Rancho Cucamonga, California

THE QUAL ITY OF L IFE R ancho Cucamonga is a city of about 180,000 residents located just south of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in San Bernardino County, California. The original inhabitants of the area were the Kukamongan Native Americans who had established a village settlement in the area around present-day Red Hill, near the City’s western border. The name “Kucamonga” derives from a Native American word meaning “sandy place.” In 1771, Spanish monks of the Franciscan order founded the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel