Universal City, California

Universal City is an unincorporated area in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California, about two miles north of Hollywood and ten miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It grew around the film studio complex that Carl Laemmle opened as the second Universal City on March 15, 1915, on the Taylor Ranch property, and it now includes the Universal Studios Lot, the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and the Universal CityWalk shopping and entertainment center. Much of the studio property lies inside it, but parts commonly called Universal City, such as the office tower at 10 Universal City Plaza, are officially within the City of Los Angeles, and the boundaries were adjusted in January 2015 to put the whole theme park in the unincorporated part. It has a hot semi-arid climate and is served by the Universal City and Studio City station of the Metro B Line.