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Bone found in Arizona rock collection has Riverside County connection
Recent DNA testing was able to identify who it belonged to, writes Kim Jarrell Johnson.
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San Bernardino鈥檚 first merchant was an early Jewish pioneer
Marcus Katz, who later served as county treasurer, opened a store inside a 5-acre fort around 1852.
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1915 was a big year for Lewis Bentley: He was elected San Jacinto 鈥榤ayor鈥� and he remarried
Bentley resigned in 1917, after nine years of service in San Jacinto, and moved with his family to Claremont.
Riverside students got a special letter from Gov. Earl Warren in 1951
A fifth-grade class at Casa Blanca School sent a card to the governor鈥檚 daughter, who was recovering from polio.
Snow in Southern California: January 1949 storms blanketed region
It even snowed on Catalina Island, and the cold temperatures kept the white stuff on the ground for a long time.
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The link between Riverside and Chuck Berry鈥檚 鈥楻un Rudolph Run鈥�
The holiday tune released in 1958 remains popular today, columnist Kim Jarrell Johnson writes.
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Fired as a San Bernardino principal for an unknown reason, Miss Whittier filed a lawsuit
In 1878, the improper termination lawsuit went to trial. History columnist Kim Jarrell Johnson shares details of the case.
Riverside County has a long mining history, with 10,792 claims
Many claims were in desert, but others were in the San Jacinto Mountains and the Perris and Winchester areas.
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How a man escaped in 1893 from the new jail in San Bernardino
A newspaper called the inmate, who was behind bars for bribery, a 鈥渂old, bad man.鈥�
Riverside Community Hospital opened a modern facility in 1925, held a baby reunion 18 months later
John Abbott Williams was the first baby born in the new hospital, a little girl was born later that same day.