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 ...

These massive mounds of gravel-like material are visible from the 10 freeway, and are an ever present reminder of why Fontana exists in the first place - Kaiser Steel. All pictures by ...

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 ...

The RFC, he said, would soon get back the $91 million it had lent to Kaiser Steel, which operates the Fontana (Calif.) steel plant. What was more, Kaiser planned to expand Fontana’s capacity by ...

From his Fontana (Calif.) plant, Henry J. Kaiser supplies the West Coast with more steel than any other steelmaker. Since he built the plant during World War II, he has expanded it seven times to ...