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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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Economy affecting casinos' cash flow

Aug 19, 2008 1:14 pm

Indian tribes are finding that gambling isn't as recession-proof as once thought. Two new reports indicate that some of the same forces causing problems for retailers and manufacturers are hitting cas...

Timken Museum names new director

Aug 19, 2008 1:14 pm

After a formal search that lasted a little more than a year, the Timken Museum of Art has appointed a new director, John Wilson. He succeeds John Petersen, who died in December 2006.

Recording project preserves the past

Aug 19, 2008 1:14 pm

A Japanese-American mother in a World War II-era California internment camp spends hours every day hand-washing diapers and bedspreads for her newborn baby. A father baits the street thief stealing sa...

Teen files suit in soccer game brawl

Aug 19, 2008 1:13 pm

A 17-year-old boy who alleges that a high school soccer coach punched him in the face during a brawl at a game has filed a lawsuit against the Sweetwater school district for negligence in its hiring a...

Four hospitals in county fined maximum for errors

Aug 19, 2008 1:13 pm

State health regulators yesterday announced maximum fines against 18 hospitals, including four in San Diego County, for 22 preventable errors that killed patients, injured them or were likely to cause...

Evidence from search inadmissible, judge says

Aug 18, 2008 7:13 pm

EAST COUNTY COURTS: Guns, ammunition and cash seized in an improper traffic search can't be used as evidence in the trial of a Lakeside man charged with killing his real estate agent, a judge ruled Fr...

Full-moon meeting quieted

Aug 18, 2008 1:15 pm

Scores of drummers, hippie-types and college kids looking to party at Black's Beach in La Jolla were disappointed Saturday night when they arrived to find a dark and empty shore. Gone were the bonfire...

The beers of our fathers are back in fashion

Aug 18, 2008 1:14 pm

Pabst Blue Ribbon was first. A few years back, PBR started showing up in yuppie bars, right next to India pale ales and rich stouts. It suddenly became cool and hip and fashionable to drink what was o...

Restroom at park not open early mornings

Aug 18, 2008 1:13 pm

THE PROBLEM: Early on weekend mornings, the area around Fletcher Cove Beach Park is a happening place. Cyclists and runners gather in a parking lot across from the Solana Beach park before setting out...

A day of music, food, friendship

Aug 18, 2008 1:13 pm

For Lina Salazar of Barrio Logan, it was the music that drew her to yesterday's Encanto Street Fair & Cultural Arts Festival.

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