San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of 2005 the California Department of Finance estimates the population at 199,803. Although rapid residential development is transforming the city into a bedroom community, manufacturing remains a major industry in San Bernardino and the surrounding cities. It is an anchor city of the Inland Empire.

Trivia

• Site of first McDonald's restaurant
• Famed British disc jockey John Peel worked at local radio station KMEN in the mid-1960s
• Burial place of guitarist Randy Rhoads
• Site of Mick Jones' last performance with British punk band The Clash
• Mentioned in Nat King Cole's song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
• The city hosts the Inland Empire 66ers baseball club of the California League.