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[edit] Significance Within its boundaries is a major world city, Los Angeles, and three of the country's largest metropolitan areas.

[1] Its counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside are in the top 15 most populous counties in the United States. The region is also home to Los Angeles International Airport, the third-busiest airport in the United States by passenger volume,

[2] and the 2nd by international passenger volume,

[3] Van Nuys Airport, the world's busiest general aviation airport, Ontario International Airport, John Wayne International Airport, San Diego International Airport, and San Bernardino International Airport . Southern California is also home to the Port of Los Angeles, the United States' busiest commercial port, and the adjacent Port of Long Beach. Also of note in the region is the Los Angeles Freeway System, which is the world's busiest. Six of the seven lines of the commuter rail system, Metrolink, run out of Downtown Los Angeles, connecting Los Angeles, Ventura, 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 campuses (Los Angeles (UCLA), Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Diego (UCSD) campuses), twelve California State University campuses (Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Northridge (CSUN), San Bernardino, San Diego (SDSU), San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), and San Marcos campuses), as well as private institutions such as Occidental College, the University of Southern California (USC), the University of San Diego (USD), Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Chapman University, the Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps, Harvey Mudd, and the Keck and Claremont Graduate Universities), Pepperdine University, the University of La Verne, and Cal Tech. Southern California is also the entertainment (motion picture, television, and recorded music) capital of the world and is home to Hollywood, the center of the motion picture industry. Headquartered in Southern California are The Walt Disney Company (which also owns ABC), Sony Pictures, Universal, MGM, Paramount Pictures (parent company of Dreamworks), 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers, and as well as Univision, Activision, and THQ. Southern California is also home to the world's largest adult entertainment industry, located primarily in the San Fernando Valley. More than 85% of adult film and video production in North America 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, Quiksilver, Lost Enterprises, Sector 9

[4], RVCA, and Surfline

[5] are all headquartered here. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, professional surfers Rob Machado, Tom Curran, Pat O'Connell, Dane Reynolds, and Chris Ward, and professional snowboarder Shaun White live in Southern California. Some of the world's legendary surf spots are here as well, including Trestles, Rincon, The Wedge, Huntington Beach, and Malibu, and it is second only to the island of Oahu 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

[6], Boost Mobile Pro

[7], and the US Open of Surfing

[8] are all in Southern California. Southern California is home to many successful sports franchises and sports networks such as Fox Sports Net. Teams that are located in the region include the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA, Los Angeles Riptide, and San Diego Chargers. Southern California also hosts a number of popular NCAA sports programs, such as the UCLA Bruins, the USC Trojans, and the SDSU Aztecs. With inhabitants from all over the world, Southern California has always been at the forefront of popular culture as well as a pioneer of several subcultures, including the hippie movement, and various musical movements such as skate punk, hardcore punk, and West Coast Rap with its gangster/"g-funk" style. The Los Angeles area in particular has always been one of the most important areas for entertainment, the arts, architecture, and food, all of which reflects the broad influence Los Angeles has on the world's culture.

[edit] Northern boundary Tehachapi Mountains Southern California counties 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

[citation needed], located about 70 miles (113 km) north of Los Angeles, and the Transverse Ranges

[9] in Santa Barbara County west to Point Conception.. A less inclusive boundary is the San Gabriel Mountain range

[citation needed], located 10 to 30 miles (48 km) north of downtown Los Angeles, but this boundary is generally not accepted because land north of the San Gabriel Mountain Range but south of the Tehachapi Mountain Range is largely inside Los Angeles County. Depending on which of the two mountain ranges is used for the northern boundary of the region, different municipalities and counties are included in, or excluded from, the area called "Southern California." More inclusive definitions use the San Gabriel Mountain range or the sixth standard parallel south as the boundary. When the San Gabriel Ranch is taken as the boundary, seven counties (listed in descending order of population) are included: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, and Imperial. When the sixth parallel south (36th parallel north) is taken as the boundary, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern County, California are included as well for a total of ten counties. Under this last definition the other 48 California counties comprise Northern California

[citation needed]. County Population (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 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 3,098,121 789 3,926.6 Imperial County 172,672 4,175 41.36 Southern California 21,586,151 42,383 509 Using the Tehachapi Mountain range as the key to a northern boundary, as well as the east-west trending Santa Ynez Mountain range, Santa Barbara and Kern Counties should be included. The city of Santa Barbara

[10] is widely held to be in Southern California, due to the mild climate and the westerward alignment of the coastline, but Bakersfield and most of Kern County are usually regarded as a part of the Central Valley. City Population (2007 estimate) Santa Barbara 89,456 Goleta, Santa Barbara County 30,169 Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County 14,123 Summerland CDP, 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

[edit] Urban landscape Southern California is in part a heavily developed urban 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./Philadelphia/New York/Boston megalopolis (BosWash). 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, suburban communities and use of automobiles and highways. The dominant areas are Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino, 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 are so inter-related that Temecula has as much connection with San Diego County as it does with the Inland Empire. To the east, the United States Census Bureau considers the San Bernardino and Riverside County areas, Riverside-San Bernardino Area as a separate metropolitan area 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. The Downtown Los Angeles skyline seen on an average hazy June Day, from the Santa Ana Freeway. At 1,018 feet (310 m), 73 floors, The U.S. Bank Tower stands as the West Coast's tallest since 1989. Snowy San Bernardino Sky line after the melted snow in the city, with San Bernardino Mountains in the backround and downtown in the far left.

[edit] Regions

[edit] Major cities (over 200,000 inhabitants) All population information is from the 2005 estimate of the State of California.

[citation needed] Tallest building in Downtown San Diego Anaheim - 345,317 Chula Vista - 217,543 Glendale - 207,007 Huntington Beach - 200,763 Long Beach - 491,564 Los Angeles - 3,957,875 Riverside - 305,255 San Diego - 1,305,736 Santa Ana - 351,697 San Bernardino - 205,010 Irvine - 202,050

[edit] Principal cities (over 100,000 inhabitants) Ventura City Hall in Old Town Ventura Downtown Santa Monica Burbank - 106,739 Corona - 144,070 Costa Mesa - 113,440 Downey - 113,607 East Los Angeles - 124,283 El Monte - 125,832 Escondido - 141,350 Fontana - 160,015 Fullerton - 135,672 Garden Grove - 172,042 Inglewood - 118,164 Lancaster - 133,703 Moreno Valley - 174,565 Norwalk - 110,178 Oceanside - 161,029 Ontario - 170,373 Orange - 137,751 Oxnard - 189,990 Palmdale - 136,734 Pasadena - 146,166 Pomona - 160,815 Rancho Cucamonga - 161,830 Santa Clarita - 167,954 Simi Valley - 121,427 South Gate - 102,165 Thousand Oaks - 127,112 Torrance - 147,405 Ventura - 106,096 Victorville - 102,538 West Covina - 112,417

[edit] Counties South of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains Imperial San Diego Riverside Ventura Orange Los Angeles San Bernardino North of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains Northern Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita) Northern San Bernardino (Mojave Desert) Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura are also counties in the Central Coast.

[edit] ZIP Codes See Southern California Zip Codes

[edit] Geographical regions Marriott Hotel in downtown San Diego 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 (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. A related geographical term is cismontane Southern California, which refers to the portion of California on the coastal side of the Transverse and Peninsular 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.

[edit] Geographic features View from La Jolla Cove in San Diego Summits in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County Coachella Valley Preserve in the Colorado Desert in Riverside County Sunset in Santa Monica Antelope Valley (Los Angeles and Kern Counties) Ballona Wetlands (Los Angeles County) Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County) Cajon Pass (San Bernardino County) Channel Islands (Ventura County) Coachella Valley (Riverside County) Colorado River (San Bernardino, Riverside &Imperial Counties) Conejo Valley (Ventura County) Cucamonga Valley (San Bernardino County) High Desert (Los Angeles, Kern, &San Bernardino Counties) Imperial Fault (Imperial County) Imperial Valley (Imperial County) In-Ko-Pah Mountains (San Diego County) Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino and parts of Los Angeles Counties) Jacumba Mountains (San Diego County) La Jolla Cove (San Diego County) Laguna Mountains (San Diego County) Lake Arrowhead (San Bernardino County) Lake Casitas (Ventura County) Lake Castaic (Los Angeles County) Lake Piru (Ventura County) Lakeview Mountains (Riverside County) Los Angeles Basin (Los Angeles County) Los Angeles River (Los Angeles County) Low Desert (Imperial, Riverside &San Bernardino Counties) Mojave Desert (Los Angeles, Kern &San Bernardino Counties) Mugu Lagoon (Ventura County) New River (Imperial County) Orange Coast (Orange County) Oxnard Plain (Ventura County) Palomar Mountain (San Diego County) Palos Verdes Peninsula (Los Angeles County) Peninsular Ranges (San Diego County) Point Mugu (Ventura County) Pomona Valley (Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties) Puente Hills (Los Angeles County) Pyramid Lake (Los Angeles County) Rio Hondo (Los Angeles County) Saddleback Valley (Orange County) Salton Sea (Imperial &Riverside Counties) San Andreas Fault (All Counties) San Bernardino Mountains (San Bernardino County) San Bernardino Valley (San Bernardino County) San Diego River (San Diego County) San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County) San Gabriel Mountains (Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties) San Gabriel River (Los Angeles County) San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles County) San Jacinto Mountains (Riverside County) San Pedro Bay (Los Angeles County) Santa Ana Mountains (Los Angeles, Riverside &Orange Counties) Santa Ana River (San Bernardino, Los Angeles &Orange County) Santa Ana Valley (Orange County) Catalina Island (Los Angeles County) Santa Clara River (Ventura County) Santa Clara River Valley (Ventura County) Santa Clarita Valley (Los Angeles County) Santa Margarita River (Riverside, Orange &San Diego Counties) Santa Monica Bay (Los Angeles County) Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles &Ventura Counties) Santa Susana Mountains (Los Angeles &Ventura Counties) Sonoran Desert (San Diego County, Arizona, Mexico) Tijuana River (San Diego County) Ventura River (Ventura County) Victor Valley (San Bernardino County)

[edit] Transportation One of the large LAX signs that greet visitors to LAX. This sign is at the Century Boulevard entrance to Los Angeles International Airport

[edit] Airports Los Angeles International Airport San Diego International Airport San Bernardino International Airport LA/Ontario International Airport LA/Palmdale Regional Airport John Wayne International Airport Bob Hope (Burbank) Airport Long Beach Airport Santa Barbara Airport Palm Springs International Airport McClellan-Palomar Airport Oxnard Airport

[edit] Central business districts Downtown San Bernardino Hotel, know as The Clarion Hotel The following are central business districts in Southern California: Downtown Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Riverside Downtown San Bernardino Downtown San Diego

[edit] Freeways Main article: Southern California freeways Interstate Highways Golden State Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway/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 (Interstate 10) Mojave Freeway/Barstow Freeway/Ontario Freeway/Corona Freeway/Temecula Valley Freeway/Escondido Freeway (Interstate 15) Century (Glenn Anderson) Freeway (Interstate 105) Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110) Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210, expected to expand along current in near future) Barstow Freeway/San Bernardino Freeway/Moreno Valley Freeway/Escondido Freeway (Interstate 215) San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605) Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710) Jacob Dekema Freeway (Interstate 805) Future Interstate 905 U.S. Highway system Ventura Freeway/Hollywood Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway/El Camino Real (U.S. Route 101) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (March 2006) California State Routes Note: highway segments with names listed in italics are surface streets and not freeways. Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)/Lincoln Boulevard/Sepulveda Boulevard/Oxnard Boulevard/Coast Highway/Camino las Ramblas (State Route 1) Angeles Crest Highway/Glendale Freeway/Santa Monica Boulevard (State Route 2) Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route 14) Rosemead Boulevard/Lakewood Boulevard Seventh Street/Garden Grove Freeway (State Route 22) Decker Road/Mulholland Highway/Westlake Boulevard Topanga Canyon Boulevard Ojai Freeway (State Route 33) San Gabriel Canyon Road/Azusa Avenue/Beach Boulevard Manchester Boulevard Terminal Island Freeway/Seaside Avenue/Vincent Thomas Bridge Soledad Freeway South Bay Freeway/2nd Street Costa Mesa Freeway/Newport Boulevard (State Route 55) Orange Freeway (State Route 57) Pomona Freeway/Moreno Valley Freeway (State Route 60) Foothill Boulevard Julian Road/San Vicente Freeway Corona Expressway/Chino Valley Freeway (State Route 71) Firestone Boulevard/Whittier Boulevard San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor (toll road) (State Route 73) Ortega Highway/Palms to Pines Highway (State Route 74) San Diego-Coronado Bridge/Silver Strand Boulevard Mission Avenue/Pala Road/Cuyamaca Highway unnamed freeway/San Pasqual Valley Road Winchester Road/Temecula Parkway/Firefighter Steven Rucker Memorial Highway (State Route 79) Euclid Avenue unnamed highway Marina Freeway/Imperial Highway/Richard Nixon Freeway (State Route 90) Artesia Boulevard/Gardena Freeway/Artesia Freeway/Riverside Freeway (State Route 91) Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway/Campo Road Hawthorne Boulevard Pasadena Freeway (State Route 110) unnamed highway Ronald Reagan Freeway (State Route 118) unnamed freeway (State Route 125) Santa Paula Freeway (State Route 126) Eastern Transportation Corridor (toll road)/Laguna Canyon Road (State Route 133) Ventura Freeway (State Route 134) Carbon Canyon Road Cabrillo Freeway (State Route 163) Hollywood Freeway/Highland Avenue (State Route 170) Catalina Boulevard/Canon Street/Rosecrans Street Foothill Freeway (Merges with in San Dimas, formerly the ) Western Avenue Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor (toll road) (State Route 241) Balboa Avenue 3rd/4th Street Cahuilla Road Otay Mesa Freeway/Otay Mesa Road ( once the freeway is complete.)

[edit] Major public transit organizations Metrolink Los Angeles County MTA, or Metro San Diego trolley and San Diego County MTS Orange County Transportation Authority OmniTrans (San Bernardino County) Santa Barbara MTD South Coast Area Transit (Ventura County) NCTD (North San Diego County) COASTER (Oceanside to San Diego) The Sprinter (Oceanside to Escondido)

[edit] Metrolink commuter lines Main article: Metrolink (Southern California) 91 Line (Union Station - Riverside-Downtown) Antelope Valley Line (Union Station - Lancaster) Inland Empire-Orange County (IEOC) Line (San Bernardino - San Juan Capistrano) Orange County Line (Union Station - Oceanside) Riverside Line (Union Station - Riverside-Downtown) San Bernardino Line (Union Station - San Bernardino/Riverside-Downtown) Ventura County Line (Union Station - Downtown Oxnard)

[edit] Communication

[edit] Telephone area codes Map of major Southern California area codes 213 - Downtown L.A. - originally covered all of Southern California. 323 - Doughnut-shaped area surrounding downtown, including Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire, East L.A., northern South L.A. 310 - West L.A., Santa Monica, and the South Bay 424 - shared with 310 562 - South and South-Eastern Los Angeles County, Norwalk, Cerritos, Long Beach, Whittier, Pico Rivera area and Northwest Orange County {Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and La Habra}. 619 - San Diego including downtown, East County and The South Bay 626 - Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley 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 - Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valleys including Palmdale (Antelope Valley), Lancaster (Antelope Valley); Santa Clarita (Santa Clarita Valley), Val Verde (Santa Clarita Valley), Stevenson Ranch (SCV), and Castaic (SCV). 714 - Northern Orange County (Anaheim, Santa Ana & Huntington Beach) and parts of San Bernardino County, (Chino Hills) 760 - North County San Diego (Oceanside, Escondido, San Marcos); Palm Springs; El Centro; Victor Valley; Barstow; Ridgecrest 805 - All of Ventura County as well as Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County 818 - The San Fernando Valley, Glendale 858 - Some northern neighborhoods of San Diego (Clairemont, La Jolla, Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo); Del Mar and Poway 909 - Eastern Los Angeles County and western parts of the Inland Empire/Southwestern San Bernardino County (Pomona & San Bernardino) 949 - Southern Orange County (Irvine, Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel & San Clemente) 951 - Inland Empire South/Western Riverside County (Riverside, Temecula, & Murrieta)

[edit] Sports teams Team Sport League Venue Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Baseball American League (Major League Baseball) Angel Stadium of Anaheim Los Angeles Dodgers National League (Major League Baseball) Dodger Stadium San Diego Padres PETCO Park Los Angeles Clippers Basketball National Basketball Association Staples Center Los Angeles Lakers San Diego Chargers Football National Football League Qualcomm Stadium Anaheim Ducks Ice Hockey National Hockey League Honda Center Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Chivas USA Soccer Major League Soccer The Home Depot Center Los Angeles Galaxy

[edit] See also Greater Los Angeles History of the west coast of North America Northern California San Angeles San Diego-Tijuana Metropolitan Area

[edit] References ^ The three metropolitan areas are: 1) Los Angeles€“Long Beach€“Santa Ana (the second largest in the US), 2) Riverside€“San Bernardino€“Ontario (also know as the Inland Empire) and 3) San Diego€“Carlsbad€“San Marcos - see: United States metropolitan areas ^ World's busiest airports by passenger traffic ^ Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic ^ Sector 9 Incorporated - San Diego, CA ^ Surfline - Huntington Beach, CA ^ http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-xgames7aug07,0,5636019.story?coll=la-home-headlines ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/sports/othersports/13surfing.html ^ http://www.usopenofsurfing.com/history.php ^ http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/mountains.html ^ http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/detail?articleId=5931 This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2007)

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