Editing Fontana, California (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[File:I-210 CA-210 Foothill Freeway.jpg|thumb|[[California State Route 210|Foothill Freeway]] near the Citrus Avenue off-ramp]]
The [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] rail service to the greater Los Angeles area has [[Fontana (Metrolink station)|a station]] that runs through the center of town, connecting to downtown [[Los Angeles]] and San Bernardino. The city of Fontana is ten minutes away from [[Ontario International Airport]].<ref name="Visitor Information">{{cite web|url=http://www.fontana.org/main/visitor_info.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015327/http://www.fontana.org/main/visitor_info.htm |url-status=dead |title=Visitor Information|archive-date=May 5, 2010}}</ref>

The city is served by [[Omnitrans]] bus service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omnitrans.org/routes/ |title=Routes & Schedules |publisher=Omnitrans.org |access-date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> and [[VVTA]].

[[File:FontanaOrange.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Bono's Orange on [[U.S. Route 66|Route 66]] is one of the last extant giant orange-shaped [[fruit stand]]s once common to the region. This stand was built in 1936 and moved to its present location in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/10600 |title=Roadside America. ''Fontana, California - Giant Orange Stand'' |publisher=Roadsideamerica.com |access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref>]]

*[[File:I-10 (CA).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 in California|San Bernardino Freeway]]
*[[File:I-15 (CA).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 15 in California|Ontario Freeway]]
*[[File:California 66.svg|20px]] ([[File:US 66 (CA).svg|20px]]) [[California State Route 66|Foothill Boulevard]] (Historic U.S. Route 66)
*[[File:US 99 (CA).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 99 in California|Valley Boulevard]] (Historic U.S. Route 99)
*[[File:California 210.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 210|Foothill Freeway]]

===Utilities===
Fontana receives electrical power through [[Southern California Edison]]. Gas service is provided by the [[Southern California Gas Company]]. Telephone and [[DSL]] Internet service are through [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]] and [[Frontier Communications]], though Frontier serves a smaller portion of the city. [[Charter Communications]] also provides [[cable television]] and cable Internet access. Burrtec Waste provides rubbish and trash collection throughout the city. Burrtec offers both regular waste and green waste recycling programs. Fontana is served by five different water companies, but none of their service areas overlap. These companies are: Fontana Water; the Cucamonga Valley Water District; Marygold Mutual Water; and West Valley Water District, and the city of Rialto. Sewage service in the city is provided by the [[Inland Empire Utilities Agency]], but is billed out by the city of Fontana itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fontana.org/index.aspx?nid=687 |title=Residents Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Fontana.org |access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref>  The Fontana community is serviced by KFON-TV (commonly known as Fontana Community Television), a [[Government-access television]] (GATV) station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fontana.org/Index.aspx?NID=162 |title=KFON-TV |publisher=City of Fontana, CA |access-date=February 28, 2016}}</ref>

===Healthcare===
Fontana is home to the Kaiser Permanente-Fontana Hospital. Located on Sierra Avenue, and occupying most of the block between Sierra, Marygold, and Palmetto Avenues, and Valley Boulevard, The campus is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the Inland Empire Region. The various facilities are also among the tallest and largest buildings in the city (other than industrial distribution centers).
The hospital is home to sixty different specialized departments, plus emergency care.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health/care/!ut/p/c5/dY9LboMwFADPkgNUNpTyWdqFCl7DJ4GEzwaZNKEmYIOKMOT0TQ_Qme1sBlXoqWALb9nMpWA9KlBl1h-QxpRqBGMKBg5CEh3fADDGGgJUtb1snmWelcpyZag8ck6MFfT0GI7FTV5I3NkHzYJ1rszWTubwrE9g66HPN0XB304TV3PG0pQlUXr1lrXB0x7Wr8ixTl73sNzuc98JvYYxmAeRTz-0nEtGne3h3nhZ1K9YazjPhBFwp79s4tB3oDL1nUlbrHHyWFp6H8T7hvK_O7PG_0Awinw5XNF4b_AL2e1-Add2q6k!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |title=Kaiser Permanente. About this facility |publisher=Health.kaiserpermanente.org |access-date=December 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121221040917/https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health/care/!ut/p/c5/dY9LboMwFADPkgNUNpTyWdqFCl7DJ4GEzwaZNKEmYIOKMOT0TQ_Qme1sBlXoqWALb9nMpWA9KlBl1h-QxpRqBGMKBg5CEh3fADDGGgJUtb1snmWelcpyZag8ck6MFfT0GI7FTV5I3NkHzYJ1rszWTubwrE9g66HPN0XB304TV3PG0pQlUXr1lrXB0x7Wr8ixTl73sNzuc98JvYYxmAeRTz-0nEtGne3h3nhZ1K9YazjPhBFwp79s4tB3oDL1nUlbrHHyWFp6H8T7hvK_O7PG_0Awinw5XNF4b_AL2e1-Add2q6k!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |archive-date=December 21, 2012 }}</ref>

Located in the north end of the city, along the "Miracle Mile" of Sierra Lakes Parkway and the 210 freeway, is the Sierra San Antonio Medical Plaza, a {{convert|60000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} outpatient center and medical office building supported by San Antonio Community Hospital. Services currently available from SSAMP are urgent care, diagnostic radiology, physician offices, and a pharmacy.
The facility also includes a {{convert|3000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} educational suite where community lectures, health screenings, awareness campaigns, maternity and CPR classes are held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sach.org/asp/Site/AboutSach/OurHospital/index.asp|title=About SACH Home|publisher=SACH|access-date=November 19, 2011|archive-date=November 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104165529/http://www.sach.org/asp/Site/AboutSach/OurHospital/index.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Law enforcement===
The Fontana Police Department employs 207 sworn officers, as well as civilian personnel.<ref>{{cite web|title=FY21-22 and FY22-23 Adopted Operating Budget|url=https://www.fontana.org/DocumentCenter/View/35965/FY21-22-and-FY22-23-Adopted-Operating-Budget|publisher=Fontana.com|accessdate=November 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census Fontata, California|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fontanacitycalifornia/PST045219|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 5, 2021}}</ref> The department was established in October 1952.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oaths of Office Given To Fontana Police Force|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19521018.1.17&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection.com|accessdate=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

In 2013, there was a 60% gap between the minority share of the city's population (85.6%) and that of the Fontana Police Department (25.6%), the largest gap of any city in the US with a population greater than 100,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maciag |first=Mike |date=2015-08-19 |title=Where Police Don't Mirror Communities and Why It Matters |url=https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-police-department-diversity.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726134058/https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-police-department-diversity.html |archive-date=2024-07-26 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=[[Governing (magazine)|Governing]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2016, two members of the Fontana Police Department, David J. Moore Sr. and Andrew Anderson, filed a lawsuit, alleging racial discrimination by the Fontana Police Department.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Avalos |first=Carlos |date=2017-02-06 |title=23 Years On, FPD's Evidence Tampering Under Scrutiny |url=https://sbcsentinel.com/2017/02/23-years-on-fpds-evidence-tampering-under-scrutiny-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223200307/https://sbcsentinel.com/2017/02/23-years-on-fpds-evidence-tampering-under-scrutiny-2/ |archive-date=2024-02-23 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=San Bernardino County Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last1=Speri |first1=Alice |last2=Harmon |first2=Stuart |date=2024-10-29 |title=An Insurrectionist Once Helped Lead This Police Department. Insiders Speak Out About Its Culture of White Supremacy. |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/10/29/fontana-police-racism-white-supremacy/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=[[The Intercept]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Among other allegations, the lawsuit alleged that in 1994 Fontana Police tampered with the corpse of Black murder victim Jimmy Earl Burleson by planting a piece of chicken in the decedent's hand, photographing the victim in this pose, and circulating the photo among the Fontana Police Department for a number of years; the photo in question was later published in the ''San Bernardino County Sentinel'' in 2017.<ref name=":1" /> The lawsuit was settled in 2024.<ref name=":2" />

In August 2018, Fontana police coerced a [[false confession]] from a man named Thomas Perez Jr. for the murder of his father, after Perez had reported his father missing. Fontana police officers interrogated Perez for 17 hours, falsely claiming that his father had been found dead with stab marks and "wore a toe tag at the morgue," and that they would have Perez's pet dog euthanized as a result of his actions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saavedra |first=Tony |date=2024-05-23 |title=Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for 'psychological torture' inflicted by police to get false confession |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523225453/https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/ |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |language=en-US }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=2024-05-24 |title='Psychologically tortured': California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/california-fontana-payment-man-tortured-police |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524203941/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/california-fontana-payment-man-tortured-police |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077 }}</ref> After Perez falsely confessed, he was left alone in the interrogation room, where he was captured on video trying to hang himself.<ref name=":0" /> Perez's missing father was confirmed to be alive the same day.<ref name=":0" /> In May 2024, Fontana agreed to settle a lawsuit by Perez against the city for $898,000.<ref name=":0" />