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Santa Barbara is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, and the county seat, with a population of over 88,000. Located on a south-facing stretch of coastline between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, it boasts the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States (excluding Alaska). Its climate…
Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, and the most populous city in the county with over 202,000 residents. Located about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles on California’s Central Coast, it sits at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain — one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world….
Huntington Beach is a city in Orange County, California, and the most populous beach city in the county with nearly 199,000 residents. Located about 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, it boasts a long 9.5-mile stretch of sandy Pacific coastline, a mild climate, and conditions considered ideal for surfing — earning it the legendary…
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, located just 10 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. With a population of over 138,000, it is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Known as the “City of Roses” for its spectacular annual Rose Parade and its thousands…
Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, and the most populous city in the Inland Empire with over 327,000 residents. Located about 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, it sits at the heart of the Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area — the 12th-largest metro area in the United States with nearly 4.75 million…
Irvine is a planned city in central Orange County, California, and the second most populous city in the county with over 307,000 residents. Incorporated in 1971, it is one of the newest major cities in California — and also one of the most meticulously designed. Unlike most cities that grew organically over decades, Irvine was…
Bakersfield is the county seat of Kern County, California, and the ninth-largest city in the state with over 403,000 residents. Located near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, roughly 110 miles north of Los Angeles, it sits at the crossroads of the Central Valley’s agricultural heartland and the state’s energy industry. Nicknamed “Nashville…
Anaheim is a city in northern Orange County, California, and the most populous city in the county with over 346,000 residents. Located about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, it is one of the most visited cities in the world — thanks almost entirely to a certain theme park that opened its doors in…