Editing Piru, California (section)

=== 20th century ===
Juan José Fustero (b. ca. 1836), who called himself "the last full-blooded Piru Indian," died on June 30, 1921.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Juan Jose Fustero {{!}} The Fillmore Gazette|url=http://www.fillmoregazette.com/community/indian-juan-jose-fustero|access-date=2021-12-17|website=www.fillmoregazette.com}}</ref> In 1961, a plaque to honor him was placed in Piru Canyon near the place where he lived most of his life.

On December 17, 1922, Jenks Harris, a would-be cowboy actor, and a gang of partners in crime, which included another actor and the president of the Pacific Autoplane Company, robbed the bank in Piru of $11,000. He said, when later caught in Los Angeles, that he conceived of the idea while on location at Piru with the film company [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] and stated he committed the robbery to pay his parents' mortgage. The gang was each sentenced from one year to life in prison at [[San Quentin State Prison|San Quentin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCVHistory.com {{!}} Piru {{!}} Bank Robbed, Banker Kidnapped by Movie Cowboy's Bootlegging-Human Trafficking Gang, 1922 |url=https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lat121222bank.htm |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=scvhistory.com |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1950s, the Round Rock Hotel became the Round Rock Rest Home for elderly tenants, which it remained until 1989.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=WILLIAMS |first=KATHLEEN |date=1991-07-13 |title=LANDMARKS / COUNTY HISTORICAL SITES : Hotel's Past Is Worth Checking In To |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-13-me-1779-story.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The architectural style and pastoral setting made it a draw for the film industry. It was used in as a set in films such as ''[[The Five Heartbeats]]'' (1991) and ''The Silhouette.'' (1990).<ref name=":0" /> It then became the Heritage Valley Inn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hong |first=Peter Y. |date=2003-05-11 |title=Heritage Valley's play for the past |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-11-tr-escape11-story.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> It is no longer functioning as an inn.

==== Disasters ====
Piru was struck by two major disasters in the 20th century. On the night of March 12, 1928, the [[St. Francis Dam]], to the east in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], broke, sending a torrent of water through the Santa Clara River Valley and causing the deaths of approximately 400 people, a number of whom were in Piru. The [[Northridge earthquake]] of January 17, 1994, destroyed several buildings in the historic downtown area.