Fontana California in 1998!

[@shugarlmo]

You were vlogging before vlogging was a thing. Cool.

[@CalabarSweetii]

It really is impressive.

[@coryshumann5308]

i love these videos man!! especially with them being in the inland empire cause thats were im from! i also think its cool how weird you must of looked to others on the street with a video camera just walking around haha this is great stuff thanks!

[@maskdwn4445]

Amen to this comment. 👍

[@dirtyface-capone7622]

Nobody would've thought it was weird, but they would've thought you were cool, and in really good spot financially lol

[@wsilf6fiwo49]

I still go to that post office and stater brothers

[@jesusperalta3472]

WSILF 6fiwo4 same

[@redlow1499]

Same lol

[@JonDGAF]

Me too.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I wash my clothes at the little laundromat between the staters and the goodwill pretty much every Saturday

[@ladygirl99]

12/19/98 my daughter was 4 days old. Married my husband on Valentine day that year. 98 was a great year for me. Also had my 21st birthday that year

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

That's crazy because my son was 11 days old at this time. I turned 18 in September that year.

[@cursedimagejpg]

@screaming chivo boomer

[@paulmorris2112]

Before 2001 these videos are national treasures.

[@raisa_cherry35]

Definitely 😍💗💗💗💗💗👌

[@strategy3269]

This is so cool! You were filming right down the street from where I live now

[@caliotamegane6392]

living in fontana for the past 20 years and holy shit have things went through some major changes before i moved over here. sierra/foothill will forever be iconic to me growing and hanging out at that jack n the box after school. sick video man

[@BenDover-vs2oq]

Real shit

[@chrissummers4394]

Grew up in Moreno Valley during this time. You never know how lucky you are until the time has come and gone. 😢 SoCal in the 90s was THE BEST!

[@SuperDedeluiz]

Hi ! I am Brazilian, I live in Rio and am fond of old cars. Something I noticed in this video, not only in this one, but in several others from the 90's is that certain brands and models are very difficult to see on the street, Lexus (all models), Inifiniti (all models), Acura (all models), Mercedes (W140), bmw is mostly more common. Here in Brazil at this time, only the rich had money to buy this, I don't know how things are in the States. Very cool video, congratulations!

[@LSnium]

Me searching for an LS400 or ES250: 🧐

[@watchdogs295]

@@LSnium es250? Good luck 💀

[@maskdwn4445]

I love your videos man. Much thanks for these great memories. These were the good ol days I'm Fontana CA. And all Inland Empire. People wouldn't care if you recorded them or the police. It was peaceful. Now a days there's violence everywhere and drugs..

[@syntroniccyndi6358]

I moved here in 92. I always try and tell people how different everything is. Glad you're the OG vlogger

[@albertdimas2946]

Yo this here is a dope document. I admire you for your efforts! Feels like a time machine. I moved here to this town next to the old Rock Honda in 2011 the town had already almost completely changed. And it still changed a lot these last 8 years.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Is that that super busy ARCO on Sierra and Baseline? It's crazy to see it being built. That might be the busiest damn gas station in the I.E. these days lol.

[@mightyjoebean]

I LOVE all those SWEET 90's and 80's cars!!!!

[@lavenderbuds]

Bro I was born in 04 and was raised in Fontana all my life seeing this is absolutely mind blowing

[@thajacka712]

Man bro I was 8 years old and my family lived off of foothill and mulberry in a neighborhood called west heritage we lived across the street from a place called patio burger and it amazes me just to think that my life was unfolding right up the street from you as you were filming this good stuff bro thank you for the memories

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

I really appreciate you uploading these. Way to cool. I was born in 94 so these are the early years of memory for me.

[@jetknight5051]

Just moved to Vegas November of 1998 I will always remember and enjoyed my hometowns AZUSA AND WEST COVINA CA,

[@welcomeparadise4433]

I was born in Fontana. Is was best city in my lifetime.

[@robertbarrasa1018]

What part of Fontana were you born I grew up on the North side but I don't claim the North I claimed the whole city the whole city is mine from hard times posse X3

[@sheilalovesrockett]

I've been on that street so many times. One of my best friends lives behind that staters.

[@ant909perz]

Stiil our Stater bros, miss that video store and wow a Taco Xalisco cameo. Great video

[@Will-nc2bb]

Today is 12/19/2019 I was searching for early footage in Fontana and stumbled upon this, coincidence?

[@adriansanchez4981]

By the time I’m watching this (2021) it would be SO COOL to do a side by side video comparison from the exact spot you’re standing in on all filming locations!

[@fueledbymusic3]

I actually do have such a video uploaded! I called them before and after

[@nutellaman6571]

I live in Fontana

[@mariacerda1775]

Me to

[@frankie2time298]

Same here

[@eanmillerphotos]

no

[@randomkdm]

Another NASCAR fan who lives in Fontana, Nice

[@dead3043]

Yo seeing the stater bros market on 1998 is insane 😭 I’m a 24 year old tattoo artist form central fontana, I think it’s so crazy I was only a year old during this footage .. time is an illusion, time is insane

[@fueledbymusic3]

Welcome to my time capsule!

[@MeToo-py1tq]

Joe’s Burrito little spot next to JACK IN THE BOX across from WIENERZTZEL in front of that bus stop is was really good. It caught on fire. Anyone know if they’ll be building up again?

[@Carlos-vj9cm]

Any videos of santa Ana, Anaheim, and Irvine during the 80's or 90's?

[@fueledbymusic3]

unfortunately I don't But I do have a little Santa Ana from 2002

[@MALDITO12]

Santa Ana plz

[@murkyderk9181]

I was born and raised there for 12 years and just moved to east LA. Im 13 now but still love it there

[@tstyle76]

I live a block away from Sierra and baseline. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@deejay6685]

I work at that Stater Bro’s and I used to go to that toys r us nothing has replaced it, and Sierra has changed a lot since then

[@greatestever5775]

At first I thought he was close to Valley Blvd because of the wienerschnitzel. But then realized that Flameboiler is now in that place. There is an IHOP and Burger King on the spot where it said "Inland bank". The 76 is now a Circle K. The Rite Aid is still there, the Jack in the box is still there and the stater bros. The 24 hour fitness is now planet fitness, the Edwards Theater is now Regency Theaters, the Toys R us is closed, obviously. Crazy how everything changes.

[@brianalonso9188]

Lived in Fontana for 5 years, thanks for uploading

[@johnhoward3042]

The gas station price sign is now LED. The trees planted near the sign have survived and grown.

[@fueledbymusic3]

I actually posted a before and after video of that gas station!

[@3pointmvpshooter3000]

Do you remember what Orange County, CA looked like in the 1980s, I know places like Placentia, Yorba Linda, Brea, and Fullerton had oil fields. I want to see Yorba Linda, how it evolved from then to now.

[@luisgranados6694]

Damn memories bro thanks for posting these videos

[@PFC_Kachowski]

Love that song you were playing in the car @25:04 -- would love to know if you still know the name of it or have that tape!

[@colleenaquino3474]

that gas station he’s at in the beginning of the video is literally right next to this new neighborhood that i live in now that was built a year or two ago wthhhhh. ahhhh and that retirement home (i think) at 6:09. also the building with the weird pointed tip 7:24

[@fueledbymusic3]

How do ya like that! All this was all empty in the early 90s

[@moclov99]

Just ate at the Burger King they were building at 20:22 last week (first time at this location), what a cool time to find this video. Anybody have any early video of the La Habra/ Brea region?

[@americanzombie1802]

My neighborhood. I was in 7th grade at the time. Still here

[@ninfalunar]

You've got a new subscriber! Greetings from Mexico.

[@mrsheatherteske]

Before the 210 also right? Alright I have to laugh because of grew up in west Covina but went to fohi and lived in Fontana in the 90s so again, your videos give me flashbacks to another home town ❤️ I think I went to that stater brothers 🤣 And shopped at that toys r us at the end of the video

[@andys7525]

12:21, wish my dodge ram was still that clean.

[@vanessamonterroso7364]

You took me back to my childhood. I love thia vid

[@aboveaero]

Crazy how I always go to that gas station which is the cheapest around

[@medranofamilytx]

Happy New Year, buddy!

[@fueledbymusic3]

medranofamilyCA Happy New Year to ALL OF Y'ALL

[@gemaalfandra4847]

Soutdy interstay resmoving get afterfull 🎬this fisceore in California after house.

[@gemaalfandra4847]

1997 jleyjes travel in California holiday achierl 27 december 1997.

[@kaylam6474]

I was born on 12/19/1998! Crazy to find footage on this specific day 😂

[@horrorfiend3478]

Dam I was 14 years old starting high school in Montclair. 😭

[@automatedcomment]

Gaaaaaaay!

[@TipsterLIVE]

Lived here my whole life. Still live here today. Crazy to see that not much has changed since then. LOL

[@Gaxxor]

@JUU MAMA my mom went to FOHI too

[@5.3Panda]

Tipster it has changed I lived here for years since i was 4 now I’m 12

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I know. It blows my mind that Fontana is all basically the same shit now in 2020

[@thatoneunknownkid6677]

Lived off of baseline for the past 21 years, went to dr skinner for glasses as a child, I ate from the Burger King that wasn’t done being constructed yet on Sierra and foothill earlier today. This place is the definition of home to me, much love and gratitude 🙏

[@mjstudios97]

Yikes. Sierra Ave looks the same. It'd be another 6 years until I moved to Fontana, CA. I was only a year old during this time. Wow.

[@robertbarrasa1018]

Hey I'm new to this channel were you born and raised in Fontana what high school did you grow up and what area did you go up what part!

[@isaaccastro5866]

Wow i cant believe the Ford Expedition was brand new in that year

[@raisa_cherry35]

Time sure flies by fast but memory lives on 😍💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@1MNUTZ]

$1.13 gal for gas in 1998 comes out to $1.70 gal calculating inflation in today's dollars. Great prices for the time now the prices are all over $3.00 average $3.30 that's twice as much which is terrible.

[@gemaalfandra4847]

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[@gemaalfandra4847]

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[@jackeystar]

That's my home town the Jack in the box is still there

[@jerryhernandez675]

Fontana has changed so much since this video

[@JT-iw3dp]

I enjoy these videos, because I very briefly lived in the Inland Empire from 1994 to 1995, and this totally takes me back!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Jonathan Thomas We're you named little John ?

[@JT-iw3dp]

Not that I can remember, lol

[@missysims104]

checking out your playlist

[@israelcalderon8638]

I like how really close you were to my house by the post office

[@fueledbymusic3]

Haha. How do you like that!

[@malcolmforest9268]

Before there used to be nothing to do in Fontana. Now there's a lot to do, like a L.A metropolis .

[@brianramirez2855]

I was 6 months old and 6 months away from moving to Fontana!!!

[@rokkero564]

Hey Gilbert how do you transfer the VHS files into youtube upload friendly format?

[@fueledbymusic3]

Roxio VHS converter software. The included dongle has RCA and S video inputs

[@1marcelfilms]

Nice cars very beautiful it makes me wish I could see it with my own eyes ib real life

[@robertbarrasa1018]

I'd love to see the city though and doing a good job that car there's a Carl's Jr right there was it there back then!

[@robertbarrasa1018]

Damn you guys are in my city I am from Fontana and a native born and raised in the inland empire my second city is on federal that's my dad's neighborhood those are the two best cities in the IE in my opinion!

[@mokhan8832]

I wish someone did this with my hometown of Hawthorne California. Love living in Fontana and all its history but wish i lived here during a time where the population wasn’t too crowded.

[@denzelhines9380]

17:03 I pass that Mobil everyday

[@MH-zg5yw]

that Stater Bros has been there forever. same look and same location going back to the 70s, even before then from what I have been told

[@Twisted.mind314]

It is crazy to see where the burger king, IHOP, and Albertos is today being constructed in 1998!

[@jennybugsification13]

Omgosh! I'm glad I found this❤

[@paulmorris2112]

2000 is also the last year to have old cars.

[@jimrizzy]

wow this definitely brings me back oooh what a time. i was just turning 8 around this time i lived off citrus and merill around this time

[@fueledbymusic3]

Welcome to my time capsule!

[@antoniolopez848]

hello did you go in with the intention of creating time capsules?

[@mounirsarhane8476]

went to google maps to this road and the roads looks now 2timer or more wider and there are houses next to the gastation

[@gerardofierros4165]

I used to live down the street from that Arco. On baseline and mango

[@sohzwicky2425]

Crazy, I live down the street from stater brothers and it's still the same 😂

[@solrac9181]

Hey was that baseline and sierra

[@DakotaRaymond1999]

28:20 cool car today cool car then

[@shaka_3xltall960]

18:15 ah clunker.

[@seeDiersoilcrossrowds]

You can always tell what year it is by the body & style of the current police cars!!!

[@MeToo-py1tq]

Hey Gilbert I see you made your way into the IE. What brought you out here? Just curious.

[@seeDiersoilcrossrowds]

The year my daughter was born & now she is almost 23. WOW 1998~2020 *JUNE 29TH 2020*

[@corridoscaliforniados3506]

I Would Alsays Stop At The Gas Station On My Way Home From A.B Miller Highschool And It Was Built In 1998 Wow !!! Wasnt Even Born I Was Born In 1999

[@miahjay]

12/19/1998 I was 5 months old exactly.

[@ChevroletImpala-ez2wp]

My grandma lives there now! I live in la Verne

[@mattbangle2814]

Have you ever been to Phoenix AZ, Gilbert?

[@whatever5922]

I can’t believe the jack in the box was already there 22 years ago 🤯🤯

[@joshuaharmon434]

Ahhh yes, back when the 15 had hardly any traffic going south to Corona. Now, it's a parking lot most of the day lol.

[@diehard5155]

Speed was out and crystal was around 4-5 years in ..I was dealing with a few good people from fontana during this time .

[@STEVEDAMAR]

Wow $1.13 for gas!??!! My heart just dropped.

[@robertbarrasa1018]

Damn you guys are shooting my city dog I'm off on a native

[@felixoffthewall8]

27:22 only ogs remember toys r us :(

[@llamas5278]

FelixOffTheWall so much memories there😔

[@defyyourlogic487]

He records it like he knew what the people in the future would want to see for nostalgia purposes. Pretty crazy.

[@raygee3587]

Construction in the 90’s no vest ,hard hat and no barricades those days are long gone .

[@raygee3587]

I think that’s the stater brothers by tacos Jalisco that was the spot back in the day.

[@youaclownbruh7925]

Why does it look so peaceful

[@TheIndie101]

I used to hate the off ramps on Citrus and Sierra

[@Bboychriz82]

My favorite part is how most of the area looks the same still

[@realitycheck1092]

you're a legend bro !

[@joshhall8870]

I was 3 years old about to be 4 months later after this video

[@VitaminX140]

25:05 wow I see why they upgraded the Sierra Ave bridge

[@marshall_hernandez]

i live here this is so cool