Highlands, California

About Highlands

Set in the western part of California, Highlands is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Highlands is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.3 square miles.

📰 Highlands News Today

• Embattled Northern California Charter School Files for Bankruptcy The 74 Million · Oct 10
• Embattled Northern California charter school files for bankruptcy CalMatters · Oct 6
• Highlands faces another setback as state panel backs charter revocations ABC10 · Oct 6
• Sacramento's Highlands Community Charter files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy CBS News · Oct 6
• CA charter school that blew millions on Hawaii trips, luxury ballparks and trips to Paris files for bankruptcy New York Post · Oct 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest California headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Highlands Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Highlands

• Rainbow Pizza — greek
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Little Hunan — chinese
• Neal's Coffee Shop (café)
• Wakuriya Japanese Kitchen — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Wing Lam gravesite · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Highlands

• Phoenix Garden reviews ★
• Timberland Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🔧 Local Services

Local Garage Door Repair Inc
Serving Highlands, CA
📞 (650) 684-8842

Local Garage Door Repair Inc

🗺️ Map of Highlands

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