Possible Clues:

• Home of the Big Bear ski resort, informally
• Bolsa Chica State Beach's locale, informally
• Tinseltown setting
• Long Beach's location, informally
• Area bordering the Colorado Desert, for short
• Orange County's location, informally
• Home of many L.A. Times readers
• What LAX serves
• Home of the O.C
• Where Orange County is, in brief