Talk:Rialto, California

Transit System
Where the article says "Metrolink is the only convenient way to get to and from Los Angeles..." wouldn't it be more accurate written "The Metrolink commuter rail line is the only convenient form of public transportation to and from Los Angeles..." As I find the freeway a much more convenient way to get to Los Angeles, with the trip rarely taking much more than an hour. Fried Brice 08:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I support the change you suggested.JWut89LA (talk) 19:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

why is there no mention of omnitrans. its the local bus transit operator. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.43.178 (talk) 02:32, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Seal rialto.png
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Nickname "Rathole" for Rialto
When I was a kid living in Rialto in the 70s we called Rialto Junior High School "Rathole" to differentiate between it and Kolb JHS where I was enrolled for two years. We didn't ever call the city "Rathole" because we were proud of its better atmosphere as compared to San Bernardino. My mom remembers her Pacific High School time in the 50s living in San Bernardino as one where they would call Rialto High School "Rathole" whenever they came together to compete in sports. A handful of modern Myspace entries that refer to Rialto as "Rathole" or "Rat hole" exist, showing that the nickname is still in use today. Its focus seems to have shifted to the city itself.

Other instances of "Rathole" crop up nationwide, especially when a movie theater named Rialto becomes old and ill-maintained. Such theaters with "Rathole" nicknames are in Cedar Rapids, IA, Cape Girardeau, MO, Sunbury, PA and Poughkeepsie, NY, to name a few. I imagine anything Rialto can be called Rathole as a derogatory nickname.

However, all this is from blogs and original research; not enough of a solid reference for Wikipedia. I don't think "Rathole" is going to be supported enough to stick here in this article. Binksternet (talk) 20:52, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I just want to add that I have no clue about Rialto, I simply noticed this and made that after a quick "google research". At least, rialto "rat hole" -wikipedia has much fewer google hits than, e.g., sacramento "rat hole" -wikipedia, that does not supply this "nickname" for Rialto. --Cyfal (talk) 21:12, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Rialto book 2.jpg
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slow annexation of bloomington into rialto
throught the years, bloomington has been annex slowly into rialto. last year there was a controversy between bloomington residents and the city of rialto for annexing small portions of bloomington into rialto. can anyone else add a section of this in the rialto page?75.24.247.52 (talk) 21:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Crime
Rialto's crime rate (365.6) is slightly above the national average (320.9), however Rialto tends to have a stigma from residents of nearby cities (as well as its own residents) of being "ghetto" despite its racial and cultural diversity. This may be due to Rialto's proximity to higher income, upper-class cities such as Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills, (which is consistently ranked among the best places to live in America) even though certain crimes in Rancho Cucamonga consistently rank higher than the same crimes in Rialto. Rialto's stigma of being "ghetto" may also be due to the cultural influences of its high Mexican and African American population, which are both significantly above the national average. Nonetheless, Rialto's crime rate is relatively low and the crime tends to be concentrated in certain areas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hulon05 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The abstract crime rate numbers in parentheses mean nothing to the reader. I have taken them out. The only way they could possibly mean something is if the method for deriving the number is explained. This is the sentence I changed:


 * "Rialto's crime rate (365.6) was above the national average (320.9) in 2007."


 * I think that our readers should be given something they can easily understand which is that citi-data.com shows the city to have worse crime stats than average for every year that they made the assessment. Binksternet (talk) 00:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

utilities
why is there not mention of utilities in rialto such as west valley water district, rialto water, marygold water company, and fontana water company, edison electric. that would ,make the article more complete —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.43.178 (talk) 02:34, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

FedEX?
Anybody got a cite on the fedex headquarters? Isn't it in Devore? 71.110.200.60 (talk) 03:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

John Singleton
Film director John Singleton is listed under famous people. But when you click on his link it says he was born in Pasadena California and doesn't list Rialto at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by July1962 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

External links modified
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Inadequate lead section
The bulk of the lead section consists of mentioning a few companies that are located in Rialto. This is insufficient. I will add the appropriate template. 1980fast (talk) 00:20, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

History sources
The source given for the history section is no longer available and the city's website just uses the text from this article. So essentially there's no source. Zartog1022 (talk) 22:25, 17 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Which source? There are a handful in that section. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine can help retrieve old web pages. Here's one of them, here's another, and here's a third one. More can be found at https://web.archive.org. Happy hunting! Binksternet (talk) 00:11, 18 January 2020 (UTC)