Welcome to Whittier! Centrally located in Southern California, our community is 15 miles away from both Downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland. The city offers a vibrant community that is a crossroads between modernity and traditional. Whittier offers nationally recognized blue ribbon schools and host 3 colleges (Whittier College, Rio Hondo College, & Southern California University of Health Sciences). Shopping centers include our Historic Uptown Whittier, Whittwood Town Center, & The Quad. And lets not forget what the LA Times has called LA's best kept secret, "Whittier's blossoming restaurant scene filled with contemporary regional Mexican food, craft beer and oyster bars, serious gastropub fare and original puffy tacos."