A report on Orange County, California, Southern California and Huntington Beach, California

Laguna Beach (with Newport beach in background).

Sunset in Venice, a neighborhood in Los Angeles

Los Angeles County before the secession of Orange County in 1889

Huntington Beach was originally part of Rancho Las Bolsas. In 1872, Californio ranchero Ramón Yorba (pictured) was patented for half of the rancho, along with Juan José Murillo.

A billboard for Nixon's Restaurant in Orange County, circa 1955

California counties below the 36th standard parallel

One of the few remaining farms near the ocean, 1975. Photo by Charles O'Rear.

Three Arch Bay in Laguna Beach, Southern Orange County

Percent of households with incomes above $150k across LA County census tracts.

View of Newport Center and the Santa Ana Mountains from Newport Harbor

Köppen climate types of southern California

Aerial view of an edge city: Irvine Business Complex (top), John Wayne Airport runway (upper center), South Coast Metro buildings (lower center) and below, the South Coast Plaza mall

Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley from over Costa Mesa

Major facilities in the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city, plus the locations of the adjacent downtowns

Satellite view of southern California, including the Channel Islands

San Pedro Bay Outer Continental Shelf Operations Map with oil platforms as of 2012- Edith, Elly, Ellen, Eureka (federal leases) and Ester, Emmy, Eva (state leases)

Orange County Density Map. Darker shades indicate more densely populated areas.

Peaks in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County.

Surfers abound near Huntington City Pier.

The developing urban core in the City of Irvine.

Yucca Valley with Visitor Center in Background in June 2017.

A wooden fence along the Bolsa Chica bike path

State Route 1 winds down the coast over Corona Del Mar State Beach

Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

The Oceanside Pier on the San Diego County coast

The Bolsa Chica Wetlands near the Brightwater housing development

1965 aerial photo of Anaheim Disneyland, Disneyland Hotel with its Monorail Station. The Disneyland Heliport, surrounding orange groves, Santa Ana Freeway (now I-5) and the Melodyland Theater "in the round," and part of the City of Anaheim. Anaheim Stadium can be seen under construction near the upper left.

HBFD Engine 45 on Main Street in Huntington Beach.

Street banners promoting the county's two major league teams, the Ducks and the Angels.

Huntington Beach Police Department MD520N helicopter

Interstate and state highway system of Southern California

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's combined Super Chief-El Capitan pulls into Los Angeles's Union Passenger Terminal on September 24, 1966.

Blooming Roses at Huntington Library in San Marino, Los Angeles County, April 2022

Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California.

- Orange County, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located 35 mi southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

- Huntington Beach, California

The region generally contains ten of California's 58 counties: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.

- Southern California

Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast, including Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente.

- Orange County, California

Some of the most famous surf locations are in Southern California as well, including Trestles, Rincon, The Wedge, Huntington Beach and Malibu.

- Southern California

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Santa Ana River

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Mill Creek (pictured) is one of the main headwaters tributaries of the Santa Ana River.

The channeled mouth of the Santa Ana River between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach

The Transverse Ranges were formed by uplift along the San Andreas Fault. Santa Ana Canyon is between the first and second ridges and Big Bear Lake is in the background.

This segment of the Santa Ana River just downstream of Seven Oaks Dam marks the beginning of the inland riparian zone

Bernardo Yorba Adobe was built by Mexican settlers in Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana in 1835

The Santa Ana River flooding in 1938, just downstream of Santa Ana Canyon. This view, taken by a Los Angeles Times photographer from a United Air Lines "Mainliner", shows flooded agricultural fields in central Orange County, with the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

Army Corps of Engineers map of the 100-year floodplain of the Santa Ana River

The Prado Flood Control Basin on the Santa Ana River has one of the largest remaining riparian zones along the main stem.

The Orangewood Avenue bridge near Angel Stadium of Anaheim

The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States.

It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, before cutting through the northern Santa Ana Mountains via Santa Ana Canyon and flowing southwest through urban Orange County to drain into the Pacific Ocean.

The mouth of the river is located in a small tidal lagoon between Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

Newport Beach, California

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Newport Beach was originally part of Rancho San Joaquín, granted in 1842 to José Andrés Sepúlveda, a famed Californio vaquero.

Dover and Pacific Coast Hwy Newport Beach, CA

Balboa Island, Newport Beach California. January 2013

Toyota Tacoma in service with the NBFD Lifeguard.

Newport Beach is a coastal city in Orange County, California, United States.

The city is bordered on the west by Huntington Beach at the Santa Ana River; on the north by Costa Mesa, John Wayne Airport, the City of Irvine and UC Irvine; and on the east by Crystal Cove State Park.

One guest on You Bet Your Life in 1954 was mayor of Newport Beach and specifically noted that Balboa was a congregating point for southern Californian young people over Easter break, with 35,000 visiting the town of 18,000.

Greater Los Angeles

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Greater Los Angeles in yellow and peach; urbanized areas in gray; Los Angeles proper lined in blue; Los Angeles metropolitan area lined in red.

Many areas are completely filled with houses, buildings, roads, and freeways as observed in Vermont Vista, a Los Angeles neighborhood.

Aerial view of Newport Beach in Orange County

Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park

Laguna Beach coastline is popular for sunbathers

Warner Brothers Studios in the San Fernando Valley

Cal State LA's The Golden Eagle, consisting of two adjoining structures separated by a promenade.

Rush hour on the Harbor Freeway, Downtown

UCLA–USC rivalry, both universities are located in Los Angeles and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The rivalry between the two is among the more unusual in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I sports, because the campuses are only 12 miles (19 km) apart, and both are located within the same megacity.

Greater Los Angeles is the second-largest metropolitan region in the United States with a population of 18.5 million as of 2021, encompassing five counties in southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center and Orange County to the southeast.

Westminster/Huntington Beach