1. In 1859, when the state legislature created Mendocino County, Ukiah was chosen as the county seat. The name comes from the word for "south valley" used by the local indigenous people, the Pomo. Ukiah is the largest
city and commercial center for the county. According
the the 2010 US census, 16,075 people lived in Ukiah proper, but because many
people commute into the city from nearby smaller communities, about 40,000
people work within the city limits (or in the business and residential
neighborhoods north and south of the community).
2. Ukiah's average rainfall is 36.96
inches per year, and it snows there about once every other year. The hottest
month is generally July, with an average high temperature of 90.5 degrees Fahrenheit
(with night time low temperatures in the mid-fifties; the coolest month is
usually December, with highs averaging 55.6 degrees and lows in the mid
thirties.
4. Hops and pears were once major crops
in the area, but now Ukiah is known more for wine production, a number of the
wineries making innovations in organic and sustainable growing and production
practices. However, the area is still home to two breweries and non-wine grape
growing. Other agriculture (much of it organic) and lumber are also important
products.
5. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback
Church in Southern California, graduated from Ukiah High School, where he
started the school's first Christian club. Just east of Ukiah is the City of
Ten Thousand Buddhas, one of the largest Mahayana Buddhist communities in the
Western Hemisphere, and north of town is a monastery in the Thai Forest
Tradition of Theravada Buddhism.
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