La Sierra University

La Sierra Academy (LSA) is a private, co-educational, transitional kindergarten–12th grade Christian school in Riverside, California. La Sierra Academy's mission statement states: "As a Christian K - 12 college preparatory school, we serve students from diverse backgrounds by providing the learning opportunities and skills needed to contribute to society, to prepare for life's work, and to flourish spiritually." LSA is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.

La Sierra High School, located in Riverside, California, United States, is a public high school in the Alvord Unified School District that was founded on August 28, 1969. Tania Cabeza is the principal. La Sierra High School's official school colors are navy blue and white. Red is the accent color and has been since the school opened. The two main feeder schools for La Sierra High are Arizona and Villegas intermediate schools. La Sierra's rivals are Norte Vista and Hillcrest, the other public high schools in Alvord Unified.

Hillcrest High School (Riverside, California) is a public high school in Riverside, California, United States. Students from Ysmael Villegas Middle School, Arizona Middle School and transfers attend Hillcrest.

Alvord Unified School District (AUSD) is a school district headquartered in Riverside, California, United States. The district boundaries include the western portion of the City of Riverside, the eastern portion of the city of Corona, and segments of unincorporated parts of Riverside County, including Home Gardens. The district was established in 1896. The first elementary school is now Alvord Continuation High School. The district office moved in February 2016 to 9 KPC Parkway in Corona. The Instructional Materials Center, Warehouse, Nurses Office and Maintenance facilities remain at 10365 Keller Avenue in Riverside, California.

Riverside–La Sierra station is a Metrolink commuter rail train station in the La Sierra South neighborhood of Riverside, California, United States. Due to its large parking lot, it is the second-largest station served by Metrolink in surface area, after Union Station. La Sierra University is located a few miles from the station.The station is owned by the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC).

Home Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. It is within the City of Corona's sphere of influence. The population was 11,203 at the 2020 census, down from 11,507 at the 2010 census.

Castle Park, formerly Castle Amusement Park, is a 25-acre amusement park and family amusement center located in Riverside, California. The park utilizes a medieval "castle" theme and includes attractions such as a miniature golf course, arcade, and 22 amusement rides including two roller coasters such as Merlin's Revenge, a junior rollercoaster, and Screamin' Demon, a spinning Wild Mouse rollercoaster. The main "castle" themed building, houses the arcade as well as its only dark ride, "Ghost Blasters", an interactive attraction, designed by Sally Corporation, which can also be found at other amusement parks throughout North America. The park was designed, built and operated by Bud Hurlbut, who designed several rides at Knott's Berry Farm. Castle Park is currently owned and operated by Palace Entertainment.

Galleria at Tyler, formerly known as Tyler Mall, is a shopping mall located in Riverside, California, features JCPenney, and Macy's, in addition to Furniture City and an AMC Theatres.

Norco High School is a comprehensive public high school serving over 2,000 students from grades 9-12 in Norco, California, United States. It is part of the Corona-Norco Unified School District. The current principal is Melissa Bako.

Norte Vista High School is a high school in Riverside, California, part of the Alvord Unified School District, and the home of the Norte Vista Braves.

Rancho La Sierra (also called "La Sierra de Santa Ana") was a 17,774-acre (71.93 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Riverside County, California, United States. In 1846 Governor Pio Pico issued the grant to Vicenta Sepulveda. The rancho includes the present-day city of Norco, and the western end of Riverside.

Camp Anza was a United States Army installation, in what is now Riverside, California, during World War II. Construction began on July 3, 1942, and was completed on February 15, 1943. The camp was named after Juan Bautista de Anza, an early explorer who camped near the site in 1774. The US Army purchased the 1,240-acre site from the Willits J. Hole Ranch (1910–1942), a barley and wheat farm. Before 1910 the land was part of Rancho La Sierra (1797–1910).The post was activated on December 2, 1942, initially designated as Arlington Staging Area and Arlington Special Training Center, and renamed Camp Anza on December 12, 1942. Camp Anza was a large army base with 512 buildings housing 20,000 troops. Over 600,000 troops were processed over the three years of use. The camp had over a hundred wood barracks. Also Built were: headquarters, recreation rooms, chapel, laundry building, Southern Pacific Railroad station, library, fire station, newspaper print room (Anza Zip), 2,000 seat outdoor theater, water storage tower, motor pool, heating plant, and mess halls. Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor often entertained troops there. The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope, a radio shows was broadcast from the camp one night. Most troops at the camp were shipped out at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation at Camp Ross. Before departing troops had immunizations, gas masks training, complete a will, rope ladder climbing training, recorded personal property, and at Hole Lake abandoned ship training. Possessing took eight to ten days before shipping out to the Pacific War. On August, 1945 returning troops started to arrive at Camp Anza. To serve the troops the camp also had a camp hospital. The 8th Italian Quartermaster Service Company, one of many Italian Service Units worked at Camp Anza. Camp Anza was deactivated on March 31, 1946.Philip H. Philbin Jr. purchased the camp in 1948 for $510,000. Philbin sold off much of the camp. Six local schools starting using the former camp. The street layout of the camp kept. A housing subdivision called Anza Village and Arlanza Neighborhood was built on the land. Today there remains: a few barracks, chapel, the headquarters, laundry facility, officer's club and warehouse, all reused building. The city has a Historical Resources Inventory of the buildings.Units stationed at the camp: 229th Military Police Company (Zone of the Interior) (ASF) 1941st Service Command Unit (Station Complement) (ASF) 8th Italian Quartermaster Service Company (ASF) 385th Army Service Forces Band (ASF) Detachment, 9206th Transportation Corps Technical Service Unit (Los Angeles Port of Embarkation (ASF) 22nd Army Air Forces Base Unit (Army Air Forces Command Group, Non-Divisional Unit) (AAF)