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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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Local News from San Diego Union-Tribune via Yahoo! News

Webcasts of council meetings planned

Sep 4, 2008 7:08 pm

National City will begin showing archived webcasts of its twice-monthly regular meetings in four to six weeks. Mayor Ron Morrison said it's something he has been pushing for years.

 

Coronado puts off decision on Hotel Del expansion plans

Sep 4, 2008 1:09 pm

The City Council has requested more time to consider changes to proposed expansion plans for the historic Hotel del Coronado.

 

Slow sales dropping a hammer on builders

Sep 4, 2008 1:09 pm

At Magnolia at Bressi Ranch in Carlsbad, about half of the 25 homes have been built and sold for prices approaching $2.3 million. But a few months ago, builder Barratt American abruptly halted constru...

 

$55 million awarded to kin of 4 Marines

Sep 4, 2008 1:09 pm

A jury awarded more than $55 million yesterday to the families of four Marines killed in 2004 when the helicopter they were flying in struck a utility tower on Camp Pendleton.

 

An action hero for sub disasters

Sep 4, 2008 1:08 pm

Capt. James Bates spends much of his time doing things most people only see in the movies: practicing for life and death emergencies on the ocean floor.

 

Residents are told to boil water after main breaks

Sep 3, 2008 1:38 pm

LAKESIDE: A water main break early yesterday flooded Lake Jennings Road at Old Highway 80 in Lakeside and resulted in a county order for nearby residents to boil their water because of the risk of con...

 

Store breaking new ground

Sep 3, 2008 1:09 pm

Mortgage payments. Smash! Gas prices. Boom! Ten-hour workdays. Crash! At Sarah's Smash Shack, a new business in downtown San Diego, everyday frustrations often join the plates, glasses and photo frame...

 

State accuses SDG&E; of trying to delay report on 2007 wildfires

Sep 3, 2008 1:09 pm

San Diego Gas & Electric failed to properly inspect and maintain power lines implicated in three of the wildfires that ravaged the county in October, then obstructed the investigation into what ha...

 

2nd La Jolla research institute gets huge NIH grant

Sep 3, 2008 1:09 pm

The modern equivalent of a help-wanted sign should be posted soon in Torrey Pines, thanks to almost $180 million in twin grants won by major research institutes from the National Institutes of Health.

 

Accused killer's abusive family recalled at trial

Sep 3, 2008 1:08 pm

A Lakeside man accused of killing his real estate agent was so abused for most of his life that he developed a paranoid personality and was likely to overreact to perceived danger, a psychologist test...

 
 

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

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