Pomona is a city in
Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the
Pomona Valley
The Pomona Valley is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California. The valley is approximately east of downtown Los Angeles.
History
On March 1, 1893 the California ...
, between the
Inland Empire and the
San Gabriel Valley. At the
2020 census, the city's population was 151,713.
The main campus of
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''California State Polytechnic University, Pomo ...
, also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies partially within Pomona's city limits, with the rest being located in the neigboring unincorporated community of
Ramona
''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...
.
History
Beginnings to 1880
![Adobe de Palomares](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Adobe_de_Palomares.jpg)
The area was originally occupied by the
Tongva
The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . Some descendants of the people prefer Kizh as an endonym that, they argue, is more historically ...
Native Americans.
The city is named after
Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. For
horticulturist
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Solomon Gates, "Pomona" was the winning entry in a contest to name the city in 1875, before anyone had ever planted a fruit tree there.
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The city was first settled by Ricardo Véjar and Ygnacio Palomares in the 1830s, when California and much of the now-American Southwest were part of Mexico.
The first Anglo-Americans arrived prior to 1848 when the signing of the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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resulted in California becoming part of the United States.
In 1864, the widow of
Ygnacio Palomares Ygnacio may refer to:
Given name:
*Ygnacio Coronel (1795–1862), settler in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles of Mexican Alta California
* Luis Ygnacio Liendo (born 1980), amateur Venezuelan Greco-Roman wrestler in the men's lightweight category
* Ygnaci ...
of
Rancho San José sold to
Louis Phillips, a
Jewish
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Prussian
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immigrant, who would shortly be known as "the richest man in Los Angeles County." He built the largest commercial building in
Los Angeles central business district at the time, the
Phillips Block
The late- Victorian-era Downtown of Los Angeles grew year by year, around 1880 centered at the southern end of the Los Angeles Plaza area, and over the next two decades, extending south and west along Main Street, Spring Street, and Broadway t ...
, which would eventually house
Hamburger's, the then-largest department store in the
Western United States
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the We ...
.
Spadra
![Phillips Mansion, Pomona 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Phillips_Mansion%2C_Pomona_1.jpg)
Phillips sold a parcel of his land to William "Uncle Billy" Rubottom, in 1866 who founded a new town there and named it Spadra after his hometown, now part of
Clarksville, Arkansas
Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 9,178, up from 7,719 in 2000. As of 2018, the estimated population was 9,743. The city is the county seat of Johnson County. It is nestled ...
. The site of Spadra is west of the Pomona Station along Pomona Blvd. just east of the
57 (Orange) Freeway. Spadra became a stagecoach stop, Rubottom built the Spadra Hotel and Tavern to serve travelers, and by 1870, Spadra had 400–500 residents, three stores, a school, and a post office. In 1873, Phillips convinced the
Southern Pacific Railroad to build a line to Spadra. Phillips thought Spadra would become a great town, and built his
Phillips Mansion there in 1875, which together with the Spadra Cemetery are the only two remnants of the town that still exist today.
Fullerton's Main north–south road was named Spadra Road for its first 75 years, as long before the 57 Freeway it was the road through
Brea Canyon Brea may refer to:
Mythology
* Brea (mythology), an Irish mythological god
People
* Anthony José Brea Salazar, a Venezuelan professional racing cyclist
* Armando Bréa, a Brazilian middle-distance runner
* Benjamín Brea, a Venezuelan mus ...
to Spadra, and was later renamed
Harbor Boulevard
Harbor Boulevard (formerly Spadra Road) is a north–south road corridor in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange. One of the busiest routes in Orange County, the thoroughfare passes through some of the most densely populated areas in the region ...
. The Southern Pacific Railroad had a terminus at Spadra, but the line was extended east to
Colton, and Spadra lost momentum. In 1964, the area was annexed by Pomona.
1880-present
![ViewFromPomonaPark1904](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/ViewFromPomonaPark1904.jpg)
By the 1880s, the arrival of
Coachella Valley water which, together with railroad access, made it the western anchor of the
citrus
''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is native to ...
-growing region. Pomona was officially incorporated on January 6, 1888.
In the 1920s Pomona was known as the "Queen of the Citrus Belt", with one of the highest per-capita levels of income in the United States. In the 1940s it was used as a movie-previewing location for major motion picture studios to see how their films would play to modally middle-class audiences around the country (for which Pomona was at that time viewed as an idealized example).
Religious institutions are deeply embedded in the history of Pomona. There are now more than 120 churches, representing most religions in today's society. The historical architectural styles of these churches provide glimpses of European church design and architecture from other eras.
Pomona Mall
Pomona Mall was a pedestrian mall in Downtown Pomona, California, recognized by the Los Angeles Conservancy as an outstanding example of Mid-century modern and modern architecture and design. It was completed in 1962 and designed by Millard Sheets ...
was a downtown pedestrian mall, recognized by the
Los Angeles Conservancy as an outstanding example of
Mid-century modern and
modern architecture
Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that for ...
and design. It was completed in 1962, one element in a larger plan of civic improvements covering the whole city.
The eastern end is now part of the
Western University of Health Sciences
Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a private medical school and health sciences university with its main campus in Pomona, California, with an additional osteopathic medical school in Lebanon, Oregon. With an enrollment of 3,8 ...
campus, while the western end now houses numerous art galleries, art studios and restaurants.
[
In 2005, Pomona citizens elected Norma Torres, the first woman of Guatemalan heritage to be elected to a mayoral post outside of Guatemala. Later, she would become a U.S. congresswoman representing ]California's 35th congressional district
California's 35th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. The district is currently represented by .
The district is based in the Inland Empire, including the communities of Chino, Eastvale, Fontana, Montcla ...
in 2015.
Geography
Pomona is east of Los Angeles
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in the Pomona Valley
The Pomona Valley is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California. The valley is approximately east of downtown Los Angeles.
History
On March 1, 1893 the California ...
, located at (34.060760, -117.755886). According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , over 99% of it land.
Pomona is approximately east of downtown Los Angeles, north of Santa Ana, west of Riverside, and west of San Bernardino
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...
.
Pomona is bordered by the cities of San Dimas on the northwest, La Verne and Claremont on the north, Montclair and Chino on the east, Chino Hills and Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2010 census it had a population of 55,544, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 55,720. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron re ...
on the south, Walnut
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Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true ...
, South San Jose Hills, and Industry
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity
* Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery
* The wider industrial sector ...
on the southwest, and the unincorporated community of Ramona
''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...
on the west. The Los Angeles/San Bernardino county line forms most of the city's southern and eastern boundaries.
Climate
Pomona has a Mediterranean climate
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(Köppen climate classification
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''Csa'') with hot, dry summers and mild, damp winters and a large amount of sunshine year-round. August is the warmest month with an average daytime high temperature of . Summers are characterized by sunny days and very little rainfall during the months of June through September. Fall brings cooler temperatures and occasional showers, as well as seasonal Santa Ana winds
The Santa Ana winds (sometimes devil winds) "Scholars who have looked into the name's origins generally agree that it derives from Santa Ana Canyon, the portal where the Santa Ana River -- as well as a congested Riverside (CA-91) Freeway -- leav ...
originating from the northeast. December is the coolest month with an average high temperature of . Winter also brings the majority of annual precipitation. Snowfall is virtually unheard of, but frost can occur once or twice a year. Annual precipitation averages .
Architecture
The following structures in Pomona are noted by the Los Angeles Conservancy:
* Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design (1971, Carl Maston
Carl L. Maston (born Carl Mastopietro, June 17, 1915 – May 31, 1992) was an influential Los Angeles mid-century modern architect.
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Biography
Maston was born to an Italian father and English mother. Ultimately choosing the architec ...
)
*The Downtown Center / Lytton Savings (1964, Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the SS) and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and ot ...
& Associates)
* Fox Theater Pomona (1931, Balch & Stanbery)
*Pomona Mall
Pomona Mall was a pedestrian mall in Downtown Pomona, California, recognized by the Los Angeles Conservancy as an outstanding example of Mid-century modern and modern architecture and design. It was completed in 1962 and designed by Millard Sheets ...
(1962, Millard Sheets
Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 – March 31, 1989) was an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer. He was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists and helped define the art movement. Many of his large-scale bu ...
)
*Pomona Civic Center (1969, Welton Becket
Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washingt ...
& Associates)
File:Cal poly pomona building 7 maston.jpg, Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design
File:Downtown Pomona 01 - panoramio.jpg, Fox Theater Pomona
Demographics
The most common ancestries in Pomona are German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
, English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
, Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
and French.
2010
The 2010 United States Census
The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servi ...
reported that Pomona had a population of 149,058, a slight decline from the 2000 census population. The population density was . The racial makeup of Pomona was 71,564 (48.0%) White
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(12.5% Non-Hispanic White),[ 10,924 (7.3%) ]African American
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, 1,763 (1.2%) Native American, 12,688 (8.5%) Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
of which is Chinese 2,217 1.48%
Filipino 2,938 1.97%
Japanese 443 0.3%
Korean 633 0.42%
Vietnamese 1643 1.1% , 282 (0.2%) Pacific Islander
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, 45,171 (30.3%) from other races
Other often refers to:
* Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy
Other or The Other may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack
* ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 6,666 (4.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 105,135 persons (70.5%).
The Census reported that 144,920 people (97.2% of the population) lived in households, 2,782 (1.9%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,356 (0.9%) were institutionalized.
There were 38,477 households, out of which 19,690 (51.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 19,986 (51.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6,960 (18.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,313 (8.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,823 (7.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 299 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,810 households (15.1%) were made up of individuals, and 2,010 (5.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.77. There were 30,259 families
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(78.6% of all households); the average family size was 4.15.
The population was spread out, with 43,853 people (29.4%) under the age of 18, 20,155 people (13.5%) aged 18 to 24, 42,311 people (28.4%) aged 25 to 44, 31,369 people (21.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,370 people (7.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29.5 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
There were 39,620 housing units at an average density of , of which 21,197 (55.1%) were owner-occupied, and 17,280 (44.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%. 80,968 people (54.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 63,952 people (42.9%) lived in rental housing units
During 2009–2013, Pomona had a median household income of $49,474, with 21.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[
]
Economy
Since the 1980s, Pomona's newest neighborhood Phillips Ranch, experienced rapid growth with homes still being built in the hilly area between Downtown and Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2010 census it had a population of 55,544, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 55,720. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron re ...
. Today, Phillips Ranch is nearly all residential. Northern Pomona has seen some gentrification with additional housing units added and revamped streetscapes. Pomona Electronics was originally based in the city.
Pomona had two malls, the pedestrian Pomona Mall
Pomona Mall was a pedestrian mall in Downtown Pomona, California, recognized by the Los Angeles Conservancy as an outstanding example of Mid-century modern and modern architecture and design. It was completed in 1962 and designed by Millard Sheets ...
downtown and the Indian Hill Mall
Indian Hill Village is a former shopping mall in Pomona, California. It has been redeveloped into a multi-use retail, commercial and educational facility and is now known as The Village @ Indian Hill, comprising on .
History
The original, open-ai ...
, both now defunct as malls per se, but still dedicated to retail and other uses.
According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city and number of employees are Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Pomona, Río Negro
Australia
* Pomona, Queensland, Australia, a town in the Shire of Noosa
* Pomona, New South Wales, Australia
Belize
* Pomona, Belize, a municipality in Stann Creek District
Mexico
* ...
(3,230), Pomona Unified School District
Pomona Unified School District or PUSD serves approximately 30,000 Pre-K-12 students and 17,000 adult learners at 44 schools in Pomona and Diamond Bar, California. It is located 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and is the third-largest scho ...
(3,034), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''California State Polytechnic University, Pomo ...
(2,440), Fairplex
Fairplex has been the home of the L.A. County Fair since 1922. Known prior to 1984 as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, it is located in the city of Pomona, California. The L.A. County Fair is held during the month of May since 2022, but the fa ...
(1,071)
Casa Colina Rehabilitation Center
(1,020)
City of Pomona
(661), and County of Los Angeles
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Department of Social Services (350).
Arts and culture
Annual cultural events
The city is the site of the Fairplex
Fairplex has been the home of the L.A. County Fair since 1922. Known prior to 1984 as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, it is located in the city of Pomona, California. The L.A. County Fair is held during the month of May since 2022, but the fa ...
, which hosts the L.A. County Fair
The Los Angeles County Fair is an annual county fair. It was first held on October 17, 1922, and ran for five days through October 21, 1922, in a former beet field in Pomona, California. Highlights of the fair's first year were harness racing, ...
and the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show. The swap meet
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(for car parts and accessories) is part of the car show, which is a single-day event held seven times throughout the year.
The city is also home to the NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsp ...
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
The Pomona Raceway (known as In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip for commercial reasons, previously Auto Club Raceway at Pomona), is a racing facility located in Pomona, California that features a quarter-mile dragstrip. Since its opening in 1961, th ...
(formerly the Pomona Raceway), which hosts Winternationals drag racing competition.
Museums and other points of interest
* dA Center for the Art
* Fairplex
Fairplex has been the home of the L.A. County Fair since 1922. Known prior to 1984 as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, it is located in the city of Pomona, California. The L.A. County Fair is held during the month of May since 2022, but the fa ...
, annual Los Angeles County Fair
* Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
The Pomona Raceway (known as In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip for commercial reasons, previously Auto Club Raceway at Pomona), is a racing facility located in Pomona, California that features a quarter-mile dragstrip. Since its opening in 1961, th ...
(Pomona Raceway)
* Ygnacio Palomares Adobe
The Ygnacio Palomares Adobe, also known as Adobe de Palomares, is a one-story adobe brick structure in Pomona, California, built between 1850 and 1855 as a residence for Don Ygnacio Palomares. It was abandoned in the 1880s and was left to the e ...
,
* La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose
La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose is a historic adobe structure built in 1837 in Pomona, California. It is the oldest home located in the Pomona Valley and in the old Rancho San Jose land grant. It was declared a historic landmark in 1954 and ...
, - Pomona
* Pomona Envisions the Future mural in the Arts District of Pomona
* The Glass House
* Pomona Fox Theater
The Fox Theater Pomona is a fully restored Art Deco movie palace from Hollywood's golden age in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. Today the Fox Theater Pomona is a state-of-the-art venue for concerts, cinema, performances, and parties. I ...
* Phillips Mansion
* Cal Poly Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''name'' section of this article for more infor ...
* American Museum of Ceramic Art
* RailGiants Train Museum
*Pomona Ebell Museum of History
*Spadra Cemetery
Government
Municipal government
Pomona was incorporated on January 6, 1888, and adopted a charter in 1911, making it a charter city.[
The city is governed by a seven-member city council. Regular municipal elections are held on a Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. Councilmembers serve four-year terms, and the mayor is the presiding councilmember, elected at-large. The other six members are elected by districts. Every eight months, the council appoints a new vice mayor from among its members.][
]Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...
: Tim Sandoval
City Council
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members:[
*John Nolte (District One)
*Victor Preciado (District Two)
*Nora Garcia (District Three)
*Elizabeth Ontiveros-Cole (District Four)
*Steve Lustro (District Five)
*Robert Torres (District Six)
City manager: James Makshanoff
]
City Commissions
Financial report
According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $220.3 million in revenues, $225.5 million in expenditures, $818.3 million in total assets, $520 million in total liabilities, and $80.6 million in cash and investments.
County representation
In the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Pomona is in the 1st District, represented by Democrat Hilda Solis
Hilda Lucia Solis (; born October 20, 1957) is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as par ...
.
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.
DHS ope ...
operates the Pomona Health Center in Pomona.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting services as well as technical rescue services, hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County ...
provides fire department services for Pomona on a contract basis.
State and federal representation
In the California State Legislature, Pomona is in , and in .
In the United States House of Representatives
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, Pomona is in .
Education
Public and private schools
Most of Pomona and some of the surrounding area are served by the Pomona Unified School District
Pomona Unified School District or PUSD serves approximately 30,000 Pre-K-12 students and 17,000 adult learners at 44 schools in Pomona and Diamond Bar, California. It is located 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and is the third-largest scho ...
. Pomona High School, Diamond Ranch High School
Diamond Ranch High School (or DRHS) is a high school that serves students from Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch, California, United States, and is operated by the Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in Pomona, California. Diamond Ranch's athletic ...
, Ganesha High School, Garey High School, Fremont Academy, Palomares Academy, and Village Academy are PUSD's seven high schools. The Claremont Unified School District serves a small section of northern Pomona. Residents there are zoned to Sumner Elementary School, El Roble Intermediate School, and Claremont High School.
The School of Arts and Enterprise, a charter high school, is also located in the city.
There are four parochial schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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located in Pomona: St. Madeleine Catholic School (K-5), St. Joseph Elementary School (K–5), Pomona Catholic Middle School and High School and St. Christopher-Joseph-Aquinas Academic Academy (2 locations). There are also three Islamic schools: New Dimensions School (K-8), ICC Community School (K-8) and City of Knowledge (K-12).
Colleges and universities
*California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''California State Polytechnic University, Pomo ...
(Cal Poly Pomona) is located southwest of the junction of the 10 and 57 freeways. The university was established on the site of breakfast cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg's ranch located on the city's western corner. The university has over 24,000 students and covers an area of over . The university is known for its agricultural, hospitality, engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
and architectural programs. Some campus areas are also located in Walnut
A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''.
Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true ...
, and the unincorporated community of Ramona
''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...
.
*Western University of Health Sciences
Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a private medical school and health sciences university with its main campus in Pomona, California, with an additional osteopathic medical school in Lebanon, Oregon. With an enrollment of 3,8 ...
, (formerly known as College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is a private, non-profit medical school for osteopathic medicine located in downtown Pomona, in the U.S. state of California. The college opened in 1977 as the only osteopathic medica ...
) is located south of Highway 10 off Towne Avenue. It is one of the largest health sciences
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Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple ac ...
universities in California.
*Laguna Technical College is also located in down town Pomona
Nearby
*Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became t ...
was founded in Pomona in 1887, but moved to neighboring Claremont, California in 1889. It is now part of the Claremont Colleges
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)— Pomona College, Sc ...
.
* Mt. San Antonio College, located in Walnut, California
Walnut is a city in the eastern part of Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 29,172, and in 2019 the population was estimated at 29,685.
The greater Walnut Valley is located betw ...
, is adjacent to Cal Poly Pomona, west of the 57 Freeway.
Media
A&E's hit show “Live PD” follows the Police Department in Pomona on Friday and Saturday nights.
The major daily newspaper in the area is ''Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The ''Inland Valley Daily Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, serving the Pomona Valley and southwest San Bernardino County. The ''Daily Bulletin'' is a member of the Southern California News Group (formerly th ...
''. ''La Opinión
''La Opinión'' is a Spanish-language daily newspaper and website based in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States and the second-most read newspaper in Los Angeles (after ''The Los Angeles Time ...
'' is the city's major Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
-language paper. There are also a wide variety of smaller regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazines, including:
* ''Claremont Courier
The ''Claremont Courier'' is a community newspaper based in Claremont, California, United States. It is widely regarded as the city's newspaper of record, and is often cited by other news outlets covering the city. In 2018, the ''Courier'' was na ...
''
* '' San Gabriel Valley Tribune''
* Proud Digital Media (aka Pomona Proud) with a local audience 60,000+
Infrastructure
Rail
Pomona is connected to downtown Los Angeles and to downtown Riverside
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and i ...
via Metrolink and is connected by Amtrak
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via the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle
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Trains #21 (southbound) and 22 (northbound) ...
. In addition, Pomona will be connected to Los Angeles and eastern Los Angeles county via light rail when the Gold Line Foothill Extension is completed in 2026. When it opens, the rail line will be renamed the A Line per Metro's new naming convention, and it will connect with the former Blue Line via the new Regional Connector in downtown Los Angeles
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.
Metrolink stations
*: Pomona—Downtown
*: Pomona—North
Freeways and highways
*
San Bernardino Freeway
Interstate 10 (I-10) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from Santa Monica, California to Jacksonville, Florida. The segment of I-10 in California runs east from Santa Monica through Los Angeles, San Bernar ...
*
Orange Freeway
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
*
Pomona Freeway
Pomona may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Pomona, Río Negro
Australia
* Pomona, Queensland, Australia, a town in the Shire of Noosa
* Pomona, New South Wales, Australia
Belize
* Pomona, Belize, a municipality in Stann Creek District
Mexico
* ...
*
Foothill Boulevard
*
Chino Valley Freeway
Airports
Pomona is serviced by:
*Ontario Airport
Ontario International Airport is an international airport two miles east of downtown Ontario, in San Bernardino County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino. It is owned and operat ...
(ONT), located away
* John Wayne Airport (SNA), formerly called the Orange County Airport, located away
*Long Beach Airport
Long Beach Airport is a public airport three miles northeast of downtown Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is also called Daugherty Field, named after local aviator Earl Daugherty. The airport was an operating base ...
(LGB), located away
*San Bernardino International Airport
San Bernardino International Airport (, initialism: SBIA) is a public airport two miles (3 km) southeast of the city center of San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The airport covers and has one ...
(SBD), located away
*Hollywood Burbank Airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport, legally and formerly marketed as Bob Hope Airport after entertainer Bob Hope , is a public airport northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.. Federal Aviation Administration. ef ...
(BUR), located in Burbank, away
* Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located away
Buses
Pomona is served by Foothill Transit
Foothill Transit is a public transit agency that is government funded by 22 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley region of eastern Los Angeles Cou ...
. The ''Silver Streak'' is Foothill Transit's bus rapid transit line operating between eastbound to Montclair and westbound to Downtown Los Angeles
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. Omnitrans
Omnitrans, stylized as "OmniTrans," is a public transportation agency in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The largest transit operator within San Bernardino County, it serves the San Bernardino Valley. The agency was established ...
bus line 61 runs throughout downtown Pomona.
The service runs much more frequently than other area mass transit, and operates around the clock. 60-foot NABI articulated buses are used on this route, similar to those used on the Metro G Line, Metro Local
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
, there ar ...
, and Metro Rapid
Metro Rapid is a local express bus service with bus rapid transit (BRT) characteristics in Los Angeles County, California.
At its peak, Metro had dozens of Rapid routes, but , the system has been largely discontinued. Just three Metro operated Rap ...
.
Notable people
* Above the Law, rap group, formed in Pomona
*Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba ( ; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in '' Camp Nowhere'' and '' The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 ...
, actress and entrepreneur, born in Pomona
* Richard Armour, author, grew up in Pomona and attended Pomona College
* Milton L. Banks, basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters, raised in Pomona
* Guy Vernon Bennett, politician, was superintendent of schools in Pomona in 1914
*Jeanne Black
Gloria Jeanne Black (October 25, 1937 – October 23, 2014) was an American country music singer.
Life and career
Gloria Jeanne Black was born on October 25, 1937, in Pomona, California.
She first gained wide exposure singing on Cliffie Stone ...
, country singer, born in Pomona
*Ron Burkle
Ronald Wayne Burkle (born November 12, 1952) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC, a private investment firm that specializes in U.S. companies in the distribution, logistics, food, ...
*Buckethead
Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans severa ...
, musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
*Jim Chandler
Jimmy Lee Chandler (July 19, 1941 - August 10, 2017) was a Southern poet (see Southern literature) and novelist from Tennessee. Chandler's poetry evolved from the post- beat generation through the underground scene. His 276-page poetry collection ...
, author, spent time in Pomona during his youth
* Dan Cortes, professional baseball player
* Alberto Davila, boxer
* Gabriel P. Disosway, United States Air Force General
* Michael Efevberha, basketball player for the Nigeria national basketball team
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* Ron English, football coach
* Al Ferguson, actor
*Todd Field
William Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for directing three feature films: '' In the Bedroom'' (2001), '' Little Children'' (2006), and '' Tár'' (2022). He has received three Academy Award no ...
, actor and film director
*Mike Frank
Stephen Michael Frank (born January 14, 1975) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1998.
Biography
Frank was born in Pomona, California and graduated from Escondido High School in (Escondi ...
, baseball player
*Suga Free
Suga may refer to:
* Suga, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
* Suga language, a language of Cameroon
* Suga (rapper) (born 1993), South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer
* ''Suga'' (EP), 2020 EP by Megan Thee Stallion
* ''Sug ...
, rapper
*Britney Gallivan
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, best known for debunking a myth about paper folding
*Ben Harper
Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live perfo ...
, singer-songwriter, born in Pomona
*Donnie Hill
Donald Earl Hill (born November 12, 1960) is a former professional baseball player who played nine seasons for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.
Donnie moved from Pomona ...
, professional baseball player
* Bruce Hines, baseball coach
*Jim Keith
Jim Keith (September 21, 1949 – September 7, 1999) was an American author best known for the books "Black Helicopters Over America" and "The Octopus", co-written with Kenn Thomas, which details conspiracy theories around the death of report ...
, author
*Will Keith Kellogg
William Keith Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951), generally referred to as W.K. Kellogg, was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular ...
, industrialist
* Jill Kelly, pornographic actress
*Kokane
Jerry Buddy Long Jr. (born March 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Kokane, is an American recording artist best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances, such as on Snoop Dogg's ''Tha Last Meal''.
Early life ...
, rapper, actor
* Dan McGwire, football player
*Mark McGwire
Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Card ...
, Major League Baseball player and coach[People From Pomona, California](_blank)
*Daniel Keys Moran
Daniel Keys Moran (born November 30, 1962), also known by his initials DKM, is an American computer programmer and science fiction writer.
Biography
Moran was born in Los Angeles to Richard Joseph Moran and Marilynn Joyce Moran. He has three ...
, science fiction author
* Cameron Morrah, football player
* "Sugar" Shane Mosley, professional boxer
*Ed Nelson
Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Michael Rossi in the television series '' Peyton Place''.
Nelson appeared in episodes of many TV programs, more than 50 mov ...
, actor
* Kem Nunn, author, surfer
*Ryan O'Donohue
Ryan Sean O'Donohue (born April 26, 1984) is an American actor. He is most notable for his performances as a voice actor in many Disney projects especially as Demyx in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' video game franchise. As a live-action actor, he was ...
, voice actor
* Moriah Peters, Christian musician
*Orlando Perez
Orlando Perez (born July 12, 1977 in Pomona, California) is an American soccer defender, who played eight seasons in Major League Soccer.
Perez never played college soccer, but he was drafted twice in MLS, both times by coach Octavio Zambran ...
, Major League Soccer player
* Louis Phillips (rancher) original owner of much of the land that is now Pomona and the richest man in Los Angeles County
*Kenneth Pitzer
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president. He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work ...
, chemist, Stanford University president
* Russell K. Pitzer, philanthropist, founder of Pitzer College
* Dave Rice, basketball player and head coach, UNLV
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...
*Frank "Cannonball" Richards
Frank Anson Richards also known as Frank "Cannonball" Richards and Cannonball Richards (February 20, 1887February 7, 1969) was an American sideshow, carnival and vaudeville performer whose act involved taking heavy blows to his stomach.
Richard ...
, carnival and vaudeville performer, buried at the Pomona Cemetery
*Richie Sandoval
Richard Sandoval (born 18 October 1960) is an American retired professional boxer and former Lineal and WBA Bantamweight Champion. Sandoval was a silver medalist at the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico and was a U.S. Olympian during his ...
, boxer
*Bob Seagren
Robert Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion.
A native of Pomona, California, Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won six National AAU ...
, pole vaulter, Olympic gold and silver medalist, started vaulting as a teenager in Pomona
*Millard Sheets
Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 – March 31, 1989) was an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer. He was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists and helped define the art movement. Many of his large-scale bu ...
, artist and Scripps College professor
*Bill Singer
William Robert Singer (born April 24, 1944) is an American former professional baseball pitcher with a 14-year career from 1964 to 1977. He played primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–72) and the California Angels (1973–75), spending h ...
, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Keith Smith, fullback for the Atlanta Falcons
*Noah Song
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, professional baseball player
*Randy Stein
William "Randy" Randolph Stein (March 7, 1953 – December 12, 2011) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball. He was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs.
Career
Stein was born in Pomona, Califor ...
, baseball player
* Brian Stokes, baseball pitcher
*James Tarjan
James Edward Tarjan (born February 22, 1952 in Pomona, California) is an American chess Grandmaster.
Tarjan was 17 when he was selected to the American team for the 1969 World Students' Olympiad, at Dresden. He was a member of the winning America ...
, Chess Grandmaster
*Robert Tarjan
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, computer scientist, born in Pomona
* Steve Thomas, author, television personality
*Pat Toomay
Patrick Jay Toomay (born May 17, 1948) is a former professional football player, a defensive end for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Oakland Raiders. He played ...
, former football player
* Norma Torres, congresswoman and mayor of Pomona
* Rik Van Nutter, actor
*Jimmy Verdon
Jimmy Verdon (born November 4, 1981) is an American football defensive end who was most recently a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was originally drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played ...
, football player and coach
* Edward Ulloa, attorney and former prosecutor
*Tom Waits
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, singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
*Delanie Walker
Hubert Delanie Walker (born August 12, 1984) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at the Central Missouri State and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
After seven sea ...
, professional football player
*Frank Wilcox
Frank Reppy Wilcox (March 13, 1907 – March 3, 1974) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as Broadway plays.
Background
Wilcox was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger V. Wilcox. He was born in De Soto ...
, actor, lived in Pomona in the 1930s and worked in lemon groves
* Rozz Williams, gothic rock musician, born in Pomona
*Larry Wilmore
Elister Larry WilmoreThe name Elister L. Wilmore is given at This matches the birth date and birthplace for "Larry Wilmore" at (born October 30, 1961) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He served as the "Senior Black Corresp ...
, comedian and comedy writer, host of The Nightly Show
* Trevor Wright, actor
*Rich Yett
Richard Martin Yett (born October 6, 1962) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1990.
Yett was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1980, but Yett only played one game ...
, professional baseball player, born in Pomona
*The Hughes Brothers
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, film directors known for ''Menace II Society
''Menace II Society'' (pronounced ''Menace to Society'') is a 1993 American teen drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. The film is set in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and follows the life of ...
'', ''Dead Presidents'' and ''The Book of Eli''
* Alejandro Aranda, singer and songwriter, runner-up on the seventeenth season of ''American Idol
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, ''born in Pomona''.
*Sinqua Walls
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Early life and education
Originally fro ...
, basketball player for Cal Poly Pomona
*Ryan Perry
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Amateur career
Born in Pomona, California, Perry played collegiate baseball at the Universi ...
, baseball pitcher
* Chris Miller, football coach
*Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
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, basketball player born in Pomona
* Jerry Green, basketball player
*Marty Keough
Richard Martin Keough (born April 14, 1934) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (1956–60), Cleveland Indians (1960), Washington Senators (1961), Cincinn ...
, baseball player
*Dedrique Taylor
Dedrique LaMonte Taylor (born May 1, 1974) is the current college basketball head coach for Cal State Fullerton. He is also a former Arizona State associate head men's basketball coach and a college assistant coach.
Early life and education
Afte ...
, basketball head coach
In popular culture
* It was rumored that Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
originally planned on having Disneyland
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built in Pomona, but the city council declined his offer, fearing that the park would not succeed and would cause the city to go into debt. According to a reporter for the ''Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The ''Inland Valley Daily Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, serving the Pomona Valley and southwest San Bernardino County. The ''Daily Bulletin'' is a member of the Southern California News Group (formerly th ...
'', David Allen, his former colleague, Matthew Tresaugue had reported, in a 1997 story, that Pomona was merely one of 71 considered cities, but was ruled out due to temperature extremes, i.e. too hot in the summer and too cold at night. Author James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, ...
used Pomona as the setting for the fictional amusement park Dream-a-Dreamland in his novel '' L.A. Confidential''. Dream-a-Dreamland and its fictional owner, the cartoon magnate Ray Dieterling, were based very closely on Disneyland and Walt Disney.
* In an episode of ''I Love Lucy
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'', the main characters of the show "go out to the country" on a day trip to Pomona. This is now seen as odd due to Pomona having since become quite urban. In 1940, Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golde ...
and Desi Arnaz
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, and film and television producer. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom '' I Love Lucy'', in which he c ...
spent their honeymoon in downtown Pomona.
* The Fox Theater in Pomona was frequently used by Hollywood during the Golden Age
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for test screening
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s. In '' Sunset Blvd.'' (Billy Wilder
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, 1950) when Norma Desmond, played by Gloria Swanson
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, reads a script to Joe Gillis (William Holden
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), Gillis comments: "They'll love it in Pomona".
* The 1979 Steven Spielberg film '' 1941'' is partly set in Pomona.
* The 2003 film adaptation of ''The Cat in the Hat
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'', starring Mike Myers
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, transforms Pomona's Antique Row into a scene straight from the imagination of Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (;["Seuss"](_blank)
'' The Simpsons
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, ''Treehouse of Horror XVI
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'', characters Kang and Kodos try to speed up the 2005 World Series as the broadcast announcer features "Pomona" as an American teen drama television show spin-off of ''The O.C.
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'' and was advertised as being "even hotter away from the beach."
See also
*Pomona Valley
The Pomona Valley is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California. The valley is approximately east of downtown Los Angeles.
History
On March 1, 1893 the California ...
* Phillips Ranch
* List of Mexican-American communities
* List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations
References
External links
*
Pomona Unified School District
Pomona Local News
Pomona Chamber of Commerce
Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Pomona
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Cities in Los Angeles County, California
Incorporated cities and towns in California
Populated places established in the 1830s
1888 establishments in California
Chicano and Mexican neighborhoods in California