Work and training
Finding work from Her Aria
Built for a woman starting over with a thin work history, maybe a record, and no car. Everything below is a starting point — an address, a phone number, a cost, or a link to somebody else's application page.
This is a curated directory, not a job feed
We do not post live openings, we do not collect applications, and we do not place anyone in a job. What this page lists is employers and programs that hire or enroll continuously, each one linking to its own official application page. That is deliberate: a hand-checked list of doors that stay open ages far better than a feed of postings that expire.
Openings, wages, hours and hiring status change constantly and are specific to each store or warehouse. Search by ZIP code 91763 on each employer's own site, and call before you travel anywhere. Where we could not confirm a phone number, address, wage or requirement from the organization's own page, this page says so rather than guessing.
1. Start here
Free, open to everyone, no income test and no enrollment fee. If you only do one thing this week, walk into the West Valley job center.
West Valley America's Job Center of California
9650 9th Street, Suite A, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
(909) 941-6500 · Monday–Friday 8:00 am–5:00 pm.
Arrive before 3:30 pm if you want to enroll the same day — the county's own desk reference lists open enrollment as walk-ins before 3:30 pm. The resource room is available to everyone: computers, phones, staff help, typing tests and job leads. Career advisors do resumes, interview prep, career assessments and assistance in funding training programs.
Ask specifically about On-the-Job Training. The county tells employers they may be reimbursed for up to 50% of a new hire's wage while that person trains — which is the single most useful thing to name to an employer who is nervous about limited work history.
County job seeker services · On-the-Job Training · address and phone
AJCC Community Connection Sites
County-listed satellite access points, several of them closer to Montclair than the job center itself:
Chaffey Adult School — 1802 East 7th Street, Ontario 91764 · (909) 391-5365 · Mon–Thu 7:30 am–4:00 pm and 5:30–9:00 pm; Fri 9:00 am–4:00 pm.
Ovitt Family Community Library — 215 E. C Street, Ontario 91764 · (909) 395-2497 · Mon–Fri 10:00 am–6:00 pm, by appointment.
Chino Valley Unified School District — 12970 Third Street, Chino 91710 · (909) 627-9613 · Mon–Thu 8:00 am–8:00 pm; Fri 8:00 am–3:30 pm.
Fontana Adult School — 10755 Oleander Avenue, Fontana 92337 · (909) 357-5490 · Mon–Thu 9:00 am–5:30 pm; Fri 9:00 am–3:00 pm.
Pomona Valley Comprehensive AJCC
1460 E. Holt Ave., Entrance #3, Pomona, CA 91767
(909) 242-7999 · Monday–Friday 8:00 am–5:00 pm. A 211LA listing gives the suite as Ste. 130. Los Angeles County describes AJCC services as no-cost job training assistance.
This is the one to use for jobs on the Los Angeles County side. It sits on Holt Avenue in Pomona, and both Foothill Transit Line 480 and the Silver Streak run to Pomona directly from Montclair Transit Center. We could not verify the exact bus stop — check the trip planner before you go.
Goodwill Southern California Employment Centers
Free one-on-one career counseling, resume writing, computer and skills training, interview workshops, financial management, on-the-job training opportunities, and — directly useful without a car — text books, bus passes and other work tools. Free access to computer, internet, phone, fax and copier.
Nearest verified center: San Bernardino Employment Center, 444 S. Waterman Ave., Suite H, San Bernardino 92408 · 909.890.1415. Closed Friday except by appointment. Employment services line: 888.446.6394.
Whether Goodwill runs an employment center in Montclair, Ontario, Upland, Chino or Rancho Cucamonga: could not verify from Goodwill's own centers page. Call before travelling.
Honest Jobs — fair-chance job board
A job platform built by people with criminal records for people with criminal records, listing openings at companies that publish that they hire people with records. It shows how compatible each job is with your specific convictions, and how many people with felony convictions each company has employed. Free to join, free to search, free to apply.
It also carries a resource centre of free and reduced-cost support programs searchable by ZIP code — food, housing, transportation, legal help and healthcare. No address, phone or hours are published.
Starting Over, Inc. — Path 2 SEED
A reentry organization whose employment class prepares you to return to work after incarceration: intensive workshops, mock interviews, digital skills classes, certification and training opportunities, and Second Chance job opportunities. The Marshall Legal Clinic, the workers' rights trainings (including Ban the Box law) and the VITA tax prep are all free.
(951) 898-0862 · office@startingoverinc.org. Based in western Riverside County and southern Los Angeles County; no street address is published.
2. Employers hiring continuously
Each card links to that company's own official careers site, checked as reachable. Most of them publish no wage, no minimum requirement and no store-level hiring status, so those fields say "not published" rather than a guess. Store and warehouse hiring is location-specific — search ZIP 91763 on each site.
Amazon
The one employer on this page that publishes, in its own words, that for hourly warehouse roles no resume is required and no interview is required. The online application takes about 20 minutes and you pick your preferred shift inside it.
Roles include fulfillment centre, sortation centre, delivery station, distribution centre, grocery warehouse, Amazon Air and XL warehouse (items over 50 pounds). After you apply: tax credit questionnaire and Form I-9, then an unpaid in-person pre-hire appointment — bring proper I-9 identification — then a contingent offer subject to background check and drug test. Amazon credits up to $110 toward safety shoes. Wages: not published.
Use the ZIP-code search. Amazon publishes no facility names, codes, cities or addresses on its hiring pages, and its location pages could not be read during research. Facility codes circulating on third-party logistics sites are not Amazon hiring sources, so this page does not state any. Search 91763 on Amazon's own site to see which sites are actually open, and sign up for job alerts.
Honest warning about shifts: Inland Empire warehouses sit in industrial areas, and shifts often start or end outside the bus service span (Omnitrans Route 61 runs roughly 4:04 am–11:30 pm; Route 66 roughly 4:21 am–11:00 pm). Check your specific shift against the actual route before you accept.
Search Amazon jobs near 91763 · Warehouse jobs · Hiring process
Walmart
The careers site advertises "Cashiers wanted" and states that 75% of its salaried managers began as hourly associates. Application steps and minimum requirements: not published.
Target
Lists Stores as a career area across more than 2,000 locations. Hourly application process: not published. Foothill Transit Line 492 names Target among its published destinations along Arrow Highway, so at least some stores on that corridor are reachable — confirm the specific store address in the trip planner.
Costco
"Your Career Starts Here!" with an Apply Now link and a careers FAQ. Requirements: not published.
In-N-Out Burger
"Search opportunities near you." The company states it starts all new associates at a competitive wage; the amount is not published.
Chipotle
"Real Career, Amazing Benefits." Hourly terms: not published.
Starbucks
Careers site covers working at Starbucks; hourly application details are not published.
UPS
The careers site has a "Who we Hire" section with an Hourly category. Requirements: not published.
FedEx Ground
Aimed explicitly at people "just starting out, considering a career change or looking to enhance your current career path."
Ross Stores
"Say yes to Success" with a full job listing. Hourly terms: not published.
TJX — TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods
One careers site covers all three brands. Hourly terms: not published.
Home Depot
The careers site states plainly: "Now hiring for hourly jobs" and that it is looking for in-store Pro team associates. Minimum requirements: not published.
Lowe's
"Your success starts here." Career paths include Stores. Requirements: not published.
Dollar General
"Work Where You Matter," and the site says applicants may be looking for part-time work — useful if you are also in class or in treatment.
Stater Bros. Markets
Career areas are Retail, Distribution, and the Store Support Campus in San Bernardino. Foothill Transit Line 492 lists Stater Bros among its published destinations along Arrow Highway.
Albertsons and Vons
One careers site with a "Join Our Talent Community" section. Hourly terms and requirements: not published. Foothill Transit Line 492 lists Albertsons among its published destinations.
Aldi
Could not verify. The Aldi careers page blocked automated reading during research, so this page does not state its URL as checked. Search "Aldi careers" and apply on the company's own site. Foothill Transit Line 492 does list Aldi among its published destinations along Arrow Highway.
Montclair Place stores
A whole mall's worth of retail employers in your own city, each hiring on its own schedule and application. Foothill Transit Line 480 and Line 492 both list Montclair Place as a published destination, and both terminate at Montclair Transit Center. Walk the mall, ask at each store, and apply on each brand's own site.
Ontario Mills stores
The other large retail employment cluster within reach. Omnitrans Route 81 serves Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga via Ontario Mills Mall. Same approach: each brand hires and applies separately.
One legal fact that covers every employer above: all of them have five or more employees, so the California Fair Chance Act applies to them, and none of them may lawfully ask about conviction history on the application or before a conditional offer. See section 5. XPO also advertises Inland Empire hourly work, but no XPO careers page was verified during research, so it is not listed here as checked.
3. Staffing agencies
Temp and temp-to-hire warehouse work, usually the fastest route from application to a first paycheque. Free to job seekers. Temporary employment agencies and labour contractors are expressly covered by the Fair Chance Act, so a screening question belongs after a conditional offer, not on the application.
PrideStaff Ontario
3281 East Guasti Road, Suite 470, Ontario, CA 91761
909.316.6003 · ontario@pridestaff.com. Branch hours: not published — the page only refers to visiting during business hours, so call first.
Contract, temp-to-hire and direct-hire placement in warehouse, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, skilled trades and office support. Its published service area names Montclair alongside Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Fontana, Chino and Chino Hills. Process: browse positions, submit an application, meet a recruiter, then get matched. Eligible associates may qualify for medical, dental, vision and 401(k) depending on the assignment. No same-week placement claim is published.
Select Staffing — Ontario branch
402 S Milliken, Suite E-1, Ontario, CA 91761 (branch no. 80048)
(909) 930-0557 · general questions 1-844-864-0634. Branch hours: not published.
Industrial and warehouse staffing with openings posted at the branch level. Examples posted during research: Quality Control Associate, 2nd shift, $19.00/hour, temp-to-hire, Monday–Friday 10:00 am–6:30 pm with possible daily overtime; Experienced Warehouse Picker, $17.50–$18.50/hour. Requirements published for those roles included pre-employment screenings, data entry and computer knowledge, ability to lift up to 40 lbs, and availability for overtime and six-day weeks. Apply online, then call the branch.
PeopleReady — the "Ontario" listing is not in Ontario
PeopleReady's skilled trades page labelled "Ontario, CA" actually lists a Riverside street address — 11801 Pierce St., Suite 200, Office 238, Riverside 92505 — with a national phone number, 877.651.7778, and its published branch hours were blank.
Do not travel to that listing expecting an Ontario office. Call 877.651.7778 first and confirm exactly where to report. A physical Ontario PeopleReady branch address: could not verify.
Other agencies — verify before you go
Randstad and several other agencies advertise Ontario-area offices, but their branch addresses, phone numbers and hours could not be confirmed from the company's own page during research, so they are not listed here as verified. Before you spend a bus fare on any staffing office, confirm three things by phone: the street address, a working phone number, and today's hours.
4. Training you can finish in under six months
Short, local, and priced. The cheapest credential-to-work route verified anywhere in this research is the Chaffey College CNA program, and the closest classroom is in Montclair itself.
Chaffey College — Certified Nursing Assistant
A state-approved CNA certificate, one semester long, at the Fontana and Chino campuses. Classes typically run afternoon or evening; clinicals are mandatory and are on Saturdays at a local approved skilled nursing facility.
Tuition $0.00. Published fees: parking $30.00, maroon scrub top $15.50, black scrub pants $15.50, CNA kit $90.50, textbook $76.50, workbook $24.00, state exam testing fee $120.00, Livescan fingerprinting $50.00, health screening requirements $330.00 (varies with your insurance). Estimated total fees $752.00. You must pass the California state nursing assistant certification exam at the end.
If you have a record, read this first. The program requires Livescan fingerprinting and California CNA certification involves a Department of Public Health background review. Consider record clearing (section 6) before or alongside enrolling. Campuses: Fontana, 16855 Merrill Ave., Fontana 92335; Chino, 5897 College Park Ave., Chino 91710.
Chaffey Adult School — vehicle maintenance and light repair
4725 Benito Street, Montclair (the high school auto lab) · Thursdays 6:30–9:30 pm · $130 per semester. An ASE-certified curriculum covering air cleaners, wiper blades, tires, shocks, batteries, tire balancing, cooling, HVAC, charging and starter systems, and brakes. Repeatable if you are working toward the industry certification exam hours.
Courses run 18 weeks unless noted, and all fees are per semester. Semester 1 starts the week of August 10; semester 2 starts January 4. This one is inside Montclair — for many residents it is a walk or a short local trip. Enrollment steps are not published: call (909) 391-5365.
Chaffey Adult School — welding
Wednesdays 6:00–9:00 pm in the Chino High welding lab · $150 per semester. Covers tools, equipment and safety, weld quality, welding symbols, blueprint reading, oxyfuel gas cutting on carbon steel, shielded metal arc welding and gas welding. Call (909) 391-5365 to enroll.
Typing certification and medical billing and coding
The county's own desk reference lists these among Chaffey Adult School's programs, alongside computer software applications (Microsoft), machine drafting and CAD, bench carpentry, masonry, medical healthcare interpreting, instructional aide review and testing, and parenting. A certified typing speed is the cheapest credential on this page and it opens clerical and data entry work.
Course length, cost and enrollment steps for these specific programs: not published. Call the adult school at (909) 391-5365 and ask for the current fee and start date. Note the AJCC resource room offers typing tests too, though those are non-certificated.
What Chaffey College actually costs
The enrollment fee is $46 per unit. That fee is waived if you qualify for the California College Promise Grant or Panther Promise through financial aid — which is how a short certificate ends up costing only materials and exam fees.
Panther Promise provides up to two years of free tuition to all first-time college students. Its own web page returned an error during research, so current information-session dates could not be verified — call the financial aid office. Other charges still apply: health fee $21 per fall and spring ($10.50 on Promise Grant A), transportation fee $8–$9, student representation fee $2, optional college services and technology fees $8 each, parking permit $30.
Medical Assistant is not a six-month program
Chaffey Adult School's Medical Assistant Certificate is described as a two-semester career training program — roughly a year. It is a real route to entry-level clinical work, but it does not belong on a list of things you can finish in under six months, and its fee could not be verified. Plan for it as a year-long commitment, and budget for it accordingly.
Chaffey College InTech Center
An accelerated, hands-on industrial training centre. Its Industrial Electrical and Mechanical Pre-Apprenticeship is registered with the Department of Apprenticeship Standards and prepares you for entry-level industrial maintenance technician work, with a possible pathway into a full apprenticeship.
Program length, cost, address, hours and application steps are not published on the entry-programs page. Note also that the InTech welding program is temporarily suspended until Summer 2026 while the new welding centre is built — so use the adult school welding class above in the meantime.
Forklift, phlebotomy, CDL, food handler, guard card
No local provider with a published price and length was confirmed for forklift certification, phlebotomy, commercial driver training, or the California food handler card. Third-party training-school price claims are not sources, so none are repeated here.
Two useful specifics that were verified: Amazon states it provides powered industrial truck training to warehouse associates, so forklift skills can be earned on the job rather than bought. And for a security guard card, registration is issued by the state Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — (800) 952-5210 — where the baton permit application is $66 and the firearms permit application is $110, but the guard registration fee itself could not be verified. Food handler cards are typically arranged and often paid for by the hiring restaurant. Ask the AJCC before paying anyone.
Where the money can come from: the California College Promise Grant waives the enrollment fee; EOPS covers required course materials and transportation fees for students who qualify; and AJCC career advisors provide assistance in funding training programs. More on all three on the resources page.
5. Your rights with a record
The California Fair Chance Act took effect January 1, 2018. It is Government Code section 12952, part of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, and it is enforced by the California Civil Rights Department. Everything in this section comes from that department's own guidance. It is information, not legal advice, and nothing here promises any particular outcome.
Who it covers
Public and private employers with five or more employees, plus union hiring halls, labour contractors, temporary employment agencies and client employers. That last part matters: the warehouse staffing agencies in section 3 are covered.
Not covered: certain positions at health care facilities, farm labour contractors, positions with state criminal justice agencies, and any position where another law requires a background check or restricts employment based on criminal history. Even then, use of criminal history can still be challenged as discriminatory if it has an adverse impact on a protected group, and the employer has to show the practice is job-related and consistent with business necessity.
What an employer cannot ask before a conditional offer
- Put conviction-history questions on the job application.
- Ask about, or consider, your criminal history at all.
- State on an application that a criminal history would disqualify you.
- Consider, distribute or disseminate information about your referral to or participation in a pretrial or post-trial diversion program.
And some things an employer may never consider, at any stage: arrests not followed by a conviction; participation in completed diversion programs where the charges or conviction were dismissed, sealed or eradicated; and convictions that have been sealed, dismissed, expunged or statutorily eradicated.
When a background check may happen
After a job offer is made. Only then may the employer run a criminal history check. If an application asks you about convictions before that point, that itself is the violation.
If an offer is pulled because of your record
The employer has to follow a specific sequence, and each step is a chance for you.
- An individualized assessment. The employer must weigh the nature and gravity of the criminal history including the harm caused, the time that has passed since the conviction, and the nature of the job including its essential functions and environment. An employer cannot simply state it will not hire anyone convicted of a certain crime.
- Written preliminary notice. It must tell you in writing, identify the convictions that disqualify you, and — if it obtained a conviction history report — give you a copy of that report.
- At least five business days to respond. The employer must tell you that you may respond and give you no less than five business days. If you dispute the accuracy of the report and say so within that first five-day window, you get an additional five days.
- What you can submit. Evidence challenging the accuracy of the report; evidence of rehabilitation; and evidence of circumstances you believe matter about your life or the offence. The department expressly lists employment history, an explanation of the circumstances, and rehabilitation efforts such as education or training. In practice: a certificate of completion from section 4, a CNA certificate, an AJCC training record, or a letter from a case manager or house manager all fit.
- Final written notice. It must notify you in writing of any final disqualification, any internal procedure to challenge it, and your right to file a complaint with the Civil Rights Department.
One protection worth knowing: if a notice is sent in a format with no confirmation of receipt, such as untracked mail, a notice to a California address is deemed received five calendar days after it was deposited for delivery — so the clock is not silently run out on you.
All of this costs nothing. The Civil Rights Department publishes a Fair Chance Act fact sheet in English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese, sample forms, a complaint route, a discriminatory-ads report route, and an interactive guide. The deadline for filing a complaint could not be verified during research, so if this happens to you, ask when you call rather than assuming you have time.
Civil Rights Department — Fair Chance Act · Know your rights · Fair Chance Act FAQ (PDF)
6. Clearing a record
Dismissal, sealing and reduction are three different things, and free help exists for all of them. Nobody on this page can promise a court outcome — these are the routes and the phone numbers, drawn from the courts' own self-help guidance.
| Step | What it costs | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| First: get your own RAP sheet | $25 processing fee; you may be eligible for a fee waiver. A separate fingerprint rolling fee applies at the Live Scan site. | Request your own California criminal history from the Department of Justice using Live Scan form BCIA 8016RR — write "Record Review" for both type and reason, then take it to any public Live Scan site, usually a police department or sheriff's office. Your conviction may already have been dismissed automatically under Penal Code 1203.425, and this is how you find out before paying anyone to file. If something on it is wrong, file the Claim of Alleged Inaccuracy or Incompleteness. Attorney General — record review |
| Misdemeanor dismissal | No filing fee is stated on the courts' self-help page. Confirm with the courthouse. | You can petition if you have no new cases pending and are not on probation or parole in any case. If you satisfied your probation terms, or got early termination, the court must grant the petition. If you did not, it is the court's discretion and you may attach documents showing it would serve the interests of justice. Still on probation? You must also ask for early termination under Penal Code 1203.3, for which there is no statewide form. Never given probation? Wait at least one year from conviction. Forms: CR-180, granted or denied on CR-181. Courts self-help — misdemeanors |
| Felony reduced under Proposition 47 | Not stated on the courts' page. | For convictions before November 2014: simple drug possession with no sales or transportation, or certain theft offences where the value was not more than $950 — commercial burglary, forgery, bad checks, grand theft, petty theft, receiving stolen property. Disqualifiers: a prior requiring sex offender registration, or a "super strike." The old November 22, 2022 deadline was removed effective October 8, 2023, so you can still ask. Filed under Penal Code 1170.18. Courts self-help — Prop 47 |
| Sealing an arrest with no conviction | Not stated on the courts' page. | Under Penal Code 851.91, if you were arrested and no charges were filed, charges were dismissed, you completed diversion or deferred entry of judgment and charges were dismissed, or you were found not guilty. Sealing removes the records from public view, but some government agencies, including law enforcement, can still see them, and you must still disclose the arrest for public office, peace officer employment, state or local licences, and Lottery Commission contracts. Forms: CR-409 with CR-409-INFO, granted on CR-410, translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. Courts self-help — arrest with no conviction |
Free help filing it
| Where | Phone | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County Public Defender — Post-Conviction Unit | (909) 387-7050 | The county's own "Clear Your Record" service, aimed at clearing convictions so people can work or register for school. Files dismissals under Penal Code 1203.4 and 1203.4a, Certificates of Rehabilitation, Proposition 47 and Proposition 64 reductions, and AB 2147 relief. Address, hours and cost are not published; there is no stated fee. Clear Your Record |
| Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino — Expungement Clinic | (909) 889-7328 | An expungement clinic focused specifically on removing criminal-record barriers to employment: expungement, Proposition 47 petitions, reducing infractions and traffic offences, and early termination applications. Appointments are essential — the building only admits people with a scheduled appointment. They do not represent people on criminal or traffic matters. Expungement clinic |
| Root & Rebound | Not published | Statewide reentry legal support for people with an arrest or conviction history, covering employment, housing, family law, parole and probation, through a weekly hotline, mobile legal clinics and embedded community lawyers. The hotline number and its day and time were not published on the pages reached, so start from the website. Named by the California courts as a record-cleaning resource. Root & Rebound California |
| Public Counsel | (213) 385-2977 | 610 South Ardmore Avenue, Los Angeles 90005. Monday–Friday 9:00 am–5:00 pm, by appointment only. Topic extensions include consumer fraud and debt collection x700, education and youth law x500, workplace harassment and discrimination x410, and federal court self-representation x270. Income limits are not published. Public Counsel contact |
| California Courts self-help | Online | The step-by-step guides and the actual forms, plus a directory of organizations that help clean records — Clear My Record, county public defender offices including San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Riverside, Root & Rebound's reentry guide, and a Sacramento Law Library video on filling out typical dismissal forms. For non-citizens it adds the Immigrant Legal Resource Center post-conviction relief chart in English and Spanish. Legal help to clean your record |
A Certificate of Rehabilitation has its own bar: free from custody at least seven years, a California resident for five consecutive years before filing, not on probation or parole, passing a background check, and filing in your county of residence. It releases you from most disabilities flowing from the conviction, but it does not remove court records from public inspection and may not stop the conviction being used as a prior later. Ask the public defender's unit whether it fits your case before you count on it.
7. Getting there without a car
Montclair Transit Center is the reason a car-free job search works from here: it is the eastern terminus for three Foothill Transit lines and the connection point to Omnitrans. It is also where the honest limits of warehouse work show up.
The four routes that matter
Route 66 — Fontana / Foothill Blvd / Montclair. Weekdays every 20 minutes, Sundays every 30, spans running roughly 4:21 am to 11:00 pm. The most useful route for Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana employers and the Chaffey Rancho area.
Route 61 — Fontana and Pomona via Ontario, including Ontario airport and the whole Holt Blvd corridor. Weekdays every 15 minutes, weekends every 30, spans roughly 4:04 am to 11:30 pm. This is the route to the benefits offices and the county clinic on Holt.
Route 81 — Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga via Ontario Mills Mall. Route 83 — Upland and Chino via Euclid. Routes 84, 85 and 88 could not be fully verified during research; check the agency's route list rather than trusting a number from memory.
What a day of job hunting costs
Single ride $2.00. One-day pass $6.00. Reduced fare for veterans, seniors and people with disabilities: single ride $0.90, one-day pass $2.75. Children 46 inches and under ride free, and K–12 students ride free with a valid student ID on local bus, Freeway Express and sbX.
7-day and 31-day pass prices are not published on the fares page. Passes must be signed, and drivers may ask for proof of eligibility for a discounted pass. Goodwill's employment centres list bus passes among the work tools they provide — ask.
Three lines, all ending in Montclair
Line 480 — West Covina to Pomona to Montclair Transit Center. Published destinations include Pomona Adult and Career Education, Western University of Health Sciences, Civic Center Plaza, Mt. SAC, Cal Poly Pomona and Montclair Place, plus grocery employers El Super, Super King Market and Mother's Nutritional Center.
Line 492 — El Monte Station to Arcadia to Montclair Transit Center via Arrow Highway. Its published destinations read like an easy-apply job list: Target, Sam's Club, Aldi, Albertsons, Stater Bros, Smart & Final, Superior Grocers, Grocery Outlet and El Super.
Silver Streak — bus rapid transit from Montclair to Downtown Los Angeles, serving Pomona Transit Center, Cal Poly Pomona, Plaza West Covina and the downtown LA medical campuses. This is the line to the downtown legal aid clinics.
Fares: we could not verify Foothill Transit's current single-ride and day-pass prices from a Foothill Transit page during research — the fares URL redirected. Check the fare page or ask the driver before you budget a day. Lines 188 and 197 could not be verified either.
Line 480 · Line 492 · Silver Streak · Fares
Half price with an EBT card
Metrolink's San Bernardino Line runs from Montclair to Los Angeles and San Bernardino, and California EBT cardholders get 50% off through the low-income fare discount. That discount is tied to having CalFresh or EBT already, which is one more reason the benefits application comes first — see the benefits section on the resources page.
The honest warning about warehouse work without a car
Amazon and most Inland Empire fulfillment centres run shifts that start or end outside the verified bus service spans — Route 61 roughly 4:04 am to 11:30 pm, Route 66 roughly 4:21 am to 11:00 pm — and the facilities themselves sit in industrial areas whose bus access we could not verify at all. A warehouse job you cannot physically reach at 4:30 am is not a job.
Retail, grocery, food service and clinic-adjacent work on the Holt Blvd, Foothill Blvd, Arrow Highway and Montclair Place corridors is far more realistic without a car. Start there, and treat a warehouse shift as something to take on once you have a ride, a carpool, or a car.
If you only have one week
A practical order of operations
None of this is a guarantee of a job, an income, or a legal result. It is the sequence that wastes the least time and money.
Apply for benefits first
CalWORKs, CalFresh and Medi-Cal, on BenefitsCal or in person. CalWORKs enrollment is the gate that unlocks Stage 1 childcare, the Chaffey CalWORKs program and work study, and EBT is what unlocks the Metrolink discount. Where to apply
Get your RAP sheet
$25, fee waiver may be available. You need to know exactly what an employer will see — and whether a conviction was already dismissed automatically. Then call the public defender's Post-Conviction Unit on (909) 387-7050.
Walk into the AJCC
9650 9th Street, Suite A, Rancho Cucamonga, before 3:30 pm. Free resource room, job leads, and a career advisor who can talk to an employer about On-the-Job Training reimbursement.
Apply to five employers in one sitting
Use the official links in section 2, plus Honest Jobs. No resume is needed for Amazon hourly roles. Then enroll at Chaffey for the Promise Grant and ask about CNA.
Questions about anything on this page?
Call us at (909) 817-1507. Her Aria is a women's recovery residence in Montclair, California, opening November 2026 — 5 beds open, from $950/month plus a $250 one-time program acceptance fee. We share this page as information; we do not place anyone in a job. For crisis lines, benefits, legal help and health care, see the resources page.