Downtown San Bernardino

October 17, 1989 was a calm day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two neighboring cities, San Francisco and Oakland were buzzing with excitement because each city’s major league baseball team, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics was competing in the World Series. It was a Bay Area rivalry for the biggest prize in baseball and the crowds were headed to San Francisco to prepare for a 5:30pm first pitch at Candlestick Park. Then, at around 5:03pm not long before the scheduled first pitch,…

Alcatraz Summary Alcatraz Was built on July 1, 1934, and ran for years then started to cost the U.S too much money and to repair. It was estimated to be 1-3 million dollars to fix. (Alcatraz facts) Alcatraz was one of the toughest prisons in the world. Alcatraz was the high maximum security prison. The toughest punishment was to be in a room pitch black and a hole in the ground to go to the bathroom, no mattress but at night time, and one meal a day. (Alcatraz Facts) Alcatraz has gardens when…

Journal Entry 3: Gentrification in New York After migrating to the United States from Puerto Rico many Puerto Ricans found themselves living in uninhabitable buildings (Suarez 277). “ By 1955 seven hundred thousand Puerto Ricans had moved to the continental United States, and most of them went to New York” (Suarez 275). During this time the New York City was being rebuilt in other words gentrification was occurring. According to the Merriam- Webster Dictionary gentrification is defined as the…

first reason why I think that California should not build this seawater plant is because it is too expensive. The text states “The project is expected to cost $1 billion.” This is a lot of money. The text also states that “Customers in the city of San Diego will help pay for the plant through their water bills, which could go up by $5 a month” this is very expensive, especially since water bills are already so expensive, along with all your other house bills. This is one reason why I think that…

Donating plasma in the state of California is an excellent way individuals can help others while making money. In California the process of donating plasma is simple, mostly painless, and takes only 60 to 90 minutes. Pay varies depending on the location the donation is given at, but donors can expect to earn $20 to $40. In order to donate plasma potential donors must go through a screening process to determine eligibility. In California, donors are required to be at least 17 years old or older.…

Three inmates of the Alcatraz Prison escaped on June 11, 1962, and were said to have died in the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay. Although there is evidence supporting that conclusion there is still no for sure explanation if they actually died or not. I think that they survived the escape because of their clever planning. They could of died but there is still no proof that they did. There is evidence that could help prove that they did survive. So did Frank Morris, along with John and…

Gold, it’s what everyone hopes to find someday, well in California it was found. On January 24, 1848 James Marshell discovered gold in California. The word got out so people from California came in and started searching for gold, word got out to the east they wanted proof. Then the government went out to look and it was confirmed real gold. It was reported in many news papers around the country and that’s how the California Gold Rush began. Challenges faced during the California Gold Rush were…

In the great mystery about the Alcatraz escapees is one of the most creative jailbreaks of all time. The question is did they make it alive or did they die in the process? Based on the evidence I believe that they lived and that they escaped. I think that there plan worked. The first pieces of evidence comes from a video called “ did frank moore survive?” it says that there was a raft and footprints leading away from it on Angel Island. Angel island was there original destination. We know this…

Correctional Facility Paper: Alcatraz Elizabeth Phan Introduction to Corrections July 20, 2017 Look out onto the San Francisco Bay and you see a big rock that is approximately 22 acres with some abandoned architecture on it. Well, that there is Alcatraz Island. Before Alcatraz became the tourist attraction that we know of today, it was used differently throughout the course of California history. First, the light house was placed there and it was used to guide people in and out of…

Being the first generation of my family to graduate from high school and attend college has been one of my major goals throughout my life. I was born on September 21, 1992 in Mexico City but raised in San Diego since the age of four. My mother was only sixteen years old when she had me raising me as a single mother, my mom has sacrificed her life to put a roof over my head. My childhood has not been easy, since I was a little girl I had to face many obstacles that has shaped me to become the…