Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, at the western edge of the Pomona Valley since nearly the entire city is physically located east of the San Jose/Puente Hills. It may also be considered part of the San Gabriel Valley since it is at the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, whenever the Los Angeles/San Bernardino County border is used as the dividing line between the San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 149,473. In 2005, its population was estimated as 160,815 [1]. Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, and Santa Clarita). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Pomona_CA_seal. ... EXAMPLE:Laughbox,Blondie,BamBam,Pinkie,etc. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... 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Pomona is well known as the location of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). This university was established on the site of breakfast cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg's massive ranch located on the city's west side. It is also the home of the Los Angeles County fairgrounds. While a fair in the nation's most populous county might seem quaint, Cal Poly Pomona is one of several major agricultural research facilities in the state, and the fair's livestock exhibits are a noted attraction. (Other major California agriculture schools include California Polytechnic State University, Fresno State, UC Davis, and Chico State.) This article is about the university in Pomona, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Will Keith Kellogg, usually referred to as W. K. Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951) was a U.S. industrialist in food manufacturing. ... This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. ... The campus on a sunny day California State University, Fresno, commonly referred to as Fresno State, is one of the campuses of California State University, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA. The campus sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the San Joaquin... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ... California State University, Chico California State University, Chico is the second_oldest campus in the California State University system. ...

Western University of Health Sciences is located in downtown Pomona, with programs ranging from veterinary medicine to nursing to osteopathic medicine. Skilled hands and compassionate hearts will continue to be the signature of all our graduates – exactly what is needed in health care today. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... This article is about the practice in general. ...

Pomona is not the site of Pomona College. Although this elite liberal arts institution was founded in the city in 1887, its campus has been in neighboring Claremont since 1889. Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located 33 miles (53 km) east of downtown Los Angeles in Claremont, California. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Claremont is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles (45 km) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Pomona Valley. ...

Since the 1980s, Pomona's newest neighborhood Phillips Ranch, experienced rapid growth with demands of new housing units increased. Homes are still being built in the hilly area between Downtown and Diamond Bar. Today, Phillips Ranch is nearly all residential. Northern Pomona has seen some gentrification with additional housing units added and revamped streetscapes. Phillips Ranch is a master planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California. ... Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

Aside from Pomona's educational assets, Pomona is also known for its hosting of the NHRA Powerade Winternationals Drag Racing venue. The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...

Geography

Pomona is located at 34°3′39″N, 117°45′21″W (34.060760, -117.755886)^[1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.2 km² (22.8 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

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 on the south, and Walnut, South San Jose Hills, and Industry on the southwest. The Los Angeles/San Bernardino county line forms most of the city's southern and eastern boundaries . The Pomona; SR-60, Chino Valley; SR-71, San Bernardino; I-10, and Orange; SR-57 freeways run through the city. The Riverside and San Bernardino lines of the Metrolink commuter rail service also have stops in Pomona. Location of San Dimas, California San Dimas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... La Verne is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Claremont is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles (45 km) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Pomona Valley. ... Location of Montclair in California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County San Bernardino Incorporated (city) 1956-04-25 [3] Government  - Mayor Paul M. Eaton [1]  - City Manager Lee C. McDougal [2] Area  - City  5. ... Chino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. ... For the hills, see Chino Hills. ... Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Street sign in Walnut Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... South San Jose Hills is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ... California State Route 60; the Pomona Freeway is highlighted in red, the Moreno Valley Freeway is highlighted in light blue The Pomona Freeway is the assigned name of the majority of California State Route 60 (CA/SR-60) between its western terminus at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and... The Chino Valley Freeway, formerly the Corona Expressway, is the assigned name for California State Route 71 (CA/SR-71), a freeway/highway of about 15 miles (24 km) in length located entirely within Southern California. ... The San Bernardino Freeway is the assigned name of an approximately 60-mile (95 km) long segment of Interstate 10 (I-10) between the cities of Los Angeles, California and San Bernardino, California. ... California State Highway 57 (CA/SR-57) is a major north-south freeway located entirely within Southern California. ... Metrolink (AAR reporting marks SCAX) is a Regional rail system that serves the Southern California region. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ...

History

The city is named for Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. Supplied by horticulturist Solomon Gates, "Pomona" was the winning entry in a contest to name the city. By the 1880s, the arrival of railroads and Coachella Valley water had made it the western anchor of the citrus-growing region that encompassed most of what is now known unofficially as the Inland Empire. Pomona was officially incorporated on January 6, 1888. Because Pomona is part of the 909 telephone area code which includes many of the communities in the Inland Empire, and because of the San Jose Hills on Pomona's western city limit that creates a physical/psychological 'barrier' between Pomona and the rest of Los Angeles County, it would not be unusual to include Pomona within the definition of the Inland Empire. In 2005, Pomona citizens elected Norma Torres, the first woman of Guatemalan heritage to be elected to a mayoral post outside of Guatemala. Pomona, Nicolas Fouché, c. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Citrus (disambiguation). ... The Inland Empire and its regions within The Inland Empire refers to the region in Southern California located in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in the United States. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

City Hall Pomona, California, 1969, Welton Becket and B.H. Anderson

Pomona Fox Theater

• Historic Sites in Pomona
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Barbara Greenwood Kindergarten, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Edison Historic District, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Lincoln Park Historic District, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Wilton Heights Historic District, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • La Casa Alvarado, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Phillips Mansion, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Pomona City Stable, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Pomona Fox Theater, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Pomona YMCA Building, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • Ygnacio Palomares Adobe, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
  • La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose, List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California

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Demographics

Pomona is a very diverse city, with pockets of high-end housing near the Fairplex in the Ganesha Park neighborhood and a master planned development in the Phillips Ranch section. The city has some 2700 individual homes of historic significance. Particular architectural gems of the city are located in the Lincoln Park National Historic District, Wilton Heights Historic District and Hacienda Park District which contain entire large family neighborhoods, built 90 years ago, that are still intact. The southeastern part of Pomona is primarily densely populated tracts of apartments and single family homes. The Downtown was moribund for decades, but has since experienced a resurgence with concert halls, nightclubs, and art galleries improving the area's nightlife. High priced lofts have been developed in the Downtown and are selling well.^{[citation needed]}. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Development built according to a plan that includes commercial buildings, educational facilities, homes and community facilities. ... Phillips Ranch is a master planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Central business district. ...

The majority of Pomona's population consist of Latinos, a great number from Mexico and Central America, and the main industry that attracts immigrants is manufacturing and other low-paying service jobs. There is a historically significant concentration of blacks in the northern part of town, although many of them have continued to move east to places like Rialto and Riverside.^{[citation needed]} Also there is a fairly large Vietnamese American and Chinese American community located in Phillips Ranch ,including a Buddhist temple, and many young Chinese American and Vietnamese Americans students who attend local universities.^{[citation needed]} As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 149,473 people, 37,855 households, and 29,791 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,526.8/km² (6,544.3/mi²). There were 39,598 housing units at an average density of 669.4/km² (1,733.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 41.76% White, 9.63% African American, 1.26% Native American, 7.20% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 34.93% from other races, and 5.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 64.47% of the population. For the Brazilian pop singer, see Latino (singer). ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... City of Rialto Logo Rialto is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. ... Nickname: Location in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Riverside Government  - Mayor Ron Loveridge Area  - City  78. ... A Vietnamese American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Vietnamese descent. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... A Vietnamese American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Vietnamese descent. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 37,855 households out of which 49.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 15.4% 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 3.82 and the average family size was 4.22. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.

The total employment for Pomona as of 2005 is 57,870. The top employers include Pomona Unified School District, California State Polytechnic University, Hamilton Sundstrand, Pomona Valley Medical Center, Casa Colina Center for Rehabilitation, and Lanterman Developmental Center, and a large residential facility for persons for severe/profound developmental disabilities.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,021, and the median income for a family was $40,852. Males had a median income of $30,195 versus $26,135 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,336. About 17.1% of families and 21.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.4% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Politics

In the state legislature Pomona is located in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod, and in the 61st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Nell Soto. Federally, Pomona is located in California's 38th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +20^[3] and is represented by Democrat Grace Napolitano. Californias Capitol, where the State Legislature meets California State Assembly chamber California state Senate chamber The California Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of California. ... California State Senate chamber The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. ... Gloria Negrete McLeod (born 1941) has been a California State Senator since December of 2006. ... The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ... Nell Soto (born 1926) has represented the Californias 61st assembly district since December of 2006. ... This seat is held by Grace Flores Napolitano. ... The Cook Partisan Voting Index indicates how much more Democratic or Republican a district performs compared to the nation as a whole. ... Grace Napolitano Grace Flores Napolitano (born December 4, 1936), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 38th District of California (map). ...

Transportation

Pomona is served by several transit systems including:

• Metrolink commuter rail (operated by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority)
• Metro buses operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Foothill Transit buses
  • see also Foothill Transit
• Omnitrans buses
  • see also Omnitrans
• Pomona Valley Transportation Authority's dial-a-ride services for certain areas and/or classes of riders
• Access Paratransit for certain classes of riders
• Amtrak's Sunset Limited trains.

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Education

Pomona and some of the surrounding area are served by the Pomona Unified School District. Pomona has been criticized for its construction of Diamond Ranch High School in the city's more affluent area of Phillips Ranch while ignoring its other underperfoming high schools such as Garey, Ganesha and Pomona High Schools. Pomona contains a mix of both public and private schools. There are two private schools that are located on Holt Blvd, being St. Joseph Elementary School and Pomona Catholic High School. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is located southwest of the junction of the 10 and 57 freeways. The School Of Arts and Enterprise is a charter high school located on Monterey Ave. and Garey Ave. Pomona Unified School District or PUSD is a school district that serves most of the Pomona Valley, California; from most of the city of Pomona to the northern portion of Diamond Bar (north of Grand Avenue). ... Diamond Ranch High School (or sometimes called by its acronym, DRHS) is a high school (secondary school) operated by the Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in California, located on the hills where Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch (a master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits... Phillips Ranch is a master planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California. ... Pomona Catholic High School is a four-year Archdiocesan high school for girls in Pomona, California. ... This article is about the university in Pomona, California. ...

References in popular culture

• Pomona is mentioned in the lyrics to Ronny & the Daytonas' 1964 hit song "G.T.O." (the Pomona Raceway at Fairplex being a well-known venue for drag racing).

• In an I Love Lucy episode, 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 since becoming quite urban. In 1940, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz spent their honeymoon in downtown Pomona.

• In the 1940 Disney animated short Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip, Mickey is taking a train vacation from Burbank to Pomona. The conductor, Pete, won't let him bring Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his suitcase, and tries to hide him all throughout the trip without much luck. Pete thinks he's won when Pluto is hooked by a mail hook, and Mickey follows, but the twist is they actually got off the train in Pomona, as Mickey said "Look Pluto, Pomona, we're here".

• In Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) describes to Joe Gillis (William Holden) a melodramatic film version of Salome that she has written for her return to cinema. Gillis cynically retorts "They'll love it in Pomona" and Desmond fails to notice his sarcasm, responding, "They will love it every place."

• It's a myth that Walt Disney originally planned on having Disneyland 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 Matthew Tresaugue, former reporter for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, it was one of 71 considered cities, but was ruled out due to temperature extremes, i.e. too hot in summer and too cold at night. It is interesting to note, however, that author James Ellroy 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 the 2006 comedy Grandma's Boy, an American stoner film produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison, Peter Dante's permanently-stoned character decides to buy a lion in order to protect his stash of marijuana. In one scene, Dante can be seen smoking weed with an African tribesman, Dr. Shakalu, in his basement. When the main character, played by Allen Covert, asks Dante about the nature of his relationship with Dr. Shakalu, Dante indicates that he met the doctor at a cockfight in Pomona.

• In the Ben Lee song "Catch my disease", he refers to Pomona, "I was backstage in Pomona". Ben Lee wrote the song back stage at "The Glass House" with guitarist McGowan Southworth... "I wrote "Catch My Disease" backstage in Pomona, California at a venue called "The Glass House". It was the last night of a 6 weeks US tour supporting my friends Phantom Planet. My guitar player at the time, McGowan Southworth, gave me a c.d. of the chord progression and it just a had an absolutely classic feel to it. It made me think of Motown. The song wrote itself in about 10 minutes." Ben Lee

• In the "Treehouse of Horror XVI" episode of The Simpsons, during the introductory scene, during the Springfield Isoptopes's game Pomona was used in a parody of 'The OC'. A poster background dipicting the word Pomona in a 'The OC' template. The announcer prompts Fox's newest endeavor 'Pomona' "it's even hotter away from the beach."

• The film Inland Empire contains a scene in which two homeless women on Hollywood Boulevard discuss people they know in Pomona and whether or not you can get there from Los Angeles by bus.

• Diamond Ranch High School has been used to film scenes for movies such as Orange County starring Jack Black and Colin Hanks, The Cell starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Jennifer Lopez, and Serenity starring Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres and directed by Joss Whedon. It has also been used in several car commercials as well.

• The downtown Arts Colony served as backdrop for several scenes of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers, and several buildings are still painted the bright and vibrant colors.

• Scenes from Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded were filmed at the LA County Fairground in Pomona.

• In the film Die Hard, John McClane tells his wife that a friend has retired to Pomona; he accidentally calls the city "Ramona."

• Lela's, a restaurant in Pomona, was featured on the FOX television reality show Kitchen Nightmares. The restaurant was shut down because of large debts, however.

• John Stewart, a singer-songwriter and graduate of Pomona Catholic High School, wrote the song "Back in Pomona". He is best known for being a member of The Kingston Trio and composing the song "Daydream Believer".

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Trivia

• The manuscript for Little Town on the Prairie book by Laura Ingalls Wilder resides here at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Room of the Pomona Library.

• The Los Angeles County Fair, America's largest county fair in size and attendees, was established in 1922. The fair has been held continuously on the same site ever since, except during World War II when the grounds were used as Japanese American internment assembly camp, US Army ordnance and desert-training base, and POW camp.

• Pomona was in line to be the capital city of the once proposed state of Southern California in the 1920s. Perhaps the city was considered "the middle of Southern California" between Los Angeles and San Bernardino.

• In 1955, Pomona annexed the neighboring community of Spadra.

• In 1999 Pomona ranked third for the highest murder rate in California behind Compton, California and Richmond, California. Nationally, the murder rate ranked 25th in the nation. By 2006, however, Pomona has reduced its crime rate from this high. ^[4]

• USA Today wrote a news article about Pomona in 2002. The article stated that "Older suburbs" have become associated with intruding urban blight. The Pomona City Council defended the City. The City Council stated that the article was "offensive." The references on crime, drugs, gangs, racial issues, and poverty rates in the article are "untrue," as defended by residents, and based more on stereotypes than the actual 2000 census data on Pomona, which shows otherwise. Pomona is described by residents as a generally safe and diverse middle-class city.

• Lindsay Lohan served her ten day community service at the Red Cross in Pomona.

• In the film "Live Free or Die Hard" some of the special effect scenes were filmed at LA County Fairground White Av parking lot.

• Barbarita Nunez, a worker in the city's Veterans Thrift Store, returned $30,000, on March 9, 2008, which belonged to a woman who had recently died, to her family. She had found the money in donated clothing. The family gave Nunez a cash reward.^[5]

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• Richard Armour - author
• Jessica Alba - actress
• Alberto Davila - boxer, former WBC Bantamweight champion
• Dejuan Rice aka Suga Free - rapper
• Kokane - rapper
• Daniel Keys Moran
• "Sugar" Shane Mosley - boxer
• Millard Sheets - painter
• Tom Waits - American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
• Rozz Williams - The Father of Deathrock and only singer of Christian Death
• Vanessa Bryant - Kobe Bryant's wife
• Robert Tarjan - computer scientist
• Rich Yett - retired professional baseball player
• Above the Law - rap group
• Mark McGwire - retired professional baseball player
• Dan McGwire - retired professional football player
• Christian Rios - actress
• Richie Sandoval - boxer, former WBA Bantamweight champion

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See also

• Pomona Valley
• Phillips Ranch

The Pomona Valley, a part of the Inland Empire (the Pomona Valley is its own georgraphical area, and should not be bundled in with the Inland Empire. ... Phillips Ranch is a master planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California. ...

References

1. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
3. ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
4. ^ Morgan Quitno Press
5. ^ Thrift store worker finds $30,000 in cash; returns it

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External links

• Pomona official website
• Pomona Unified School District
• Cal Poly Pomona University
• Western University of Health Sciences
• DeVry Pomona
• Pomona Local News
• Pomona Chamber of Commerce
• Pomona Fairplex history
• Pomona Art Colony

• Pomona, California is at coordinates 34°03′39″N 117°45′21″W / 34.06076, -117.755886 (Pomona, California)Coordinates: 34°03′39″N 117°45′21″W / 34.06076, -117.755886 (Pomona, California)