On a whim, I had decided in advance to attend Thursday night’s State of the City address in Pomona. Being there seemed like fun, in a nerdy way, and a chance to reconnect with some old sources. ICE ...

After splintering a sword, killing a dragon and scaling a fire-covered mountain, not to mention waging a stentorian battle against 100 instrumentalists for 5½ hours, Simon O’Neill, as Siegfried, rose ...