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Fashion student Alexis Solorio squats with her hands folded. She wears a lim green overcoat, ripped blue jeans, and a black shirt with a necklace with a cross. Left of her is sample of her fashion drawings of four women in different fashion attire.

Alexis Solorio, Fashion Student: Wear Your Hope

Sophia Partida June 8, 2022

Story by Sophia Partida. The role of a student designer in a world cluttered with clothing “My style?” She looked down at her clothes. “Very bright,” she replied with a smile. She was wearing...

Officer Jesus Montes in police uniform

Behind the Badge: From Pupil to Police Officer

Hayley Lawson June 8, 2022

Story by Hayley Lawson. It is important to highlight the people who work every day to keep us safe and their impact on our daily lives. Since 2016, Palomar College Police Chief Chris Moore has remained...

A potrait of Dr. Lisette Lasater.

Lasater Wants Literary Change: How an English Professor Makes a How Diversity Is Represented in U.S. Literature.

Chris Gallegos June 8, 2022

Story by Christopher Gallegos. Dr. Lisette Ordorica Lasater has changed many lives in only a few years at Palomar College where her own college career started. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants...

Greg Clowminzer. (Photo courtesy of Greg Clowminzer)

Professional Business Coach and Life Coaching

Adam Correa June 5, 2022

How Greg Clowminzer went from being a college dropout to running a successful life coaching business in San Diego. Life coach Greg Clowminzer, 60, was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn. and moved to...

A sample of sports cards at Next Level Sports Cards in Temecula, Calif. (Giovanni Vallido/IMPACT Magazine)

Next Level Sports Cards

Giovanni Gallindo June 5, 2022

Walking into a card store is like walking into a time machine. From piles of vintage wax boxes stacked up, to glass cases with valuable and rare cards to look at and walls covered with signed jerseys...

Owner Socheata Chea of Rancho Donuts in Temecula had to adapt and change during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to stay afloat. (Matthew Villapando/IMPACT Magazine)

Rancho Donuts

Matthew Villapando June 5, 2022

While the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down many businesses throughout Riverside County, one little donut shop in Temecula is surviving. With the closure of non-essential businesses, many early birds’...

SoCal Games and Comics in Temecula, Calif., has kept the gaming and comic fandom alive during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and early 2021. (Morgan Davidson/IMPACT Magazine)

SoCal Games and Comics

Morgan Davidson June 5, 2022

With the threat of comic book and game stores being wiped out, SoCal Games and Comics still stands tall. 2020 began as a year of excitement for the fandom community. Many new events and major reveals...

Farenheit 451 Books was named after the famous novel by Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451" because the original was burned down in the 2003 Cedar Fire in Ramona. (Riley Sullivan/IMPACT Magazine)

Farenheit 451 Books: A Bibliophile’s Bliss

Riley Sullivan June 5, 2022

Story and photos by Riley Sullivan. From fatherhood to fires, learn the story of how a local bookstore came to be. Built from the ashes, “Farenheit 451 Books” is a small bookstore with narrow...

Photographer Christian Magday at Studio 94 takes a high school senior's photo. ((Jacob Koehler/IMPACT Magazine)

Studio 94

Jake Koehler June 5, 2022

Studio 94 has been staying safe and sturdy during the pandemic, but they have not been without troubles. Studio 94 has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have not let it break their...

Eric Prais, owner of B&E Applications. (Photo courtesy of Eric Prais)

B & E Applications

Thalia Medina June 5, 2022

Eric Prais, who is the owner of B & E Applications, founded the business back in 1993. Prais’ business was about making the customer happy with what they wanted their house or business to look like....

Old Town Spice and Merchants offers a large variety of teas and spices that are directly from India, Japan, China, and Germany. (Jamie Martinez/IMPACT Magazine)

Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants: A Spice and Tea Wonderland

Jamie Martinez June 5, 2022

For over 13 years, Old Town Spice & Merchants has been Temecula's favorite local spice and tea merchants shop. A “people person” is how Sue Kelly, 56, owner of Old Time Spice & Tea Merchants...

Owner Manny Mimoso beams in front of Throwback Gamez, which had undergone major repairs in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic after he signed the lease one day before the California shutdown on March 11, 2020. (Max Cruz/IMPACT Magazine)

Throwback Gamez

Max Cruz June 5, 2022

Who likes video games and has a little extra stimmy money to spend? If you’re a student that lives on the coast and likes retro video games and collectables, Throwback Gamez is the place for you. Throwback...

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