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Hub Segur talks about his interests and the work he did as a volunteer organizer with the UFW (United Farm Workers). He talks about the Grape Boycotts occurring in Los Angeles down to the San Fernando Valley. Segur talks about the importance of farmworkers fighting for their rights, as well as how important and meaningful those strikes and marches were in the 50s and 60s. He talks about his experience working alongside Cesar Chavez. He brings up many issues that were sprung up by pesticide use in California and he discusses the harmful effects that pesticides had on people and the environment in California.
Segur highlights the many issues that surrounded the 91 highway and how the city of Redlands became divided. He mentions that the city began to struggle with the increased traffic brought by the highway. He talks about how Redlands was an affordable place to buy homes which drew people into the city. He talks about the disappearance of agricultural land in southern California and how it's being replaced with industrial facilities, casinos, commercial buildings, and housing. He mentioned how large farm corporations are leaving southern California to seek out cheaper land in neighboring states such as Arizona. Segur talks about the development of MetroLink and its plans in Redlands.
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Pictured is a label marked with "Mahala" from the L.V.W. Brown Estate citrus grove site in Riverside, California. The Venegas family -- Joe Venegas and his sons -- worked at this location together picking oranges.
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Pictured are Joe Venegas (father) and Robert "Junie" Venegas (son). Robert was the eldest son of Joe Venegas and began working with him at the age of thirteen. Robert continued working in the groves until 1945 when he joined the army. The photograph's location is described to be a citrus grove located between Victoria Avenue and Nelson Street in Riverside, California.
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Pictured is Robert "Junie" Venegas, the eldest son of the Venegas family, picking oranges in Moreno Valley. Behind him are several crates full of citrus fruit. Recounted in interviews by Manuel Venegas, workers, such as Robert "Junie," were paid by the crate.
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Photograph of Joe Venegas and Ygnacia Hernandez Venegas standing outside in Riverside, California. Ygnacia, from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Joe, from Mexicali, Mexico, met in Riverside. They raised seven children together: Molly, Robert, Rosa, Josie, Isabel, Joe, and Manuel. They lived their whole lives on 11th Street in Riverside.
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Photograph of married couple Joe Venegas and Ygnacia Hernandez Venegas. Ygnacia, from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Joe, from Mexicali, Mexico, met in Riverside. They raised seven children together: Molly, Robert, Rosa, Josie, Isabel, Joe, and Manuel.
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Photograph of braceros from the citrus industry working at the L.V.W. Brown Estate in Riverside, California. Pictured on the bottom left: Joe Venegas and Joe Venegas, Jr. During his time at L.V.W. Brown Estate, Joe Venegas gained a good reputation for being reliable, responsible, and a hard worker, furthering him to his promotion to foreman. He then continued to work in the citrus industry for fifty years.
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Huell Howser discusses what it means to be a Californian and what he feels makes California so special. Additionally, he discusses the beauty of the high desert and the fears of local community members that the beauty will soon be overtaken by population growth.
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Service station owner and former city council member, Johnny Sotelo, discusses his life growing up and his political career in Riverside, California.
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In the second part of the conversation in "Danny Flores, University of Redlands, Pt. 1", Danny Flores and Antonio Vasquez continue their conversation, discussing local politics, warehouses, car shows, and the development of the west side of Rialto.
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Danny Flores has a conversation with Antonio Vasquez about his life growing up in Rialto, California. They discuss the 215 freeway's impact on Rialto, the Kaiser Steel Mill, and organizing during the Chicano Movement.
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Ray Abril Jr. has a conversation with Antonio Vasquez about his life in Colton, Calif., including his experiences on the school board and how the city has changed over his lifetime.
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Adam Ornelas discusses his memories of growing up in Highgrove, Calif., especially telling stories relating to the barbershop that his father owned growing up. He recalls that there were many small businesses and a strong sense of community as he was growing up, but that began to disappear following the Korean War. Other stories which particularly stood out were his story about a man being decapitated in the cement mines (the largest employer at the time) and his story about police mandating that men cut their long hair when they enter the town, citing that it indicated participation in gangs.
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Alfredo Figueroa discusses the effects of the 1-10 freeway on the Colorado River. He takes the crew to various stops in Blythe including the "C" Canal, the ERU Early Learning Center, the foundation of an adobe building, and the Ehrenberg cemetery.
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Group interview with Margaret Lopez Leivas, her son Gilbert and Alfredo Figeroa. They discuss the early history of growing up in the region and particularly the changes and events on the Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservation between the 1930s and 1960s. Discusses various forms of discrimination, as well as effects of WWII, in particular Japanese incarceration during WWII.
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This interview focuses mainly on the experiences of Gilbert Leivas and his and the reservation police officer's involvement with policing Cesar Chavez-led farm activism in the area.
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Alfredo Figueroa discusses his findings that support Eagle Mountain as a sacred Machica Azteca site as well as various efforts for environmental justice and land protection and regional and local levels.
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Antonio Vasquez, Sophie Harris, and others have a conversation with a teenage girl attending high school in Duroville, California. She discusses her experience as a student.
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Jim Guerra gives a tour of a migrant camp and discusses the problems which migrant workers face, especially the fact that single men frequently lack access to housing. United Farm Workers activist Armando Bravo also discusses labor and housing issues.
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Lupe Reyes discusses her early life in Riverside, California, and her experience working as a packer in the citrus fruit industry.
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Antonio Nava discusses early life in Rancho Sespe, living in the village, education, family life, and community life on the ranch.
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Connie Tepeezano describes life as a Mexican American and life in Rancho Sespe to Interviewer August Lee, who is working for the Citrus Heritage Park. To reconstruct the village's replica, Mrs. Tepezano recalls the social life in the village and how she raised her family in Rancho Sespe as well as employment in the citrus industry.
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Interviewee Steve Solis discusses hardships and day-to-day routine working in the orange packing industry.
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Married couple Alice and John Castorena retell their lives as Mexican American immigrants and describe their work, community, and social life in the citrus industry living in Rancho Sespe.
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A discussion of citrus auctions and the pricing of citrus in New York as well as its packaging during the mid-to-late twentieth century.