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Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
, San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
, and Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
. The region is home to over 23 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, behind only the BosWash
BosWash

BosWash is a group of metropolitan areas in the Northeastern United States United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Manchester, New Hampshire; Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, New Haven, C...
 Region in the Northeastern United States
Northeastern United States

The Northeast is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
.

Though there is no official definition for the northern boundary of Southern California, most definitions in use include all the land south of the Tehachapi Mountains
Tehachapi Mountains

The Tehachapi Mountains are a short Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States, running SW-NE connecting the Coast Ranges on the west with the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east....
, located about north of Los Angeles.

On the west of Southern California lies the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
; to the south is the international border between the United States and Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
; to the east are the Mojave
Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert , , locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, in the United States....
 and Colorado
Colorado Desert

The Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California and the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Baja California....
 Deserts and the Colorado River
Colorado River

The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains....
 at the state's border with Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 and Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
.

in its boundaries is a major world city
Global city

A global city is a city deemed to be an important node point in the global economic system. The concept comes from geography and List of urban studies topics and rests on the idea that globalization can be understood as largely created, facilitated and enacted in strategic geographic locales according to a hierarchy of importance to the oper...
, Los Angeles, and three of the country's largest metropolitan areas
List of metropolitan areas by population

The question of which are the world's largest cities is a complex one, to which there is no single correct answer, simply because there are many different ways of defining a "city"....
. Its counties of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, Orange
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
, San Diego
San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
, San Bernardino
San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
, and Riverside
Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....
 are in the top 15 most populous counties in the United States.






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Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
, San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
, and Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
. The region is home to over 23 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, behind only the BosWash
BosWash

BosWash is a group of metropolitan areas in the Northeastern United States United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Manchester, New Hampshire; Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, New Haven, C...
 Region in the Northeastern United States
Northeastern United States

The Northeast is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
.

Though there is no official definition for the northern boundary of Southern California, most definitions in use include all the land south of the Tehachapi Mountains
Tehachapi Mountains

The Tehachapi Mountains are a short Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States, running SW-NE connecting the Coast Ranges on the west with the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east....
, located about north of Los Angeles.

On the west of Southern California lies the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
; to the south is the international border between the United States and Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
; to the east are the Mojave
Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert , , locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, in the United States....
 and Colorado
Colorado Desert

The Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California and the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Baja California....
 Deserts and the Colorado River
Colorado River

The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains....
 at the state's border with Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 and Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
.

Significance

Within its boundaries is a major world city
Global city

A global city is a city deemed to be an important node point in the global economic system. The concept comes from geography and List of urban studies topics and rests on the idea that globalization can be understood as largely created, facilitated and enacted in strategic geographic locales according to a hierarchy of importance to the oper...
, Los Angeles, and three of the country's largest metropolitan areas
List of metropolitan areas by population

The question of which are the world's largest cities is a complex one, to which there is no single correct answer, simply because there are many different ways of defining a "city"....
.
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Its counties of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, Orange
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
, San Diego
San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
, San Bernardino
San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
, and Riverside
Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....
 are in the top 15 most populous counties in the United States. The region is also home to Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, California, the United States metropolitan area of the United States....
, the third-busiest airport in the United States by passenger volume (see World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
World's busiest airports by passenger traffic

The thirty world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers . One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day....
) and the 2nd by international passenger volume, Van Nuys Airport
Van Nuys Airport

Van Nuys Airport is a public airport located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
 (see Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic
Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic

The busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic from the years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the U.S....
), the world's busiest general aviation
General aviation

General aviation is one of two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military aviation and scheduled air transport flights, both private aviation and commercial aviation....
 airport, Ontario International Airport
Ontario International Airport

LA/Ontario International Airport , is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Ontario, California, a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States....
, John Wayne International Airport, San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport

San Diego International Airport , also known as Lindbergh Field, is a joint civil-miltary public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and also from the International Border at Tijuana, Mexico....
, and LA/Palmdale Regional Airport . Southern California is also home to the Port of Los Angeles
Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles, also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA, is a port complex that occupies 7,500 acres of land and water along 43 miles of waterfront....
, the United States' busiest commercial port, and the adjacent Port of Long Beach
Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach?s Harbor Department, is the 2nd busiest seaport in the United States. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies of land with of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California....
. Also of note in the region is the freeway system, which is the world's busiest. Six of the seven lines of the commuter rail system, Metrolink
Metrolink

Metrolink is the name of several transport services throughout the world:*Manchester Metrolink - tram network in Greater Manchester, England....
, run out of Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolis area....
, connecting Los Angeles, Ventura
Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a Counties of the United States in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific Ocean coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area....
, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties with the other line connecting San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties directly, the nation's first suburb-to-suburb commuter rail line.

The Tech Coast is a moniker that has gained use as a descriptor for the region's diversified technology and industrial base as well as its multitude of prestigious and world-renowned research universities and other public and private institutions. Amongst these include five University of California
University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
 campuses (Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
, Irvine
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is a public university coeducational research university founded in 1965, situated in Irvine, California....
, Riverside
University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public university research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system....
, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public university research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system....
, and San Diego (UCSD)
University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
 campuses), 10 California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 campuses (Channel Islands
California State University, Channel Islands

California State University, Channel Islands is a university located in Camarillo, California, in Ventura County, California. CSUCI opened in 2002 as the twenty-third campus in the California State University system, succeeding the Ventura County branch campus of California State University, Northridge....
, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills

California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university located in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California and was founded in 1960....
, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the second largest California State University campus....
, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California by enrollment....
, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles

California State University, Los Angeles is a public university, part of the California State University system. The campus is located in Los Angeles, California, United States, in the University Hills, Los Angeles, California district at the center of Los Angeles metropolitan area just five miles from Los Angeles civic and cultural center....
, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, commonly known as Cal Poly Pomona, is a public university, nationally-ranked, coeducational university, and one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University system....
, Northridge (CSUN)
California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, United States....
, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino

California State University, San Bernardino, also known as San Bernardino State University or San Bernardino State, is a state-funded university in San Bernardino, California, part of the California State University System....
, San Diego (SDSU)
San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system....
, and San Marcos
California State University, San Marcos

California State University San Marcos is a public, coeducational university and one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University system....
 campuses), as well as private institutions such as Caltech
California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering....
, the University of Southern California
University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
, Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University is a private university of higher learning affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu, California in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
, Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Church Society of Jesus university in Los Angeles, United States....
, the Claremont Colleges and the University of San Diego
University of San Diego

The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic Church university in San Diego, California, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor?s degree, master's degree, and doctorate programs....
 (USD).

Southern California is also the entertainment (motion picture
Cinema of the United States

United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, Classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period ....
, television
Television in the United States

Television is one of the media of the United States of the United States. In an expansive country of Demography of the United States, television programs are some of the few things that nearly all Americans can share....
, and recorded music
Music of the United States

The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Rock and roll, blues, country music, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop music, techno music, and hip hop music are among the country's most internationally-renowned music genres....
) capital of the world and is home to Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States....
, the center of the motion picture industry. Headquartered in Southern California are The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
 (which also owns ABC), Sony Pictures, Universal, MGM, Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
 (parent company of Dreamworks
DreamWorks

DreamWorks, LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG or DreamWorks Studios, is a major film studios United States film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming....
), 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
 and Warner Brothers, and as well as Univision
Univision

Univision is a List of Spanish-language television channels network in the United States and Puerto Rico. It has the largest Latin American audience, largely due to repurposed telenovelas and other Mexican programs produced by Grupo Televisa....
, Activision
Activision

Activision Inc. is an United States video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979., and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for video game console....
, and THQ
THQ

THQ Inc. is an Worldwide international United States Video game developer and Video game publisher of video games. Founded in 1989, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices....
. Southern California is also home to the world's largest adult entertainment
Pornography

Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. It is to a certain extent similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually arousing imagery....
 industry, located primarily in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in Southern California, United States. More than half of the city of Los Angeles' land area lies within the San Fernando Valley....
. More than 85% of adult film and video production in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 takes place in the area.

Besides the entertainment industry, Southern California is also home to a large surf and skateboard culture. Companies such as Volcom
Volcom

Volcom is a clothing manufacturer. Based in Costa Mesa, California, it was founded in 1991 by Richard "Wooly" Woolcott and Tucker "T-Dawg" Hall....
, Quiksilver
Quiksilver

Quiksilver, Inc. , based in Huntington Beach, California, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment....
, O'Neill clothing division
O'Neill (brand)

O'Neill is a surfwear and equipment brand that was started in San Francisco, California, but soon moved down the coast to Santa Cruz, California....
, Lost Enterprises, Sector 9, RVCA
RVCA

RVCA of Costa Mesa, California...
, Body Glove
Body Glove

Body Glove International, LLC is a major surf/skateboard/watersports brand started in the United States by Dive-N-surf, Inc. Body Glove was founded in 1953 by twin brothers Bill and Bob Meistrell....
 and Surfline are all headquartered here. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk

Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk is an USA professional skateboarder. Tony gained notoriety for completing the first 900 at the 1999 X-Games....
, professional surfers Rob Machado
Rob Machado

Robert Edward Machado is an United States professional surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a community in Encinitas , California.Machado attended San Dieguito High School, and is known for his casual, "laid-back" style both in and out of the water....
, Tim Curran, Bobby Martinez
Bobby Martinez

Bobby Martinez is a professional surfer from Santa Barbara, California. Although relatively new to the surfing world as a professional, his style often draws comparisons with that of legendary surfer Kelly Slater....
, Pat O'Connell, Dane Reynolds, and Chris Ward, and professional snowboarder Shaun White
Shaun White

Shaun WhiteAge: 22Shaun Roger White has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was thirteen years old, but is also known for his skateboarding....
 live in Southern California. Some of the world's legendary surf spots are here as well, including Trestles
Trestles

Trestles is a collection of surfing spots at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County, California. Trestles consists of, from north to south, Upper Trestles , Middle Trestles , and Lower Trestles ....
, Rincon, The Wedge
The Wedge (surfing)

The Wedge is a world-famous bodyboarding, surfing & bodysurfing spot located at the extreme south end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California....
, Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
, and Malibu
Malibu, California

Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population is 12,575....
, and it is second only to the island of Oahu
Oahu

'Oahu' or 'Oahu' , known as Gathering_place#Island_of_O.7B.7Bokina.7D.7Dahu_as_The_Gathering_Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaii....
 in terms of famous surf breaks. Brand name skate parks including the Vans Skate Park in Orange, the Etnies Park in Lake Forest, and the YMCA Skate Park in Encinitas are in Southern California. Some of the world's biggest extreme sports events including the X Games
X Games

The X Games is an annual event with a focus on Extreme sport. The Winter X Games are held in January or February and the Summer X Games are usually held in August, both in the United States....
, Boost Mobile Pro, and the U.S. Open of Surfing
U.S. Open of Surfing

The U.S. Open of Surfing is a week-long surfing competition held annually during the summer in Huntington Beach, California. Generally held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, the U.S....
 are all in Southern California.

Southern California is home to many sports franchises and sports networks such as Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
. Teams that are located in the region include the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....
, Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division ....
, Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
, San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They play in the National League West....
, Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy is an United States, professional association football club based in the L.A. suburb of Carson, California. The club is a member of Major League Soccer , which is the American first division....
, Chivas USA, Los Angeles Riptide
Los Angeles Riptide

The Los Angeles Riptide is a lacrosse team based in Carson, California, California. Since the 2006 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse....
, and San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
. Southern California also hosts a number of popular NCAA sports programs, such as the UCLA Bruins
UCLA Bruins

The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I as part of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ....
, the USC Trojans
USC Trojans

The USC Trojans are the men's athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, California. The women's athletic teams are referred to as "The Women of Troy." The program participates in the Pacific-10 Conference and has won 109 total team national championships, 89 of which are NCAA National Champ...
, and the SDSU Aztecs
SDSU Aztecs

The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University.San Diego State has organized facilities for baseball, basketball, college football, golf, gymnastics, association football, tennis, Athletics , softball, rowing , water polo, swimming, diving, and women's volleyball....
.

Northern boundary

Southern California
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The region's northern boundary is subject to a broader degree of interpretation than those of the West, East, and South. The most commonly used physical boundary between "Southern California" and the rest of the state is the Tehachapi Range
Tehachapi Mountains

The Tehachapi Mountains are a short Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States, running SW-NE connecting the Coast Ranges on the west with the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east....
 , located about north of Los Angeles, and the Transverse Ranges
Transverse Ranges

The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, one of the various North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific Ocean coast from Alaska to Mexico....
 in Santa Barbara County west to Point Conception
Point Conception

Point Conception extends into the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Santa Barbara County, California. It is the point where the Santa Barbara Channel meets the Pacific Ocean, and as the corner between the mostly north-south trending portion of coast to the north and the east-west trending part of the coast near Santa Barbara, California, it mak...
. Seven counties (listed in descending order of population) are included: Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, San Diego
San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
, Orange
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
, San Bernardino
San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
, Riverside
Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....
, Ventura, and Imperial
Imperial County, California

Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley , in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico....
, as well as the southern part of Santa Barbara.

A more inclusive definition coinciding neatly with county lines uses the sixth standard parallel south of Mount Diablo (144 miles south of Mt. Diablo at 35°47'28?N) which forms the northern borders of San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County, California

San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of California of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles, California and the San Francisco Bay Area....
, Kern
Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...
, and San Bernardino
San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
 counties as the boundary. The rest of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern County, California
Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...
 are included as well for a total of ten counties.

CountyPopulation (Jan 2007 estimate)Land Area (mi²)Density (per mi²)
San Bernardino County 2,028,013 20,105 100.9
Los Angeles County 10,331,939 4,061 2,544.2
San Luis Obispo County 257,005 3,304 77.8
Ventura County 825,512 1,846 447.2
San Diego County 3,098,269 4,200 737.7
Riverside County 2,031,625 7,207 281.9
Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
 		 3,098,121 789 3,926.6
Santa Barbara County 421,625 2,737 145
Kern County 779,869 8,141 95.8
Imperial County 172,672 4,175 41.36
Southern California 23,044,650 56,565 407.4


  • Using the Tehachapi Mountain range as the key to a northern boundary, as well as the east-west trending Santa Ynez Mountain
    Santa Ynez Mountains

    The Santa Ynez Mountains are a portion of the Transverse Ranges, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges of the west coast of North America, and are one of the northernmost mountain ranges in Southern California....
     range, Santa Barbara . The city of Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, California

    Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the only such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's "South Coast", and is also sometimes referred to...
     is widely held to be in Southern California, due to the mild climate and the westward alignment of the coastline, but Bakersfield
    Bakersfield, California

    Bakersfield is a large city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, California, United States. It is one of the fastest-growing large-population cities in the USA, and is located roughly equidistant between Los Angeles and Fresno, California, to the south and north respectively....
     and most of Kern County are most commonly regarded as a part of the Central Valley
    California Central Valley

    The Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California, United States. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts....
    .


CityPopulation (2007 estimate)
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the only such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's "South Coast", and is also sometimes referred to...
 		 89,456
Goleta
Goleta, California

Goleta is a city located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was Municipal corporation as a new city in 2002, after a long time as being the largest Unincorporated area, populated area in the county ....
, Santa Barbara County 		30,169
Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County 14,123
Summerland
Summerland, California

Summerland is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, California, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2000 census....
 CDP
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
, Santa Barbara County 		1,545 (2000 Census)
Isla Vista CDP, Santa Barbara County 18,344 (2000 Census)
Mission Canyon CDP, Santa Barbara County 2,610 (2000 Census)
Toro Canyon CDP, Santa Barbara County 1,697 (2000 Census)
Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara County 2,200 (2000 Census)
Southern Coast of Santa Barbara County 170,144
Kern County 801,648
SoCal boundary disputed 971,792


Source : http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/ReportsPapers/Estimates/E1/documents/e-1press.pdf

Urban landscape

Southern California is in part a heavily developed urban
Urban

Urban means "related to cities." It may refer to:*Urban area, a geographical area distinct from rural areas*Urban culture, the culture of cities...
 environment, along with vast arid areas that have been left undeveloped. It is the second-largest urbanized region in the United States, second only to the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
/New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
/Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 megalopolis (BosWash
BosWash

BosWash is a group of metropolitan areas in the Northeastern United States United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Manchester, New Hampshire; Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, New Haven, C...
). Whereas the BosWash cities are dense, with major downtown populations and significant rail and transit systems, much of SoCal is famous for its large, spread-out, suburb
Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
an communities and use of automobiles and highways. The dominant areas are Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
, San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
, Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
, and San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
, each of which is the center of its respective metropolitan area, which are in turn composed of numerous other cities and communities.

Traveling south on Interstate 5, the main gap to continued urbanization is Camp Pendleton. The communities along Interstate 15 and Interstate 215
Interstate 215 (California)

Interstate 215 in California is a long north-south Interstate Highway System Highway in the "Inland Empire " region of Southern California. Part of I-215 was originally built and signed as Interstate 15E, but this was later changed....
 are so inter-related that Temecula
Temecula, California

Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, California, United States. It was Municipal corporation on December 1, 1989....
 has as much connection with San Diego County as it does with the Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)

The Inland Empire is a region mainly located in Southeast California, particularly the Riverside County, California and San Bernardino County, California counties....
. To the east, the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 considers the San Bernardino and Riverside County areas, Riverside-San Bernardino Area as a separate metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
 from Los Angeles County. While many commute to L.A. and Orange Counties, there are some differences in development, as most of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties were developed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Regions


Major cities (over 200,000 inhabitants)

Population figures for California cities are 2008 State of California estimates
  • Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
     - 4,045,873
  • San Diego
    San Diego, California

    San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
     - 1,336,865
  • Long Beach
    Long Beach, California

    Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
     - 492,642
  • Santa Ana
    Santa Ana, California

    Founded in 1869, Santa Ana is the most populous city in Orange County, California, USA and is the county seat, with an estimated 353,184 people....
     - 353,184
  • Anaheim
    Anaheim, California

    Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the city population was about 346,823, making it the 10th most-populated city in California and ranked 54th in the United States....
     - 346,823
  • Riverside
    Riverside, California

    Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
     - 296,842
  • Chula Vista
    Chula Vista, California

    Chula Vista is a city in southern San Diego County, California, California, United States. Based on California Department of Finance estimates for January 1, 2007, the population was 227,723, making it the second largest city in San Diego County, the 14th largest in the State of California, and List of United States cities by population....
     - 231,305
  • Irvine
    Irvine, California

    Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
     - 209,806
  • Glendale
    Glendale, California

    Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
     - 207,157
  • San Bernardino
    San Bernardino, California

    San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
     - 205,493
  • Huntington Beach
    Huntington Beach, California

    Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
     - 201,993
  • Bakersfield
    Bakersfield, California

    Bakersfield is a large city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, California, United States. It is one of the fastest-growing large-population cities in the USA, and is located roughly equidistant between Los Angeles and Fresno, California, to the south and north respectively....
     - estimated at 300,000


Principal cities (over 100,000 inhabitants)

Venturacityhall
Santa Monica Downtown
* Oxnard
Oxnard, California

Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California, California in terms of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural centers, with its distinction as the strawberry and lima bean capital....
 - 194,905
  • Fontana
    Fontana, California

    Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. Located in the heart of the Inland Empire region of southern California, the City of Fontana is a fast-growing community known for its varied and colorful history, and for some of its important new local landmarks....
     - 188,498
  • Moreno Valley
    Moreno Valley, California

    Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the population of Moreno Valley was 180,466. A relatively young city, its rapid growth in the 1980s and the 2000s propelled it to its status as second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire 's population centers....
     - 183,860
  • Oceanside
    Oceanside, California

    Oceanside is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The city has a population of 173,303. Together with Vista, California and Carlsbad, California, it forms a "Tri-City area." The city is located just south of Camp Pendleton, the busiest military base in the United States....
     - 178,806
  • Santa Clarita
    Santa Clarita, California

    Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The California Department of Finance estimated the city population as of January 1, 2008 at 177,045....
     - 177,045
  • Rancho Cucamonga
    Rancho Cucamonga, California

    Rancho Cucamonga is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 127,743....
     - 174,308
  • Ontario
    Ontario, California

    Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 170,373....
     - 173,690
  • Garden Grove
    Garden Grove, California

    Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, California, United States. In 2004, the city's population was 170,000. California State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city running east-west....
     - 173,067
  • Pomona
    Pomona, California

    Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County . As of the 2000 census, the city population was 149,473. In 2005, its population was estimated as 160,815 ....
     - 163,405
  • Torrance
    Torrance, California

    Torrance is a city located in the South Bay, Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city's population was 138,000 compared to 142,000 in 2005....
     - 148,965
  • Pasadena
    Pasadena, California

    Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
     - 148,126
  • Palmdale
    Palmdale, California

    Palmdale is a city located in the northeast reaches of Los Angeles County, California, United States.The first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city , Palmdale is separated from Los Angeles, California by the San Gabriel Mountains range....
     - 147,897
  • Corona
    Corona, California

    Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,966....
     - 147,428
  • Lancaster
    Lancaster, California

    Lancaster is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 9th fastest growing city in the United States. Lancaster is located approximately 70 miles north of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California Antelope Valley....
     - 145,243
  • Escondido
    Escondido, California

    Escondido is a city located in North San Diego County, California San Diego County, California just north of the city of San Diego, California....
     - 143,389
  • Orange
    Orange, California

    The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately 3 miles north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California....
     - 140,849
  • Fullerton
    Fullerton, California

    Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 126,003....
     - 137,437
  • Thousand Oaks
    Thousand Oaks, California

    Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "T.O." by residents, is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, California, in the United States....
     - 128,650
  • El Monte
    El Monte, California

    El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. The city's slogans are "the end of the Santa Fe Trail" and "Welcome to Friendly El Monte." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 115,965....
     - 126,053
  • Simi Valley
    Simi Valley, California

    Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in a Simi Valley in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
     - 125,657
  • Inglewood
    Inglewood, California

    Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles, California. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908....
     - 118,878
  • Costa Mesa
    Costa Mesa, California

    Costa Mesa is a suburban city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 108,724 at the 2000 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a suburban city with an economy based on retail, commerce and light manufacturing....
     - 113,955
  • Downey
    Downey, California

    Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 107,323....
     - 113,379
  • West Covina
    West Covina, California

    West Covina is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, California. Located some 20 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is a suburb of Los Angeles....
     - 112,666
  • Norwalk
    Norwalk, California

    Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 103,298 at the 2000 census.Founded in the late 1800s, Norwalk was incorporated in as a city in 1957....
     - 109,695
  • San Buenaventura - 108,261
  • Burbank
    Burbank, California

    Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 100,316 at the United States Census, 2000.Burbank is located in the eastern region of the San Fernando Valley, north of Downtown Los Angeles, California....
     - 108,029
  • Victorville
    Victorville, California

    Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of western San Bernardino County, California, California, United States of America. According to the U.S....
     - 107,408
  • Carlsbad
    Carlsbad, California

    Carlsbad is a seaside resort-town in the North County section of San Diego County, California. According to the state Department of Finance, the city had a total population of 90,271 in 2003....
     - 103,811
  • South Gate
    South Gate, California

    South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County....
     - 102,816
  • Temecula
    Temecula, California

    Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, California, United States. It was Municipal corporation on December 1, 1989....
     - 101,057
  • Murrieta
    Murrieta, California

    Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, California, United States. The population was 44,282 at the 2000 census. Population was estimated to be 100,173 in 2008, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state....
     - 100,173


Counties

South of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains
  • Imperial
    Imperial County, California

    Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley , in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico....
  • San Diego
    San Diego County, California

    San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
  • Riverside
    Riverside County, California

    Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....
  • Ventura
    Ventura County, California

    Ventura County is a Counties of the United States in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific Ocean coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area....
  • Orange
    Orange County, California

    Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
  • Los Angeles
    Los Angeles County, California

    Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
  • San Bernardino
    San Bernardino County, California

    San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....


North of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains
  • Northern Los Angeles
    Los Angeles County, California

    Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
     (Antelope Valley
    Antelope Valley

    The Antelope Valley in California, United States is located in northern Los Angeles County, California and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert....
    , Santa Clarita
    Santa Clarita

    Santa Clarita can refer to:* Santa Clarita, California* Santa Clarita Valley...
    )
  • Northern San Bernardino
    San Bernardino County, California

    San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
     (Mojave Desert
    Mojave Desert

    The Mojave Desert , , locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, in the United States....
    )
  • Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara County, California

    Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Southern California portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County, California....
  • San Luis Obispo
    San Luis Obispo County, California

    San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of California of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles, California and the San Francisco Bay Area....
  • Kern
    Kern County, California

    Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...


Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Southern California portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County, California....
, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast, California. The city, referred to locally as "SLO" or "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University ....
, and Ventura
Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a Counties of the United States in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific Ocean coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area....
 are also counties in the Central Coast.

Geographical regions

Southern California is also divided into the Coastal Region (Orange County, Los Angeles County, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County) and the larger, more sparsely populated, desert Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)

The Inland Empire is a region mainly located in Southeast California, particularly the Riverside County, California and San Bernardino County, California counties....
 (San Bernardino County, Riverside County, and Imperial County). The division between the Coastal Regions and the Inland Empire winds along the backs of the coastal mountain ranges such as the Santa Ana Mountains
Santa Ana Mountains

The Santa Ana Mountains are a short Peninsular Ranges mountain range along the coast of Southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately 35 mi southeast of the Los Angeles Basin largely along the border between Orange County, California and Riverside County, California counties....
. A related geographical term is cismontane Southern California, which refers to the portion of California on the coastal side of the Transverse
Transverse Ranges

The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, one of the various North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific Ocean coast from Alaska to Mexico....
 and Peninsular
Peninsular Ranges

The Peninsular Ranges are a group of mountain ranges which stretch 1500 km from southern California in the United States to the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula; they are part of the North America Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific Ocean coast from Alaska to Mexico....
 mountain ranges. The term "Southern California" often refers to this region specifically, as opposed to largely desert areas comprising the rest of the southern portion of the state, which are referred to as transmontane Southern California.

Geographic features
Lajolla California
Telegraph Cucamonga and Ontario Peaks
Mojavedesert
Sunset At Huntington Beach
* Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley

The Antelope Valley in California, United States is located in northern Los Angeles County, California and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert....
 (Los Angeles and Kern Counties)
  • Ballona Wetlands
    Ballona Wetlands

    The Ballona Wetlands are located in Southern California, USA south of Marina del Rey and east of Playa del Rey. The wetlands once included the areas now taken up by Marina del Rey, Venice, and Playa Vista, extending north to about present-day Washington Blvd....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Big Bear Lake
    Big Bear Lake

    Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, USA. It has an east-west length of approximately 7 miles and is approximately 2.5 miles at its widest measurement, though the lake's width mostly averages a little more than 1 mile ....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • Cajon Pass
    Cajon Pass

    At an elevation of 4,190 ft the Cajon Pass is a moderate-elevation mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California in the United States....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • Channel Islands
    Channel Islands of California

    The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America....
     (Ventura County)
  • Coachella Valley
    Coachella Valley

    The Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California that is populated by nearly one million people, and which includes the famed tourist destination, Palm Springs, California....
     (Riverside County)
  • Colorado River
    Colorado River

    The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains....
     (San Bernardino, Riverside & Imperial Counties)
  • Conejo Valley
    Conejo Valley

    The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both southeastern Ventura County, California and northwestern Los Angeles County, California in Southern California, United States....
     (Ventura County)
  • Cucamonga Valley
    Cucamonga Valley

    The Cucamonga Valley is a region between the Los Angeles, California and San Bernardino, California areas, in San Bernardino County and Riverside County, of California, United States....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • High Desert
    High desert

    High desert refers to the inland and often high elevation deserts of the American West. Examples of high deserts in North America include the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert....
     (Los Angeles, Kern, & San Bernardino Counties)
  • Imperial Fault (Imperial County)
  • Imperial Valley (Imperial County)
  • In-Ko-Pah Mountains
    In-Ko-Pah Mountains

    The In-Ko-Pah Mountains are located near the United States border with Mexico in southern California, west of the Jacumba Mountains. The range is approximately 12 miles long....
     (San Diego County)
  • Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino and parts of Los Angeles Counties)
  • Jacumba Mountains
    Jacumba Mountains

    The Jacumba Mountains are located in southern California near the United States border with Mexico. The mountains lie in a northwest-southeasterly direction east of the In-Ko-Pah Mountains, and north of Interstate 8....
     (San Diego County)
  • La Jolla Cove
    La Jolla Cove

    The beach at La Jolla Cove is located at , in La Jolla, California. It is a very small beach within walking distance from the Children's Pool Beach, and it is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern California....
     (San Diego County)
  • Laguna Mountains
    Laguna Mountains

    The Laguna Mountains are a section of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County. The mountains run in a northwest/southeast alignment for approximately 20 miles....
     (San Diego County)
  • Lake Arrowhead
    Lake Arrowhead, California

    Lake Arrowhead is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. It lies within a census-designated place by the same name, adjacent to the Lake Arrowhead Reservoir....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • Lake Casitas
    Lake Casitas

    Lake Casitas is a lake in Ventura County, California. It was formed by Casitas Dam on Coyote Creek , two miles before it joins the Ventura River....
     (Ventura County)
  • Lake Castaic (Los Angeles County)
  • Lake Piru
    Lake Piru

    Lake Piru is a lake located in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, California, California, and was created by the construction in 1955 of the Santa Felicia Dam on Piru Creek which is a tributary of the Santa Clara River ....
     (Ventura County)
  • Lakeview Mountains
    Lakeview Mountains

    The Lakeview Mountains are a range of low mountains encompassing approximately of land in western Riverside County, Southern California, at the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges....
     (Riverside County)
  • Los Angeles Basin
    Los Angeles Basin

    File:Los Angeles Basin.jpgThe Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles, California as well as its southern and southeastern suburbs ....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Los Angeles River
    Los Angeles River

    The Los Angeles River starts in San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, and Santa Susana Mountains and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles southeast to its mouth in Long Beach, California....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Low Desert
    Low Desert

    The Low Desert is a name for the Southern California portion of the Sonoran Desert to distinguish it from the adjacent Mojave Desert or High Desert ....
     (Imperial, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties)
  • Mojave Desert
    Mojave Desert

    The Mojave Desert , , locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, in the United States....
     (Los Angeles, Kern & San Bernardino Counties)
  • Mugu Lagoon (Ventura County)
  • New River
    New River (California)

    The New River flows north from the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico into the United States through the city of Calexico, California. The river has been referred to as the most severely polluted river of its size within the United States....
     (Imperial County)
  • Orange Coast
    Orange Coast

    The Orange Coast is the string of cities and neighborhoods fronting the Pacific Coast in Orange County, California. The Orange Coast communites include: Seal Beach, Surfside, Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach, California, Newport Beach, Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, Balboa Peninsula, Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Emerald Bay, Lagu...
     (Orange County)
  • Oxnard Plain
    Oxnard Plain

    The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California bounded by the Santa Monica Mountains, the Santa Susana Mountains, and Oak Ridge to the east, the Topatopa Mountains to the north, the Santa Clara River Valley to the northeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south and west....
     (Ventura County)
  • Palomar Mountain
    Palomar Mountain

    Palomar Mountain is a mountain in the Palomar Mountain Range in northern San Diego County, California, United States. It is most famous as being home to the Palomar Observatory and the giant Hale Telescope....
     (San Diego County)
  • Palos Verdes Peninsula (Los Angeles County)
  • Peninsular Ranges
    Peninsular Ranges

    The Peninsular Ranges are a group of mountain ranges which stretch 1500 km from southern California in the United States to the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula; they are part of the North America Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific Ocean coast from Alaska to Mexico....
     (San Diego County)
  • Point Mugu (Ventura County)
  • Pomona Valley
    Pomona Valley

    The Pomona Valley, located between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California, straddles the border between Los Angeles County, California and San Bernardino County, California....
     (Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties)
  • Puente Hills
    Puente Hills

    The Puente Hills is a chain of hills in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California, California. It lies to the south of the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Freeway , to the east of the San Gabriel River Freeway , to the north of Whittier Boulevard, and to the west of the city of Diamond Bar, California and Chino Hills,...
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Pyramid Lake
    Pyramid Lake (California)

    Pyramid Lake is a lake formed by Pyramid Dam on Piru Creek, near Castaic, California. The 180,000 acre-foot reservoir is in the southern portion of the Los Padres National Forest in the northwest corner of Los Angeles County, California....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Rio Hondo
    Rio Hondo (California)

    The Rio Hondo is a tributary of the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles County, California, approximately long. As a named river it begins in Irwindale, California and flows southwest to its confluence in South Gate, California, passing through several cities ....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Saddleback Valley
    Saddleback Valley

    Saddleback Valley is located in South Orange County, California, California and is home to the cities of Mission Viejo, California, Ladera Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest, California among others....
     (Orange County)
  • Salton Sea
    Salton Sea

    The Salton Sea is a saline lake, occupying the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink, part of the larger Colorado Desert in Southern California, United States, north of the Imperial Valley ....
     (Imperial & Riverside Counties)
  • San Andreas Fault
    San Andreas Fault

    The San Andreas Fault is a geologic transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles through California in the United States. The fault's motion is dextral strike-slip ....
     (All Counties)
  • San Bernardino Mountains
    San Bernardino Mountains

    The San Bernardino Mountains are a short Transverse Ranges mountain range northeast of Los Angeles, California in Southern California California in the United States....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • San Bernardino Valley
    San Bernardino Valley

    The San Bernardino Valley, centered approximately at 34?04' N, 117?17 'W, lies at the south base of the Transverse Ranges. It is bordered on the north by the western San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains, on the east by the San Jacinto Mountains, and on the south and west by the Santa Ana Mountains and Pomona Valley....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • San Diego River
    San Diego River

    The San Diego River is a river in San Diego County, California. It originates northwest of the town of Julian, California, then flows to the southwest until it reaches the 112,800 acre-foot El Capitan Reservoir, the largest lake in the river's drainage basin....
     (San Diego County)
  • San Fernando Valley
    San Fernando Valley

    The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in Southern California, United States. More than half of the city of Los Angeles' land area lies within the San Fernando Valley....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • San Gabriel Mountains
    San Gabriel Mountains

    The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County, California and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert....
     (Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties)
  • San Gabriel River
    San Gabriel River

    San Gabriel River is the name of watercourses in two states:*San Gabriel River *San Gabriel River bicycle path *San Gabriel River ...
     (Los Angeles County)
  • San Gabriel Valley
    San Gabriel Valley

    The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • San Jacinto Mountains
    San Jacinto Mountains

    The San Jacinto Mountains are a mountain range east of Los Angeles, California in southern California in the United States. The mountains are named for Saint Hyacinth ....
     (Riverside County)
  • San Pedro Bay
    San Pedro Bay (California)

    San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States. It is the site of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, which together form the fifth-busiest port facility in the world and easily the busiest in the Western Hemisphere....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Santa Ana Mountains
    Santa Ana Mountains

    The Santa Ana Mountains are a short Peninsular Ranges mountain range along the coast of Southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately 35 mi southeast of the Los Angeles Basin largely along the border between Orange County, California and Riverside County, California counties....
     (Los Angeles, Riverside & Orange Counties)
  • Santa Ana River
    Santa Ana River

    The Santa Ana River begins in San Bernardino County, California, in the San Bernardino National Forest. Its highest source lakes are Dollar Lake and Dry Lake , both on the northern flank of San Gorgonio Mountain in the San Gorgonio Wilderness....
     (San Bernardino, Los Angeles & Orange County)
  • Santa Ana Valley
    Santa Ana Valley

    The Santa Ana Valley is located in Orange County, California and is bisected by the Santa Ana River. The valley is home to most of Orange County?s central business districts....
     (Orange County)
  • Catalina Island
    Santa Catalina Island, California

    Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Santa Clara River
    Santa Clara River (California)

    The Santa Clara River is approximately 116 mi long, located in southern California in the United States. It drains an area of the coastal mountains north of Los Angeles, California....
     (Ventura County)
  • Santa Clara River Valley
    Santa Clara River Valley

    The Santa Clara River Valley, also known as the Heritage Valley, is a rural region of eastern Ventura County, California and northwest Los Angeles County, California that is named for the Santa Clara River which winds through the valley before emptying into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of Oxnard and Ventura....
     (Ventura County)
  • Santa Clarita Valley
    Santa Clarita Valley

    The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County, California and Ventura County, California....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Santa Margarita River
    Santa Margarita River

    The Santa Margarita River is a short intermittent river on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California in the United States, approximately 50 mi long....
     (Riverside, Orange & San Diego Counties)
  • Santa Monica Bay
    Santa Monica Bay

    Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume, in Malibu, California, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula....
     (Los Angeles County)
  • Santa Monica Mountains
    Santa Monica Mountains

    The Santa Monica Mountains are a low Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States....
     (Los Angeles & Ventura Counties)
  • Santa Susana Mountains
    Santa Susana Mountains

    The Santa Susana Mountains are a Transverse Ranges range of mountains in Southern California California, north of the city of Los Angeles, California, in the United States....
     (Los Angeles & Ventura Counties)
  • Sonoran Desert
    Sonoran Desert

    The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California....
     (San Diego County, Arizona, Mexico)
  • Tijuana River
    Tijuana River

    The Tijuana River is an intermittent river, 120 mi long, on the Pacific Ocean coast of northern Baja California in Mexico and southern California in the United States....
     (San Diego County)
  • Ventura River
    Ventura River

    The Ventura River is a river in Ventura County, California. The river forms at the confluence of Matilija Creek and North Fork Matilija Creek, 15 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean....
     (Ventura County)
  • Victor Valley (San Bernardino County)


Transportation


Airports

For major airlines and commercial air carriers
  • Los Angeles International Airport
    Los Angeles International Airport

    Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, California, the United States metropolitan area of the United States....
  • San Diego International Airport
    San Diego International Airport

    San Diego International Airport , also known as Lindbergh Field, is a joint civil-miltary public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and also from the International Border at Tijuana, Mexico....
  • San Bernardino International Airport
    San Bernardino International Airport

    San Bernardino International Airport is a public airport located two miles southeast of the central business district of San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States....
  • LA/Ontario International Airport
  • LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
  • John Wayne Airport
    John Wayne Airport

    John Wayne Airport is an airport in an unincorporated area in Orange County, California, with its mailing address in Santa Ana, California, hence the International Air Transport Association airport code....
  • Bob Hope (Burbank) Airport
    Bob Hope Airport

    Bob Hope Airport is a public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Burbank, California, a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
  • Long Beach Airport
  • Santa Barbara Airport
    Santa Barbara Airport

    Santa Barbara Airport , also known as Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, is a public airport located west of downtown Santa Barbara, California, California in Santa Barbara County, California, United States....
  • Palm Springs International Airport
    Palm Springs International Airport

    Palm Springs International Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Palm Springs, California, California, serving the Coachella Valley area of Riverside County, California....
  • McClellan-Palomar Airport
    McClellan-Palomar Airport

    McClellan-Palomar Airport is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Carlsbad, California, a city in San Diego County, California, California, United States....
  • Oxnard Airport
    Oxnard Airport

    Oxnard Airport is a public airport located one mile west of the central business district of Oxnard, California, a city in Ventura County, California, California, United States....
  • Santa Maria Airport
    Santa Maria Airport

    Santa Maria Airport may refer to:* Santa Maria Airport , on Santa Maria Island in the Azores * Santa Maria Airport , in Santa Mar?a District, Lima Region, Peru ...
  • Southern California Logistics Airport
    Southern California Logistics Airport

    Southern California Logistics Airport , also known as Victorville Airport, is a public airport located in the city of Victorville, California in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States approximately north of San Bernardino, California....
  • Thermal Airport


Central business districts


The following are central business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
s in Southern California:

  • Downtown Long Beach
    Downtown Long Beach, Long Beach, California

    Downtown Long Beach is the heart of Long Beach, California, California, United States, and is the location for most of the city's major tourist attractions and municipal services....
  • Downtown Los Angeles
    Downtown Los Angeles

    Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolis area....
  • Downtown Riverside
  • Downtown San Bernardino
    Downtown San Bernardino

    Downtown San Bernardino is the central business district of San Bernardino, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area....
  • Downtown San Diego
  • Century City


Transport


Freeways

Interstate Highways
  • Golden State Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway
    Santa Ana Freeway

    The Santa Ana Freeway is one of the principal freeways in Southern California, connecting Los Angeles, California, California and its southeastern suburbs....
    /San Diego Freeway/Montgomery Freeway (Interstate 5)
  • Ocean Beach Freeway/Mission Valley Freeway (Interstate 8)
  • Santa Monica (Rosa Parks) Freeway/Golden State Freeway/San Bernardino Freeway
    San Bernardino Freeway

    The San Bernardino Freeway is a named freeway in the U.S. state of California in the Greater Los Angeles area. It refers to the following two segments:...
    /Indio (Dr. June McCarroll) Freeway/Blythe Freeway (Interstate 10)
  • Mojave Freeway/Barstow Freeway/Ontario Freeway/Corona Freeway/Temecula Valley Freeway/Escondido Freeway (Interstate 15)
  • Century (Glenn Anderson) Freeway (Interstate 105
    Interstate 105 (California)

    Interstate 105 is an Interstate Highway System in southern Los Angeles County, California that runs east-west from near the Los Angeles International Airport to Norwalk, California....
    )
  • Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110
    Interstate 110 (California)

    Route 110, consisting of two segments of State Route 110 joined by Interstate 110 , is a state highway in the Los Angeles area of the U.S....
    )
  • Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210
    Interstate 210 (California)

    Route 210, marked partially as Interstate 210 and as State Route 210 , and named the Foothill Freeway, is a state highway in the Greater Los Angeles area of the U.S....
    , expected to expand along current
    California 210
    in near future)
  • Barstow Freeway/San Bernardino Freeway
    San Bernardino Freeway

    The San Bernardino Freeway is a named freeway in the U.S. state of California in the Greater Los Angeles area. It refers to the following two segments:...
    /Moreno Valley Freeway/Escondido Freeway (Interstate 215
    Interstate 215 (California)

    Interstate 215 in California is a long north-south Interstate Highway System Highway in the "Inland Empire " region of Southern California. Part of I-215 was originally built and signed as Interstate 15E, but this was later changed....
    )
  • San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405
    Interstate 405 (California)

    Interstate 405 is one of the principal north-south Interstate Highways in Southern California, and the major bypass of Interstate 5 in California running through the Greater Los Angeles Area....
    )
  • San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605)
  • Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710)
  • Jacob Dekema Freeway (Interstate 805)
  • Future Interstate 905


U.S. Highway system
  • Us 101 (ca)
    Ventura Freeway
    Ventura Freeway

    The Ventura Freeway is a named freeway in the U.S. state of California in the Greater Los Angeles area. It refers to the following two segments:...
    /Hollywood Freeway
    Hollywood Freeway

    The Hollywood Freeway is a named freeway in Southern California in the Los Angeles Area. It can refer to:*U.S. Route 101, from Interstate 110 to California State Route 134...
    /Santa Ana Freeway
    Santa Ana Freeway

    The Santa Ana Freeway is one of the principal freeways in Southern California, connecting Los Angeles, California, California and its southeastern suburbs....
    /El Camino Real
    El Camino Real

    El Camino Real was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:* There is a Camino Real in California, also known as the California Mission Trail; see: El Camino Real ....
     (U.S. Route 101)
California State Routes
Note: highway segments with names listed in italics are surface streets and not freeways.
  • California 1
    Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)
    California State Route 1

    State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the West Coast of the United States of the U.S. state of California....
    /Lincoln Boulevard/Sepulveda Boulevard/Oxnard Boulevard/Coast Highway/Camino las Ramblas (State Route 1
    California State Route 1

    State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the West Coast of the United States of the U.S. state of California....
    )
  • California 2
    Angeles Crest Highway
    Angeles Crest Highway

    The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Ca?ada Flintridge, California and its eastern terminus at California State Route 138 northeast of Wrightwood, California....
    /Glendale Freeway/Santa Monica Boulevard (State Route 2)
  • California 14
    Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route 14
    California State Route 14

    State Route 14 is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California, largely in the Mojave Desert. The southern portion of highway is signed as the Antelope Valley Freeway....
    )
  • California 19
    Rosemead Boulevard/Lakewood Boulevard (State Route 19)
  • California 22
    Seventh Street/Garden Grove Freeway (State Route 22
    California State Route 22

    State Route 22 in the U.S. state of California is an east-west highway in southern Los Angeles County, California and northern Orange County, California....
    )
  • California 23
    Decker Road/Mulholland Highway/Westlake Boulevard
  • California 27
    Topanga Canyon Boulevard
  • California 33
    Ojai Freeway (State Route 33
    California State Route 33

    State Route 33 is a north-south state highway that connects the central and southern areas of the U.S. State of California. SR 33 replaced part of U.S....
    )
  • California 39
    San Gabriel Canyon Road/Azusa Avenue/Beach Boulevard
  • California 42
    Manchester Boulevard
  • California 47
    Terminal Island Freeway/Seaside Avenue/Vincent Thomas Bridge
    Vincent Thomas Bridge

    The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a long suspension bridge crossing the Los Angeles Harbor in the U.S. state of California, linking San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, with Terminal Island....
  • California 52
    Soledad Freeway
  • California 54
    South Bay Freeway/2nd Street
  • California 55
    Costa Mesa Freeway/Newport Boulevard (State Route 55
    California State Route 55

    State Route 55 , known locally as The 55, is an 18 mile long north-south highway in the U.S. state of California. It is known as the Costa Mesa Freeway ....
    )
  • California 56
    Ted Williams Freeway (State Route 56
    California State Route 56

    State Route 56 runs from Interstate 5 in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego to Interstate 15 . Route 56 was originally planned in 1964 to connect to the north end of State Route 125 and continue east to State Route 67 , but Poway worked to make sure that would not be possible....
    )
  • California 57
    Orange Freeway
    California State Route 57

    State Route 57 , also known as the Orange Freeway, is a major north-south state highway in the Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California....
     (State Route 57
    California State Route 57

    State Route 57 , also known as the Orange Freeway, is a major north-south state highway in the Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California....
    )
  • California 60
    Pomona Freeway/Moreno Valley Freeway (State Route 60
    California State Route 60

    State Route 60 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs from Interstate 10 near the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles, CA east to I-10 in Riverside County, California, with overlap s at California State Route 57 and Interstate 215 ....
    )
  • California 66
    Foothill Boulevard and E Street (also known as Historic U.S. Route 66)
  • California 67
    Julian Road/San Vicente Freeway
  • California 71
    Corona Expressway/Chino Valley Freeway
    California State Route 71

    State Route 71 is the Chino Valley Freeway, formerly the Corona Expressway and before then the Temescal Freeway, a freeway/highway of about 15 miles in length located entirely within Southern California, United States....
     (State Route 71
    California State Route 71

    State Route 71 is the Chino Valley Freeway, formerly the Corona Expressway and before then the Temescal Freeway, a freeway/highway of about 15 miles in length located entirely within Southern California, United States....
    )
  • California 72
    Firestone Boulevard/Whittier Boulevard
  • California 73
    San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor (toll road) (State Route 73
    California State Route 73

    State Route 73 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route runs from Interstate 405 to Interstate 5 through the San Joaquin Hills in Orange County, California....
    )
  • California 74
    Ortega Highway/Palms to Pines Highway (State Route 74
    California State Route 74

    State Route 74, a part of the Pines to Palms Scenic Byway, is a mostly scenic highway that runs from Palm Desert, California in Riverside County westward to San Juan Capistrano, California in Orange County, California....
    )
  • California 75
    San Diego-Coronado Bridge
    San Diego-Coronado Bridge

    The San Diego-Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a "prestressed concrete/steel" girder bridge, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego, California with Coronado, California....
    /Silver Strand Boulevard
  • California 76
    Mission Avenue/Pala Road/Cuyamaca Highway
  • California 78
    Vista Freeway/San Pasqual Valley Road
  • California 79
    Winchester Road/Temecula Parkway/Firefighter Steven Rucker Memorial Highway (State Route 79
    California State Route 79

    State Route 79 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route goes from Interstate 10 in Riverside County, California to Interstate 8 in San Diego County, California....
    )
  • Historic U.S. Route 80, officially called Imperial County Route S80 Barbara Worth Highway
  • California 83
    Euclid Avenue
  • California 86
    Indio Boulevard which is Historic U.S. Route 99 (locally known as the NAFTA
    North American Free Trade Agreement

    The North American Free Trade Agreement is a trilateral trade bloc in North America created by the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
     Highway    , proposed to be called East Valley Parkway)
  • California 90
    Marina Freeway/Imperial Highway/Richard Nixon Freeway (State Route 90
    California State Route 90

    State Route 90 is a state highway in Southern California, United States. It consists of two unconnected pieces in Greater Los Angeles.The Marina Freeway segment is a short freeway in southwestern Los Angeles and the nearby suburbs, linking Marina Del Rey, California to the rest of Greater Los Angeles....
    )
  • California 91
    Artesia Boulevard/Gardena Freeway/Artesia Freeway/Riverside Freeway (State Route 91
    California State Route 91

    State Route 91, also known as simply The 91, is a major east-west freeway located entirely within Southern California and serving several regions of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area....
    )
  • California 94
    Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway/Campo Road
  • California 107
    Hawthorne Boulevard
  • California 110
    Pasadena Freeway
    Pasadena Freeway

    The Pasadena Freeway or Arroyo Seco Parkway is the first freeway in the U.S. state of California, connecting Los Angeles, CA with Pasadena, CA alongside the Arroyo Seco ....
     (State Route 110)
  • California 111
    Grapefruit Boulevard (Proposed name: Desert Cities Highway or Desert Resorts Highway)
  • California 118
    Ronald Reagan Freeway (State Route 118
    California State Route 118

    State Route 118 is a state highway in the United States state of California that begins running west to east through Ventura County, California and Los Angeles County, California counties in southern California....
    )
  • California 125
    La Mesa Freeway (State Route 125
    California State Route 125

    State Route 125 currently runs from California State Route 905 in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California near the U.S.?Mexico border to California State Route 52 in Santee, California....
    )
  • California 126
    Santa Paula Freeway (State Route 126
    California State Route 126

    State Route 126 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route runs from U.S. Route 101 in Ventura, California to Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita, California....
    )
  • California 133
    Eastern Transportation Corridor (toll road)/Laguna Canyon Road (State Route 133
    California State Route 133

    State Route 133 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It connects SR 1 in Laguna Beach, CA through the San Joaquin Hills with several freeways in Irvine, CA, ending at the SR 241 toll road in the latter city....
    )
  • California 134
    Ventura Freeway
    Ventura Freeway

    The Ventura Freeway is a named freeway in the U.S. state of California in the Greater Los Angeles area. It refers to the following two segments:...
     (State Route 134)
  • California 142
    Carbon Canyon Road
  • California 163
    Cabrillo Freeway (State Route 163)
  • California 170
    Hollywood Freeway
    Hollywood Freeway

    The Hollywood Freeway is a named freeway in Southern California in the Los Angeles Area. It can refer to:*U.S. Route 101, from Interstate 110 to California State Route 134...
    /Highland Avenue (State Route 170)
  • California 195
    Pierce Street (Proposed to be called Salton Sea Street) and Box Canyon Road
  • California 209
    Catalina Boulevard/Canon Street/Rosecrans Street
  • California 210
    Foothill Freeway (Merges with in San Dimas, formerly the
    California 30
    )
  • California 213
    Western Avenue
  • California 241
    Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor (toll road)
    California State Route 241

    State Route 241 is a highway in Orange County, California, USA. For its entire run, Route 241 is a toll road. Its northern half is part of the Eastern Toll Road while its southern half is part of the Foothill Toll Road....
     (State Route 241
    California State Route 241

    State Route 241 is a highway in Orange County, California, USA. For its entire run, Route 241 is a toll road. Its northern half is part of the Eastern Toll Road while its southern half is part of the Foothill Toll Road....
    )
  • California 274
    Balboa Avenue
  • California 282
    3rd/4th Street
  • California 371
    Cahuilla Road
  • California 905
    Otay Mesa Freeway/Otay Mesa Road ( once the
    California 125
    freeway is complete.)


Major public transit organizations


  • Metrolink
    Metrolink (Southern California)

    Metrolink is a regional rail system that serves Southern California.It was established in 1991 as the "Southern California Regional Rail Authority" and service began the following year....
  • Los Angeles County MTA, or Metro
  • San Diego trolley
    San Diego Trolley

    The San Diego Trolley is a tram-style light rail system operating in the metropolitan area of San Diego, California. The operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System ....
     and San Diego County MTS
  • Orange County Transportation Authority
    Octa

    :For the numerical prefix...
  • OmniTrans
    Omnitrans

    Omnitrans is the largest transit operator within San Bernardino County, California. The agency was established in 1976 through a Joint Powers Agreement and today includes 15 cities and portions of the unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County....
     (San Bernardino County)
  • Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, California

    Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the only such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's "South Coast", and is also sometimes referred to...
     MTD
  • South Coast Area Transit (Ventura County)
    Scat

    Scat may refer to:Digestive waste* Feces, a waste product produced in the digestive tract* Coprophilia, a sexual fetish involving feces...
  • NCTD (North San Diego County)
    North County Transit District

    The North County Transit District is the agency responsible for public transportation in North San Diego County, California, United States. The agency operates the "BREEZE" bus service and manages the San Diego Coaster which Lane Fernandes Manages, a commuter rail service between Oceanside and Downtown San Diego, in conjunction with Amtrak....
  • COASTER (Oceanside to San Diego)
    San Diego Coaster

    The San Diego Coast Express Rail, or Coaster, is a regional rail service that operates in the Central and Northern coastal regions of San Diego County, California, United States....
  • The Sprinter (Oceanside to Escondido)
    San Diego Coaster

    The San Diego Coast Express Rail, or Coaster, is a regional rail service that operates in the Central and Northern coastal regions of San Diego County, California, United States....
  • Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
    Big Blue Bus

    The Big Blue Bus is a municipal bus operator in the Los Angeles Westside region of Los Angeles, providing both local and bus rapid transit service, in Santa Monica, California and adjacent neighborhoods of Los Angeles County, California....


Metrolink commuter lines

  • 91 Line
    Metrolink 91 Line

    The 91 Line is a regional rail line operated by Metrolink that runs from downtown Los Angeles, California to Riverside, California , paralleling the very busy California State Route 91 between Riverside and Santa Fe Springs, California....
     (Union Station - Riverside-Downtown)
  • Antelope Valley Line
    Metrolink Antelope Valley Line

    The Antelope Valley Line is a commuter rail line that serves the Northern Los Angeles County area as part of the Metrolink system. The line is presently more rural in character because it travels through the sparsely populated Soledad Canyon between Santa Clarita, California and Palmdale, California, serving the small community of Acton, Cal...
     (Union Station - Lancaster)
  • Inland Empire-Orange County (IEOC) Line
    Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County Line

    |}The Metrolink 's Inland Empire-Orange County Line is a commuter rail line that operates from San Bernardino, California through Orange County, California to Oceanside, California in Northern San Diego County, California, United States....
     (San Bernardino - San Juan Capistrano)
  • Orange County Line
    Metrolink Orange County Line

    Metrolink Orange County Line is a commuter rail that runs from Downtown Los Angeles through Orange County, California to Oceanside in San Diego County connecting with the San Diego Coaster commuter rail to San Diego....
     (Union Station - Oceanside)
  • Riverside Line
    Metrolink Riverside Line

    |}Metrolink 's Riverside Line is a commuter rail running from Los Angeles Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles to Riverside, California. It offers weekday service in peak commuter hours only, with very little mid-day and reverse-commute service....
     (Union Station - Riverside-Downtown)
  • San Bernardino Line
    Metrolink San Bernardino Line

    |}The San Bernardino Line is the busiest of Southern California's seven Metrolink lines, running from Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles eastward through the San Gabriel Valley and into the Inland Empire , terminating in San Bernardino, California....
     (Union Station - San Bernardino/Riverside-Downtown)
  • Ventura County Line
    Metrolink Ventura County Line

    |}Metrolink Ventura County Line is a commuter rail line serving Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County . Service on this line began in 1992 as one of Metrolink's original three lines, with service from Moorpark to Los Angeles Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles....
     (Union Station - Downtown Oxnard)


Communication


Telephone area codes

Los Angeles Area Codes
*213
Area code 213

North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of the first three area codes created in California in October 1947....
 - Downtown L.A. - originally covered all of Southern California.
  • 323
    Area code 323

    North American area code 323 is a state of California telephone area code which covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles, California . 323 also includes Hollywood, California....
     - Doughnut-shaped area surrounding downtown, including Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire
    Mid-Wilshire

    Mid-Wilshire is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Wilshire, Los Angeles, California region.It mostly encompasses the area bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, Melrose Avenue to the north, Hoover Street to the east and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south, although some neighborhoods in this perime...
    , East L.A., northern South L.A.
    South Los Angeles

    South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California....
  • 310
    Area code 310

    North American telephone area codes 310 and 424 are the California telephone area code which are roughly coterminous with the Los Angeles Westside and South Bay, Los Angeles areas of Los Angeles County, including offshore Santa Catalina Island, California, located 40 km south of the mainland portion of Los Angeles County, California....
     - West L.A., Santa Monica
    Santa Monica, California

    Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
    , and the South Bay
    South Bay, Los Angeles

    The South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, California, USA. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay which forms its western border....
  • 424 - shared with 310
  • 562
    Area code 562

    Area code 562 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 310 on January 25, 1997. It is the Telephone numbering plan for much of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County, California, including Long Beach, California and surrounding cities such as Cerritos, California, Lakewood, California, Pico Riv...
     - South and South-Eastern Los Angeles County, Norwalk
    Norwalk, California

    Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 103,298 at the 2000 census.Founded in the late 1800s, Norwalk was incorporated in as a city in 1957....
    , Cerritos
    Cerritos, California

    Cerritos is a charter city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County....
    , Long Beach
    Long Beach, California

    Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
    , Whittier
    Whittier, California

    Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
    , Pico Rivera area and Northwest Orange County
    Orange County, California

    Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
     .
  • 619
    Area code 619

    North American area code 619 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 5, 1982. This area code currently covers the southern half of the city of San Diego, California and its eastern and southern suburbs....
     - San Diego including downtown, East County and The South Bay
    South Bay, San Diego

    South Bay is a region in southwestern San Diego County, USA. Its boundaries are the San Diego Bay on the west, the United States?Mexico border on the south, National City's Division Street to the north, and the Donovan Correctional Facility to the east....
  • 626
    Area code 626

    Telephone numbering plan 626 covers most of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, including Arcadia, California, Monrovia, California, El Monte, California, most of Pasadena, California and West Covina, California....
     - Pasadena
    Pasadena, California

    Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
    , San Gabriel Valley
    San Gabriel Valley

    The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
  • 657 - Overlay area code with 714 beginning February 23, 2008. New telephone numbers in the 714 geographic region will be given the 657 area code.
  • 661
    Area code 661

    California area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, California, as well as part of Los Angeles County, California and Tulare County, California....
     - Santa Clarita Valley
    Santa Clarita Valley

    The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County, California and Ventura County, California....
     and Antelope Valleys
    Antelope Valley

    The Antelope Valley in California, United States is located in northern Los Angeles County, California and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert....
     including Palmdale (Antelope Valley), Lancaster
    Lancaster, California

    Lancaster is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 9th fastest growing city in the United States. Lancaster is located approximately 70 miles north of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California Antelope Valley....
     (Antelope Valley); Santa Clarita
    Santa Clarita, California

    Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The California Department of Finance estimated the city population as of January 1, 2008 at 177,045....
     (Santa Clarita Valley), Val Verde (Santa Clarita Valley), Stevenson Ranch (SCV), and Castaic (SCV).
  • 714
    Area code 714

    North American area codes 657 and 714 are California telephone area codes which encompass northern Orange County, California, a portion of Los Angeles County, California, and portions of Chino Hills, California in San Bernardino County, California....
     - Northern Orange County
    Orange County, California

    Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
     (Anaheim, Santa Ana
    Santa Ana, California

    Founded in 1869, Santa Ana is the most populous city in Orange County, California, USA and is the county seat, with an estimated 353,184 people....
     & Huntington Beach
    Huntington Beach, California

    Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
    ) and parts of San Bernardino County, (Chino Hills
    Chino Hills

    The Chino Hills are a mountain range on the border of Orange County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, and San Bernardino County, CA Counties, California, with a small portion in Riverside County, CA....
    )
  • 760
    Area code 760

    Image:Area_code_760.png|right|Map of California area codes in blue with 760 in redrect 65 82 92 100 Area code 916rect 220 242 245 256 Area code 909...
     - North County San Diego (Oceanside
    Oceanside, California

    Oceanside is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The city has a population of 173,303. Together with Vista, California and Carlsbad, California, it forms a "Tri-City area." The city is located just south of Camp Pendleton, the busiest military base in the United States....
    , Escondido, San Marcos
    San Marcos, California

    San Marcos is a city located in the North San Diego County, California of San Diego County, California, United States. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 82,743....
    ); Palm Springs
    Palm Springs, California

    Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, California, approximately 111 miles east of Los Angeles, California and 136 miles northeast of San Diego, California....
    ; El Centro
    El Centro, California

    El Centro is the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States and the largest city in the Imperial Valley , the region east of San Diego....
    ; Victor Valley; Barstow
    Barstow, California

    Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. The population was 21,119 at the 2000 census.Barstow is a major regional transportation center....
    ; Ridgecrest
    Ridgecrest, California

    Ridgecrest was incorporated as a city in 1963. Formerly known as Crumville. It is located in the Indian Wells Valley, California in northeastern Kern County, California adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake....
     Proposed Area Code 442, either as an overlay or an entire new area code for the North San Diego County area and/or the Coachella Valley
    Coachella Valley

    The Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California that is populated by nearly one million people, and which includes the famed tourist destination, Palm Springs, California....
     remains in debate.
  • 805
    Area code 805

    Area code 805 is a California telephone area code. Area code 805 includes most or all of the California counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California, and Ventura County, California, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County, and a small portion of Los Angeles County....
     - All of Ventura County as well as Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County
  • 818
    Area code 818

    Area code 747 and Area code 818 are California telephone North American Numbering Plan consisting largely of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California....
     - The San Fernando Valley, Glendale
    Glendale, California

    Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
  • 858
    Area code 858

    North American area code 858 is located in San Diego County, California and covers the inner northern suburbs of San Diego, California and the northern half of the city proper, including the areas of Del Mar, California, Poway, California, La Jolla, San Diego, California, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, Clairemont, San Diego, California...
     - Some northern neighborhoods of San Diego (Clairemont
    Clairemont, San Diego, California

    Clairemont is a suburban neighborhood in northern San Diego.It includes the separate neighborhoods of North Clairemont, Clairemont Mesa East and Clairemont Mesa West....
    , La Jolla
    La Jolla, San Diego, California

    La Jolla is a wealthy seaside resort community, occupying seven miles of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. Although officially a part of San Diego, California, La Jolla retains its own small-town atmosphere and its own civic pride....
    , Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo); Del Mar
    Del Mar

    Del Mar may refer to:In American places:* Del Mar, California* Del Mar, Texas* Del Mar High School, located in San Jose, California...
     and Poway
  • 909
    Area code 909

    North American Area code 909 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 14 ,1992. Western Riverside County was split off from 909 into area code 951 on July 17, 2004....
     - Eastern Los Angeles County and western parts of the Inland Empire
    Inland Empire (California)

    The Inland Empire is a region mainly located in Southeast California, particularly the Riverside County, California and San Bernardino County, California counties....
    /Southwestern San Bernardino County (Pomona
    Pomona, California

    Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County . As of the 2000 census, the city population was 149,473. In 2005, its population was estimated as 160,815 ....
     & San Bernardino
    San Bernardino, California

    San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
    )
  • 949
    Area code 949

    Area code 949 is an area code in California that is contained mostly within the southern areas of Orange County, California. It also includes a small adjacent area of northwest San Diego County, California, specifically parts of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Onofre State Park....
     - Southern Orange County
    Orange County, California

    Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
     (Irvine
    Irvine, California

    Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
    , Newport Beach
    Newport Beach, California

    Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States south of downtown Santa Ana, California. As of 2008, the population was 84,554....
    , Laguna Niguel
    Laguna Niguel, California

    Laguna Niguel is a city located in southern Orange County, California, California. The name "Laguna Niguel" is derived from the Spanish word "Laguna" which means lagoon, and the word "Nigueli" which was the name of a Juane?o Indian village that was once located on Aliso Creek ....
     & San Clemente)
  • 951
    Area code 951

    North American area code 951 is a California telephone area code which covers western Riverside County and was split off from the area code 909 in 2004....
     - Inland Empire
    Inland Empire (California)

    The Inland Empire is a region mainly located in Southeast California, particularly the Riverside County, California and San Bernardino County, California counties....
     South/Western Riverside County (Riverside
    Riverside, California

    Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
    , Temecula, & Murrieta)


Sports teams

TeamSportLeagueVenue
Los Angeles Avengers
Los Angeles Avengers

The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California and they began play as a 2000 expansion team....
 Arena football
Indoor football

Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within indoor arenas....
 Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 Staples Center
Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex....
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
 Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 American League
American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada....
 (Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
)		 Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a Baseball_park#Modern_stadiums baseball park located in Anaheim, California. It is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League, and was previously home to the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams ....
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
 National League
National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest existent professional team sports league....
 (Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
)		 Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor baseball park in Los Angeles, California at Ch?vez Ravine. It is located adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles. Dodger Stadium was privately financed at a cost of United States dollar23 million in 1962....
San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They play in the National League West....
 PETCO Park
PETCO Park

Petco Park is an open-air stadium in Central business district San Diego, California, California. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres....
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division ....
 Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 Staples Center
Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex....
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....
San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium

Qualcomm Stadium , formerly known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California, California....
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 Ice Hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 Honda Center
Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 Staples Center
Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex....
Chivas USA Soccer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
 The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy is an United States, professional association football club based in the L.A. suburb of Carson, California. The club is a member of Major League Soccer , which is the American first division....


See also

  • Greater Los Angeles
  • History of the west coast of North America
    History of the west coast of North America

    The human history of the west coast of North America is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along a now-submerged coastal plain, through the development of significant pre-Columbian cultures and population densities, to the arrival of the European ethnic groups explorers and...
  • Northern California
    Northern California

    Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
  • Central Valley (California)
  • Central Coast of California
    Central Coast of California

    The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the area between the Monterey Bay and Point Conception. It extends through Santa Cruz County, California, San Benito County, California, Monterey County, California, San Luis Obispo County, California, Santa Barbara County, California, and parts of western Ventura C...
  • San Angeles
    San Angeles

    San Angeles is a fictional futuristic concept of Southern California, United States, typically configured by commentators and films producers to include the areas of Los Angeles to San Diego and sometimes Riverside County....
  • San Diego-Tijuana Metropolitan Area
  • Bajalta California
    Bajalta California

    Bajalta California is the urban complex straddling the Mexico?United States border at the Pacific Ocean. It consists of Southern California and the Baja California cities of Tijuana and Mexicali....


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