r/Redlands

Check out this development plan for the corner of Stuart and Eureka. I am curious what the communities thoughts are? I for one am always curious at the upcoming developments and think this sounds pretty cool. I wish we could know how long it will be till this is constructed. I also always feel like these mock ups are way more stylish than the actual building, but it seems to have a really nice look and feel. https://bsharchitects.com/balboa-mixed-use-housing-redlands-ca

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Does anyone have any catering recs to feed a 120 people in January 2027? Its for a wedding reception. Preferably mexican food, but am open to any great recommendations.

Had to pay thousands and max out my card for an emergency repair for my car a while back (credit score took a major hit) and work has been really slow (lot of layoffs). Getting a new job isn’t easy, and I’ve luckily been able to go full time with my employer very recently, but my current lease ends by the end of the month, and my score isn’t good enough / paystubs aren’t fat enough to look good on rental applications. Also I have less than $1000 in my account right now and had to forfeit my security deposit on my current room just to make the final month of rent.

And quite honestly, I’m tired of having to dump nearly half of my monthly income into rent just for a half-decent room without utilities included, with somewhat clean roommates who may or may not turn out to be psychos / assholes / schizoids / drug addicts.
And I’m tired of always living on the ropes and being driven to diet homelessness every time I face a crisis.

I’ve lived out of a previously-owned Nissan Sentra three times before, so I’ve got a decent amount of experience. I’ve already gotten everything in order as well (month-to-month storage unit rental for belongings, clothes / comforts / cooler all fit in the trunk where they can be covered up with a tarp the car came with, gym membership for working out + showering, blackout blinds for car windows, etc.) I’ve even made a 6-month timeline for myself to pay off my credit card and to save up for a 10,000$ emergency fund, with all of my essential expenses accounted for as tight of a budget as I can manage sustainably.

But the one thing I haven’t quite figured out yet is where I’m going to park the car safely. Last time I lived out of my car, it was in a safe area in front of an Anytime Fitness in another county, and the local sheriff’s office sort of ‘knew of’ me and didn’t bother me since I didn’t cause problems where I parked.

Where in Redlands can I park safely in a rotation of locations that I can rely on for 6ish months without risking a citation / tow / harassment by security? My job is very labor intensive, and I’m going to need all the restful sleep I can get. That $160 monthly permit for Riverside’s 24/7 Downtown garage bullsht is too expensive, and I’m doubtful that my warehouse managers will be cool with me parking around our building (although I will try to get their blessing since it is basically the best-case scenario : heavily-monitored 24 hr facility that would basically make my commute non-existent and help me save on gas )
I was thinking of Wildwood Rest Area, since it happens to be about 20 mins away from work, but I was wondering about other locations if you guys know of any.

I appreciate all the help I can get

EDIT:
Hey, everyone. Thank you for all the responses and helpful suggestions. I’ll def consider around apartments and might just try for some local 24 hour gyms near me.

Anybody else hear that boom/explosion?

Yesterday 8/14 around 6 pm I noticed multiple news helicopters in East Redlands over by REV. I figured I'd see it on the news. Nothing's coming up when I search Google news for Redlands. Nothing that news helicopters would show up for anyway.

Any know what happened over there?

Hey y’all

Pretty new to town, and SoCal in general.
For someone looking to find their one, what are your recommendations?

I would go the date app routing but tbh it’s just not my flavor. Are there more organic avenues to meet people in redlands?

I’m in a tech company in town (two guesses who) and I’d like to believe that I’m fairly sociable.

Recently moved to the area and want to set up some cones and just kick the ball around what is the best park or space that is accessible! Thank you

i don’t want to be too forward especially for personal safety & wanted to protect your id online lol but i did want to say more than just hello.

you were so sweet and warm in our interaction. you had really nice braids and genuine pretty smile. and a really unique name. we should connect.

hope this finds you.

Hopefully everyone has FB. That's the only place I've seen this:

https://fb.watch/IXsuvdnbOm/

This is seriously going to come off sounding like a “back in my day” post, but I’m curious if I’m alone in noticing how many drivers in this town run red lights.
I saw two yesterday and two more today, at different times and in completely different areas of town. And I don’t mean barely caught the yellow — I mean straight-up running an already-red light.
Has anyone else noticed this getting worse? Is RPD just not enforcing traffic violations as much anymore, or are there simply not enough traffic officers?

It's best to have this discussion during 'Heat Advisories' because in February I bet I'd get different answers. Everyone in town is waiting for that mall to drop, and all the previous plans I've seen are for open-air walking mall replacements. Since they're 'open' instead of old school closed malls.

The problem is the heat. That it's slowly getting worse. The California State Fair in Sacramento has been moved from July to late September/early October.

So building a giant open air mall will sure look pretty, but misting isn't going to help in brutal Redlands summer. Or when the air is garbage, which isn't rare.

I'm not asking for an indoor mall that screams 1980s. But I have a bad feeling an outside concourses will go Ghost Town during the summer. Many businesses I speak with say their business dies during this time of the year. Because of the heat.

What do you want to see replace the old mall?

UPDATE --

I'm not an engineer, but I'm thinking an array of solar panels that could both help power the development and -- more importantly -- provide some shade. I also added some glass decorative umbrellas -- because -- it's a Redland's thing. (I borrowed the proposed drawings from the previous mall.)

https://preview.redd.it/9v4bpr4772ih1.png?width=2806&format=png&auto=webp&s=320911f15c7570661c668536d9cd0bf2189287ee

... but hard to hear because of wind.

Where to find Emergency Police info?