A report on Southern California and Orange County, California

Sunset in Venice, a neighborhood in Los Angeles

Laguna Beach (with Newport beach in background).

Los Angeles County before the secession of Orange County in 1889

California counties below the 36th standard parallel

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

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

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

Three Arch Bay in Laguna Beach, Southern Orange County

Köppen climate types of southern California

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

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

Satellite view of southern California, including the Channel Islands

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

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

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

Yucca Valley with Visitor Center in Background in June 2017.

The developing urban core in the City of Irvine.

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

Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)

The Oceanside Pier on the San Diego County coast

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

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.

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

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

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

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John Wayne Airport

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Orange County Airport terminal, circa 1967

AirCal MD-80 jet at John Wayne Airport, 1981

The bronze statue of John Wayne in the airport's main lobby, 2009

The shorter runway 20L at SNA, circa 2014

Private jets on the apron at John Wayne Airport at Atlantic Aviation

John Wayne Airport is a commercial and general aviation airport that serves Orange County, California, and the Greater Los Angeles area.

The area around John Wayne Airport has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) characteristic of coastal Southern California.

University of Southern California

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Private research university in Los Angeles, California.

Robert M. Widney, founder of the university, photographed in 1885

The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building

"Tommy Trojan" is a major symbol of the university, though he is not the mascot.

The Bovard Auditorium houses many of USC's administrative offices as well as the auditorium

Zumberge Hall, one of the original buildings on the University Park Campus

The Center for International and Public Affairs, topped by a 5500 lb globe, is the tallest structure on campus. Built under the second master plan, it reflects a trend towards modernism during that period.

Waite Phillips Hall, home to the USC Rossier School of Education, is one of the university's main landmarks

The original Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

Bovard Hall, shortly after completion in 1921; the streets later became pedestrian-only

The Gwynn Wilson Student Union on the University Park campus

The Law School building is one of the handful of examples of Brutalist architecture on the main campus.

The Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

The Leavey Library, completed in the mid-1990s, reflected a shift to earlier Romanesque architecture in that era. It is USC's newest library

The Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre, where the THX sound system was first developed and installed by Tomlinson Holman.

The Galen Center, home of USC basketball and volleyball

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a USC football game

USC mascot Traveler with Trojan Warrior and The Spirit of Troy

During the week prior to the traditional USC-UCLA rivalry football game, the Tommy Trojan statue is covered to prevent UCLA vandalism.

The drum major of the Spirit of Troy wears a more elaborate uniform and conducts the band with a sword.

The Song Girls celebrating a USC Trojans football victory

Fountain outside of Doheny Library with the Center for International and Public Affairs; both buildings were used in the film The Graduate as stand-ins for UC Berkeley.

USC also operates an Orange County center in Irvine for business, pharmacy, social work, and education, and the Information Sciences Institute, with centers in Arlington, Virginia, and Marina del Rey.

The USC School of Architecture was established in 1916, the first in Southern California.

Santa Ana Mountains

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The Santa Ana Mountains, with other Peninsular Ranges and landforms in Southern California.

The Santa Ana Mountains are a short peninsular mountain range along the coast of Southern California in the United States.

They extend for approximately 61 mi southeast of the Los Angeles Basin largely along the border between Orange and Riverside counties.

Long Beach, California

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City in Los Angeles County, California.

Don Juan Temple purchased Rancho Los Cerritos, covering modern-day Long Beach, in 1843.

In 1844, Juan Temple built the Casa de los Cerritos, the oldest building in Long Beach, in a Monterey Colonial style.

The First National Bank of Long Beach at the turn of the century

Worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, 1942. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer.

C-47 transport planes being built in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War II

Downtown, Shoreline Marina, and the Port of Long Beach, 2010

Neighborhood map of the City of Long Beach

View from Signal Hill to Villa Riviera and port cranes (c. 2009)

Map of racial distribution in Long Beach, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

View of downtown from the Queen Mary at night

Two young men at the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Festival in 2015.

Bluff Park, and the Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath and Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier

Walking trail in the El Dorado Nature Center

2005 Grand Prix of Long Beach, showing turn 10 and the Long Beach skyline

Long Beach Marine Stadium, created to host the rowing events for the 1932 Summer Olympics

Waves at Long Beach and the Bixby Hotel under construction, circa 1906

Veterans Memorial Stadium, home to the Long Beach City College football team

Long Beach Civic Center, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 2019

The Long Beach Naval Shipyard and the USS David R. Ray, Tarawa, and Essex in 1993. In the background is the original Gerald Desmond Bridge.

The Walter Pyramid at California State University, Long Beach

Northwest-facing view of the harbor and port at dusk

A Metro Blue Line train arrives at the Downtown Long Beach Station (the service was renamed to the A Line in 2019 and the station renamed to Transit Mall Station in July 2013).

Long Beach Airport with Mount San Antonio and Timber Mountain in the background

Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County.

Orange County Transportation Authority offers limited bus service to Orange County.

Metrolink (California)

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Metrolink ticket vending machines. Machines also sell tickets for Amtrak trains and the FlyAway Bus to Los Angeles International Airport.

Metrolink trains approaching and leaving Union Station during the evening rush hour

Metrolink is a commuter rail system in Southern California consisting of seven lines and 62 stations operating on 534 mi of rail network.

The system operates in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties, as well as to Oceanside in San Diego County.

Saddleback Valley

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Saddleback Mountain from Rancho Santa Margarita

Snow on Saddleback Mountain in 2008 viewed from Mission Viejo

Saddleback Valley as seen from Laguna Niguel

Saddleback Valley refers to the flat and foothill areas west-southwest of the Saddleback double peak of the Santa Ana Mountains and east-northeast of the hilly Crystal Cove State Park in southern Orange County, California.

The area is recently developed and on the outskirts of the Southern California megalopolis, so wildlife sightings are more common.

Los Angeles Rams

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The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Hall of Fame WR Tom Fears, attended Manual Arts High School (in L.A.) and UCLA

Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch spent nine seasons with the Los Angeles Rams from 1949 to 1957

The Rams playing against the Vikings in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoffs.

Jack Youngblood giving his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech in 2001

The Rams playing in their inaugural season at Anaheim Stadium in 1980.

Dickerson (29) rushing through the Cowboys' defense in the 1985 NFC Divisional Playoff game.

Eric Dickerson, one of the best running backs in history, was most famous for his time with the Los Angeles Rams. In 1984, Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards in the season, a record that still stands today.

The Rams hosting the Atlanta Falcons at Anaheim Stadium in 1991

Anaheim Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Rams 1980–1994

Marshall Faulk's running abilities, combined with Kurt Warner passing to Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, and others, forged The Greatest Show on Turf.

The St. Louis Rams on offense during an away game against the San Francisco 49ers

Rally held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in support of the Rams moving back to Los Angeles

The Rams used the L.A. Memorial Coliseum as their home stadium from 2016 to 2019

SoFi Stadium, the Rams current stadium is located at the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood

The Rams traded with the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford.

Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl MVP and receiving triple crown of 2021.

The club played its home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 1980, when it moved into a reconstructed Anaheim Stadium in Orange County, California.

The Rams' first heyday in Southern California was from 1949 to 1955, when they played in the pre-Super Bowl era NFL Championship Game four times, winning once in 1951.

Los Angeles Clippers

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American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

Bob McAdoo (11) was the NBA MVP in the 1974–75 season after averaging 34.5 points and 14.1 rebounds per game.

Ken Norman, the Clippers' scoring leader in 1988–89, was a key part of the team's nucleus during the late 1980s and early 1990s

Doc Rivers became head coach during the 2013 off-season.

The Clippers hosting the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the 2015 NBA playoffs first-round series

Southern California resident Levin then decided to move the Braves to San Diego, something the league would have never allowed him to do with the Celtics.

Anaheim, a suburb approximately 30 mile south of Downtown Los Angeles in affluent Orange County, expressed interest in obtaining an NBA franchise.