Travel

Stay, Play, Repeat

Skip the airport. The getaway you need is right here at Temecula Creek Inn. Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia Here's the plot twist of the summer: the trip you've been craving doesn't need a boarding pass — just twenty minutes and a bag you'll barely bother to unpack. Tucked into more than 300 oak-shaded acres at the edge of wine country, a freshly reimagined Temecula Creek Inn makes a quietly convincing case that the ultimate flex isn't going far. It's going slow. Consider...

Fitness

The Best Thing I've Done

for My Kids This Year Has Nothing to Do with Them Article by Rancho Health Patient Testimonial | Photography by Stephen Byrne By 35, I’d come to terms with a few things. The college jersey wasn’t fitting anymore. My “highlight reels” lived exclusively in the heads of people legally obligated to remember them — namely, my wife and my mom. And somewhere between toddler tantrums, work emails that never stop, and the dad-bod creeping in like an uninvited houseguest, my body sent up a flare. Weekly...

Fitness

GAME ON

How a single free lesson grew into Temecula's pickleball boom. Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia Temecula's buzziest new hangout doesn't pour wine or plate brunch. It's eight freshly painted pickleball courts at Michael "Mike" Naggar Community Park, which opened this summer — and if the city's track record means anything, they were full by sunset. That's just how it goes here now. In five years, Temecula has gone from a couple of courts to a genuine pickleball town — and the...

Entertainment

Sweet Escape

Furry Friends + Fresh Chocolate = Best Day Ever Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Time Stood Still Photography It's the sweetest little zoo in Temecula — a hilltop packed with rescued animals, knockout views, and fresh chocolate made right on site. Furry friends + fresh chocolate = best day ever. Here's a sentence you don't get to write very often: there's a place in Temecula where you can spend the morning making new animal friends and the afternoon picking out hand-dipped chocolates —...

Life + Culture

SHOWING UP:

A CASA STORY Article by Hannah Cole Voices for Children Riverside County 2025 CASA of the Year is California resident and Torrance Police Sergeant Ron Salary. He was recognized in December 2025. For one local police sergeant, serving the community doesn't stop when the shift ends. After years of encountering children during their most frightening moments, he wanted to meet them somewhere different — somewhere safe. That desire led him to Voices for Children and the role of Court Appointed...

Arts + Culture

Inside ArtLaB, The Gallery

with Leslie A. Brown Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia There is a painting in Leslie Brown’s gallery that started with a photograph of herself at twenty-two years old. She printed it on gel — a thin, translucent medium made from acrylic, almost delicate — and then added wings. Cut from the same gel print. Collaged onto a background she built herself. Two griffins flank the image, pulled from a reference she fell in love with at a gallery in New York City. The griffin, she’ll...

Arts + Culture

Under The Big Top

Circus Vargas brought its most dazzling production yet to Temecula! Article by Desiree Allen | Photography by Alex Tapia There is a moment, somewhere between the aerialist and the Globe of Death, when something shifts. The phone goes away. The to-do list evaporates. The child next to you grabs your arm. And for a few suspended seconds, everyone under the Big Top is experiencing exactly the same thing at exactly the same time. That is the particular magic of Circus Vargas — and in April 2026...

Health + Wellness

Are Sunbeds the Future of Holistic Wellness?

Give me 5 minutes and I think I might convince you that sunbeds are the future of health and wellness.By Brian De MintFor decades, sunlight has been caught in a strange cultural tug-of-war.On one side, we instinctively know we feel better after spending time in the sun. We sleep better, our mood improves, and we feel more energized. On the other side, we've been taught to avoid sunlight whenever possible.Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking an important question:What happens when humans...

Auto + Marine

The Hand That Paints History

Article by Sean Arnett Before vinyl wrap. Before digital print. Before a computer ever touched a logo — there was a man with a brush, a steady hand, and paint that smelled like a race shop. Every sign over a bar, every letter on a delivery truck, every number on a race car door was put there by hand. The spacing, the weight, the serif on a capital R — all of it was judgment, craft, and muscle memory. At places like Orange Show Speedway and 605 Speedway, Saturday nights in Southern California...

Health + Wellness

It's Amazing What Light Can Do!

There’s something quietly revolutionary happening in wellness right now.People are waking up to the idea that health isn’t found in another prescription bottle or another disconnected symptom-management strategy. Deep down, we already know this. The body was designed to heal, regulate, adapt, and thrive when given the right environment.That’s the heartbeat behind Salt & Light Wellness.We built Salt & Light around an ancient principle that modern culture forgot: the human body needs...