San Bernardino, California

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City of San Bernardino
Nickname: Gate City, City on the Move, the Friendly City, Heart of Southern California
Location in the state of California
Coordinates: 34°7′46″N 117°17′35″W / 34.12944, -117.29306
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Bernardino
Government
- Mayor	Patrick J. Morris (D)
Area
- Total	78.5 sq mi (202.4 km² km²)
- Land	75.8 sq mi (152.3 km² km²)
- Water	0.4 sq mi (1.1 km² km²)
Elevation	1,049-2,900 ft (321 m)
Population (2006)
- Total	205,010
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	92401-92408, 92410-92415, 92418, 92420, 92423, 92424, 92427
Area code(s)	909/951
FIPS code	06-65000
GNIS feature ID	1661375
Website: http://sbcity.org/

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010.^[1] As of 2006, it was the 18th largest city in California, and the 101st largest city in the United States.^[2] San Bernardino is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Area, the 14th largest metro in the nation, commonly referred to as the "Inland Empire". San Bernardino held the Miss Teen USA 1988 and also the Miss Teen USA 1989. San Bernardino has three major events, the annual Route 66 Rendezvous,^[3] a multi-day classic automobile event held in downtown San Bernardino each September, the National Orange Show,^[4] held each April/May, and the Western Regional Little League Championships each August. The world's largest fast food chain, McDonald's, began in the city in 1940 by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald.

Though the closing of Norton Air Force Base and Kaiser Steel, as well as the relocation of railroad jobs in the 1980s and 1990s had a large impact on the economy and culture of the city, new industrial development is occurring near the San Bernardino International Airport. Though traditional retail and office areas such as downtown and Highland Avenue have suffered, the City is seeing growth along its south-end focused on Hospitality Lane. Though much of the housing stock is, on the average, older than the surrounding region, new homes continue to be built in different parts of the City, with the bulk on the north-end in the Verdemont area.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Neighborhoods 2.2 Zip codes 2.3 Parks and recreation 3 Climate 4 Demographics 4.1 Diversity issues 5 Government and law 5.1 Municipal Code 5.2 Joint-power authorities 5.3 County Seat 5.4 Jails 5.5 Public safety 5.6 Crime 5.6.1 Gang violence 5.7 Sister cities 5.8 State and Federal 6 Economy 7 Media 8 Education 8.1 Colleges and universities 8.2 Primary and secondary schools 9 Culture and contemporary life 9.1 Performing arts 9.2 Museums 10 Resorts 11 Sports 12 Transportation 12.1 Roads and highways 12.2 Public transportation 12.3 Airports 13 Notable San Bernardinians 13.1 The Arts 13.2 Politics 13.3 Science 13.4 Sports 14 Gallery 15 Popular Culture References 15.1 Nicknames, pronunciation, and abbreviations 16 Notes 17 References 18 Further reading 19 See also 20 External links

[edit] History

Main article: History of San Bernardino, California

See also: Timeline of San Bernardino, California history

San Bernardino, California is one of the oldest communities in the State of California. San Bernardino was named on May 20, 1810, but the present-day location was not largely settled until 1851 after statehood. The first Anglo-American colony was established by Latter-day Saints (Mormons). The City was incorporated in 1854. The Latter-day Saints were recalled in 1857 by Brigham Young. The city later became a trading hub for the region. The California Southern Railroad established a rail link with Los Angeles and the rest of the nation in 1883. In 1905, the City of San Bernardino passed its first Charter. World War II brought what would become Norton Air Force Base. The McDonald Brothers opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino 1948. In 1980, the Panorama Fire destroyed 284 homes. In 1994, Norton Air Force Base closed, later becoming San Bernardino International Airport.

[edit] Geography

See also: Downtown San Bernardino

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 153.5 km² (59.2 mi²), of which 152.3 km² (58.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²), or 0.74%, is water.

The city lies in the San Bernardino foothills and the eastern portion of the San Bernardino Valley, roughly 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Some major geographical features of the city include the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Bernardino National Forest along the northern border; the Cajon Pass adjacent to the northwest border; City Creek, Lytle Creek, San Timoteo Creek, Twin Creek, Warm Creek (as modified through flood control channels) feed the Santa Ana River, which forms part of the city's southern border south of San Bernardino International Airport, but only a small amount of the river flows within the city.

A large part of the city is over the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, including downtown. This accounts for historically high groundwater in portions of the city, including the former Urbita Springs, a lake which no longer exists (it is now the site of the Inland Center mall), but which was a popular entertainment area until the 1930s. Seccombe Lake, named after a former mayor, is a man-made lake downtown at Sierra Way and Waterman Avenue. The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District ("Muni"), which despite its name has nothing to do with the city, has plans on building a multi-acre reservoir south of Base Line to reduce groundwater and sell it to neighboring agencies.

The city has some notable hills; among them Perris Hill (named after Fred Perris, an early engineer, and the namesake of Perris, California), Kendall Hill (which is near California State University, San Bernardino), and the Shandin Hills, also known as "Little Mountain," (strictly speaking is only the peak with the radio transmitters) which are generally bounded by Sierra Way, 30th Street, Kendall Drive, and Interstate 215. Freeways act as geographical dividers for San Bernardino.

Interstate 215 is the major east-west divider, while State Route 30 (known as the "Martin A. Matich Freeway") is the major north/south divider. Interstate 10 is to the south of the city, though a portion traverses San Bernardino near Waterman. Other major highways include State Route 206 (Kendall Drive and E Street); State Route 66 (which includes the former U.S. 66); State Route 18 (from State Route 30 north on Waterman Avenue to the northern City limits into the mountain communities), and State Route 259, the freeway connector between Route 30 and I-215.

[edit] Neighborhoods

San Bernardino's neighborhoods are not commonly named. Some neighborhoods reflect tract names or geographical regions that existed before annexation. Del Rosa is the area generally between the foothills, Highland Avenue, Mountain and Arden Avenue, and includes unincorporated county islands. Delmann Heights is the area north of Highland Avenue, west of the 215, and east of the unincorporated area of Muscoy, California (which is within the city's sphere of influence for annexation). Some portions of Highland are within the City of San Bernardino, generally consistent with the portions of historical "West Highlands" north of Highland Avenue. The city also contains the post office for Patton, California, the area coextensive with Patton State Hospital, a medium-security facility for sexually-violent mentally ill patients. Mountain Shadows originally was the development name for the area between Palm Avenue and Highland Avenue to State Route 330; today it generally means the mobile-home park of the same name. The "west side" is used generically to refer to the areas west of the 215 freeway. North Loma Linda is the area west of Mountain View (the border with Redlands), south of the Santa Ana River, North of the 10 freeway, and east of Tippecanoe Avenue. The area north of Northpark Boulevard and Northpark Elementary School is sometimes referred to as Northpark. The area northwest of University Parkway, and north of Kendall Avenue to the city limits in Devore is called Verdemont. The neighborhood around Hemlock near Del Rosa is sometimes commonly called "Holcolmb Hill" in reference to former Mayor W.R. "Bob" Holcolmb, a long-time resident. The City of San Bernardino briefly (circa 2002) referred to the area immediately north of the Feldheym Library as "Old Towne," but the name is neither historically accurate, nor organic in any way. The "Bench" or "Rialto Bench" refers to the area with Rialto mailing addresses between Foothill Boulevard and Base Line, which is elevated over the wash.

[edit] Zip codes

San Bernardino has zip codes 92401 through 92427.^[5] Some parts of the San Bernardino include Loma Linda, Rialto and Highland zip codes.

[edit] Parks and recreation

San Bernardino has many parks and recreation centers. Perris Hill Park is the largest and most well-known park, with a YMCA, a senior center, a pool, tennis courts, Fiscalani Field, and the Roosevelt Bowl.

[edit] Climate

San Bernardino has a transitional climate, in between the Mediterranean climate and the Arid climate with mild to chilly winters, hot summers and very dry conditions year-round. Snow flurries occur in city limits on occasion. San Bernardino gets a total of 16 inches (41 cm) of rain, hail, or light snow showers each year in the winter.

The seasonal Santa Ana winds are felt particularly strongly in the San Bernardino area as warm dry air is channeled through nearby Cajon Pass at times during the autumn months. This markedly increases wildfire danger in the surrounding foothill, canyon, and mountain communities during wind events-- as evidenced by the Old Fire which ravaged the area in 2003 and also the Green Valley and the Slide fires of October 2007. [20]

Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Rec High °F	94	93	96	102	112	111	116	116	117	111	98	93	117
Avg high °F	45	52	55	67	77	85	100	105	85	67	55	50	71
Avg low °F	35	37	39	45	50	60	70	65	60	52	43	40	43
Rec Low °F	17	21	26	20	35	40	44	43	36	29	24	18	17
Precip (in)	3.5	3.7	3.28	0.93	0.41	0.09	0.04	0.22	0.41	0.71	1.20	1.94	16.43

[edit] Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there are 185,401 people, 56,330 households, and 41,120 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,217.2/km² (3,152.4/mi²). The population today is higher (2006 estimate: 201, 823)^[6], and the Census may have had an undercount. Some areas, particularly north of downtown, have a density beyond design capacity. There are 63,535 housing units at an average density of 417.1/km² (1,080.3/mi²). 47.48% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 28.23% White, 18.41% African American, 1.40% Native American, 4.19% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 27.12% from other races, and 5.28% from two or more races.

There are 56,330 households out of which 44.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% are married couples living together, 21.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% are non-families. 21.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.19 and the average family size is 3.72. As of 2000, 52.4% of housing is owner-occupied, 47.6% is renter-occupied, while 11.6% of all other housing units were vacant.

In the city the population is spread out with 35.2% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $31,140, and the median income for a family is $33,357. Males have a median income of $30,847 versus $25,782 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,925. 28.6% of the population and 23.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 36.2% of those under the age of 18 and 11.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

[edit] Diversity issues

San Bernardino was once considered a mostly WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) or majority Caucasian or European American city which was given the nickname "Iowa under Palm trees" until the 1930s before major migrations of Mexicans, Black Americans from the southern states and other immigrants from Europe and later the Asian continent occurred to gave a more ethnic and cultural diverse flavor in the city. San Bernardino is one of Southern California's most "majority minority" diverse cities.^{[citation needed]}

San Bernardino has a history of other ethnic groups: Irish, German and Italian railroad workers in the late 19th century. Third Street near Arrowhead Avenue once boasted a Chinatown of the city's large Asian American community (of Chinese, but also those of Filipinos, Japanese and Korean descent), detailed in the city's history section.

The San Manuel Indian Reservation has developed a full-scale Las Vegas-style casino, now one of the area's largest private employers. The Reservation is technically not in the City, just north of its boundaries, and San Manuels use the geographical identifier of "Highland" the neighboring town instead of San Bernardino, particularly in advertising.

[edit] Government and law

The City of San Bernardino is a charter city, a form of government under California that allows limited home-rule, in that it can pass its own laws not in conflict with state law, such as when state law is silent, or expressly allows municipal regulations of areas of local concern. San Bernardino became a charter city in 1905, the most current charter was passed in 2004.

The City of San Bernardino has what may be a unique form of government, with a strong, full-time, elected mayor, a city manager, an elected City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Treasurer, and seven council positions elected in a ward system. The charter also created the San Bernardino Unified School District, a legally separate agency, and the Board of Water Commissioners, a semi-autonomous, but legally indistinct commission, and a Board of Library Trustees.

The City Manager is responsible for all department heads, except for the fire and police chiefs. Previously, the San Bernardino Municipal Code recognized a City Administrator. In March 2006, City Administrator Frederick ("Fred") Wilson became the City's first City Manager.

When the City originally adopted a ward system, there were five wards. In the 1960s, the Council was expanded to seven wards. The boundaries are adjusted with each federal census as required by federal constitutional law. The current council is:

First Ward: Esther Estrada; Second Ward: Dennis Baxter; Third Ward: Tobin Brinker; Fourth Ward: Neiland ("Neil") K. Derry; Fifth Ward: Chas (not Charles) Kelley; Sixth Ward: Rikke Van Johnson; Seventh Ward: Wendy McCammack;

The Mayor is Patrick J. Morris;

The City Clerk is Rachel Clark;

The City Treasurer is David Kennedy;

The City Attorney is James "Jim" Frank Penman;

As per California law, all city positions are non-partisan.

San Bernardino's legal community has two centers: downtown and Hospitality Lane. Criminal, family, and government lawyers are centered downtown, while local civil firms and outposts of state and national firms, corporate, and insurance defense firms, are located along Hospitality Lane. The Government of Mexico has a consulate in downtown San Bernardino on the southeast corner of Third Street and "D" Street. Citizens of Mexico can obtain a Matrícula Consular which many governments and businesses use in lieu of U.S. photo identification.

[edit] Municipal Code

As a charter city, San Bernardino may make and enforce its own laws not in conflict with the State's laws. These rules have been codified as the San Bernardino Municipal Code. Violations of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, punishable as a misdemeanor or infraction (or both) are prosecuted by the City Attorney's Office in the San Bernardino Superior Court. The City also has two administrative processes for violations of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, including adopted codes such as the Uniform Building Code and the California Fire Code. One is an administrative citation system, similar to a parking ticket, with a pay or contest procedure. The other is an administrative hearing process, generally used for multiple code violations by the Code Enforcement Department.

[edit] Joint-power authorities

San Bernardino shares certain powers with other agencies to form legally separate entities known as joint-power authorities under California law. These include Omnitrans, which provides transportation throughout the east and west valleys of San Bernardino County; SANBAG, which coordinates transportation projects throughout the County, and the Inland Valley Development Agency, which is responsible for redevelopment of the areas around the San Bernardino International Airport.

Additionally, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino (which goes by the name "Economic Development Agency of the City of San Bernardino," but never legally changed its name, is a separate legal entity, though the City Council of the City of San Bernardino sits as the Agency Board, and the Mayor is its executive.

[edit] County Seat

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County. Various state courts, (for civil, criminal and juvenile trials) operate under the auspices of the Superior Court, San Bernardino District (formerly Central Division prior to the unification of the Superior and Municipal Courts in 1998). Currently, the Superior Court of California county courthouse is located at 351 North Arrowhead Avenue. It consists of a four-story building of steel and concrete construction built in 1927. A six-story addition was added in the 1950s. Currently, there are plans to seismically retrofit the 1926 structure, which will cause courtrooms and clerks to be temporarily moved to 303 West Third Street, site of the former State Building. The courthouse, after retrofit, will be transferred to the state's authority.

Juvenile Court and Juvenile Hall are located in a county enclave adjacent to the city on Gilbert Street, near the site of the former County Hospital.

A new courthouse is tentatively planned to be built at the south east corner of Third and Arrowhead, across from both the planned 303 West Third courtrooms, and the current court. Funding for the future court will likely be conditioned upon a statewide bond initiative.

The County's District Attorney and the Public Defender both have their main offices on Mountain View Avenue, directly east of the Courthouse.

The California Court of Appeal Fourth District, Division Two used to be located in San Bernardino, but moved to Riverside in the 1990s. Federal cases (including Bankruptcy) are also heard in Riverside courthouses.

[edit] Jails

The San Bernardino Police Department has a holding area, but pre-trial in-custodies are transported to the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Sentenced criminals are held at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center, just outside the City's limits in the Verdemont area. While the Central Detention Center, located at 630 East Rialto Avenue in San Bernardino, served as the main jail from 1971–1992, today it mostly serves federal prisoners under contract.

[edit] Public safety

The 1905 Charter created the San Bernardino Police Department and Chief of Police; before 1905, there was a position of City Marshal. The current Charter places the Chief of Police under the direction of the Mayor.

The San Bernardino City Fire Department was founded in 1878. The Fire Chief is under the direction of the Mayor. It is a completely professional (as opposed to volunteer) fire department.

Charter Section 186 requires that the monthly salaries of police and fire local safety members be the average of like positions at ten comparable cities in California.^[7] Thus, if the average goes up in other cities, the compensation of the local safety employees automatically rises.

Over 90 percent of local police officers do not live within the City limits.^[8]

Recent police efforts include joint patrols with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol. As of November 2006,^[9] Part 1 Crime (Murders, Rape, Robbery, Assault, Burglary and Theft) was down 14.07 percent from 2005. Stricter enforcement caused a rise in both juvenile and adult arrests.^[10]

[edit] Crime

San Bernardino has long battled with crime, blight and poverty. According to the Morgan Quitno Press, a book publisher, it was #16 most dangerous US city in 2003, and #18 in 2004, and #24 in 2005. San Bernardino's murder rate per capita was 31.3 per 100,000 in 2005. The 13th highest murder rate in the country and the third highest in the state of California behind Compton,CA & Richmond,CA respectively.

[edit] Gang violence

San Bernardino has long dealt with spillover of crime from the Los Angeles region.^[11] The San Bernardino Police Department's Multiple Enforcement Team (MET)^[12] focuses on controlling gangs. This includes both street gangs and prison gangs.^[13] Some efforts include putting GPS tracking devices on parolees.^[14] The San Bernardino City Attorney's Office pioneered the use of gang injunctions in San Bernardino County. The City has seven civil gang injunctions covering 400 members.^[15] These include permanent injunctions against the Five Time Hometown Crips,^[16] Verdugo Flats Gang,^[17] Sur Crazy Ones,^[18] Delmann Heights Bloods Gang,^[19] and the California Gardens Gang.^[20] At least one of these injunctions was studied by a UC Irvine professor, which found short-term benefits to the injunctions.^[21]

[edit] Sister cities

San Bernardino has eleven sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International^[22] and the Mayor's office.^[23] of the City of San Bernardino:

Goyang, South Korea Herzliya, Israel Ilé-Ifẹ, Nigeria Kigali, Rwanda Mexicali, Mexico Roxas, Philippines

Tachikawa, Japan Tauranga, New Zealand Villahermosa, Mexico Yushu, China Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

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Tachikawa is the oldest and strongest of the relationships, and predates Sister Cities International, Inc. It was formed because both San Bernardino and Tachikawa had United States Air Force Bases.

[edit] State and Federal

In the state legislature San Bernardino is located in the 31st and 32nd Senate Districts, represented by Republican Robert Dutton and Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod respectively, and in the 59th, 62nd and 63rd Assembly Districts, represented by Republican Bob Margett, Democrat Wilmer Carter, and Republican Bill Emmerson respectively. Federally, San Bernardino is located in California's 41st and 43rd congressional districts, which have Cook PVIs of R +9 and D +10 respectively^[24] and is represented by Republican Jerry Lewis and Democrat Joe Baca.

[edit] Economy

Government, retail, and service industries dominate the economy of the City of San Bernardino. From 1998 to 2004, San Bernardino’s economy grew by 26,217 jobs, a 37% increase, to 97,139. Government was both the largest and the fastest-growing employment sector, reaching close to 20,000 jobs in 2004. Other significant sectors were retail (16,000 jobs) and education (13,200 jobs).^[25]

The city’s location close to the Cajon and San Gorgonio passes, and at the junction of the I-10 and I-215 freeways, positions it as a railroad and logistics hub. The city hosts the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway’s Intermodal freight transport yard, the Yellow Freight Systems’ cross-docking trucking center, and Pacific Motor Trucking. Large warehouses for Kohl's, Mattel, Pep Boys, and Stater Bros. have been developed near the San Bernardino International Airport.^[25]

The city’s Hospitality Lane district, which has attracted much of the regional economic development away from downtown, is home to numerous office buildings, bigbox retailers, restaurants, and hotels.

The closure of Norton Air Force Base in 1994 caused the loss of 10,000 highly skilled military and civilian jobs, emptied whole neighborhoods and sent San Bernardino's economy into a downturn from which it has yet to completely recover. The jobless rate in the region swelled to more than 12 percent during the years after the base closure, and even today households within one mile of downtown have a median income of $20,480, less than half that of the Inland region as a whole. While the service and warehouse industry has brought more than 2000 jobs to the Norton site, attempts to turn San Bernardino International Airport into a regional aviation hub have not been as successful.^[26]

[edit] Media

San Bernardino is part of the Los Angeles Nielsen area. As such, its residents receive the same television stations as most other Southern Californians. KVCR-TV, a PBS affiliate operated by the San Bernardino Community College District, is the only local San Bernardino television station. KPXN, the Los Angeles "i" network affiliate, is licensed to San Bernardino, but contains no local content. Most of North San Bernardino cannot receive over-the-air television broadcasts from Los Angeles. This is because Mount Baldy and other San Gabriel Mountain peaks block transmissions from Mount Wilson. Since the 1960s, most North San Bernardino residents have required cable television to obtain television. Today, the City has two main cable franchises: Northwest San Bernardino has Charter Communications, the rest of the City is served by Time Warner Cable), and Mountain Shadow Cable is a small local company that provides services to the eponymous mobile home park. DBS satellite is also prevalent. Local programming is handled by the city's Public, Education, and Government Channel KCSB-TV.

Historically, San Bernardino has had a number of newspapers. Today, the San Bernardino Sun, founded in 1894 (but was the continuation of an earlier paper) publishes in North San Bernardino, and has a circulation area roughly from Yucaipa to Fontana, including the mountain communities.Many older residents refer to the Sun as the Sun-Telegram, its name when it merged with the afternoon Telegram in the 1960s. There is also the Black Voice News that has been in the area over 30 years serving African Americans that live in the community.

San Bernardino and the Inland Empire have their own Arbitron area. Therefore, there are a number of radio stations that broadcast in or near San Bernardino. These include rock station KCXX (FM), country music station KFRG (FM) and NPR member station KVCR (FM). Other than government or media outlets, no large internet sites are centered around San Bernardino.

[edit] Education

[edit] Colleges and universities

San Bernardino Valley College (south of downtown) is a public community college. California State University, San Bernardino (north of downtown) is a part of the California State University System. There is also ITT Technical Institute, The Art Institute of California -Inland Empire, San Bernardino, Argosy University-Inland Empire, and Everest College. Other nearby institutions include the University of California, Riverside, the private University of Redlands, and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, which is also part of the California State University. San Bernardino also offers a American Sports University in Downtown San Bernardino.

[edit] Primary and secondary schools

San Bernardino is almost entirely served by the San Bernardino City Unified School District. The district also serves parts of the Cities of Rialto and Highland. Parts of the City are served by the Redlands Unified School District, Colton Joint Unified School District, and Rialto Unified School District. Despite the District's name, it is no longer a part of the City of San Bernardino. The district, as signified by its name, has elementary, intermediate, and high schools. The comprehensive high schools are Arroyo Valley High School, Cajon High School, San Bernardino High School, Pacific High School, M.C. High School and San Gorgonio High School.

[edit] Culture and contemporary life

[edit] Performing arts

The California Theater of Performing Arts, in downtown San Bernardino, holds cultural events, including touring Broadway theatre presented by Theatrical Arts International the Inland Empire's Largest Theatre Company and the San Bernardino Symphony. The Hyundai Pavilion in adjacent Devore, the National Orange Show, and Coussoulis Arena at Cal State San Bernardino host popular music. The historic Fox Theatre of San Bernardino is also located in the downtown area, next to American Sports University. The Fox Theater is being reopen and remodeled.

[edit] Museums

The Heritage House at 8th and D holds the collection of the San Bernardino Historic and Pioneer Society. The San Bernardino County Museum, in Redlands, California, has exhibits relating to the history of the City of San Bernardino, including a diorama of the Mormon Fort. A museum is located on the site of the first McDonalds at 1398 N. E Street.^[27]The Inland Empire Military Museum is located at 1394 N. E Street.^[28]

[edit] Resorts

San Bernardino is home to the Arrowhead Springs Resort, a former resort hotel encompassing 1,916 acres directly beneath the famous arrowhead formation in the San Bernardino Mountains. The hotel featured natural hot spring spas and baths from underground. Long the headquarters for Campus Crusade for Christ, despite the site's size and potential the site remains largely vacant since their operations moved to Florida. Of interest is that Arrowhead Springs bottled water actually comes from the springs on the property of the resort; many other bottled-water companies merely purify city water.

[edit] Sports

The city hosts the Inland Empire 66ers baseball club of the California League, which as of 2007 is the Los Angeles Dodgers Single A Affiliate in 2007. The 66ers play at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in downtown San Bernardino.

California State University, San Bernardino Coyotes compete at the NCAA Division II level in a variety of sports. In 2007, the Coyotes' men's basketball team competed in the Division II Final Four in Springfield, Massachusetts. However, only San Bernardino Valley College plays football at the collegiate level.

San Bernardino has had other professional and semi-pro teams over the years, including the San Bernardino Jazz professional women's volleyball team, the San Bernardino Pride Senior Baseball team, and the San Bernardino Spirit California League Single A baseball team.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Roads and highways

San Bernardino has a system of mostly publicly maintained local streets, including major arterials, some private streets, state highways, and interstate highways.

The major streets are (north south streets, from the west): Meridian Avenue, Mount Vernon Avenue, E Street, Arrowhead Avenue, Sierra Way, Waterman Avenue, Tippecanoe Avenue, Del Rosa Avenue, Sterling Avenue, Arden Avenue, Victoria Avenue, Palm Avenue, and Boulder Street; east west streets, from the north): Northpark Avenue, Kendall Avenue, 40th Street, Marshall Boulevard, 30th Street, Highland Avenue, Base Line (Street), 9th Street, 5th Street, 2nd Street, Rialto Avenue, Mill Street, Orange Show Road, and Hospitality Lane.

The State Highways include: State Route 206 (Kendall Avenue), State Route 259 (the connector between Highway 30 and Interstate 215), State Route 18 (Waterman Avenue) (the gateway to the San Bernardino National Forest), State Route 330, and State Route 66.

Freeways include: Interstate 10, Interstate 215, Interstate 210, State Route 30 [named the Martin A. Matich Freeway between the I-215 and the I-10 in Redlands on October 17, 2006^[29] , State Route 259, and State Route 330.

[edit] Public transportation

San Bernardino is served by Metrolink. Lines include the Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County Line and the Metrolink San Bernardino Line. Plans are underway by SANBAG to create a light rail link to Redlands, California, with potential stops at Mill Street and Hospitality Lane. Amtrak's Southwest Chief, operating from Los Angeles to Chicago has one daily train in each direction that stops at the San Bernardino station.

The City of San Bernardino is a member of the joint-powers authority Omnitrans. A Bus Rapid Transit project, called SB-X, is planned from Cal State San Bernardino to Loma Linda. A bus transit center is planned in the vicinity of E Street and Rialto Avenue.

[edit] Airports

San Bernardino International Airport (the former Norton Air Force Base) is physically located within the City. A large amount of warehouses are being built in its general vicinity; it is within the jurisdiction of the Inland Valley Development Agency, a joint powers authority, and the San Bernardino Airport Authority. Hillwood, a venture run by H. Ross Perot, Jr., is the master developer of the project, which it calls AllianceCalifornia. The airport does not currently offer commercial passenger service. However the airport is being remodeled and will be taking international flights in Fall 2008, confermed by major Pat Morris.. The airport will have entrances through both the San Bernardino freeways I-10 and I-215 off Mill Street for I-215, and Waterman Avenue (north) for I-10.

[edit] Notable San Bernardinians

[edit] The Arts

• Gene Hackman - actor
• Kirk Harris - actor, writer
• Edith Head - Academy Award-winning costume designer
• Twyla Tharp - modern dancer
• Michael Reaves - screenwriter, mostly on animated series

[edit] Politics

• Anna Escobedo Cabral - 42nd and current Treasurer of the United States
• Merritt B. Curtis - Brigadier General in the Marine Corps and candidate for President of the United States in 1960
• Jefferson Hunt - Western Pioneer
• Dirk Kempthorne - present US Secretary of the Interior and former governor of Idaho
• Claude R. Kirk, Jr. - former governor of Florida
• Robert Waterman - Governor of California

[edit] Science

• Michael R. Clifford - astronaut
• Howard Georgi - professor of physics at Harvard University

[edit] Sports

• Brandie Burton - professional golfer
• Tyson Chandler - professional basketball player, New Orleans Hornets
• Rich Dauer - professional baseball player
• Eric Koston - pro skateboarder, was born in Bangkok, Thailand but grew up in San Bernardino
• Shawn Estes - professional baseball player
• Charles Johnson - professional football player
• Steve Johnson - professional basketball player
• John Laurinaitis - professional wrestler
• Alberto Madril - professional wrestler
• Ryan Nece - professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Paul Oberjuerge - editor of the San Bernardino Sun sports department from 1980-2003, with the paper for 32 years (1976-2008)
• Derek Parra - speed skater, gold and silver medalist at 2002 Winter Olympics, competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
• Bryon Russell - professional basketball player, Denver Nuggets
• Swede Savage - Indy 500, sports car, and NASCAR driver. Died in 1973 Indy 500.
• Jeremy Stevenson - NHL player born in San Bernardino
• Dave Stockton - professional golfer
• Lisa Marie Varon aka Victoria - professional wrestler

[edit] Gallery

Main article: Downtown San Bernardino

Unusual January snow fall in San Bernardino

San Bernardino, Amtrak station, Santa Fe Depot

San Bernardino I-210 Fwy

San Bernardino sky line

[edit] Popular Culture References

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• President LB Johnson worked here as an elevator operator.
• Site of first McDonald's restaurant
• Famed British disc jockey John Peel worked at local radio station KMEN in the mid-1960s
• Burial place of guitarist Randy Rhoads in Mountain View Cemetery at Waterman and Highland Avenues.
• Site of Mick Jones' last performance with British punk band The Clash
• Mentioned in Bobby Troup's song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
• Sammy Davis Jr was involved in a car accident where he lost his eye in 1954. He was treated at San Bernardino Community Hospital.
• Will Rogers final public appearance was at the California Theatre in 1935. Two large murals of Rogers appear on the California Theater today.
• The Rolling Stones made their U.S. Concert Debut (though they had other, promotional dates first [21] at the Swing Auditorium on June 5, 1964.
• The first line of the Mark Knopfler song "Boom Like That" is 'I'm going to San Bernardino, ring-a-ding ding,' a reference to Ray Kroc's visit to the first McDonald's.
• Mentioned in a Bugs Bunny cartoon; and in the Simpsons, in the episode titled "Take My Wife, Sleaze" (Can we at least keep her till the orgy at San Berdoo?).
• "San Ber'dino" is the title of a song written by Frank Zappa and appeared on the album "One Size Fits All".
• San Bernardino is also mentioned in the Eagles Of Death Metal song "San Berdoo Sunburn" on their debut album "Peace, Love And Death Metal".
• Mentioned in the film Cars
• According to the B-Movie Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, it is the westernmost outpost of civilization.
• Joan Didion, in her essay Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, described October in San Bernardino as the "season of suicide, divorce, and prickly dread, wherever the wind blows."
• The Twilight Zone episode "The Last Flight", and parts of the films The Hanoi Hilton, Terminator 3, The Fast and The Furious, Volcano, and Bad Boys were filmed at Norton Air Force Base.
• Referenced in the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Tombstone Shadow "Saw the Gypsy man way down in San Berdoo"
• Industrial punk band Mindless Self Indulgence referenced to San Bernardino in their song, "Planet of the Apes".
• Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino was the site of a "sickter" Grateful Dead performance on February 26, 1977 which featured the debut live performance of two soon-to-be dead classics, "Terrapin Station" and "Estimated Prophet".
• The city was noted in a popular rap lyric by Bay Area rap artist, Law. "Rollin down the 10 towards San Bernadino. My nigga Arick Rangwalla, half Pakistani and Chino."

[edit] Nicknames, pronunciation, and abbreviations

San Bernardino has gone by many nicknames in its history. Of these, San B, DINO, San Berdoo^[30][31] or Berdoo^[32][33] is the most common but is sometimes considered to be derogatory. Others include Gate City^[34] (to reflect its proximity to Los Angeles, and the fact that it is at the southern/western end of the Cajon Pass, leading to the High Desert and Las Vegas, Nevada), "The Friendly City"^[35]City on the Move^[36] (used in the 1970s; parodied as "The City on the Mooch" by some), and most recently The Heartbeat of Route 66^[37]. Latinos played on "Berdoo" by calling the city "Verdugo.[^[38]]"^[39] The term means "executioner" in Spanish^[40], and is also a place name in Los Angeles County, both unrelated to the use. Outsiders often misspell the city as "San Bernadino"^[41], without the second "r", based on a common pronunciation of the name. A nickname of more recent vintage is "BurgerTown."^[42] Newspapers, particularly the San Bernardino Sun, will abbreviate San Bernardino (the city but not the county) to "SB." This can cause some confusion in that other places in the state, including the South Bay of Los Angeles County, and Santa Barbara, California are both abbreviated to "SB." The name "San Bernardino" refers both to the incorporated "City of San Bernardino" and other associated, unincorporated parts of the City. Two common abbreviations are "San Bdno" and "San Bdo", in the 60s and 70s local mail was often addressed to "San Bdno, CA"; a Google search today for either abbreviation returns over 700 hits.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Edward Leo Lyman, San Bernardino: The Rise and Fall of a California Community, Signature Books, 1996.
• Walter C. Schuiling, San Bernardino County: Land of Contrasts, Windsor Publications, 1984
• Nick Cataldo, Images of America: San Bernardino, California, Arcadia Publishing, 2002

[edit] See also

• USS San Bernardino (LST-1189)

[edit] External links

• City of San Bernardino
• California State University, San Bernardino
• San Bernardino Valley College
• San Bernardino County Fire Insurance Claims Contractors

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