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Temecula, California
Temecula is a city in Riverside County, California, about 60 miles north of San Diego, incorporated December 1, 1989 and named for the Luiseño place 'Éxva Teméeku; known for Old Town and nearly 50 wineries.
Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks, California: a Ventura County city in the Conejo Valley, incorporated September 29, 1964 and named for its oak trees. Known for 15,000+ acres of open space, entirely imported water, and Janss-family development history.
Torrance, California
Torrance, California: a city in southwest Los Angeles County founded in 1912 by developer Jared Sidney Torrance and the Dominguez Land Company, planned by Olmsted Brothers with architect Irving Gill, incorporated May 1921; 2020 population 147,067.
Twentynine Palms, California
Twentynine Palms is a Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County, California, incorporated 1987, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park and home of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; population about 28,000.
Upland, California
Upland, California, also historically North Ontario or Town of Magnolia, is an Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County incorporated in 1906, population about 79,000, known for citrus heritage, Euclid Avenue, and nine historic districts.
Valencia, Santa Clarita, California
Valencia is a master-planned community in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California, begun by Newhall Land in 1965 with a Victor Gruen plan and famed for grade-separated paseos; a separate FivePoint Valencia (formerly Newhall Ranch) expands it west of I-5.
Ventura, California
Ventura (San Buenaventura), California: coastal county seat of 109,000 founded around Mission San Buenaventura in 1782, incorporated 1866, known for its pier, surf point, harbor, and Channel Islands gateway.
Vernon, California
Vernon, California: a 5.2-square-mile exclusively industrial city southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, incorporated 1905, with 112 residents, over 1,800 businesses, and a documented governance-reform and fiscal-history record.
Victorville, California
Victorville, California: Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County's Victor Valley on the Los Angeles–Las Vegas corridor. Founded as Victor in 1885, incorporated 1962; 2020 census population 134,810; home to Southern California Logistics Airport and Route 66 heritage.
Vista
Vista, California: incorporated city in northern San Diego County, founded as a post office in 1882, incorporated January 28, 1963; about 98,400 residents, 18.75 square miles, majority-Latino, known for its avocado-farming past and Business Park.
West Covina, California
West Covina is a San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1923 by 507 residents to block Covina's sewage farm; it boomed after World War II and had 109,501 people in 2020.
West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California: a 1.9-square-mile city incorporated in 1984, first U.S. city with a majority openly gay council; about 35,000 residents, the Sunset Strip, and the planned K Line extension.
Westlake Village, California
Westlake Village is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1981 from the LA County half of a 1960s American-Hawaiian Steamship master-planned community; population 8,029 (2020), median household income $179,954.
Whittier, California
Whittier, California: charter city in Los Angeles County about 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1898, founded by Quakers and named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier; about 87,000 residents.
Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda is a city in north Orange County, California, population 68,336 (2020), incorporated November 2, 1967, birthplace of Richard Nixon and home to his presidential library and museum.