Temecula

Temecula is located in the southwestern part of the so-called Inner Empire . From the north-west, Temecula borders on the city of Murrieta , from the west, south and southeast, hills approach the city, and from the east - vineyards. The area of ​​the city is 78.13 km², including 0.04 km² (0.05%) of open water. The city has 39 parks ^[5] .

A large motorway I-15 ^[6] , and motorways pass through the city, and Murrieta Airport ( French Valley ) provides air services ^[7] .

The city has a Mediterranean climate ( Csa according to Köppen ) ^[8] . August is the hottest month; December is the coldest. The rainy season lasts from November to March with a peak in February (94 mm), the driest month is June (less than 1 mm), on average 359 mm of rain falls on the city per year. In winter, storms are frequent, especially during the “ El Niño years ”. In the morning of May and June, the marine layer climatic phenomenon is often observed. From November to February, Temecula is dominated by the dry northeast . Snow rarely falls over the city, although November and December 2014, when real snowfall fell on Temecula, can serve as an exception ^{[9] [10]} . An exceptional climatic phenomenon was a tornado, which visited the city on February 19, 2005 ^[11] . The maximum air temperature recorded in the city was 46 ° С, the minimum - -10 ° С ^{[12] [13]} .

In 1797, the father of Juan Norberto de Santiago and the captain Pedro Lisalde, together with seven soldiers and five Indians, reached the Temecula Valley. The group was looking for a place to establish another mission. It was then that the holy father made an entry in his diary about the discovery of an “Indian village called Temecula” ^[14] . In 1845, the last governor of Upper California , , granted one Pablo Apis an area of ​​just over 9 km² ^{[15] [16]} .

April 22, 1859 in Temecula, in the building of the store, the first post office was opened - it became the second post office in the state, second only to San Francisco . In 1882, the Pechanga Indian Reservation was founded with an area of ​​about 16 km², about 13 kilometers from the town.

In 1904, the Temecula Ranch, Little Temecula and several neighboring ones were bought by a certain Walter L. Wile. In 1906, he died in a traffic accident in Los Angeles , but his case was continued by his son, Malon, who, together with others founded and in 1914 opened the First National Bank of Temecula . In 1910, the Catholic parish of Saints Katerina and Alexandria was founded in Temecula, in 1917 a chapel appeared. Due to the growing number of parishioners, the church soon moved to another place, and sold this chapel to the Museum of the Old Town for one dollar ^[17] . In 1915, the first asphalt two-lane road appeared in the town. By 1947, the area of ​​possession of Malon Wile was about 354 km² with the center in Temecula. In 1948, a dam was constructed to block the and create the reservoir (an area of ​​about 4.5 km², a volume of 42–63 million m³), ​​which solved the problem of lack of water in Temecula ^[18] . In 1964, Wile Ranch was sold to the Kaiser Aetna partnership ^[19] . Soon, land ownership was expanded to 395 km² and was called California Ranch . In the early 1980s, the I-15 motorway was built through Temecula, which led to a sharp increase in population: over a decade, the population of the town grew more than 15 times, from 1.8 to 27.1 thousand people.

In 1989, the first church of appeared in Temecula ^[20] . On December 1, 1989, the California Ranch settlement was incorporated with the name Temecula (70% voted for this name, less than 11% voted for California Ranch ) ^[21] and the status “city” ^[22] . In 2005, the area of ​​the city and its population increased dramatically (up to 90,000 people) due to the annexation of the nearby settlement of Redhawk ^{[23] [24]} . In 2010, the mark of 100,000 inhabitants was overcome. On May 15, 2015, in the city, in the Pechanga casino, the Bellator MMA mixed martial arts competition was held ^{[25] [26]} .

In Temecula from 1994 to 2014, there was an outdoor channel control center.
According to 2013 data, the tourism component brings the city more than $ 620 million annually and has given 6,580 jobs ^[27] .
The main employers of the city according to the results of 2013 ^[28] :

• Casino - 4100 jobs (7.34% of all working residents of the city)
• Temecula Valley Unified School District - 2604 (4.66%)
• Abbott Laboratories ( Guidant ) - 2000 (3.58%)
• Professional Hospital Supply - 1600 (2.86%)
• International Rectifier - 750 (1.34%)
• Costco - 340
• Macy's - 300
• - 270
• Norm Reeves Auto Group / DCH - 260
• - 240

• Vineyards - there are about 40 wineries operating in the city, processing products from more than 14 km² of vineyards located in and around the city.
• Balloon and Wine Festival (held annually since 1984 at the Reservoir about 15 km northeast of the city)) ^[29]
• (1995—2011, since 2014) ^[30]
• Festivals of jazz ^[31] , street painting ^[32] , "Greek" ^[33]
• Native American casino (517 rooms, 17,500 m² of gaming area, open since 2002)
• Nine Golf Courses

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  Entrance to the "Old Town"

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  Vineyards

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  Balloon and Wine Festival

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  Casino Pechanga

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  A view of the cities of Temecula and Murriet from an airplane

On the screens

• In Temecula, the final scenes (in the vineyard) of the episode (1994) in the series " Star Trek: The Next Generation " were shot.
• The main shooting of the movie "Seller" (2009) took place in Temecula
• In 2013, filming of the Esepress Restaurant program on the channel took place in Temecula ^[34] .

In literature

• The story of (1884) ^[35] .

2010 year

According to the 2010 census , 100,097 people lived in Temecula: 49,002 males and 51,095 females. 30.7% of the population were under the age of 18 and 7.8% were over 65, the average age of a city dweller was 33.4 years. For 100 females there were 95.9 males, and for 100 adult females there were already 93.9 males of comparable age. Racial composition : white - 70.8%, blacks and African Americans - 4.1%, native Americans - 1.1%, Asians - 9.8%, Pacific Islander - 0.4%, other races - 7.9% , mixed races - 5.9%, Hispanics (of any race) - 24.7%.
The city had 25,826 families and 31,781 households, 50.2% of them were children under 18 years of age. 64.5% of households were heterosexual couples who were married and living together, 11.8% were women - heads of household without a husband, 5% - men - heads of household without a wife, 4.6% were heterosexual couples living together by marriage and 0.6% were same-sex couples living in a marriage or in a civil marriage. The average household size was 3.15 people, families - 3.46 people ^[37] .

year 2013

According to 2013 estimates, 106,780 people lived in Temecula: 48.2% of males and 51.8% of females. The average age of a city dweller was 32.9 years, with an average statewide indicator of 35 years. The average household income in 2009–2013 was $ 78,356 a year, 8.5% of citizens lived below the poverty line ^[38] .

year 2014

The inhabitants of the city reported the origin of their ancestors as follows: Germans - 11.1%, Irish - 8.9%, British - 7%, Italians - 3.4%, Poles - 2.6%, French - 2.1%. A survey of residents over 15 years of age showed that 33.9% of city dwellers are single and never married, 53.9% are married and live together, 1.6% are married, but live separately, 2.9 % are widowed and 7.6% are divorced.
14.8% of the population was born outside the United States, with an average statewide rate of 27.1%.
As of June 2014, unemployment in the city was 5.7%, with an average statewide indicator of 7.3% ^[39] .