If you’ve been following us, you know that we grew quickly last year to 10k+ email subscribers (and thousands more on social media!) in just five months. And since then, we’ve been doing some great things. We hosted three in-house events, helped with a food drive, and highlighted many local businesses around us. In 2026 we on-boarded our long-term community sponsors (logos at the end ☺) that help us keep the newsletter going.

Recently, we grew enough to add another team member to the crew — meet Sofia. Sofia will be helping us put our weekly content together, and keep track of the behind-the-scenes stuff so we can continue to deliver the fun stuff. Welcome Sofia!

This week, we announce our Pet of the Month, some brief updates about the Ontario warehouse fire, and of course, the long list of fun weekend events you & your family can be doing.

Let's get into it.

Here are some things that happened around us, in 60 seconds or less.

A massive 6-alarm fire destroyed a 1.2 million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark distribution center in Ontario early Tuesday morning (April 7), with 175 firefighters battling flames visible for miles. Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland—an NFI Industries employee working at the third-party distribution site—was arrested on multiple felony arson charges and held without bail. A social media video allegedly posted by Abdulkarim appears to show him igniting pallets while saying "All you had to do was pay us enough to live... There goes your inventory." (Some sources report he was getting paid around $21/hour.) All 20 employees onsite were evacuated safely with no injuries reported. Kimberly-Clark stated its supply chain is designed for continuity and there will be no toilet paper or diaper shortage from the incident. ABC7& CBS News

If you’ve been wanting to try a new coffee spot but keep defaulting to your usual (same), Set Coffee just opened in Chino and it’s a little different from what you might expect.

Started by three college friends who began with a coffee cart, the space keeps things pretty simple, but the menu is where it stands out. They lean into Korean-inspired drinks, like the Set Spresso with roasted rice foam (inspired by chewy injeollmi… which sounds questionable, but actually works).

It’s not your typical large-chain coffee place, so it might take a second to figure out what to order, but that’s kind of the point. If you’re open to trying something new, it’s a solid switch-up from the usual routine.

📍3932 Grand Ave, Chino, CA 91710 Mon–Fri 7AM–6PM | Sat–Sun 8AM–6PM

🤍 We’ve gotten a few request for business-owner specific dinners and networking events. Please answer the poll below to be included in our further communication!

And FINALLY, your ultimate weekend planner for Chino and beyond. Want to submit an event? Use our link here 🪩 🪅

We wanted to feature Chino Days, happening this weekend, but we just heard from the City that this has been cancelled due to rain ☔ Sorry everyone! Hopefully it will come back soon.

That’s it for this week! If you’re planning your weekend, send this to someone who deserves flowers.

As always, you can DM us on Instagram (@thechinochew), or say hello at [email protected]. For event submissions, please use the form instead 🙂

Have a great weekend, Chino! 😎