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The Central Coast is an area of California, roughly spanning the coastal region between Point Mugu and Monterey Bay. It lies northwest of Los Angeles and south of the San Francisco Bay Area, and includes the rugged, rural, and sparsely populated stretch of coastline known as Big Sur. [ 1] From south to north, there are six counties that make up ...
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast. California 's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate, with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter.
This is a list of state prisons in California operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). [ 1] CDCR operates 34 adult prisons in California, with a design capacity of 85,083 incarcerated people. CDCR both owns and operates 34 of the state prisons; it additionally operates California City Correctional Facility ...
California Coast Credit Union (also known as Cal Coast) is an American credit union in San Diego County, headquartered in San Diego, California. As of 2020 [update] , it had more than $3.0 billion in assets, [ 2 ] over 192,000 members, 26 branch locations and 540 employees [ 3 ]
55/sq mi (21.2/km 2) Santa Catalina Island ( Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands (California), off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island covers an area of about 75 square miles (194 square kilometers).
Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [ 6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
1. Los Angeles. 3,820,914. Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is the largest city in California and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Los Angeles is a global city and famed worldwide as home to the Hollywood film industry and for its influence in popular culture.