John Riggs was born and raised in Yakima. He moved away from Washington state for about 10 years, but moved back home, bringing along his wife and three kids. You'll find John in town snapping photos when he's covering new business openings, especially restaurants. He loves to help spread the word, and to encourage folks to shop local first. John also loves to travel, always looking for quick weekend getaways, attending events, and fan expos around the country. Don't be too shy to say, "Hi!"
John Riggs
Someone Falsely Accuses You of Shoplifting — Can You Sue the Store?
Is.. is that dude stealing a peach?!
Anyway.
I was looking at Reddit for a moment and one that was simple titled 'Advise wanted' caught my eye out of the Spokane subreddit. I have family in Spokane so I check that subreddit every so often...
Getting Pulled Over in WA… Immediately or When It’s Safe?
I was watching this video of a police officer pulling over an FBI contractor when the police officer said something I was confused by.
When the cop asked him what he learned in driving school about getting pulled over, the driver said to pull over when it was safe...
CA Police Can No Longer Ask this “Trick” Question
We've all been there. Or most of us, anyway.
Cop pulled you over and says something to kind of bait you to admit you were doing something wrong.
"Looks like you were speeding..." and you reply with 'sorry, I was late for an appointment' or something that basically has you admitting to speeding...
The 10 Nonstop Flights Tri-Cities Has that Yakima’s Airport Doesn’t, and the One it Does
If travel plans are in your 2024 future, you're in luck as Tri-Cities famous Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) has 11 nonstop destination while our humble Yakima Airport (YKM) only has one. I travel often and I 'Fly YKM' as often as I can but with other flight options I do sometimes make that trek to Tri-Cities in favor of that...
Can You Legally Drive in the Left Lane in WA City Streets, Not Just Highways?
Oh man, nothing makes one's blood boil more than just trying to get somewhere and there's a truck in the right lane while the car in the left lane is just cruisin' along with the truck without speeding up to pass them or they're just driving casually in the left lane and not passing like everyone should be doing...
Most do a ‘French Dip’, but This Place in Ellensburg does a Prime Rib Dip
As close as Ellensburg is to Yakima and as much as our radio stations reach Ellensburg, we certainly don't give it as many props as it deserves. Ellensburg is a wonderful town, a wonderful community that's more than just a row of gas stations off the freeway...
Annual Reminder: Don’t Leave Empty Boxes by your Trash Cans
Do we still call them trash cans? I guess they're more like bins now.
Every year after all the gift opening you have all these giant boxes laying around. Some are your new super fancy TV that even curves or whatever the new technology is now...
Watch Your Porch – Today is a Holiday for Porch Pirates
You've certainly heard of porch pirates by now. In fact, you may have even been victim to one or two in the past.
The days leading into Christmas are like a holiday shopping spree to porch pirates.
So many people are last minute shoppers or items online that to get these items just days before Christmas...
Wizards and Muggle Alike! Butterbeer is Available in Yakima for a Limited Time
When I saw a local brewery doing their own take on a butterbeer I was immediately intrigued.
This past November I went to Universal in Orlando, Florida, and went to the Harry Potter area. Soon as we got there one of the first stops we did was to grab some butterbeer as it looks good good in the movies...
Yakima and 9 Others make Top 10 Dumbest Cities in Washington. What’s #1?
You ever get so annoyed at someone you call them stupid under your breath? Well, maybe they're just predispositioned due to where they live? That's probably not the case but could answer for a lot of issues being around others you run into on an almost daily basis...
The Smoked ‘Whiskey Heat’ Wings are Worth Ordering in Yakima
We were in Union Gap to watch a movie at the Majestic which brought up another common question, "where are we going to go out to eat while we're over here?" There are so many great eating options around the Valley Mall area so we started naming them off one by one...
Welp! It Doesn’t Look Like We’re Gonna Have a White Christmas
It's not the end of the world, but it would have been nice.
Looking at the weather patterns for the past few weeks I had a feeling we had a pretty low chance of having a white Christmas. Taking a look at the extended forecast, it looks pretty unlikely...