See 35 of our best photos from April chosen by our Inland Empire photo team
By Michele Cardon, The Press-Enterprise The Tribune Content Agency
Temecula Valley’s Nayan Arrendas (3) is lifted into the air after his RBI double off Vista Murrieta pitcher Dylan Solis (17) in the Southwestern League baseball game in Temecula on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Waterfowl march past a luminary made for family and friends during Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center luminary event at Holiday Harbor Park in Canyon Lake on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon drives through the shutdown area during the second round of pro qualifying on the opening day the 66th annual NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Dominic Moran, 2 from Ontario, carries a bat as he walks past a mural of Dodger legend Fernando Valenzuela inside of ONT Field in Ontario on Thursday, April 2, 2026 prior to the new Ontario Tower Buzzers inaugural game. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Children at Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep USA temple take part in the Songkran Festival, or Thai New Year Water Festival, as they shoot water guns at each other on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Chino Hills. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Raylene Rodriguez, 7, of Hemet, gasps as Karol G takes the stage at the Coachella Stage while sitting on someone's shoulders in the crowd during Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, Contributing Photographer)
Norco's Codey Brown (10) tries to slide under Corona catcher Jesiah Andrade (6) as they collide at home plate in the Big VIII League baseball game in Corona on Monday, April 27, 2026. Norco scored on the play. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Corona defeated Norco 6-4 to win the Big VIII League baseball game in Corona on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Fairgoers enjoy midway rides on the opening night of the 109th year of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Jeremy Ayala, right, 15 from Los Angeles, wheels his souvenir racing slick through the nitro pits along with his friends Jonathan Gonzalez, center, and Alex Lopez, left, both from Los Angeles, on the opening day of pro qualifying the 66th annual NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A Cal Fire helicopter makes a water drop as Cal Fire firefighters man the hose next to a home while battling the wind-driven Yearling fire next to a home on 58th Street south of Fagan Road in Jurupa Valley on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Top Fuel winner Tony Stewart celebrates after winning the 66th annual NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Sunday, Apr. 12, 2026. It was Stewart's first win driving for Elite Motorsports. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Step-sisters Giselle Barajas, left, and Eva Perez, right, both 10 from Fallbrook, jump and scream for their favorite artist Ella Langley as she performs on the Mane Stage during the opening day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A cyclist competes in the Toyota of Redlands Lake Perris Women's Time Trial near the Lake Perris State Recreation Area on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Religion is a huge part of Arlington senior forward Hugo Gomez's life as he pays respects with a crucifix and rosary that he must remove before playing in a high school soccer match. Gomes, who scored 23 goals to lead the Lions this season, has been chosen as the IE Varsity Boys Soccer Player of the Year for the second year in a row in Riverside on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
University of Redlands teammates stack equipment on pitcher Caitlynn Griffith while she is being interviewed after the team’s 20th win in a row, a 5-1 victory over Chapman University in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball game in Redlands on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Corona right fielder Adrian Ruiz (2) rounds first base as he celebrates his three-run homer off Norco pitcher Landon Hovermale (22) in the Big VIII League baseball game in Corona on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Country music artist Lainey Wilson headlines on the Mane Stage during the second day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The festival was evacuated for safety earlier in the evening due to high winds. Wilson started her set an hour later than scheduled. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Ramon Cabarera, left, and Cristian Alvarado pull a family's cow to a waiting trailer to evacuate it from the wind driven Yearling fire burned to out buildings as animals had to be evacuated on 58th Street south of Fagan Road in Jurupa Valley on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The American dream of buying a home is still the dream of full-time warehouse worker Victor Ramirez, 57, who also drives for Uber on his days off to pay rent in Pomona on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Students at University of Redlands hug after crossing the stage during their graduation ceremony on the morning of Friday, April 24, 2026. The Redlands students kicked off commencement season in the Inland Empire. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A group of country music fans show their discomfort as high winds battered the second day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The Empire Polo Club was briefly evacuated for safety due to high winds at over 50 mph. The venue was reopened to fans less than hour later. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Funny Car driver J.R. Todd races down track during the semi final round of eliminations at the 66th annual NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Sunday, Apr. 12, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Charlie Torstvet, an avid off roader, drives his off road vehicle across sand dunes in Johnson Valley on Friday, April 3, 2026. The Marines are working to secure permanent restricted airspace over the 29 Palms ranges to increase training intensity, including live-fire and aviation operations. A recent report outlines adjustments, including safeguards, minimum flight altitudes, and a commitment to event coordination, such as working around the famed King of Hammers off-road race in and around the Means Dry Lake Bed area of Johnson Valley. Off-road advocates who worried the public land would be swallowed up are optimistic now that the plan will work. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Pomona College Black Student Union co-Presidents Jeremy Mitchell, 20, left, and Davion Nutall, 21, in front of the historic Carnegie Building in Claremont on Friday, April 3, 2026. Students, alleging blatant racism on campus, report student athletes/a faculty members using racial slurs, reports of ‘modern black-face parties, ‘ campus "safe spaces" being messed with, and groups being barred from holding a campus social. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Opening night headliner Cody Johnson performs on the Mane Stage during the first night of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Ben Weinman with Suicidal Tendencies performs while surfing the crowd at the Mojave Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Festival goers walk by the "Starry Eyes" art installation, by Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
Pachanga Fire Department firefighters monitor the fire line south of Merwin Street and Campbell Avenue east of Gilman Springs where the fast-moving 3,500-acre vegetation fire started driven by wind in the Moreno Valley area Friday afternoon, April 3, authorities said in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Firefighters battle the fast-moving 4,100-acre Springs Fire driven by wind in the Moreno Valley area Friday afternoon, April 3, authorities said in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
California Baptist University graduate Rafaela Gois De Figueierdo stands on stage as she receives the Outstanding International Student Award during the commencement ceremony on Monday, April 27, 2026, in Riverside. Figueierdo is from Brazil. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Norco College studio art students, Natalie Nicole Peralta, 21 and Gabriel Rodgers, 22 work Wednesday, April 15, 2026, on a mural at Immanuel Lutheran School in Riverside. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Temecula Valley’s Nayan Arrendas (3) is lifted into the air after his RBI double off Vista Murrieta pitcher Dylan Solis (17) in the Southwestern League baseball game in Temecula on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Members of the LA Knight Riders cricket team, from left, Karthik Gattepalli, Unmukt Chand and Ali Khan, walk to the developing new field Wednesday, April 22, 2026, during a groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Stadium Super Trucks drivers Shaun Richardson, right, and race winner Matt Brabham, left, perform a burnout at the corner of Pine Avenue and Seaside Way following their race at the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Chef Hunter Fieri, left, Billy Bob Thornton, center, and Guy Fieri react as country artist Wynonna Judd samples Thornton's salmon dish during a celebrity cooking demonstration at the Guy Fieri Smokehouse during the second day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Padilla, a veteran and student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, interacts with his partnered horse, Sophie, at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, where he volunteers. Padilla was introduced to horses through the Horses for Heroes program at the school. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
