Nicknames for cities in California

California

• Alameda - The Island City.
• Anaheim
• Disneyland
• Disneyheim
• Antioch - Gateway to the Delta
• Auburn - Endurance Capital of The World.
• Bakersfield - California's Country Music Capital.
• Baldwin Park - The City That Time Forgot
• Berkeley
• The People's Republic of Berkeley.
• Athens of the West.
• Buena Park - Center of the Southland
• Campbell - The Orchard City.
• Castroville - Artichoke Center of the World.
• Chatsworth
• San Pornando.
• Chico
• City of Roses.
• City of Trees.
• Almond Capital of the World.
• Chino - Where Everything Grows.
• Chula Vista - Beautiful View.
• Claremont - City of Trees and PhDs.
• Clovis - Gateway to the Sierra.
• Coachella
• City of Eternal Sunshine.
• Gateway to the Salton Sea
• Compton
• The Hub City.
• The Hood
• Corning - Olive City.
• Corona - The Circle City.
• Daly City
• Gateway To The Peninsula.
• Little Manila.
• Davis - People's Republic of Davis.
• Del Mar - Where the surf meets the turf (a play on Del Mar Racetrack's slogan "Where the Turf Meets the Surf")
• Dinuba - Raisinland, USA.
• El Dorado Hills
• El - Doe
• The EDH
• Fallbrook - Avocado Capital of the World.
• California's New Frontier
• Garden of the Sun
• Raisin Capital of the World.
• Fresburg
• Garden Grove
• City of Youth and Ambition.
• Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World.
• Glendale
• Little Armenia
• The Jewel City.
• Gold Beach - City of Gold
• Greenfield - Broccoli Capital of the World.
• Gridley - Kiwi Fruit Capital of the World.
• Half Moon Bay - Pumpkin Capital.
• Hawthorne - The City of Good Neighbors
• Hayward
• The Heart of the Bay
• The Haystack/Stack
• Hollywood
• Tinseltown
• The Movie Star City
• Holtville - The Carrot Capital of the World.
• Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA
• Indio
• Date Capital of the World
• The City of Festivals
• Inglewood
• City of Champions
• Irvine
• The Bubble
• Isleton
• Asparagus Capital of the World
• Crawdad Town
• Kelseyville - Pear Capital of the World
• La Canada Flintridge, California- LC or LCF La Canada pronuced Canada (as of the country)
• La Puente
• L.P.
• Bridgetown
• Lafayette - Love Lafayette (popular bumper sticker slogan)
• Lemon Grove - Best Climate on Earth
• Linden - Cherry Capital of the World.
• Lodi
• Grape Capital of the World
• Tokay Grape Capital of the World.
• Lompoc - Flower Seed Capital of the World.
• Long Beach
• The International City
• The Home To West Coast Rap
• The L.B.C.
• Los Angeles
• L.A.
• City of Angels.
• The Big Orange
• City of Flowers and Sunshine.
• The Southland
• Tinseltown.
• Marina - Little Korea
• Marysville - Gateway to the Gold Fields.
• McCloud - Blackberry Capital of the World.
• Merced - Gateway to Yosemite.
• Mira Mesa - Manila Mesa .
• Modesto - Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health.
• Monterey - The Cradle of History.
• Monterey Park
• Little Taipei
• Chinatown
• Norco - Horse Town USA.
• Novato - N-Town
• Oakdale - Cowboy Capital of the World.
• Oakland
• The Nickel and Dime (Referring to area code 5-1-0)
• Oroville
• City of Gold (literal translation)
• Solar City, USA
• Oxnard
• Lima Bean Capital of the World.
• Strawberry Capital of the World
• Pacifica - Fog Capital of California.
• Palm Springs
• Golf Capital of the World.
• Palmdale
• Aerospace Capital of America
• Palo Alto
• Shallow Alto
• Pasadena
• City of Roses
• Crown City
• Patterson - Apricot Capital of the World
• Pearsonville - Hubcap Capital of the World
• Placerville - Hangtown
• Pleasanton - It's All the Name Implies
• Poway - The City in the Country
• Reedley - The World's Fruit Basket
• Redwood City - Climate Best By Government Test
• Reseda - The Hub of the West Valley
• Rowland Heights - New Chinatown
• Sacramento
• Almond Capital of the World.
• Camellia City
• Excramento
• New Helvetia
• The City of Trees
• River City
• Sac-a-tomatoes
• Sacra-tomato
• Salinas
• East of Eden
• Lettuce Capital of the World.
• Salad Bowl of the World
• Steinbeck Country
• Santa Ana
• Little Mexico
• San Bruno - The Airport City
• San Diego
• America's Finest City
• Whales Vagina
• Plymouth of the West
• Silicon Beach
• San Fernando Valley
• Valley of the Stars
• San Francisco
• The City by the Bay
• Fogtown
• San Fran
• The Bay
• Frisco (as in, Only the tourists call it Frisco...Herb Caen)
• Baghdad by the Bay
• San Jose
• The World's Biggest Suburb
• The Capital of Silicon Valley
• The Garden City
• San Luis Obispo - SLO (as in, Experience the SLO Life)
• Sanger - Christmas Tree City
• Santa Barbara
• The American Riviera
• Santa Monica - Dogtown
• Santa Paula - Citrus Capital of the World.
• Sebastopol - Sebtown
• Selma - Raisin Capital of the World
• Smith River - Lily Growing Capital of the World.
• Solvang - Danish capital of America
• Sonoma - The Queen of the Southern Mines
• South San Francisco
• South City
• The Industrial City.
• Stockton
• Asparagus Capital of the World.
• California's Sunrise Seaport
• The Hub of the California Heartland
• Sunnyvale - The Heart of Silicon Valley
• Thousand Oaks - T.O.
• Tulelake - Horseradish Capital of the World.
• Union City
• Gateway to Silicon Valley
• The Une
• UC
• Urine City (derisive)
• Upland - The City of Gracious Living
• Ventura - The City of Good Fortune
• Victorville - Key to the High Desert
• Walnut Creek
• The Corners
• Wasco - Rose Growing Capital of the World.
• Watsonville - Strawberry Capital of the World.
• West Hollywood
• Boystown
• The Creative City
• Westminster - The City of Progress, Built on Pride
• Willits - Solar Energy Capital of the World.
• Willow Creek - Bigfoot Capital of the World.
• Yuba City - Prune Capital.

Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States