E-Book Available

I am happy to report that Wicked Jurupa Valley is available as an e-book. It is (or will be) available for sale via Amazon (on the Kindle), Barnes & Noble (on the Nook) and Apple’s iBookstore (on the iPad). I feel so hip and up to date knowing you can read Wicked Jurupa Valley on all of these devices! Whoo hoo!

Save Jurupa Valley

I feel like saving my city is a bit like saving my history. It is a fact of life that the preservation of history happens when there is a governmental entity that wants to save it. Unlike our neighboring county of San Bernardino,. the forefathers of Riverside County have never seen fit to create a County museum.   Therefore the history of my long time unincorporated area is scattered here and there in various libraries and achives, or, much worse, was thrown out over the years. Excuse me a moment while I weep for that lost history. Sniff!

But now, Jurupa Valley is a city. I feel confident that, with time, more and more historic preservation will occur just because we are a city. However, that very cityhood is in danger of disappearing. The state of California took away 47% of our first year budget, just like that, leaving my city in a desperate financial situation.

A small goup of us has formed a community based nonprofit called Save Jurupa Valley. Our organization's only purpose is to raise money to save our city. Please feel free to look at our brand new website at www.savejurupavalley. If you can donate or pledge, even a small amount, please do. Pennies can add up to millions! Even more, please pass our website address on to as many people as possible. We want the world to know that the newest city in California, Jurupa Valley,  refuses to die!

New Jurupa Valley Council Chambers

The City of Jurupa Valley is leasing the former Sam's Western Wear building which will be used for city council and planning commission meetings. I met Sandra Stokley, a reporter for the Press-Enterprise, at the building today to see the progress that is being made. The reason I wanted to go was to see the part of the building that is the 1927 era Pedley School. So cool!!!! Sandra's story is already online. The link to the story is below:  

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20120730-jurupa-valley-new-council-chamber-evokes-history.ece?ssimg=661841#ssStory661846