderman and her father, Jason Hauck. She went on to play at Martin Luther King High School, where winning the CIF Championship as a junior and earning Player of the Year were career highlights. Later, she joined Sporting California ECNL before committing to CBU, where she continues to excel as a student-athlete. Along the way, friendships forged at UCR, strong mentorship, and Riverside’s supportive soccer community shaped her into the leader she is today. Grateful for her city, her family, and her faith, she plays every match with pride for Riverside and with the goal of inspiring the next generation.

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CREATIVE PROMPTS

Moss is Boss

A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.

This week, we're leaving the clean, sanitized world of your computer for something far older, quieter, and life-sustaining: moss and lichen. As someone who makes art outdoors, I have witnessed firsthand their quiet presence on trees and rocks—a miniaturized version of the philosophy "“slow and steady wins the race."

These are parts of the world not investigated by people most of the time. Or thought about. Before writing this column, I thought moss, lichen, and fungus were all three names for the same thing.

Like our creative minds, these life forms are associated with spaces that don't get much sunshine, a condition that can be both helpful and harmful. My best creative work happens in the quiet hours, away from the glaring pressure of an audience. I find wondering if I'm "seen" an obsessive distraction—something moss and lichen made peace with eons ago!

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This Week in Riverside

Sunday, September 28

• Beauty & The Bag Brunch at Sassy Gal Beauty
• Prayers and Public Information Meeting at Riverside Baha'i Center
• Downtown Riverside Haunted Tours Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Tour Starts In front of Eliza Tibbets Statue ($39.19)
• Cutest Pet Contest at the Marcy Library at Marcy Library
• Folds of Identity: Storytelling Through Origami at Civil Rights Institute Inland Southern California
• Free Christian Art Exhibit: Icons in Transformation at Immanuel Lutheran Church
• Full Circle Players Fall Repertory Productions at The Box Riverside ($22- $25)
• Don Hertzfeldt's Animation Mixtape at Culver Center of the Arts

Monday, September 29

• Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc
• Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful Business Closet at Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
• 40th Annual Beautification Awards at Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
• Assistance League Thrift Shop Accepting Donations at Assistance League Riverside Thrift Shop
• 2025 Kindness Works Summit at Riverside County Office of Education Conference Center
• Clean Campus Competition Art Contest at Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce

Tuesday, September 30

• Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue
• Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway

Wednesday, October 1

• Riverside East Rotary Club at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
• Stretch & Dance Class at Janet Goeske Senior Center
• Free Reading Assistance Program at My Learning Studio
• Men's Soccer vs. CSUN at UCR Soccer Stadium
• Riverside Mission Belles at Victoria Presbyterian Church
• Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Meliia's Lemonade Stand at Corner of Jane and Victoria
• Riverside Open Mic Music Series at Back to the Grind
• Twilight in Concert at Fox Performing Arts Center

Thursday, October 2

• DÍa de los Muertos: Remembering Loved Ones at Riverside Main Library Community Room
• Lincoln Park Community Group at Lincoln Park Community Center
• UC Riverside Highlanders Women's Volleyball vs. UC Irvine Anteaters at UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
• Women's Soccer vs. Long Beach State at UCR Soccer Stadium
• Women's Volleyball vs. UC Irvine at SRC Arena
• Deafheaven at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• FREE ADMISSION - First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk at Riverside Art Museum
• Free Tours of First Congregational Church of Riverside at First Congregational Church of Riverside
• MoR at Artswalk - Victorian Hoaxes! at Main Street and University Avenue Riverside, CA 92501

Friday, October 3

• Murder Mystery Co. Dinner Theater Show at The Old Spaghetti Factory at The Old Spaghetti Factory ($69)
• NwtM - Preserving Ancient Artifacts at Riverside Main Library Community Room
• Rock the house world tours at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge
• Shoreline Mafia - Back In Bidness Tour at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• Watch Party: "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones at Heritage House

Saturday, October 4

• Breast Cancer Awareness Brunch at Riverside Community Hospital - Health Education Center
• CatVideoFest 2025 (encore) at Culver Center of the Arts
• Free Christian Art Exhibit: Icons in Transformation at Immanuel Lutheran Church
• Let's Get Ready, Riverside! Program Launch: Community Q+A at Main Library
• Pumpkin Patch at Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery ($7)
• Rewind: The Ultimate 2000's Night (18+) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• Tombstone Cinema: Hocus Pocus 2 at Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery ($15.00)
• UC Riverside Highlanders Women's Volleyball vs. Cal St. Fullerton Titans at UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
• Women's Volleyball vs. Cal State Fullerton at SRC Arena

Save the Date

• October 5: Free Christian Art Exhibit: Icons in Transformation at Immanuel Lutheran Church
• October 5: Full Circle Players Fall Repertory Productions at The Box Riverside ($22- $25) 
• October 5: Local History Book Fair and Silent Auction at Riverside City Hall
• 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) 
• October 18: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Ride at Riverside Plaza ($15- $80) 
• October 25: Aquamotion Aquathon at Shamel Park Pool
• October 25: Friends of the Mission Inn Present: Nosferatu - a Silent Movie at The Mission Inn ($30- $35)
• November 15: NORA's 44th Annual Dinner & Auction Gala at Victoria Club ($175)

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