Vernon, California

About Vernon

Vernon is a tiny community in southeastern California with an estimated population of 211.

Officially, Vernon is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.97 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 42 residents per square mile.

📰 Vernon News Today

• Vernon, CA - Car Wedged Under Semi-Truck Trailer at Soto and Fruitland The Christian Contreras Firm, PLC · Sep 25
• Vernon Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Car wedged under semi-truck trailer after crash in Vernon KTLA · Sep 25
• Massive fire erupts at commercial building in Vernon, forcing firefighters into defensive mode ABC7 Los Angeles · Jul 30
• Florez: Stop corporate data centers from jacking up electric bills for everyday Californians The Mercury News · Sep 23

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 Vernon Unique

• One of 13 places in the US named Vernon — but the California one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southeastern 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Easy reach of Huntington Park (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Vernon

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Vernon

• 505 La Fogat — mexican
• 71Above — american
• ABC Seafood — chinese
• Acuarela Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Alfred Coffee — pie (café)
• Aloha Cafe — hawaiian
• Amboy Quality Meats & Delicious Burgers — burger
• Azay — japanese
• BASE — coffee shop (café)
• BROKEN MOUTH — american

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

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• African American Firefighter Museum · Museum
• América Tropical Interpretative Center · Museum
• Angels Flight · Attraction
• Band of Vices · Art gallery
• Chinese American Museum · Museum
• Diego Cardoso · Art gallery
• El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument · Attraction
• FIDM Museum And Galleries · Museum
• Gallery at REDCAT · Museum
• Go For Broke National Education Center · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Vernon

• California Friendly® Demonstration Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Central Avenue Jazz Park reviews ★
• MacArthur Park reviews ★
• Ord and Yale Street Park reviews ★
• Ross Snyder Recreation Center reviews ★
• Alpine Park reviews ★
• Angels Knoll Park reviews ★
• Benito Juarez Park reviews ★
• Biddy Mason Park reviews ★
• Blue Ribbon Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Boyle Heights Recreation Center reviews ★
• Boyle Heights Sports Center 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: Open-Meteo

🔧 Local Services

Local Garage Door Repair Inc
Serving Vernon, CA
📞 (323) 872-0539

garage door repair in Vernon

🗺️ Map of Vernon

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