Canyon Lake is a gated community in Riverside County, California, United States. As of July 1, 2004, the city had an estimated total population of over 11,161, a 12.18% increase from the 2000 census.
Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the population of Moreno Valley was 180,466.[1] A relatively young city, its rapid growth in the 1980s and the 2000s propelled it to its status as second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire’s population centers. Neighboring Riverside, California is the county seat and largest city in the county; the two cities are closely tied, sharing March Air Reserve Base, among other things.
Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2008 census, the city had a total population of 225,966; a 2004 special census put the fast-growing city’s population at 250,274. The city of Norco lies to the northeast, Chino Hills and Yorba Linda to the west, and the Cleveland National Forest to the southwest; unincorporated areas of Riverside County line all of its other borders.
The city of Corona does not include the community of Eastvale due north of the city. Eastvale is an unincorporated community associated with the county of Riverside.
History
Corona was founded at the height of the Southern California citrus boom in 1886, advantageously situated at the upper end of the Santa Ana River Canyon, the only significant pass through the Santa Ana Mountains. The town of Corona, once laid claim to the title “Lemon Capital of the World.” A museum there presents the lemon’s former role in the local economy. It derived its name (and its nickname, The Circle City) from the curious layout of its streets, with a standard grid enclosed by the circular Grand Boulevard. Also, the renowned circular Grand Boulevard is where three international road racing events took place in 1913, 1914 and 1916. Corona was also home to the Corona road race, a Grand Prix race in the early 20th century.
In more recent years it has been known as the Gateway to the Inland Empire. Prior to the 1980s, Corona was a largely agricultural community, dominated by citrus orchards, ranches, and dairy farms. Sky-high real estate prices in Los Angeles and Orange counties made the area’s cheap land desirable to developers and industrialists, and by the late 1990s it was considered a major suburb of Los Angeles.
In recent years, Corona has changed from a working-class bedroom community for Orange County and the larger cities of the Inland Empire to a full-fledged edge city in its own right, with industrial parks opening near Norco and luxury housing developments rising in the foothills of the Santa Anas. The development of commerce and industry in the city has been accelerated by congestion on the Riverside Freeway, with many firms leaving northern Orange County to be closer to their employees’ homes in Corona and Riverside.
The construction of the Chino Valley Freeway nearby has also linked Corona to the Pomona and San Gabriel valleys, with the result that the once largely white and later mainly Latino city has experienced an influx of Asian American residents who commute to Asian-oriented businesses in cities such as Alhambra and Diamond Bar.
Corona County proposal
In 2002 the city government considered an initiative to secede from Riverside County and form an autonomous Corona County because the city government and some residents were dissatisfied with how services were handled in nearby areas. The effort was also considered by areas in other cities in the western part of the county including Murrieta. Whether nearby cities such as Norco, California would have been included in the new county are unknown. The proposed county would have been bordered by San Bernardino County to the northwest and by Orange County to the west.
Lake Elsinore is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of 2008, the population was estimated to be 49,807[1] according to the California Department of Finance. It is the home of the Lake Elsinore Storm baseball club of the California League who play at the Lake Elsinore Diamond.
The city is rapidly growing, having added 6,000 new residents per year since 2001. Its relatively inexpensive land prices, proximity to Orange County, and abundance of recreational opportunities has attracted many families to the area’s many new subdivisions.
Lake Elsinore is located at (33.681381, -117.345328). This places it extremely close to the Orange County line, although it is not customarily associated with “OC culture” in the same way that other neighboring cities are, namely Corona, Diamond Bar, and Long Beach. For instance, new home builders will often depict construction sites in searches for Orange County properties that are technically outside of the Orange County lines, but Lake Elsinore is consistently an Inland Empire or Riverside community even though SR-74 can get you within the boundaries of Orange County just as easily and quickly as can SR-142 for Chino Hills residents [in San Bernardino County] or other surface streets, even freeways, from gateway cities in Los Angeles County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 38.8 square miles (100.4 km²) of which 33.8 square miles (87.5 km²) of it is land and 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²), or 12.82%, is water.
Like many other large geographical cities, Lake Elsinore is divided into several smaller communities, such as: Downtown, Canyon Hills, North Lake Elsinore (Northshore), Tuscany Hills, Rosetta Canyon (Ramsgate), NorthPeak, Countryclub Heights, Alberhill (Ranch), Eastlake (Summerly), and La Laguna Estates. Its general area also includes portions of Wildomar (voted for cityhood in 2008) , Cleveland Ridge, Lakeland Village, Sedco Hills, the City of Canyon Lake, Horsethief Canyon and the Temescal Valley. It can take as much as 20 minutes to drive from one side of the city limits to another.
Demographics
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 28,928 people, 8,817 households, and 6,877 families residing in the city. More recent, 2008 estimates place the population at 49,807[5]. The population density was 855.7 people per square mile (330.4/km²). There were 9,505 housing units at an average density of 281.2/sq mi (108.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.61% White, 5.19% African American, 1.29% Native American, 2.05% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 20.33% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.05% of the population.
There were 8,817 households out of which 49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.66.
In the city the population was spread out with 36.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $41,884, and the median income for a family was $47,563. Males had a median income of $41,692 versus $26,555 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,413. About 14.7% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.
Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 44,282 at the 2000 census. Population was estimated to be 97,257 in 2007, [1] making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state. Largely residential in character, Murrieta is considered a bedroom community, with large numbers of its residents commuting to jobs in San Diego and Orange counties, and the more industrialized neighboring city of Temecula to the south.
Murrieta is bordered by Temecula to the South and unincorporated areas on all other sides.
Murrieta should not be confused with Rancho Murieta, which is an unincorporated community in northern California, near Sacramento.
HISTORY
For most of its history, Murrieta was not heavily populated. Its gently rolling hills dotted with native trees such as the now-threatened Engelmann Oak provided the perfect setting for a Spaniard by the name of Juan Murrieta to bring his flocks of over 100,000 sheep to the valley in 1873.
It didn’t take long for others to discover the natural beauty of the valley, especially with a train depot built in 1882 that connected Murrieta to Southern California Railroad’s transcontinental route.
It is rumored that Don Juan Murrieta used the natural hot springs to relax and bathe his sheep, and eventually the hot springs became a focal point for the little town. Murrieta residents began to capitalize on the unique treasure by developing it into the Murrieta Hot Springs Resort, which began to attract visitors from all over the country. Today much of the site (about 50 acres) is home to a Bible college and conference center owned by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa which has invested millions of dollars into restoring and rebuilding the old resort rooms over the last decade.
When the trains stopped running in 1935, the lifeblood of the town - tourists - were much harder to come by. The minor boom that Murrieta had experienced due to the train and the hot springs gradually died down, leaving Murrieta as a small country town. [2]
Although US 395 did pass through Murrieta, it wasn’t until Interstate 15 was built through Murrieta in the early 1980s that another boom began to take hold. By the late 1980s, suburban neighborhoods were being constructed and people started to migrate to the Murrieta area from San Diego, Riverside, and Orange Counties. The population grew rapidly. [3]
In 1990, area residents began a campaign for cityhood that resulted in the establishment of the City of Murrieta on July 1, 1991. At that point the population had ballooned from just 2,200 in 1980 to 24,000.
Between 1991 and 2007, the city’s population skyrocketed to an estimated 97,257.
Murrieta once had an all-volunteer fire department for almost 40 years, but in 1987, it became a full-fledged municipal fire prevention district(the only one in all of southwestern Riverside County).The Murrieta Police Department was created in 1992(with the encouragement of then-Riverside County Sheriff Cois Byrd) in order to establish a truly municipal “feel” to a well-established community.
EDUCATION
The City of Murrieta is served by the Murrieta Valley Unified School District (MVUSD). The district contains eleven elementary (K-5) schools, three middle (6-8) schools, two comprehensive high (9-12) schools, Vista Murrieta High School and Murrieta Valley High School, one continuation school (Creekside High School), and one independent study school. Because of the explosive growth in the area, one elementary school, another middle school, and another high school are in the making. The name of the new high school was announced to be Mesa High School, and is planned to have its first year of class in the 2009-2010 school year. The Murrieta Valley School District boasts some of the top schools in the county of Riverside.
GEOGRAPHY
As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 44,282 people, 14,320 households, and 11,699 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,560.0 people per square mile (602.2/km²). There were 14,921 housing units at an average density of 525.6/sq mi (202.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 81.64% White, 3.39% African American, 0.66% Native American, 4.01% Asian, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 5.77% from other races, and 4.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.48% of the population.
There were 14,320 households out of which 47.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.2% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families. 14.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.42.
In the city the population was spread out with 33.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $75,102, and the median income for a family was $86,787.[1] Males had a median income of $49,107 versus $32,468 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,290. About 3.0% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
POLITICS
In the state legislature Murrieta is located in the 36th Senate District, represented by Republican Dennis Hollingsworth, and in the 64th and 66th Assembly Districts, represented by Republicans John J. Benoit and Kevin Jeffries respectively. Federally, Murrieta is located in California’s 45th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +3[8] and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack.
CRIME
Murrieta ranked as the 44th safest city in the nation and remains the safest city in Riverside County according to CQ Press 2007 City Crime Rankings.
Murrieta remains the safest city in Riverside County and one of the safest in the state and nation for populations between 50,000 and 100,000 according to the most recent crime statistics published by the F.B.I. for 2005. The city was also cited as the 39th safest city in the nation by the Morgan-Quinto Press in 2006. The Murrieta Police Department holds the unique distinction as the only municipal police department in Southwest Riverside County. [9]
HistoryTemecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 57,716 at the 2000 census. The current population as of January 2007 has skyrocketed to 97,935. [1] It was incorporated on December 1, 1989.
Temecula is bordered by Murrieta on the northwest and the Pechanga Indian Reservation on the south, with unincorporated areas of Riverside County on all of its other borders. It is served by the Interstate 15 (Temecula Valley Freeway) and State Route 79 (Temecula Parkway).
With neighboring Murrieta, Temecula forms the southwestern anchor of the Inland Empire region. It is almost equidistant to San Diego and Orange County, California; many residents consider themselves as living in a suburb of one of the two.[citation needed] Temecula is also home to many military families from nearby MCB Camp Pendleton, MCAS Miramar, March Air Reserve Base and the Navy bases in San Diego.
*Temecula Bluegrass Festival
*Temecula Street Painting Festival
*Temecula Photo Contest
*Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival
*Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival
*Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival
*Children’s Matsuri
A collection of historic 1890s buildings, antique stores, shopping and restaurants, Old Town Temecula is also home to such events as car shows, western days and summer entertainment. Specialty food stores, unique boutiques, dozens of gift and collectible stores and 7 large antique dealers do business in the district.
Old Town is also home to the Temecula Museum which features exhibits about the local band of Native Americans and the local natural history and city development.
In 2001, the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians built the $262 million Pechanga Resort & Casino complex. Linked together in an architectural design that subtly highlights the tribe’s Luiseño culture, the facility includes: an 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m²) casino, 1,200-seat bingo hall, 515,000-square-foot (47,800 m²), 13-story, 522-room hotel and 38,800-square-foot (3,600 m²) convention center, 1,200-seat showroom, 200-seat cabaret lounge, and seven restaurants. The new casino also features 2,000 slot machines, 60 card tables and 15 poker tables.
In 2004, construction of a new gaming area was begun and completed. It is almost 400,000 square feet (40,000 m²) in area, including a new nightclub, Silk, and the Round Bar. Silk has a capacity of 1600 people and has five bars inside the club. The Round Bar features California’s largest glass structure. The new poker room features 60 tables of play, including no limit poker. Also included are about 60 new card tables. The new casino also features a new sportsbar and restaurant, Kelseys, and five new eateries at the Festival of Foods.
Pechanga Resort and Casino is Temecula Valley’s number one employer, with about 7,500 people employed.
The venue also attracts big name performances. Pechanga has played host to the musical Chicago, singer and actress Liza Minnelli, and comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld among countless others.
The resort attracts gamblers and tourists from all over California and the U.S.
Outside of TVUSD, there are several private schools, like Linfield Christian School, Van Avery Prep, Temecula Prep, Hillcrest Academy, Rancho Community Christian School, and more.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $71,754, and the median income for a family was $79,042.[18] Males had a median income of $47,113 (2000) versus $31,608 (2000) for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,312 (2003). About 5.6% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
The community is also known for its technology. Temecula has 2.2 computer per household with 90% of them having an internet connection. The city has also been chosen to have the new fiberoptic internet connection infrastructure.
Temecula is located at (33.503295, -117.123687
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.3 square miles (68.1 km²), of which, 26.3 square miles (68.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.
It was recently decided that the city would dedicate a memorial to the 40th president and place the statue in the park. The monument will depict a young family and represent the volunteers who helped build the park. Those figures will be life-size. Reagan will be “larger than life”, a short distance away. Ronald Regan will be smiling as he looks at the family. He will be holding a cowboy hat in one hand and leaning on a shovel in the other.
Construction of the memorial is slated to begin by the 23rd anniversary of the speech in 2006.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) has schools in Temecula, Murrieta and Winchester, California. The general boundaries extend north to Baxter Road in French Valley, south to the Riverside/San Diego county line, east to Vail Lake, and west to the Temecula city limit. The district covers approximately 148 square miles (383 km²).
The district has expanded rapidly in the last few years. In 2004, the district opened its third high school, Great Oak High School, only six years after the opening of its second high school, Chaparral High School.
Approximately 25,000 students (Grades K-12) are currently enrolled in the district. The district offers many programs for students to advance their educational experience.
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