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Ukiah, California
Ukiah, California: county seat of Mendocino County, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, population 16,607 (2020). Pomo homeland, incorporated 1876, wine country hub with a municipally owned electric utility.
Vacaville, California
Vacaville is a Solano County, California city on I-80 between San Francisco and Sacramento, founded 1851 and named for Juan Manuel Vaca; incorporated 1892, once the fresh fruit capital, population about 102,000.
Vallejo, California
Vallejo, California: Solano County city on San Pablo Bay, once state capital and home of Mare Island Naval Shipyard; about 123,000 residents, ferry link to San Francisco, emerged from 2008-2011 bankruptcy.
Visalia
Visalia, California, county seat of Tulare County since 1853; founded 1852 as Four Creeks, named for Visalia, Kentucky; chartered 1923; about 146,500 residents in 2025.
Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek, California: an East Bay city in Contra Costa County about 25 miles from San Francisco, incorporated 1914, population about 70,000, known for Broadway Plaza shopping, the Lesher Center for the Arts, and over 3,000 acres of preserved open space.
Weed, California
Weed is a city in Siskiyou County, California, at the western foothills of Mount Shasta, named for lumberman Abner Weed, incorporated in 1961, a historic timber town of about 2,700 people hit by the 2014 Boles and 2022 Mill fires.
Woodside, California
Woodside, California: a rural residential town in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula, incorporated November 16, 1956; about 5,309 residents across 11.47 square miles, known for equestrian heritage, country estates, and redwood-lumber history.
Yreka, California
Yreka is the county seat and largest city of Siskiyou County, Northern California, founded in the 1851 Gold Rush, incorporated April 21, 1857, and once named capital of the proposed State of Jefferson.
Yuba City, California
Yuba City is a city in Sutter County, California, near the Feather River and Sutter Buttes, 40 miles north of Sacramento. Population about 70,000; hub of the Yuba-Sutter agricultural region and a major Punjabi Sikh community.