Editing Temecula, California (section)

==Public services==
===Cemetery===
The Temecula Cemetery is operated by the Temecula Public Cemetery District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capc.info/members.html|title=California Association of Public Cemeteries|website=Capc.info|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> Land for the cemetery was originally donated by Mercedes Pujol in 1884 from the estate of her husband, Domingo Pujol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.temeculapubliccemeterydistrict.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=124|title=History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District|website=Temeculapubliccemeterydistrict.org|access-date=November 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209144821/http://temeculapubliccemeterydistrict.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=124|archive-date=December 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Health care===
Temecula is home to Temecula Valley Hospital, a five-story, 140-bed hospital that opened in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/13/news/californian/8_22_547_12_07.txt|title=North County News - San Diego Union Tribune|website=Nctimes.com|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.temeculavalleyhospital.com/about|title=About the Hospital|website=Temecula Valley Hospital|date=April 28, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> Temecula Valley Hospital is a member of [[Universal Health Services]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uhsinc.com/our-communities/|title=UHS Healthcare Facility Locations|website=Universal Health Services, Inc.|language=en-US|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

[[Kaiser Permanente]] and [[UC San Diego Health]] both offer services in Temecula.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lightbay-backs-rancho-family-medical-in-southern-california-11611057600?st=39ho1taf2cqjnpm&reflink=article_copyURL_share|title=LightBack Backs Rancho Family Medical In Southern California|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=October 11, 2023 |last1=Taylor |first1=Isaac }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/southern-california/facilities/Temecula-Medical-Offices-300020|title=Temecula Medical Offices|website=Kaiser Permanente|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://health.ucsd.edu/locations/Pages/Temecula.aspx|title=Clinic Location: Temecula {{!}} UC San Diego Health|website=UC Health - UC San Diego|language=en-US|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
* [[Grace Mellman Community Library]]
* Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library

===Public safety===
Police service in Temecula is provided in cooperation with the [[Riverside County Sheriff's Department]] via a contract with the department fulfilled through its Southwest Sheriff's Station, located in the unincorporated community of [[French Valley]], just north of the city of Temecula, east of [[State Route 79 (California)|State Route 79]] (Winchester Road). The station is adjacent to the Riverside County Superior Court's Southwest Regional Judicial District Courthouse and Southwest Detention Center, one of the five regional jails in Riverside County. The sheriff's station is currently commanded by Captain Lisa McConnell,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riversidesheriff.org/stations/southwest.asp|title=Sheriff-Coroner : Riverside County, California|website=Riversidesheriff.org|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> who also serves as Temecula's Chief of Police.

The city of Temecula contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection|CAL FIRE]]. Temecula currently has five fire stations with five paramedic engine companies, one truck company and two CAL FIRE wildland fire engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rvcfire.org/about-us/service-area|title=Service Area|website=rvcfire.org|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

[[American Medical Response]] provides paramedic ambulance transport to an emergency department.