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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.
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Footage from the third annual Blythe Multi-Cultural Festival at Palo Verde College. Begins with Dorlie Grundy, executive secretary to the VP of Student Services, introducing the event. Footage includes interviews of those tabling at the event including Carol Williams from the Daughters of Zion Women's Alliance and other unnamed participants. The second half shows various performances from the festival including Bellydancing, a showing of Living on the Dime, a Nahual Drum performance, and a musical performance by Mohave Native Students from the Colorado River Indian Reservation.
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Pete Reyes, Maria Caldera, and Gilbert Carmouche share their stories about living in Blythe and particularly the Mexican history in the region. They are interviewed by Antonio Vasquez while Alfredo Figueroa prompts conversation. Reyes, Caldera, and Carmouche discuss the Bracero Program, Americanization Schools, Repatriation of the Brotherhood Club, Unions as well as family histories. Maria for instance recalls her early life in Blythe living in tents and her memories of what she calls the "Great Tamale Raid."
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Raquel Aguirre describes her early life in Mexico and immigrating to the United States for work opportunities. With no family, she details meeting her husband and the nuances of working in a packinghouse from supervisors, and unions to her personal life aspirations.
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1990 Mirella Munoz's interview discusses her early life in Mexico City, reared by her grandmother, and her immigration to the United States after what she describes as a very hard childhood. Mirella ultimately settled In Riverside California working as a sorter in the National Orange Company packinghouse. Mirella details work dynamics, packinghouse supervisors, unions, and education.
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Rancher Floyd Davis' account of rural life in the Inland Empire during the twentieth century working on and owning citrus farms while overseeing Latino workers and living on a small budget.
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Ralph Horman reflects on the construction of the L.A. Aqueduct, and the development of Tarzana and Calabasas, CA during the first half of the 20th century. Land use by the government during World War II and dairy farming are also discussed.