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Agoura Hills, California
Agoura Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, in the Santa Monica Mountains foothills near the eastern Conejo Valley, straddling U.S. 101 about 36 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, incorporated December 8, 1982.
Alhambra, California
Alhambra, California, a San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County incorporated July 11, 1903 and named by Benjamin Wilson after Washington Irving's book; 82,868 residents in 2020, 51% Asian, part of the Chinese ethnoburb.
Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California: Orange County's most populous city (346,824 in 2020), founded 1857 as a German vineyard colony, incorporated 1876, home to the Disneyland Resort and a tourism-dominated economy.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California: San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, about 13 miles northeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1903 by Lucky Baldwin. Known for Santa Anita Park, the 127-acre Arboretum, top-ranked Arcadia Unified schools, and a majority-Asian population of about 54,000.
Avalon, California
Avalon, California: the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, incorporated 1913, population 3,460 (2020), a resort town of golf carts, the Catalina Casino, and over 1 million annual ferry visitors.
Azusa, California
Azusa, California: general law city in Los Angeles County, 27 miles northeast of Los Angeles at the entrance to San Gabriel Canyon; founded 1887, incorporated 1898; about 50,000 residents, municipal light and water utilities.
Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills, California: independent city (incorporated 1914) surrounded by Los Angeles, population about 31,000, median home value over $2 million, Rodeo Drive luxury retail, own police, fire, and water utility, D Line subway arriving 2026-2027.
Burbank, California
Burbank, California: charter city in the eastern San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, about 12 miles northeast of downtown LA. Known as the Media Capital of the World; 107,337 residents (2020); incorporated 1911; home to Warner Bros., Disney, and Hollywood Burbank Airport.
Calabasas, California
Calabasas is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, incorporated April 5, 1991, with about 22,000 residents, high incomes, and 43 percent protected open space.
Camarillo, California
Camarillo, California: a Ventura County city incorporated in 1964, named for rancher Adolfo Camarillo of Rancho Calleguas; about 70,000 residents on 20 square miles midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara on Highway 101.
Carson, California
Carson, California: a South Bay Los Angeles County city incorporated February 20, 1968, named for George Henry Carson of the Dominguez family's Rancho San Pedro; 95,558 residents in 2020, motto "Future Unlimited."
Cerritos, California
Cerritos, California, formerly Dairy Valley (incorporated April 24, 1956; renamed January 10, 1967), is an 8.9-square-mile charter city in Los Angeles County with 49,578 residents in 2020, known for its master-planned transformation from dairy farms and its library and performing arts center.
City of Industry, California
City of Industry, California: a charter city in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, incorporated 1957 for commerce. Also called Industry. Almost no residents (440 in 2017) but about 3,000 businesses, 68,000 jobs, and 92% industrial zoning.
Claremont, California
Claremont, California: Los Angeles County city 30 miles east of Los Angeles, incorporated October 3, 1907, known as the City of Trees and home to the seven-institution Claremont Colleges consortium.
Compton, California
Compton, California, is a city in Los Angeles County known as the Hub City, settled in 1867 and incorporated in 1888, with a 2020 population of 95,740.
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa, California, an Orange County city incorporated June 29, 1953, about a mile from the Pacific coast. Known as the City of the Arts, home to South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and action sports headquarters; 2020 population 111,918.
Culver City, California
Culver City, California: independent Westside Los Angeles County city incorporated 1917, founded by Harry H. Culver, nicknamed the Heart of Screenland; home to Sony Pictures Studios and The Culver Studios, population 40,779 (2020).
Cypress, California
Cypress, California: charter city in northwestern Orange County, incorporated July 24, 1956 as Dairy City, renamed 1957; dairy-farming origin, 50,151 residents (2020), Cypress College, median home value $913,900.
Dana Point, California
Dana Point is an Orange County, California city incorporated January 1, 1989, named for Richard Henry Dana Jr. Known for its 1971 harbor, whale watching, and first Whale Heritage Area in the Americas.
Diamond Bar, California
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1989 and named for the Diamond Bar cattle ranch brand registered in 1918. Population about 55,000; master-planned by Transamerica from 1956.
Downey, California
Downey, California: a Los Angeles County city of about 108,000 southeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1956, former aerospace hub where Apollo and space shuttle craft were built, largest employer Kaiser Permanente.
El Monte, California
El Monte, California: San Gabriel Valley city about 12 miles east of downtown Los Angeles at the I-605/I-10 junction; incorporated 1912, population about 105,000-109,000, historically agricultural, now a diverse retail and transit hub.
El Segundo, California
El Segundo is a South Bay city in Los Angeles County, California, named for Standard Oil's second West Coast refinery (1911). Incorporated 1917; 2020 population 17,272; home to the Chevron refinery and aerospace offices near LAX.
Fullerton, California
Fullerton, California: city in northwestern Orange County, founded 1887 by the Amerige brothers, incorporated 1904. Population 143,617 (2020), home of Cal State Fullerton, council-manager government.
Garden Grove, California
Garden Grove, California: an Orange County city of about 170,000 founded in 1874 by Alonzo Cook and incorporated June 18, 1956, known for the Strawberry Festival, Little Saigon, and Christ Cathedral.
Gardena, California
Gardena, California: South Bay city in Los Angeles County, incorporated September 11, 1930 from Gardena, Moneta, and Strawberry Park. Known as the Freeway City, former berry capital, historic Japanese American community, and home of California's first licensed card club (1936).
Glendale, California
Glendale, known as the "Jewel City," is the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1906 and a center of the Armenian diaspora community.
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California: South Bay Los Angeles County city, incorporated 1922, founded 1905 and named for Nathaniel Hawthorne; home of Northrop Aircraft since 1939, Jack Northrop Field airport, and SpaceX headquarters.
Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach is a 1.43-square-mile beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated January 14, 1907, with about 19,700 residents, a 1,228-foot pier, two miles of Strand beachfront, and high summer visitor attendance.
Hidden Hills, California
Hidden Hills, California: a guard-gated, equestrian city of about 1,900 residents at the western San Fernando Valley's edge, incorporated October 19, 1961 as Los Angeles County's 73rd city, with no commercial services and equestrian zoning on all parcels.