San Andreas Fault, Part 6: San Bernardino

By DAN ROBINSON

Editor/Photographer

From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

GALLERY: All San Andreas Fault photos in gallery format

After descending the mountains from Cajon Pass, the San Andreas Fault cuts through the northern edge of the San Bernardino metro area. The fault zone crosses hundreds of streets, washes, power lines and residential backyards. The straight-edged foot of the mountains marks the location of the fault trace, making it easy to locate visually.

Map of this segment of the tour

San Bernardino, California

Here are a few examples of where the fault - quietly, for the moment - crosses below residential streets in the North Park, Del Rosa and Highland neighborhoods:

San Andreas Fault zone in San Bernardino, CA

The fault crosses the foothills near Greenspot Road:

San Andreas Fault zone at San Bernardino, CA

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Mentone, California

On the northeastern edge of the metro, the fault crosses Mill Creek Road near the mouth of the canyon. This view looks southwest:

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It is here that the fault begins traversing the San Bernandino Mountains among Little San Gorgonio Peak. There are no public non-4WD roads available to access to the fault trace in this stretch, so we'll jump on I-10 and head east around the mountains. As we do, we'll get a distant view of the fault zone in the high terrain:

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The next place we can regain direct access to the fault trace is along Twentynine Palms Highway (US 62) toward Yucca Valley, so we'll head that way to continue our tour. Continue to Part 7 >

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Storm chaser and photographer Dan Robinson

About the Author: Dan Robinson has been a storm chaser, photographer and cameraman for 33 years. His career has involved traveling around the country covering the most extreme weather on the planet including tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, floods and winter storms. Dan has been extensively published in newspapers, magazines, web articles and more, and has both supplied footage for and appeared in numerous television productions and newscasts. He has also been involved in the research community, providing material for published scientific journal papers on tornadoes and lightning.