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Place in California, United States
Southern California
Southern California
Images top from bottom, left to right: San Diego Skyline, Downtown Los Angeles, Village of La Jolla, Santa Monica Pier, Surfer at Black's Beach, Hollywood Sign, Disneyland, Hermosa Beach Pier

Red: The eight traditionally included counties.
Light red: San Luis Obispo and Kern counties in the expanded 10-county definition.
Country
United States
State
California
Counties
Imperial
Kern
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Largest city
Los Angeles
Population (2016)
23,800,500
Southern California (colloquially and locally known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties, and is the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States.[1][2] The region is traditionally described as eight counties, based on demographics and economic ties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.[3] The more extensive 10-county definition, which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, is also used and is based on historical political divisions.[1]
The 8-county and 10-county definitions are not used for the greater Southern California Megaregion, one of the 11 megaregions of the United States. The megaregion is more expansive, extending east into Las Vegas, Nevada and south across the Mexican border into Tijuana.[4]
Southern California includes the heavily built-up urban area which stretches along the Pacific coast from Ventura through the Greater Los Angeles area and the Inland Empire, and down to Greater San Diego. Southern California's population encompasses seven metropolitan areas: the Los Angeles metropolitan area (Los Angeles and Orange counties), the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino counties), the San Diego metropolitan area, the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura metropolitan area, the Santa Barbara metropolitan area, the San Luis Obispo metropolitan area, and the El Centro area. The Los Angeles area has over 12 million inhabitants, while the Riverside-San Bernardino area has over 4 million inhabitants and the San Diego area has over 3 million inhabitants. For Combined Statistical Area (CSA) purposes, the five counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura, are all combined to make up the Greater Los Angeles area with over 17.5 million people, the second-most populous U.S. combined statistical area, after the New York metropolitan area. With over 22 million people, southern California contains roughly 60 percent of California's population.
The Colorado Desert and the Colorado River are located on southern California's eastern border with Arizona, and the Mojave Desert is located north on California's Nevada border. Southern California's southern border is part of the Mexico–United States border.
Contents
1 Significance
2 Northern boundary of southern California
3 Urban landscape
4 Climate
5 Natural landscape
6 Geography
6.1 Geographic features
6.2 Geology
6.2.1 Earthquakes
7 Regions
7.1 Divisions
8 Population
8.1 Cities
8.2 Counties
9 Economy
9.1 Industries
9.2 Major central business districts
9.3 Theme parks and waterparks
9.4 Vinyard-Winery American Viticultural Area (AVA) districts
10 Transportation
10.1 Airports
10.2 Freeways and highways
10.3 Public transportation
11 Communication
11.1 Telephone area codes
12 Colleges and universities
13 Medical Facilities
14 Parks and recreation areas
15 Sports
16 See also
17 References
18 Further reading
19 External links
Significance[edit]
San Diego Marina district
Sunset in Venice, a district in Los Angeles
Within southern California are two major cities, Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as three of the country's largest metropolitan areas.[5] With a population of 4,042,000, Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States. South of Los Angeles and with a population of 1,307,402 is San Diego, the second most populous city in the state and the eighth most populous in the nation.
Three Arch Bay in Laguna
The counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside are the five most populous in the state, and are in the top 15 most populous counties in the United States.[6]
The motion picture, television, and music industry are centered in the Los Angeles area in southern California. Hollywood, a district of Los Angeles, gives its name to the American motion picture industry, which is synonymous with the neighborhood name. Headquartered in southern California are The Walt Disney Company (which owns ABC), Sony Pictures, Universal, MGM, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Brothers. Universal, Warner Brothers, and Sony also run major record companies.
Southern California is also home to a large homegrown surf and skateboard culture. Companies such as Vans, Volcom, Quiksilver, No Fear, RVCA, and Body Glove are all headquartered here. Skateboarder Tony Hawk; surfers Rob Machado, Tim Curran, Bobby Martinez, Pat O'Connell, Dane Reynolds, and Chris Ward live in southern California. Some of the most famous surf locations are in southern California as well, including Trestles, Rincon, The Wedge, Huntington Beach, and Malibu. Some of the world's largest action sports events, including the X Games,[7] Boost Mobile Pro,[8] and the U.S. Open of Surfing, are held in southern California. The region is also important to the world of yachting with premier events including the annual Transpacific Yacht Race, or Transpac, from Los Angeles to Hawaii. The San Diego Yacht Club held the America's Cup, the most prestigious prize in yachting, from 1988 to 1995 and hosted three America's Cup races during that time. The first modern era triathlon was held in Mission Bay, San Diego, California in 1974. Since then, southern California, and San Diego in particular have become a mecca for triathlon and multi-sport racing, products and culture.
Southern California is home to many sports franchises and sports networks such as Fox Sports Net.
Many locals and tourists frequent the southern California coast for its beaches. The inland desert city of Palm Springs is also popular.
Northern boundary of southern California[edit]
California counties below the 36th standard parallel
Southern California is not a formal geographic designation and definitions of what constitutes southern California vary. Geographically, California's North-South midway point lies at exactly 37° 9' 58.23" latitude, around 11 miles (18 km) south of San Jose; however, this does not coincide with the popular use of the term. When the state is divided into two areas (northern and southern California), the term southern California usually refers to the 10 southernmost counties of the state. This definition coincides neatly with the county lines at 35° 47′ 28″ North latitude, which form the northern borders of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino counties. Another definition for southern California uses Point Conception and the Tehachapi Mountains as the northern boundary.
Topography of the border region
Though there is no official definition for the northern boundary of southern California, such a division has existed from the time when Mexico ruled California and political disputes raged between the Californios of Monterey in the upper part and Los Angeles in the lower part of Alta California. Following the acquisition of California by the United States, the division continued as part of the attempt by several pro-slavery politicians to arrange the division of Alta California at 36 degrees, 30 minutes, the line of the Missouri Compromise. Instead, the passing of the Compromise of 1850 enabled California to be admitted to the Union as a free state, preventing southern California from becoming its own separate slave state.
Subsequently, Californians (dissatisfied with inequitable taxes and land laws) and pro-slavery Southerners in the lightly populated "cow counties" of southern California attempted three times in the 1850s to achieve a separate statehood or territorial status separate from Northern California. The last attempt, the Pico Act of 1859, was passed by the California State Legislature and signed by State Governor John B. Weller. It was approved overwhelmingly by nearly 75 percent of voters in the proposed Territory of Colorado. This territory was to include all the counties up to the then much larger Tulare County (that included what is now Kings, most of Kern, and part of Inyo counties) and San Luis Obispo County. The proposal was sent to Washington, D.C. with a strong advocate in Senator Milton Latham. However, the secession crisis following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the subsequent American Civil War led to the proposal never coming to a vote.[9][10]
In 1900, the Los Angeles Times defined southern California as including "the seven counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara." In 1999, the Times added a newer county, Imperial, to that list.[11]
Map of the three Californias on the Cal 3 ballot proposal
Northern California
California
Southern California
Southern California was the name of a proposed new state on the 2018 California ballot created by splitting the existing state into three parts.[12] The hypothetical state would exclude the coastal counties north of Orange County but include inland counties as far north as Inyo County.
The state is most commonly divided and promoted by its regional tourism groups, consisting of northern, central, and southern California regions. The two American Automobile Association (AAA) Auto Clubs of the state, the California State Automobile Association, and the Automobile Club of Southern California, choose to simplify matters by dividing the state along the lines where their jurisdictions for membership apply, as either northern or southern California, in contrast to the three-region point of view. Another influence is the geographical phrase South of the Tehachapis, which would split the southern region off at the crest of that transverse range, but in that definition, the desert portions of north Los Angeles County and eastern Kern and San Bernardino Counties would be included in the southern California region due to their remoteness from the central valley and interior desert landscape.
Population, land area & population density (07-01-2008 est.)
County
Ref.
Population
Land
mi²
Land
km²
Pop.
/mi²
Pop.
/km²
Los Angeles County[13] 7006986204900000000♠9,862,049 4,060.87 10,517.61 2,428.56 937.67
San Diego County[14] 7006309531300000000♠3,095,313 4,199.89 10,877.67 714.56 275.89
Orange County[15] 7006301075900000000♠3,010,759 789.40 2,044.54 3,813.98 1,472.59
Riverside County[16] 7006210051600000000♠2,100,516 7,207.37 18,667.00 291.44 112.53
San Bernardino County[17] 7006201535500000000♠2,015,355 20,052.50 51,935.74 100.50 38.80
Kern County[18] 7005800458000000000♠800,458 8,140.96 21,084.99 98.32 37.96
Ventura County[19] 7005797740000000000♠797,740 1,845.30 4,779.31 432.31 166.92
Santa Barbara County[20] 7005405396000000000♠405,396 2,737.01 7,088.82 148.12 57.19
San Luis Obispo County[21] 7005265297000000000♠265,297 3,304.32 8,558.15 80.29 31.00
Imperial County[22] 7005163972000000000♠163,972 4,174.73 10,812.50 39.28 15.17
Southern California 7007224226140000000♠22,422,614 56,512.35 146,366.31 396.77 153.19
California 7007367566660000000♠36,756,666 155,959.34 403,932.84 235.68 91.00
Urban landscape[edit]
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Percent of households with incomes above $150k across LA County census tracts.
Southern California consists of a heavily developed urban environment, home to some of the largest urban areas in the state, along with vast areas that have been left undeveloped. It is the third most populated megalopolis in the United States, after the Great Lakes Megalopolis and the Northeastern Megalopolis. Much of southern California 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, and Riverside-San Bernardino, each of which are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas, composed of numerous smaller cities and communities. The urban area is also host to an international metropolitan region in the form of San Diego–Tijuana, created by the urban area spilling over into Baja California.
Traveling south on Interstate 5, the main gap to continued urbanization is Camp Pendleton. The cities and communities along Interstate 15 and Interstate 215 are so interrelated that Temecula and Murrieta have as much connection with the San Diego metropolitan area as they do 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. Newly developed exurbs formed in the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles, the Victor Valley, and the Coachella Valley with the Imperial Valley. Also, population growth was high in the Bakersfield-Kern County, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo areas.
The Downtown Los Angeles skyline seen at sunset on an October day. At 1,018 feet (310 m), 73 floors, the U.S. Bank Tower stands as the West Coast's tallest building since 1989.
Climate[edit]
Köppen climate types of southern California
Southern California contains several different types of climate, including Mediterranean, semi-arid, desert and mountain, with infrequent rain and many sunny days. Summers are hot or warm, and dry, while winters are mild, and rainfall is low to moderate depending on the area. Although heavy rain can occur, it is unusual. This climatic pattern was alluded to in the hit song "It Never Rains (In Southern California)". While snow is very rare in the southwest region of the state, it occurs occasionally in the southeast region of the state.
Natural landscape[edit]
Proctor Valley in Chula Vista
Autumn of 2008 in southern California.
Main article: Geography of southern California
Southern California consists of one of the more varied collections of geologic, topographic, and natural ecosystem landscapes in a diversity outnumbering other major regions in the state and country. The region spans from Pacific Ocean islands, shorelines, beaches, and coastal plains, through the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges with their peaks, and into the large and small interior valleys, to the vast deserts of California.
Introductory categories include:
Category: Beaches of southern California
Category: Mountain ranges of Southern California
Category: Rivers of Southern California
Category: Deserts of California
Category: Parks in Southern California
Geography[edit]
Satellite view of southern California, including the Channel Islands
Southern California is divided into:
The Coastal Region, which is densely populated and includes the coastal interior valleys west of the coastal mountains with all of Orange County and portions of San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties
A related florist province term is the Cismontane Region on the coastal side of the Transverse and Peninsular mountain ranges, with the term "southern California" popularly referring to this more populated and visited zone
The Desert Region, which is larger and sparsely populated with portions of Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego counties. The division between the Coastal Region and the Inland Empire/Imperial Valley winds along the backs of coastal mountain ranges such as the Santa Ana Mountains.
A related floristic province term is the Transmontane Region on the rain shadow side of the same mountain ranges, with the term southern California including this zone geographically and when distinguishing all the 'southland' from northern California
Geographic features[edit]
View from La Jolla Cove in San Diego.
Peaks in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County.
Yucca Valley with Visitor Center in Background in June 2017.
Ocean Beach Sunset in San Diego.
Angeles National Forest (Los Angeles, San Bernardino, & Ventura Counties)
Antelope Hills (Kern County)
Antelope Valley (Los Angeles & Kern Counties)
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County)
Bacon Hills (Kern County)
Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles County)
Ballona Wetlands (Los Angeles County)
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County)
Bissell Hills (Kern County)
Black Hills (Kern County)
Bolsa Chica Estuary (Orange County)
Buena Vista Hills (Kern County)
Buena Vista Lake (Kern County)
Cajon Pass (San Bernardino County)
Calico Mountains (San Bernardino County)
Channel Islands (Santa Barbara, Ventura & Los Angeles Counties)
Chino Hills (Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties)
Coachella Valley (Riverside County)
Colorado Desert (San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, & San Diego Counties)
Colorado River (San Bernardino, Riverside & Imperial Counties, Baja California & Sonora)
Conejo Valley (Ventura County)
Cucamonga Valley (San Bernardino County)
Cuyamaca Mountains (San Diego County)
Death Valley (San Bernardino & Inyo Counties)
Diablo Range (Kern County)
Elk Hills (Kern County)
Elkhorn Hills (San Luis Obispo County)
El Paso Mountains (Kern County)
Greenhorn Mountains (Kern County)
High Desert (Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, & San Bernardino Counties)
Horned Toad Hills (Kern County)
Imperial Valley (Imperial County)
Irish Hills (San Luis Obispo County)
In-Ko-Pah Mountains (San Diego County)
Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino Counties)
Jacumba Mountains (San Diego County)
Jawbone Canyon (Kern County)
Kern River (Kern 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 Elsinore (Riverside County)
Lake Isabella (Kern County)
Lake Piru (Ventura County)
Lakeview Mountains (Riverside County)
Lake Webb (Kern County)
Little San Bernardino Mountains (Riverside & San Bernardino Counties)
Little Signal Hills (Kern County)
Los Angeles Basin (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles River (Los Angeles County)
Los Padres National Forest (Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, & Ventura Counties)
Lost Hills (Kern County)
Low Desert (Imperial, San Diego, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties)
Mojave Desert (Los Angeles, Kern & San Bernardino Counties)
Mojave River (San Bernardino County)
Mount San Antonio (Los Angeles County)
New River (Imperial County, Mexicali Municipality)
Nine Sisters (San Luis Obispo County)
Ojai Valley (Ventura County)
Orange Coast (Orange County)
Oxnard Plain (Ventura County)
Palomar Mountain (San Diego County)
Palo Verde Valley (Riverside & Imperial Counties)
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Los Angeles County)
Panamint Range (Inyo County)
Peninsular Ranges (San Diego, Riverside, & Orange Counties)
Pleito Hills (Kern County)
Point Loma (San Diego County)
Point Mugu (Ventura County)
Point of Rocks (Kern County)
Pomona Valley (Los Angeles & San Bernardino Counties)
Providence Mountains (San Bernardino County)
Puente Hills (Los Angeles County)
Pyramid Lake (Los Angeles County)
Rand Mountains (Kern County)
Rio Hondo (Los Angeles County)
Rosamond Hills (Kern County)
Saddleback Valley (Orange County)
Salton Sea (Imperial & Riverside Counties)
San Andreas Fault (All Counties)
San Bernardino Mountains (San Bernardino County)
San Bernardino National Forest (Riverside & San Bernardino Counties)
San Bernardino Valley (San Bernardino County)
San Diego Bay (San Diego County)
San Diego River (San Diego County)
San Emigdio Mountains (Los Angeles, Ventura, & Kern Counties)
San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County)
San Gabriel Mountains (Los Angeles & San Bernardino Counties)
San Gabriel River (Los Angeles County)
San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles County)
San Jacinto Mountains (Riverside County)
San Jacinto River (Riverside County)
San Joaquin Valley (Kern County)
San Luis Rey River (San Diego County)
San Pedro Bay (Los Angeles County)
San Rafael Mountains (Santa Barbara County)
Santa Ana Mountains (Orange & Riverside Counties)
Santa Ana River (San Bernardino, Los Angeles & Orange County)
Santa Ana Valley (Orange County)
Santa 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 Rosa Mountains (Riverside, Orange & San Diego Counties)
Santa Susana Mountains (Los Angeles & Ventura Counties)
Santa Ynez Mountains (Santa Barbara County)
Santa Ynez Valley (Santa Barbara County)
Scodie Mountains (Kern County)
Sequoia National Forest (Kern County)
Shale Hills (Kern County)
Sierra Nevada (Kern County)
Sierra Pelona Mountains (Los Angeles & Kern Counties)
Simi Hills (Los Angeles & Ventura Counties)
Simi Valley (Ventura County)
Sweetwater River (San Diego County)
Tehachapi Mountains (Kern & Los Angeles Counties)
Tejon Hills (Kern County)
Temescal Mountains (Riverside County)
Telephone Hills (Kern County)
Temblor Range (Kern & San Luis Obispo Counties)
Tijuana River (San Diego County)
Topatopa Mountains (Ventura County)
Turtle Mountains (San Bernardino County)
Ventura River (Ventura County)
Verdugo Mountains (Los Angeles County)
Victor Valley (San Bernardino County)
Geology[edit]
Earthquakes[edit]
Northridge earthquake shake map
Each year, southern California has about 10,000 earthquakes. Nearly all of them are so small that they are not felt. Only several hundred have been greater than magnitude 3.0, and only about 15–20 have been greater than magnitude 4.0.[23] The magnitude 6.7 1994 Northridge earthquake was particularly destructive, causing a substantial number of deaths, injuries, and structural collapses as well as the most property damage of any earthquake in U.S. history at an estimated $20 billion.[24]
Many faults are able to produce a magnitude greater than 6.7 earthquake, such as the San Andreas Fault, which can produce a magnitude 8.0 event. Other faults include the San Jacinto Fault, the Puente Hills Fault, and the Elsinore Fault Zone. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released a California earthquake forecast,[25] which models earthquake occurrence in California.
Regions[edit]
Divisions[edit]
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Salton Sea in the Coachella Valley.
The Oceanside Pier on the San Diego County coast.
Southern California is divided culturally, politically, and economically into distinct regions, each containing its own culture and atmosphere, anchored usually by a city with both national and sometimes global recognition, which is often the hub of economic activity for its respective region and being home to many tourist destinations. Each region is further divided into many culturally distinct areas but as a whole, combine to create the southern California atmosphere.
Coastal southern California
Southern Central Coast
Ventura County
Oxnard Plain
Los Angeles Basin
Orange County
San Diego County
Inland southern California
Kern County
Imperial Valley
Inland Empire
San Bernardino County
High Desert (Section)*
Morongo Basin*
San Bernardino Valley
Riverside County
Coachella Valley*
Low Desert (Section)*
Deserts of California
High Desert*
Antelope Valley
Morongo Basin*
eastern Kern County
Low Desert*
Coachella Valley*
Lower Colorado River Valley
Imperial County
Imperial Valley
Palo Verde Valley
*Part of multiple regions
Population[edit]
Downtown San Bernardino
As of the 2010 United States Census, southern California has a population of 22,680,010. Despite a reputation for high growth rates, southern California's rate grew less than the state average of 10.0 percent in the 2000s. This was due to California's growth becoming concentrated in the northern part of the state as result of a stronger, tech-oriented economy in the Bay Area and an emerging Greater Sacramento region.
Southern California consists of one Combined Statistical Area, eight Metropolitan Statistical Areas, one international metropolitan area, and multiple metropolitan divisions. The region is home to two extended metropolitan areas that exceed five million in population. These are the Greater Los Angeles Area at 17,786,419, and San Diego–Tijuana at 5,105,768.[26][27] Of these metropolitan areas, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metropolitan area form Greater Los Angeles;[28] while the El Centro metropolitan area and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metropolitan area form the Southern Border Region.[29][30] North of Greater Los Angeles are the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Bakersfield metropolitan areas.
Cities[edit]
See also: Largest cities in southern California
Los Angeles (with a 2017 census-estimated population of 4.0 million people) and San Diego (at 1.4 million people) are the two largest cities in all of California and are in the top eight largest cities in the United States. In southern California, there are also 12 cities with more than 200,000 residents and 34 cities over 100,000 residents. Many of southern California's most developed cities lie along or in close proximity to the coast, with the exception of San Bernardino and Riverside.
Counties[edit]
Imperial
Kern
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Economy[edit]
Industries[edit]
Southern California has a diverse economy and is one of the largest economies in the United States. It is dominated and heavily dependent upon the abundance of petroleum, as opposed to other regions where automobiles are not nearly as dominant, due to the vast majority of transport that runs on this fuel. Southern California is famous for tourism and the entertainment industry. Other industries include software, automotive, ports, finance, biomedical, and regional logistics. The region was a leader in the housing bubble from 2001 to 2007 and has been heavily impacted by the housing crash.
Since the 1920s, motion pictures, petroleum, and aircraft manufacturing have been major industries. In one of the richest agricultural regions in the U.S., cattle and citrus were major industries until farmlands were turned into suburbs. Although military spending cutbacks have had an impact, aerospace continues to be a major factor.[31]
Major central business districts[edit]
Irvine Taco Bell Headquarters
Southern California is home to many major business districts. Central business districts (CBD) include Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown San Diego, Downtown San Bernardino and South Coast Metro. Within the Los Angeles Area are the major business districts of Downtown Burbank, Downtown Santa Monica, Downtown Glendale and Downtown Long Beach. Los Angeles itself has many business districts, such as Downtown Los Angeles and those lining the Wilshire Boulevard Miracle Mile, including Century City, Westwood, and Warner Center in the San Fernando Valley. The area of Santa Monica and Venice (and perhaps some of Culver City) is informally referred to as "Silicon Beach" because of the concentration of financial and marketing technology-centric firms located in the region.
The San Bernardino-Riverside area maintains the business districts of Downtown San Bernardino, Hospitality Business/Financial Centre, University Town which are in San Bernardino and Downtown Riverside.
Orange County is a rapidly developing business center that includes Downtown Santa Ana, the South Coast Metro, and Newport Center districts, as well as the Irvine business centers of The Irvine Spectrum, West Irvine, and international corporations headquartered at the University of California, Irvine. West Irvine includes the Irvine Tech Center and Jamboree Business Parks.
Downtown San Diego is the CBD of San Diego, though the city is filled with business districts. These include Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, Mission Valley, Rancho Bernardo, Sorrento Mesa, and University City. Most of these districts are located in Northern San Diego and some within North County regions.
Theme parks and waterparks[edit]
Disneyland in Anaheim.
Los Angeles
Universal Studios Hollywood
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Raging Waters San Dimas
Pacific Park
Dry Town Water Park
Orange County
Disneyland
Disney California Adventure
Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Soak City
Riverside & San Bernardino
Castle Park
Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs
Splash Kingdom Waterpark
Scandia
San Diego
Legoland California
SeaWorld San Diego
Belmont Park
Aquatica San Diego
Legoland Waterpark
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Vinyard-Winery American Viticultural Area (AVA) districts[edit]
California wine AVA-American Viticultural Areas in southern California:
South Coast AVA
Cucamonga Valley AVA
Malibu-Newton Canyon AVA
Ramona Valley AVA
Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA
Temecula Valley AVA
Leona Valley AVA
Central Coast AVA
Arroyo Grande Valley AVA
Edna Valley AVA
San Pasqual Valley AVA
Santa Maria Valley AVA
Santa Ynez Valley AVA
Sta. Rita Hills AVA
York Mountain AVA
Transportation[edit]
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See: Category: Transportation in Southern California
Southern California is home to Los Angeles International Airport, the second-busiest airport in the United States by passenger volume (see World's busiest airports by passenger traffic) and the third-busiest by international passenger volume (see Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic); San Diego International Airport, the busiest single-runway airport in the world; Van Nuys Airport, the world's busiest general aviation airport; major commercial airports at Orange County, Bakersfield, Ontario, Burbank and Long Beach; and numerous smaller commercial and general aviation airports.
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.
Southern California is also home to the Port of Los Angeles, the country's busiest commercial port; the adjacent Port of Long Beach, the country's second busiest container port; and the Port of San Diego.
Airports[edit]
The following table shows all airports listed by the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) as a hub airport:[32]
Airport
ID
City
(Metro area)
Category
Enplanements
(2011) (mil)
Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles Large Hub 30.5m
San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego Large Hub 8.5m
John Wayne Airport SNA Orange County Medium Hub 4.2m
Ontario International Airport ONT San Bernardino, Riverside Medium hub 2.3m
Hollywood Burbank Airport BUR Burbank (LA) Medium Hub 2.1m
Long Beach Airport LGB Long Beach (LA) Small Hub 1.5m
Palm Springs International Airport PSP Palm Springs Small Hub 0.8m
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport SBA Santa Barbara Small Hub 0.4m
Sign at the Century Blvd. entrance to Los Angeles International Airport greets visitors
I-10, 215 Interchange traffic, downtown San Bernardino.
Freeways and highways[edit]
Main article: Southern California freeways
Sections of the southern California freeway system are often referred to by names rather than by the official numbers.
Interstate Highways
Sign
Interstate
Freeway name
Interstate 5 Golden State Freeway
Santa Ana Freeway
San Diego Freeway
Montgomery Freeway
Interstate 8 Ocean Beach Freeway
Mission Valley Freeway
Interstate 10 Santa Monica (Rosa Parks) Freeway
Golden State Freeway
San Bernardino Freeway
Indio (Dr. June McCarroll) Freeway
Blythe Freeway
Interstate 15 Mojave Freeway
Barstow Freeway
Ontario Freeway
Corona Freeway
Temecula Valley Freeway
Escondido Freeway
Interstate 105 Century (Glenn Anderson) Freeway
Interstate 110 Harbor Freeway
Interstate 210 Foothill Freeway
Interstate 215 Barstow Freeway
San Bernardino Freeway
Moreno Valley Freeway
Escondido Freeway
Interstate 405 San Diego Freeway
Interstate 605 San Gabriel River Freeway
Interstate 710 Long Beach Freeway
Interstate 805 Jacob Dekema Freeway
Future Interstate 905
U.S. Highway system
Sign
U.S. Route
Freeway name
U.S. Route 95
U.S. Route 101 Ventura Freeway
Hollywood Freeway
Santa Ana Freeway
El Camino Real
U.S. Route 395
Public transportation[edit]
Union Station is southern California's busiest rail station.
See: Category: Public transportation in Southern California
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
Metrolink
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
San Diego trolley and San Diego County MTS
Orange County Transportation Authority
Omnitrans (southwestern San Bernardino County)
Golden Empire Transit (Bakersfield)
Santa Barbara MTD
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority
Gold Coast Transit (Ventura County)
North County Transit District (northern San Diego County)
San Diego Coaster (Oceanside to San Diego)
Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica)
Riverside Transit Agency (western Riverside County)
Communication[edit]
Map of some major area codes in Greater Los Angeles
Telephone area codes[edit]
213 – Downtown Los Angeles
323 – Hollywood, South Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire, and East Los Angeles
310 – West Los Angeles, Inglewood, Santa Monica, South Bay and Catalina Island
424 – Overlay with 310
442 – Overlay with 760
562 – Long Beach and the Gateway Cities
619 – San Diego including downtown, East County San Diego and the South Bay
626 – Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley and Covina Valley
657 – Overlay with 714
661 – Bakersfield, Santa Clarita, Antelope Valley and California City
714 – Santa Ana, Anaheim, Huntington Beach and northern Orange County
760 – Oceanside, Escondido, Palm Springs, El Centro, Victorville, Barstow, Ridgecrest, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Blythe, Adelanto and Indio
805 – Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties
818 – San Fernando Valley, Glendale and Burbank.
858 – Northern San Diego (including La Jolla) and its suburbs (including Del Mar and Poway)
909 – Southwestern San Bernardino County, eastern Los Angeles County, and portions of northwestern Riverside County
949 – Southern Orange County (Irvine, Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel & San Clemente)
951 – Riverside, Temecula and western Riverside County
Colleges and universities[edit]
Main article: List of colleges and universities in southern California
University of California, Santa Barbara
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 (Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Diego), 12 California State University campuses (Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Northridge, Pomona, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Marcos, and San Luis Obispo); and private institutions such as the California Institute of Technology, Azusa Pacific University, Chapman University, the Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, and Scripps College), Loma Linda University, Loyola Marymount University, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, University of Redlands, University of San Diego, and the University of Southern California.
Medical Facilities[edit]
Maximum cities of the region have world class medical facilities such as Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
Parks and recreation areas[edit]
Numerous parks provide recreation opportunities and open space. Locations include:
National Park Service
Cabrillo National Monument
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Castle Mountains National Monument
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
Channel Islands National Park
Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Mojave National Preserve
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Major State Parks – including:
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Crystal Cove State Park
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Chino Hills State Park
Fort Tejon State Historic Park
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Mount San Jacinto State Park
Malibu Creek State Park
Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)
Topanga State Park
Major State Historic Parks – including:
California Citrus State Historic Park
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
Los Encinos State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Rancho Los Encinos
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
Watts Towers
Will Rogers State Historic Park
Sports[edit]
See also: Freeway Series, Lakers–Clippers rivalry, and Sports in California § Northern California–Southern California rivalry
Professional sports teams in southern California include teams from the NFL (Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers), NBA (Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers); MLB (Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres), NHL (Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks), and MLS (LA Galaxy, Los Angeles FC).
Southern California also is home to a number of popular NCAA sports programs such as the UCLA Bruins, the USC Trojans, and the San Diego State Aztecs. The Bruins and the Trojans both field teams in NCAA Division I in the Pac-12 Conference, and there is a longtime rivalry between the schools.
See also[edit]
California portal
Category: History of Southern California
Category: California ranchos – Southern California Counties categories
Category: Public transportation in Southern California
California earthquake forecast
California megapolitan areas
Geography of southern California
Largest cities in southern California
Megaregions of the United States
San Angeles
South Coast
Southern California Association of Governments
References[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
Castillo-Munoz, Veronica. The Other California: Land, Identity, and Politics on the Mexican Borderlands (University of California Press, 2016), 171 pp. $70.00.)
Deverell, William, and David Igler, eds. A companion to California history (John Wiley & Sons, 2013).
Fogelson, Robert M. The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850–1930 (1967), focus on planning, infrastructure, water, and business
Friedricks, William. Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California (1992), on Henry Edwards Huntington (1850–1927), railroad executive and collector, who helped build LA and southern California through the Southern Pacific railroad and also trolleys.
Garcia, Matt. A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900–1970. (2001). 330 pp.
Garcia, Mario T. "A Chicano Perspective on San Diego History," Journal of San Diego History (1972) 18#4 pp 14–21 online
Lotchin, Roger. Fortress California, 1910–1961 (2002) excerpt and text search, covers military and industrial roles
Mills, James R. San Diego: Where California Began (San Diego: San Diego Historical Society, 1960), revised edition online
O'Flaherty, Joseph S. An End and a Beginning: The South Coast and Los Angeles, 1850–1887. (1972). 222 pp.
O'Flaherty, Joseph S. Those Powerful Years: The South Coast and Los Angeles, 1887–1917 (1978). 356 pp.
Pryde, Philip R. San Diego: An Introduction to the Region (4th ed. 2004), a historical geography
Shragge, Abraham. "'A new federal city': San Diego during World War II," Pacific Historical Review (1994) 63#3 pp 333–61 in JSTOR
Starr, Kevin. The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s (1997) pp 90–114, covers 1880s–1940
Starr, Kevin. Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950–1963 (2011) pp 57–87
Starr, Kevin. Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990–2003 (2004) 372-81
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southern California.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Southern California.
California Historical Society Collection, 1860–1960 – USC Libraries Digital Collections
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