Happening in Upland

Happening in Upland is your essential weekly guide to everything you love, and love to complain about, in the City of Gracious Living. Join hosts Mark and Joleen for a balanced, no-nonsense look at what matters most to Upland, California residents. From the latest City Council decisions (or lack thereof) and strange stories from the police blotter, to practical updates on the local real estate mar...

Tune into Happening in Upland, your essential weekly guide to the city's municipal minutiae, delivered with a healthy dose of sarcasm and thinly veiled affection. This week, hosts Mark and Joleen kick off 2026 by wading through the latest local news so you don't have to. We cover the bizarre story of avian flu hitting upland gamebirds, a surprisingly quiet Upland crime report, and what's new in th...

This week on Happening in Upland, we dissect the suspiciously quiet week between Christmas and New Year's in the City of Gracious Living. Join us as we explore why the Upland City Council decided to clock out early for the year, celebrate the festive holiday lull in our local crime rate, and raise a skeptical eyebrow at the Upland Unified School District's ambitious 'Vision 2030' plan. We also inv...

This week on Happening in Upland, we explore the strange pre-holiday lull that has descended upon the City of Gracious Living. Is it a Christmas miracle or just the calm before the storm of returned gifts and abandoned fitness resolutions? Join hosts Mark and Joleen as they dive into the (thankfully) uneventful Upland crime report, celebrate the next generation of geniuses at the Upland High Schoo...

Mark and Joleen return to dissect the mid-December chaos in Upland, where the "City of Gracious Living" is currently defined by pothole-ridden roads and a City Council that has officially checked out for the year under Resolution 6520. This episode explores the mystery of the stalled Amazon Fresh project, the long-term construction fatigue of the $13 million Foothill Boulevard rehabilitation, and...