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Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal or the South Land, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southernmost quarter of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people, and is the nation’s second most populated region, behind only the BosWash Region in the Eastern United States. Counties usually associated with Southern California are Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, and in some cases Santa Barbara. There are no clear, exact boundaries for this area; instead, residents rely on physical features to establish the boundary. On the west is the Pacific Ocean; to the south is the international border between the United States and Mexico; to the east are the Mojave and Colorado Deserts and the Colorado River at the state’s border with Arizona and Nevada. To the north is the Tehachapi Mountain range, located about 70 miles north of Los Angeles, which separates the region from the rest of the state. Adding to the confusion over the northern border is the issue of just how many sections California is actually to be broken up into. For those supporting only two divisions, North and South, the border would shift a bit more northward. Yet for those supporting three sections, which would include a center section known as Central California, the border tends to get shifted a bit more southward.

 

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Arraignment today in South Bay carjack-shooting

Jul 30, 2010 3:46 pm

A man arrested in connection with a carjacking and shooting that left a South Bay man gravely wounded last week is scheduled to be arraigned in a Chula Vista courtroom today.

 

Man, 20, stabbed after defending girlfriend

Jul 30, 2010 3:16 pm

A man was stabbed early Friday morning in Chula Vista outside a taco shop while protecting his girlfriend from an attack by another woman.

 

Bridge for students marks big gains

Jul 30, 2010 7:12 am

Gerardo Romo was changing out of his gym clothes when he heard a group of teenagers shuffling toward him. The high school freshman remembered feeling like a circus act.

 

Mayor vetoes public vote on City Hall

Jul 30, 2010 12:46 am

The $293.5 million project is now in limbo because the City Council would have to schedule a special session to override the mayors veto.

 

More grants verified, but $380,000 still outstanding

Jul 30, 2010 12:31 am

County auditors working to rectify years of incomplete paperwork for two grant programs verified $170,000 in public spending in the past month, but more than twice that has yet to be fully accounted f...

 

Governor: State budget can pass before term ends

Jul 29, 2010 8:31 pm

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his message of budgetary crisis to a room full of San Diego powerhouses, as he put it this morning, and while the message was generally bleak he let in a ray of ...

 

Power back on temporarily for North County customers

Jul 29, 2010 8:19 pm

Customers will have power back for the evening, then have a temporary outage again Friday morning.

 

It's numbers game for new El Cajon Valley coach

Jul 29, 2010 7:46 pm

Prime. Rational. Decimal. Add, divide, multiply, subtract. Norman Whitehead, an algebra and geometry teacher, has a curriculum devoted to numbers. A profession based on numbers.

 

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod to sue blogger

Jul 29, 2010 6:01 pm

Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday at a convention in San Diego that she plans to sue a conservative blogger for posting a video that caused some people to view her as racist.

 

Mission Hills evacuations over, gas leak halted

Jul 29, 2010 5:17 pm

Police have opened roads and let residents back to their homes on Fort Stockton Drive after contractors broke a 2-inch natural gas lline in the street, authorities said.

 
 

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