Tarina, California

About Tarina

Tarina is a small unincorporated community in southeastern California.

Tarina holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.46 square miles.

📰 Tarina News Today

• Welcoming 2025–26 Interns to the Stanford Center for Racial Justice law.stanford.edu · Jan 26
• Tarina Kang, MD, MHA, named chief medical officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Keck Medicine of USC · Jan 4
• California caste discrimination bill stays alive CalMatters · Jul 5
• Fashion District’s Sparkle Factory Building Finds New Life With Tarina Tarantino California Apparel News · Dec 12
• Charlene L. (Long) Harris Obituary Sep 30, 2023 Sauls Funeral Home · Sep 30

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Tarina Unique

• The only place in America named Tarina — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Tarina

• Father Garces Monument reviews ★
• Solera Gardens Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Tarina

🏘️ Nearby Communities