History









The Real Story of the Prospect Park Murder in Redlands

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 8:19am

Most of this story is from memory because I was pretty young when it all happened. My mother, in an attempt to scare me into not talking to strangers or going anywhere near the orange groves and other dangerous places must have told me the story in all of it's gory details hundreds of times from the time I was about 6 years old up until I was a young adult.

The Hermit of the Santa Rosas

Submitted by misskittyk on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 1:48pm

When I was very young we went up santa rosa trail (?)  I know it was steep and not in good repair.  There we found a cabin and a log tower my dad told me had belonged to a hermit until he died.  It might have been on Jack Rabbit Peak, but I know we turned left (coming from Palm Desert) off the 74 to get there. 

Agricultural roots run deep

Submitted by Ginoffvine on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 1:53pm

by Gino L. Filippi for 4/25/08 as appeared in Daily Bulletin newspaper

Greetings from the vine! 

February 1980 Flood

Submitted by gc on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 6:45pm

Here's a Dr George Fishbeck weather video from the KABC-TV 7 newscast of the day before the San Jacinto levy had the disastrous break and flood of Feb 1980:


 "February 1980 rainfall (following excess rain in January) was record breaking in many  (Riverside) County areas. Eleven stations with 50 or more years of record accumulated their highest February totals in history.  (San Jacinto) Valley stations were approximately 360 to 430% of normal, mountains and foothills 400 to 510% of normal and deserts 590 to 820% of normal. The  (Riverside County Flood Control) District had in place a substantial system of flood control facilities which were severely tested during the 1980  floods...      

Another Cucamonga Vintner Passed

Submitted by Ginoffvine on Sat, 10/06/2007 - 8:16pm

Joseph Filippi Sr., an Italian immigrant who worked his way from bundling shingles for 15 cents a day to building one of California's oldest and most prestigious wineries, died Sunday, September.  He was 93.

Mr. Filippi was remembered Monday by family and friends as a small, quiet man with a shrewd business mind. But he had a heart as vast as the land he plowed, family members said.  His life was the grapevine, Gino L. Filippi said. The younger Filippi said he could remember running up to his grandfather with a fist full of grape leaves. 

"Not only could he tell me what kind of grape that was, but also if there was something wrong with the vine. That was fascinating to me," Gino Filippi said. "It was our whole life." 

City of the Dead....Bellevue Memorial in Ontario

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 11:32am

Holds more than 51,000 souls and their stories.....And I know at least 30 of them.....that's how many family members are buried there....Am I next....No, even though my dad is there, and grandfather and grandmothers, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews, I have chosen to go elsewhere....Hope I am not missed.

I have taken many trips to the cemetery, under my own steam, thankfully over the years to visit numerous family members, and they say that dead men tell no tales....true, not if you dont know them....But if you know them, and hold there stories in your heart, there are many different stories to tell....some sad, some tragic, some expected, and a couple that were a complete shock to the family.

A man whom I met several years ago is going to retire....His name is Bud Christian and he has decided that after 18 years of running Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario that it is time to put away the shovel and enjoy his last few remaining years before he himself finds himself there.....The Cemetery founded in 1892 and located on Mountain ave and G street and it is the final resting place for many who live in Ontario, Upland, Chino and other areas of the IE.

Syndicate content