When Magnolia Avenue Was Riverside's Showcase of Homes
The horticulturists and entrepreneurs who settled the boulevard in Riverside's citrus heyday left behind a neighborhood and a legacy.
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Riverside Celebrates 250 Years at the Mission Inn Museum
"Riverside: An All-American City" gathers presidential artifacts, bicentennial kitsch and Frank Miller's peace flag under one small roof.
Vintage Home Tour Frames America 250 Through Five Houses
Five private homes built between 1924 and 1955 open for one Saturday — three decades of American life, told through the houses Riversiders lived in.
Palms, Presidents and Pepper Trees
The story behind Magnolia Avenue's grand design, its presidential cross streets and the settlers who made it Southern California's most celebrated boulevard.
How Bill Wilkman Found Riverside's Butterfly Man
A rare specimen, finally cataloged.
Still Standing: Post 79's Clubhouse Turns 100
Built on land donated by a Riverside mayor, the American Legion's Lake Evans home has served veterans for a century.
Sherman Indian High School Inter-Tribal Pow Wow: 40 Years of Resilience and Celebration
Forty years later, Sherman Indian High School's Inter-Tribal Pow Wow is still going strong, and so are the people who made it happen.
Riverside Concert Band Celebrates 150 Years of Music at Fairmount Park
A free, all-day festival on April 25 brings together eight bands to mark the oldest all-volunteer band in America.
First Notes at Dawn
When Riverside held its first Easter Sunrise Pilgrimage in 1909, Gustav Hilverkus was there — cornet in hand, music echoing off the mountain.
New Exhibit Brings Chicano Art and History to Casa Blanca Library
The "Ojos del Tiempo" installation features rotating works by local and nationally recognized artists alongside bilingual literature celebrating the neighborhood's Mexican-American roots.
Riverside Looks to Its Own History to Mark America's 250th
A summer of concerts, drone shows, murals and illuminated landmarks will mark the semiquincentennial from May through December.
City Council Awards Contract for Riverside Civil Rights Walk
The Downtown trail will link 24 civil rights history sites, with construction set to break ground in May and a ribbon-cutting planned for fall.