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FONTANA — It all began in 1943. That’s when industrialist Henry J. Kaiser decided to build a hospital for Kaiser Steel Mill employees and their families. Kaiser asked Dr. Sidney Garfield to ...
Not many business people know that a thriving steel company still operates in Fontana, where half of the old Kaiser Steel complex was torn down years ago. Even fewer people know that California ...
Just over eight years ago, the California Speedway was built on the site of the old Kaiser Steel mill, kick-starting a new era for the city. The racetrack is just outside Fontana’s border on ...
The richest was a nostalgia-soaked message from a retired boilermaker at Kaiser Steel from 1965 to 1982. Craig Chubbuck, now of Beaumont, toiled at the Fontana mill under contract as needed to ...
Located in the farthest eastern part of Los Angeles county, Fontana is infamous for its distinction as the birthplace of the Hell's Angels and as perhaps the key southern California hub for ...
Ric Dias wrote a new book, “Kaiser Steel of Fontana, Together We Build.” (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Dias, who grew up in Northern California, attended graduate school at ...
Auto Club Speedway is located on a tract of land in Fontana, California, that was formerly home to a 10,000-employee Kaiser Steel Mill. The mill opened in 1942 and closed in 1983, with most of the ...