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What's New?

• We will be closed on February 18, 2013, for Presidents Day.
  
  
• The National Archives at Laguna Niguel, CA, moved to Riverside, CA in 2010.
  

Also of Interest

• View or read the transcript from a recent newscast, "National Archives Help Trace Family Roots Records Housed In San Bruno."
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• 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
  View our online exhibit with documents about the earthquake aftermath
  

• Visit the new online Exhibit, The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918, featuring holdings from our Regional Archives in Riverside and San Francisco.
  
  

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Resources for Teaching History in California

• World War II on the Home Front

Frequently Requested from the Federal Records Center

Court Case Files

We have closed business and personal bankruptcy case files, and criminal and civil case files from Federal courts in Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma, Arizona; Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Ana, and Santa Barbara, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada, available for review.
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The National Archives at Riverside

The National Archives and Records Administration in Riverside houses both the Federal Records Center and the National Archives.

National Archives

We hold historically valuable materials created and collected by Federal agencies and courts in Arizona, southern California, and Clark County, Nevada. These records constitute a major resource for the study of Native American history, Naval history, westward migration, Asian immigration, civil rights, and other subjects.
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Directions:

We are located in Perris, California, 50 miles east of Los Angeles and 80 miles north of San Diego.

From San Diego:

Take CA-163 North toward Escondido
Merge into I-15 North
Take I-215 North toward Riverside/San Bernardino
Take the Cajalco Expressway exit westbound
Left on Harvill Ave.
Right on Cajalco Road to end of street

From Los Angeles:

Take US-101 South to CA 60
Take CA 60 East toward Pomona
Take I-215 South toward San Diego
Take the Cajalco Expressway exit westbound
Left on Harvill Ave.
Right on Cajalco Road to end of street

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