Steven Cuevas

When Mark Twain was born in 1835, Halley's Comet lit the night. That’s the story he liked to tell anyway. When the great American writer and humorist passed away a hundred years ago this April, the comet supposedly crossed the sky again. Twain's often tumultuous final years are the subject of a new book by Pitzer College president Laura Skandera Trombley called "Mark Twain's Other Woman." It details the relationship between Twain and his much younger female assistant. A relationship that burned as brightly as any comet.

A group of globetrotting Korean street performers is in Claremont this week to spread an environmentally conscious message. You can make music, and fun, out of junk - if you just think differently. That’s why you shouldn’t toss that big plastic Coke bottle yet. You could be throwing away your seat in the orchestra.

Many Christians are celebrating the end of Easter Week. Jesus is said to have been about 33 years old when he died. The man who’s been portraying him on stage for almost 40 years in the rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” is twice that age. Ted Neeley just kicked off “Superstar’s” latest tour in Riverside.

A restored World War Two-era bomber is coming to an airport near Temecula – and you can be a passenger.

Last summer, inmates at the California Institution for Men in Chino sparked the biggest and bloodiest riot in the prison's history. Seven months later, state prison officials have issued their report on how prison staff handled the violence. The Corrections report praises corrections officers for showing “extreme bravery” during the riot – some former inmates don’t see it that way.

An Inland Empire museum wants your body. Actually what you put on your body. The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is seeking tattooed and bejeweled subjects for an exhibit called “Adornment.”

Last August, a riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino demolished barracks and injured about 200 prisoners. Some prisoners claim they had to live outdoors for nearly a week after the riot. Others say the practice began months before the riot and hasn’t stopped.

Lt. Mark Hargrove slowly steers an SUV across Reception Center West at the California Institution for Men. Reception Center West features an open field lined with eight wooden barracks.

Rumors of violence swirled for days before the riot exploded inside the Chino prison’s Reception Center West.

State investigators are launching a probe of inmate treatment at the California Institution for Men in Chino. The Office of the Inspector General investigation of the prison comes in response to information uncovered by KPCC that inmates were held outdoors for days at a time, because of the prison’s lack of bed space.

Memorial plans are in the works for an influential California musician who left an indelible mark on music as a member of Janis Joplin’s band. Guitarist James Gurley died of heart failure over the Christmas holiday.

More than a thousand members of a little known branch of Islam are gathering this weekend in Chino. The annual retreat is a time for Ahmadiyya Muslims to reaffirm beliefs that some consider heretical.