Fontana

In addition to freeway projects, Measure I provides funds for major street improvements throughout the San Bernardino Valley. These funds are used for major rehabilitation, construction or reconstruction of main thoroughfares, also called arterial streets. A Measure I Arterial Program Five Year Plan is adopted each year to allocate funds for these streets.

Prior to July 2006, the last big fire we had in the Inland Empire was the Grand Prix fire in October of 2003.

Although I have lived in the foothills (Monrovia, Azusa, Upland, and Rancho Cucamonga) all my life - and never any further from the mountains than 1/4-mile, never had a brush fire affected my family the way the Grand-Prix fire did.

Fontana (San Bernardino County), California Big Foot Rampages through old Fontana Drag Strip area

La Bufa is a small, no frills Mexican eatery located in Sierra Plaza off Fontana's historic main drag, Sierra Avenue. It falls into my favorite category of Mexican dining spot, the "hole in the wall", which means minimal decor and atmosphere combined with inexpensive good food and lots of it.

Viva Villa is a small neighborhood combination restaurant, carneceria, and groceria. It's a place your order, pick it up when your number is called (in Spanish) type of operation. There are a handful of tables inside the always steamy hot building, or there are picnic tables provided outside under the shade of some very old eucalyptus trees. The wait for 2 orders is seldom longer than 5 minutes, with 3 to 4 minutes being the norm.

Over the years there have been several floods in the IE. The most famous is the 1969 flood. In 1969, Day creek flooded down Haven ave running over 12 feet deep for the entire length of the highway. And Archibald, up above Hillside was in full flood. The Damn at the head of the canyon broke and all of the mud and debris either flowed down through the Horse Shoe Canyon and down Archibald or joined the raging Cucamonga Creek.