Once rural citrus-growing areas, Ontario and Pomona have seen many waves of immigrants from around the world as they grew into densely populated suburbs of metropolitan Los Angeles.

Once rural citrus-growing areas, Ontario and Pomona have seen many waves of immigrants from around the world as they grew into densely populated suburbs of metropolitan Los Angeles.

As development spread over the 1900s, Californians begun to see the value in conserving their wild resources and began to set aside these lands to protect them for future enjoyment.

As development spread over the 1900s, Californians begun to see the value in conserving their wild resources and began to set aside these lands to protect them for future enjoyment.

Once a wild and free river, running nearly 100 miles from the mountains of San Bernardino County down to the Pacific Ocean...the Santa Ana River has suffered the fate of many of California's rivers. It was a little too wild, and with water in such great demand, that the Santa Ana is now a dry concrete channel for much of the year.

Once a wild and free river, running nearly 100 miles from the mountains of San Bernardino County down to the Pacific Ocean...the Santa Ana River has suffered the fate of many of California's rivers. It was a little too wild, and with water in such great demand, that the Santa Ana is now a dry concrete channel for much of the year.