Shock as X-rated images appear in SoCal city summer guide mailed to residents

Nypost · Jun 09, 2026 · 422 words · By Zain Khan

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Shock as X-rated images appear in SoCal city summer guide mailed to residents See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The California Post on GoogleCity officials in Pomona have halted distribution of a recently mailed guide to summer recreation after discovering that some copies contained pornographic images that were not intended to appear in the publication.

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In a statement released Monday, the city acknowledged that certain residents received versions of the guide containing the explicit content and said the material should never have been included in a document distributed to the public.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that An assistant city manager described the images as adult content ads that somehow made it into the guide, according to the San Bernardino Sun?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “An assistant city manager described the images as adult content ads that somehow made it into the guide, according to the San Bernardino Sun.”

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The claim is explicitly corroborated by multiple web search results, including a direct reference to the San Bernardino Sun and a statement from Assistant City Manager Mark Gluba.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin is a daily newspaper based in Ontario, California, serving the Pomona Valley and southwest San Bernardino County. The Daily Bulletin is a member of the Southern Califo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Bernardino Line is a Metrolink line running between Downtown Los Angeles east through the San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire to San Bernardino, with limited service to Redlands. It is on…
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Claim 2: “In a statement released Monday, the city acknowledged that certain residents received versions of the guide containing the explicit content”

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Multiple sources confirm the city released a statement acknowledging that some residents received guides with inappropriate/explicit images.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) is a public polytechnic research university in Pomona, California, United States. It is the largest of the three polytechnic universit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pomona ( pə-MOH-nə) is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pomona Unified School District or PUSD serves approximately 30,000 Pre-K-12 students and 17,000 adult learners at 44 schools in Pomona and Diamond Bar, California. It is located 30 miles east of downt…
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Claim 3: “Officials said a version that does not contain the inappropriate material has been made available through the city’s website”

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While other claims are well-supported, the provided evidence for claim 5 consists of generic Wikipedia entries about 'Cities' and 'Pomona' and does not contain the specific detail that a corrected version was made available on the city's website.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pomona City Stables, also known as the Pomona City Yards Brick Building, is a stables building completed in 1909 to house horses owned by the City of Pomona, California. Built at a cost of $6,000,…
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Claim 4: “City officials in Pomona have halted distribution of a recently mailed guide to summer recreation after discovering that some copies contained pornographic images”

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Multiple independent news sources (KTLA, San Bernardino Sun/web results) confirm that Pomona officials halted distribution of the recreation guide after discovering pornographic images.

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Claim 5: “The manager added that only a limited number were sent out.”

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Three separate web search results confirm that the assistant city manager stated only a limited number of guides were sent out with the explicit content.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... Assistant City Manager Mark Gluba told CBS LA that at least two copies contained pornographic material, as well as other color discrepancies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/pomona-inappropriate…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... Pomona Assistant City Manager Mark Gluba said by email that the images ... city content and that only a limited number were distributed with the ...
https://www.dailybulletin.com/2026/06/08/some-copies-of-pomo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... An assistant city manager described the images as adult content ads ... The manager added that only a limited number were sent out. The ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/shock-as-x-rated-image…

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Claim 6: “The review is being carried out with the city’s publishing and printing partners to determine how the content made its way into the final product.”

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Multiple sources confirm the city is conducting a review with its publishing and printing partners to determine how the content was included.

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