Jo Matza, Interview with Brent Bellah (also with Thomas Ramos, Casey Lee, and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, Recorded Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Jo Matza talks about volunteering for the Heritage House in Riverside, and Save Our Chinatown Committee. As a docent at the Heritage House, Jo shares stories about Chinese immigrant, Lew Gut, and his employer, Catherine Bettner, and why the Riverside Chinatown archaeological site matters, and should be preserved.

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Interview with Manuel Castro (also with Nicole Cory and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, California, Recorded May 2014; Aired on Coyote Radio, March 7, 2015.  Joanne Pease-Simpson spoke with CSUSB alumni Manuel Castro about her experiences working in urban planning and her views on the importance of preserving places that matter in our communities.  Her interview was originally aired on Coyote Radio on March 7, 2015 as the inaugural edition of CSUSB’s oral history radio program.  Joanne died in February before the program aired.  We dedicated the CSUSB/Coyote Radio “This Place Matters” program to her memory.

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Joanne Pease-Simpson, "This Place Matters"

Interview with Miranda Olivas (also with Juan Ochoa, and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, California, Recorded May 2014; Aired on Coyote Radio, March 14, 2015. Steve Lech spoke with CSUSB alumni Miranda Olivas and Juan Ochoa about his vast experience working in the area of local history and historic preservation in Riverside.  Steven Lech remembered failed efforts to save the Press Bindery building and the day when developers illegally graded the site of Riverside's Chinatown.

Steve Lech: "This Place Matters"

Interview with Moriah Schose (also with Juan Perez and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, California, Recorded May 2014; Aired on Coyote Radio, March 28, 2015. Margie Akin spoke with CSUSB students Moriah Schnose and Juan Perez about her experience analyzing the coins uncovered in the test excavation of Riverside's Chinatown and about the importance of preserving the remaining archaeology underground. See also Margie Akin's extended interview in our collection of interviews on the history of Riverside's Chinatown.

Margie Akin, "This Place Matters"

Interview with Sarah Hansen (also with Lauren Henley, Juan Perez, and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, California, Recorded Friday, May 23, 2014; Aired on Coyote Radio, April 4, 2015.

Luz Negrón spoke with alumni Sarah Hansen, Lauren Henley and Juan Perez about coming to Riverside as an immigrant from Puerto Rico and her decision to get involved with the Save Our Chinatown Committee.  She talks about the importance of "place" within communities and the importance of saving places that are sacred to various communities as a larger community responsibility.

Luz Negrón: "This Place Matters"

Interview with Raymond Hughes (also with Marc Hosch, Manuel Castro, and Cherstin M. Lyon), Coyote Radio, CSUSB, San Bernardino, California, Recorded May 2014; Aired on Coyote Radio, March 21, 2015. See also the extended interview with Kevin Akin in our collection of interviews on Riverside's Chinatown. Kevin Akin spoke with CSUSB students Raymond Hughes, Marc Hosch, and Manuel Castro about the first time he met George Wong and about the long history of Riverside's Chinatown, including more recent efforts to save the site from development.

Kevin Akin: "This Place Matters"

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