Southern California

Southern California posts cover the LA basin, the Inland Empire, San Diego County and the Imperial Valley desert. Articles look at the coastal weather pattern that gives the region its dry summers, the freeway system that defines local life, the difference between OC, the South Bay and the Westside, and what a typical July in Joshua Tree feels like compared with Santa Monica on the same day. There are also notes on cross-border trips to Tijuana, the wildfire season from late summer into fall, and the long debate over water from the Colorado River.