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Where about in Riverside? I lived close to Tyler Mall, a block away from the bowling alley, and close to the little amusment park. There used to be a large area of land that was owned by the Riverside College and leased to a sheep rancher. I lived on the other side of that. And do I know Yucaipa!!! I young man saved my life there when I was 12. I was hit by a car driven by an 85 year old lady whom snuck the keys to her old Mercury. She was driving very slow because she couldn't see. Didn't know she hit me. Impaled my side with the Mercury figurehead, then I slipped down in front of the tires, on my stomach, my arms above my head. Because it was over a hundred degrees, and because she was driving slow, and BECAUSE I was trying to push myself off the nasty asphalt, she dragged me in front of the tires for a little over 50 feet. The young man working at the gas station saw what was happening, ran to her car, got the door open. She thought she was being attacked and was screaming, hitting him. He pushed her out of the way, applied the brakes and wisely grabbed the keys. When he tried to explain to her what happened, she got out of the car and tried to pull me off the ground saying I was all right. Massive road burns on my arms, legs and stomach, broke a small part of my hip bone, but somehow the figurehead missed everything important.
Aside from that, I love Yucaipa. It has grown like crazy!
