There was a time in Yucaipa when stay-at-home moms spent summer days busily sewing back-to-school clothing for their kids, who traditionally returned to their classrooms in September shortly after Labor Day.

The Yucaipa City Council met on July 8 for a special city council meeting and Housing and Economic Development Analyst Caroline Velarde told the council that staff is recommending it approve the exclusive negotiating agreement with Brewcaipa, LLC to negotiate the potential purchase of a port…

Mystic Mirror and Glass has been located in the heart of Yucaipa for 34 years. Business owners Clem and Melanie Grieco provide superior quality glass service and offer a variety of services to their customers such as: shower doors, custom mirrors, wardrobe doors, table tops, replacement wind…

On a recent weekday evening, a steady stream of customers stops by Legend China 8 restaurant in Calimesa.

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread and affect day-to-day living, many local businesses have modified their workings in order to stay open, to help those in need, and to allow some normalcy in people lives. The Queen Bean Caffe is no exception and is going above and beyond to help.

The Yucaipa Planning commission meeting on April 15 took place as scheduled through teleconference. Governor Newsom issued Executive Orders (N-25-20 and N-29020) which temporarily suspended certain requirements of the Brown Act. Pursuant to the Executive Orders, planning commission members m…

Just off U.S. Highway 10 and next door to Crown Village Clock Tower in Calimesa, you will find this treasured German delicatessen. Walking into George’s Market will put you right into the ambiance of a small German deli and market. This special market, which is getting ready to celebrate an …

Historic Uptown Yucaipa was bustling on March 8, as Uptown Wine Merchant celebrated its two-year anniversary.

Are you in need of tires or perhaps a brake job? Korita’s Tires in Yucaipa is your one-stop-shop for all of these things and more. Carlos Murillo has been in business since 2006.

Caveirinha Jiu Jitsu Family Yucaipa (CJJF), a jiu jitsu academy, held one of its first planned competitions for the year 2020 in Yucaipa on Feb. 8. The academy is owned and under the instruction of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Professor Aaron Miller. Coach Heather VanderWeerd also is co-ow…

Cobb’s Printing, LLC has been a family owned business in Yucaipa since 1963. It specializes in quality printing at reasonable prices with customer service at the top of the priority list. It is a full service print shop with real printing presses. It provides in-house graphic design which ca…

Vickie Nelson is the owner of Shabby Rose Quilting and Sewing Cottage, which is located in the Uptown area on Yucaipa Boulevard. The cottage opened in April 2019.

The popularity of CBD oil has been growing across the country. In California, shops across the state are opening up and asking people to try what some people think is a very potent medicine. BareCbd recently opened in Yucaipa and the owner, like many others, thinks of it as a revolutionary m…

Looking for an elegant and relaxing place to get a massage or skin care treatment? Look no further than in Historic Uptown Yucaipa and check out one of its newest shops, Pure Roots Wellness Center. In addition to services, it is a newly remodeled, calming and contemporary store that offers a…

Eric and Mallory Drazin, the owners of Oak Glen Tobacconist, don’t want you to think of their business as a smoke shop. Oak Glen Tobacconist is far more refined and seems to embody a vintage sort of vibe that strikes a different note than a run-of-the-mill smoke shop.

Dutch Touch Window Cleaning is a one-stop shop for most all of your window needs. With 14 employees, they cover all of the Inland Empire, the mountain communities and Coachella Valley. Specializing in residential and commercial window cleaning, window track cleaning, soft pressure washing, s…

Roundabout Sweets & Treats officially cut the ribbon for the business on Oct. 12, but has been selling candy at their shop on the corner of Yucaipa Boulevard and California Street since April.

Before owning and operating the award winning business LA Custom Pools and Spas, Glenn Douglas graduated from Claremont High School in 1982. Having a father who was a pool laborer, Douglas put himself through college working in the pool industry. He went on to receive his BA in Business mana…

John Jorn has a passion for fish.

Buried deep in the depths of unusable items lays troves of treasure waiting to be discovered, and at Second Chance Thrift Store they’ve mastered the art of treasure hunting.

There’s a new coffee shop in Yucaipa – Hearthwood Coffee Roasters. Kevin Lentz, owner and roaster, has been hailed by a local food critic as “the best coffee roaster within a 30-mile radius.” Lentz got his barista training working for several years at Queen Bean Caffe, also in Yucaipa. He th…

With such an eclectic variety of foods and services offered at the shopping center located at the corner of Calimesa Boulevard and Myrtlewood Drive, in Calimesa, one might be convinced it was orchestrated that way on purpose. But it wasn’t. Sometimes things just fall into place without a pla…

The Calimesa Event Center held its Grand Re-Opening on July 20, to showcase its new updates. The party featured a ribbon cutting, two bands, Pixie Sunshine and My Generation, a bounce house for kids, free appetizers as well as food such as hamburgers and fruit cups for purchase, and most imp…

At Frisch’s Clock Chalet and Gift Shop, customers can find anything from greeting cards and mugs to clocks and model trains. The shop offers many well-known brand items such as Jim Shore and Precious Moments as well.

Cindy Hamilton’s business name, Healing Hearts Sanctuary, came to be as a result of her own experience nine years ago.

Kenneth “Kenny” Jepson is an ambitious entrepreneur who opened both Jepson’s Guns & Ammo and JPT Garage in the past two years.

Massaro and Welsh, located at 34840 Yucaipa Blvd., is a multidisciplinary civil engineering firm offering a wide variety of services, including landscape design and planning, field surveying, and construction management involving water utilities and street improvements.

In unison, dancers at the barre rise up on their toes in time with the music and directions from instructor Julia Olsen-Rodriguez.

Established in 1971, Yucaipa Vacuum & Sewing is a one-stop shop for your entire vacuum needs. Sheri Carrasco has been in the vacuum business for 13 years and purchased the shop from Marlowe Johnson, in February of 2011.

Owner Ben Mozaffari opened Wine Merchant on March 3, 2018, and it has steadily grown to be a casual hub for local wine lovers.

One of the newest stores in Uptown Yucaipa is Jepson’s Guns and Ammos. Owned and operated by 20 year Yucaipa resident Kenny Jepson along with his wife LaRae, Jepson’s officially opened on Black Friday 2018. “I did not grow up in Yucaipa but I had friends here and visited often. When LaRae an…

John Simister knows cars. He started Auto Care Clinic in May 1980. The first location was at the current USA gas station and he was there for two years before moving to the current location on the corner of Adams Street and Yucaipa Boulevard. He has been there at 35207 Yucaipa Blvd., for 37 …

Martial arts is a great way to get in shape, learn the value of self-discipline and become skilled in a method of self-defense. Kids and adults alike can benefit from learning styles and techniques, and Yucaipa locals have a new location to train in My Focus Taekwondo.

Walk into the Chai Coffee Company, one of the newest small businesses in Yucaipa, and the first thing you notice is how cool and laid back the place is. With muted and earthy tones on the walls and furniture and soft jazz floating amongst the largely young clientele and staff, Chai is defini…

If you are looking for an afternoon out, or a place to host a party close to home, give Lazer Legacy a try. With a 4,500 square foot themed arena, Lazer Legacy has gone all in to give the community an ultimate laser tag experience.

Lemon Shark Poke is Yucaipa’s newest eatery and if you enjoy casual Japanese-inspired culinary fare, this place is for you.

Yucaipa resident Karen Pierce has, in her words, “always been entrepreneurial.” Having at various points in her life operated an interior plant care service, a gift shop, and a chain of video stores in Temecula, that certainly seems to be the case.

Restaurant: The Haus European Bistro opened in June 2017 and is located at 534 Myrtlewood Dr., in Calimesa.

Owned and operated by Yucaipa resident Wendy Wilson and her husband Richard, Charming Massage has been bringing the best of massage therapy to the area since 2007.

Wandering the aisles of a local book store never gets old, and local residents got to celebrate one such shop and its new owner at a ceremony in Uptown.

To celebrate their senior care company’s 20th anniversary, local business owners Jim and Denise Hammond held a celebration and ribbon cutting at their Comfort Keepers location in Yucaipa on July 18.

Having worked for Costco as a manager in the meat department for over 20 years, Brian English and his wife Bonnie decided it was time for a change.

There’s a new home for the arts in Yucaipa.

Cobb’s Printing has been the cornerstone in the city of Yucaipa, since Henry (Hank) Cobb purchased Cobb’s Printing in 1963. The quaint print shop is located at 13324 California St., between Avenue G and Avenue H. Cobb’s Printing specializes in quality printing and utilizes real printing presses.

Jackie Bright opened her new studio, Bright Esthetics, in Historic Uptown Yucaipa on May 26. She said it has been a great venture with a steady new increase in customers.

This past weekend, Suveg Cellars held its grand opening for its tasting room on California Street in Yucaipa. On Saturday, June 23, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held.

Within the past several years, beards have become increasingly popular among men. From athletes to celebrities to average men about town, facial hair is definitely in. This newfound scruffiness, however fun and bohemian it may be, doesn’t take care of itself. Enter Dirtnap Handcrafted, a Yuc…

Open since March, Uptown Wine Merchant is one of the newest businesses in Yucaipa. Though its quiet location on Yucaipa Boulevard suggests a kind of rustic local vibe, those who enter are immediately greeted with the world in bottles. Featuring an expansive array of wines from all over the g…

Local artist Robert Lopez is a metal-smith who designs the most unique jewelry around. He owns and operates Robert Lopez Designs which is about to be a must visit destination spot here in Yucaipa.

Spring is officially here. Now is the thyme to jump start your garden with vegetables and other landscape needs from Sunshine Growers Nursery in Yucaipa. The colorful 3-acre property is filled with a wide variety of perennials, fruit trees, rose trees, ornamentals and ground cover.

Centerpoint Dental is the premier clinic in the Yucaipa/Calimesa area.

Hop iN! Indoor Playground and Cafe is all the rage.

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), there are 39,471 homeless American veterans on any given night. With that in mind, three Yucaipa residents started a business, Jumpbanz, made by veterans, with profits going directly back to veterans.

Dutch Touch Window Cleaning has been in business since 1989.

The Set Free Jesus’ Hands Thrift Store in Yucaipa is not only a great little store to purchase high quality used products at a discount rate; it also contributes to those in need.

Everyone has seen the paracord bracelets. Jumpbanz are parachute jump cord bracelets made by veterans with profits going back directly into veterans pockets. Check them out at Jumpbanz.com and look for an upcoming article in the News Mirror.

American Road Trip Bar and Grill serves iconic American food and first class customer service.

A & W Tax Service is a small town, family owned business with a huge clientele.