The New Centurions (novel)
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The New Centurions, is a novel by American writer Joseph Wambaugh. It explores the stresses of police work in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1960s. The author wrote the novel, his first, while
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Chino, California
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Chino is a city in the western end of the Inland Empire region of San Bernardino County, California, United States, with Los Angeles County to its west and Orange County to its south in the Southern C
The New Centurions (novel)
…notices that all the Chicanos in his class have been sent there. Duran is soon forced to confront his ethnicity, which he has hidden since leaving Chino to join the Marines. At first, he rationalizes why he does not want to be taken as Hispanic, but is increasingly uncomfortable with his self-denial…
Chino Airport in 2021
The Yorba–Slaughter Adobe, built in 1850 by Californio rancher Raimundo Yorba, is one of the oldest-standing buildings in San Bernardino County.
Fumigating tent for destroying California red scale in Chino Valley, c. 1893-94
Beet sugar factory in the Chino Valley, with Mount San Antonio visible to the left, c. 1906