Rancho Cucamonga Stories

About this original series

Category
Talk & Interview
# Episodes
24 episodes
Rating
TV-UN

Episodes of Rancho Cucamonga Stories

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  The Etiwanda Station
  
  Bob Curtis of Friends of the Pacific Electric Trail tells the story of Rancho Cucamonga's Etiwanda train station, constructed in the early 1900s and one of a few remaining train stations still standing in Southern California. The famous “red cars” of the Pacific Electric Railway ran from the Pacific Coast, through Los Angeles and as far east as San Bernardino.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 17, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:14
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  The Cherbak House
  
  Bob Smith, former Chaffey College Art History Professor, shares stories about the historic Cherbak house in Rancho Cucamonga where he lived while growing up.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 17, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:20
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  The First City Council
  
  Jim Frost recalls being elected to the first City Council of Rancho Cucamonga and being appointed the first mayor. Rancho Cucamonga became a city in 1977 when it incorporated the three communities of Etiwanda, Alta Loma, and Cucamonga.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 17, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:51
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  Rains House Volunteer
  
  Pat Fox recalls being a volunteer at the Rains House over the last 30 years and participating in gourmet fundraising dinners and candlelight tours.
  - Release date
    
    Aug 25, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:55
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  First Woman Chamber President
  
  Jackie Amsler recalls serving as the first woman president of Rancho Cucamonga's Chamber of Commerce in 1991, when she introduced the new motto "We Mean Business".
  - Release date
    
    Aug 25, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:50
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  The Quonset Hut
  
  Kathy Tiegs reminisces about her family's move to Cucamonga in 1954. At that time her father transported and reassembled a quonset hut in which they initially lived.
  - Release date
    
    Aug 22, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    05:27
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  Majestic Mountains
  
  Ann Olander, author of the photo essay book "Call of the Mountains", recalls her family's move from Denver, Colorado to Rancho Cucamonga in 1968 and her growing appreciation of the beauty of the local mountains.
  - Release date
    
    May 10, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    05:42
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  A City with a Plan
  
  Brad Buller describes his work as Rancho Cucamonga City Planner beginning in 1985 when the City had a population of just 66,000.
  - Release date
    
    May 10, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:42
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  The Grape Harvest Festival
  
  Dianna Lee talks about being a member of and then leading the team that put on Rancho Cucamonga's annual Grape Harvest Festival.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 20, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    05:24
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  A Tale of Two Babies
  
  Rancho Cucamonga firefighter Mike Bell recalls the night that he helped deliver two babies - his own and that of a close family friend.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 20, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:53