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Bloomington Garage Virginia Geil Tape 2

Virginia Geil highlights the importance of representing the community of Bloomington and how she and her team are the voice of the community. She and the team tell the board of supervisors the wants/ concerns/ needs/ etc of the residents of Bloomington. At the time of the interview, a ten-year plan was in the works in the city of Bloomington which intended to uplift the city and the concerns of the community yet only focusing on the needs of the truckers. She also highlights the importance of preserving material history that the youth can learn and see.
Bloomington Garage Virginia Geil Tape 1

The construction of the 10 Freeway created many problems in Bloomington California creating many barriers to the preservation of the historical aspects of the city. Destroying parts of 'Old Bloomington' history and devastating what remained. Till the arrival of Virginia Geil who actively fought in preserving Bloomington's past while educating the older population on the importance of preserving and maintaining the city.
Copy of Ana Carlos C0084

Ana Carlos is a resident of Bloomington, California. She is an environmental justice activist who is fighting against the "Bloomington Business Parks” development. In this interview, she drives around Bloomington and demonstrates areas in town that will be replaced by businesses. Some locations she points out are rural areas with livestock and suburban neighborhoods. Carlos mentions that these neighborhoods are being targeted by developers and homeowners are being harassed into selling their homes.
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In this interview, Ana Carlos speaks about the expansion of warehouses in her, unincorporated, city of Bloomington, which is in the Inland Empire. Ana Carlos speaks about her group, concerned neighbors of Bloomington, and the support they have gotten from assembly members. She also speaks about her family, her farm, and her family’s history. Ana Carlos also talks about how warehouses have expanded in Fontana. This was done through companies like Amazon buying up land from residents. Ana Carlos also expands on how Bloomington’s Mac has let down the community. They say that they let the warehouses be built for the community. However, Ana Carlos states that the jobs they bring aren’t good and they also destroy homes and bring pollution. Finally, she talks about how an industrial park is going to be built in the middle of a residential zone.
Henry Vasquez 2024.001.018

In this interview, Henry Vasquez discusses his family history in Mexico and the U.S., changes in San Bernardino during his life, his observations of the people in South Colton, and the the encroachment of warehouses on the community of Bloomington, as well as the pollution that comes with them. He actively resists the increase of warehouses in the area, and shares his perspective as an Indigenous person from Mexico, addressing Native beliefs about the land.
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Ana Carlos describes the hardships of being an activist. It takes over every part of her life, including her role as a mother. However, she is adamant about preventing businesses from taking over her city of Bloomington, California. Despite any negativity or discouragement she receives she continues to fight against developments like the "Bloomington Business Parks". Carlos also describes the importance of a community coming together to fight against big corporations
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Ana Carlos continues to speak about the effects of warehouse expansion and companies buying up land in her town of Bloomington. She talks about homes being bought up and demolished to make room for warehouses and industrial parks. She also talks about how companies, such as Amazon, have made contributions to schools and promises to replace destroyed trees. These are attempts to gain support for their warehouses. However, Ana Carlos explains that these contributions won’t do much for Bloomington. Ana Carlos also recalls seeing similar warehouse expansion in Fontana and Riverside, all in the Inland Empire. Ana Carlos also comments on poor air quality affecting students' health, with increasing cases of Asthma. As well as the heat island effect caused by concrete.
Copy of Ana Carlos C0083

Ana Carlos drives around Bloomington and describes locations where businesses have begun development. She points out how some businesses are being built near schools and in areas where community events typically occur. Carlos also talks about developers harassing homeowners into selling their homes. Those who agreed to sell had their homes quickly demolished. Carlos points out that this seems like a scare tactic against neighboring homeowners who are refusing to sell their homes.
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Benjamin Luna’s neighborhood has been affected by a freeway and a growing train track built near their homes. The freeway and train track has been very disruptive. Luna has had to get psychiatric help because he is not able to sleep from the noise of trains and cars passing by. He is also worried about the long term effects of pollution being released into his neighborhood. He and his family are already getting constantly sick. He is unable to relocate because he cannot afford to live anywhere else. The tracks were built so close to his home without any of his knowledge or consent. He and his community's voices have gone ignored or unheard by city officials.
Lupe Sanchez Band, 1964

Color photograph of the Lupe Sanchez Band with Blas Coyazo on guitar; Hemet Califorina, New Year's Eve 1964. Blas Coyazo said: "I play the bass guitar and the electric guitar and the electric guitar so for the last fifty years also, or more, out of the eighty-three years that I have, I've been playing with bands in the Inland Empire here. San Bernardino, Colton, Riverside, Hemet, Palm Springs, even Indio and Coachella, Perris, Pomona, Fontana, Bloomington, Corona...Saturday nights I used to go out moslty every week and earn perhaps twenty, twenty-five dollars extra...So I made that as a side work, you know, because I'd -- well, I learned how to play the guitar way back in 1927, '28."
Lupe Sanchez Band, 1964

Color photograph of the Lupe Sanchez Band with Blas Coyazo on guitar; Hemet Califorina, New Year's Eve 1964. Blas Coyazo said: "I play the bass guitar and the electric guitar and the electric guitar so for the last fifty years also, or more, out of the eighty-three years that I have, I've been playing with bands in the Inland Empire here. San Bernardino, Colton, Riverside, Hemet, Palm Springs, even Indio and Coachella, Perris, Pomona, Fontana, Bloomington, Corona...Saturday nights I used to go out mostly every week and earn perhaps twenty, twenty-five dollars extra...So I made that as a side work, you know, because I'd -- well, I learned how to play the guitar way back in 1927, '28."
2012 calendar Page 17, August dates

The black and white RCMAHS bottom calendar page of August 2012 is part of the previous page and contains the dates of the month. The first two squares show the surrounding months' calendars (July and September). The bottom left is an ad for a tow truck called Double-A Towing with contact and business information. The bottom right shows an ad for State Farm insurance agent Yolanda Vasquez-Meier.
2012 Calendar page 3, January dates

The January 2012 RCMAHS calendar page shows multiple holidays such as New Year's Day on the 1st and Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 16th. At the bottom of the page are two local advertisements. One advertisement was for State Farm Insurance for Yolanda Vasquez-Meier. The text states: "Yolanda Vasquez-Meier Agent, Lic #0721892 935 S. Mt. Vernon Ave., Suite 108, Colton, CA 92324 909-370-4595 Fax: 909-370-0467 yolanda.vazquez-meier.b8gv@statefarm.com Hablamos Espanol State Farm Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710." The other advertisement was for a local towing company. The text states: "Double Towing A Sonny 24 Hour Service (951)683-7707 3007 Cridge St. Riverside, CA Office Hours 8-5 Except Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. The after-hours charge for vehicles and Property Release No Checks Accepted."
Manuel Reynosa Interview

1997 interview with road layer Manuel Reynosa and his wife Patricia Reynosa. The interview begins with a discussion of Reynosa's family history including immigration from Silao in Guanajuato and building a home in Colton, CA. The Reynosas discuss Manuel's stepfather, Elvenjez Nuñez's work selling fertilizer and magazines from Mexico for extra money, working in agriculture with citrus and walnuts, and working on the canals in Riverside. During the depression, Manuel's first job was picking mustard plants out of the alfalfa fields in Cooley Ranch for 25 cents a day, then putting fertilizer on orange groves, irrigating and picking oranges in Highgrove, Agua Mansa, and Bryn Mawr. After WWII Manuel worked laying roads in San Bernardino and at a winery in Colton, construction, and irrigating for Western Fruit Growers. Patricia Reynosa discusses some of the local organizations they were involved in including the Progrestista and the Feminil which started in 1970 and was still in existence at the time of the interview. Patricia also discusses her work at Norton Airforce Base. At the conclusion of the interview, they discuss the 1938 flood and other floods in the region.
Redlands Redevelopment Reel 205 1st Meeting

The video begins with images of the Bloomington Garage and a discussion with its owner about the space, he is excited to begin using the space as a community meeting place. Then, there is a video of a community meeting led by Antonio Vasquez to discuss the plans for redevelopment in north Redlands, specifically on and around Lugonia Ave. Community members are upset by these redevelopment plans as it creates a potential for them to be forced out of their homes, but there is some disagreement among residents.