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SAN FRANCISCO — Although financing plans for California’s high-speed rail line are still being determined, officials Wednesday were set to host the historic groundbreaking of the San Francisco station — northern terminus of the proposed $43 billion line.Senator Barbara Boxer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and others were to gather at the site of the soon to be demolished Transbay Terminal to break ground for the nation’s first high speed rail terminal.

via Work Begins On Historic SF High-Speed Rail Station – News Story – KTVU San Francisco.

It’s become the famous catchy nickname for southern California’s glitzy Orange County and a centrepiece of the community’s tourism promotion.

“You know no one ever called Orange County The O.C. before that show,” said Deirdre Michalski of the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, the swankiest hotel in The O.C.’s swankiest town – Newport Beach.

via timestranscript.com – Explore The O.C. | By STEVE MaCNAULL – Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada.