Book Signing!

I just wanted you to know that I will be at the Jurupa Valley Book Festival on Saturday September 15th. It is being held at the Glen Avon Library at 9244 Galena Street in the community of Glen Avon. The hours will  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and I will be there the whole time. I will have my new book Wicked Jurupa Valley available for sale and I will sign any copy of any book I have ever written if you bring it with you and and stop by my table.  There will be lots of authors there so I hope you will stop by and say hi to me and the others!!!

This Date in History - August 24, 1912

It was announced in today's Riverside Daily Press that the Sunday school which met at the Glen Avon school was to be discontinued for the present by order of the school board. Special precaution was being taken so that the children would be protected from infantile paralysis (polio).  

The City of Rubidoux

In December 1960 a group headed by Frank Vogel, a Rubidoux appraiser and county flood control commissioner, presented notice to the County Board of Supervisors that a signature gathering campaign was starting to place on the ballot the incorporation of Rubidoux. The new city was to have included all of the area found in the West Riverside and Pedley school districts. If the City of Rubidoux had come to be in 1961, it would have been the second largest city in Riverside County at that time. The largest then (and now) was Riverside at just over 84,000 people. Riverside now has over 303,000 people. The city of Jurupa Valley has a population of just over 96,000 and includes not only Pedley and West Riverside but Glen Avon and part of Mira Loma.

Movies made at the Mission Inn

Steve Lech and Nancy Wenzel will be giving an encore presentation of Lights, Camera, Action, the behind-the-scenes story of movies shot at the Mission Inn and nearby Riverside. The two have spent months locating these gems from the past and selecting just the right film clips for your viewing pleasure. Come prepared to be entertained for the evening! It will be more than worth the investment of time.

This presentation will be:

Friday, August 17
6:30 p.m.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (just north of the corner of Jurupa and Magnolia).

It is FREE and you don't need reservations! JUST SHOW UP - THERE'’S PLENTY OF ROOM!

This Day in History - August 14, 1925

From the August 14, 1925 Riverside Daily Press:

Irwin's Vegetable Stand

Mission Blvd, between Opal and Pacific, West Riverside

Vegetables Fresh from the Garden

Watermelons, 2 cents a pound

Tip Top melons, 3 cents a pound

Pickling Cucumbers, selected sizes, 65 cents per 100

Sweet corn, real corn, per dozen at 35 cents and 40 cents

Yes we raise what we sell

This Date in History - August 3, 1919

The Salt Lake Railroad was preparing to run a special train from Riverside to Wineville each morning, to return in the evening, to allow cannery workers to get to and from work at the Sterns Cannery in Wineville.