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San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States by area, containing more land than 9 states.
Located in the southeast of the state of California, the deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from the outskirts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area to the Nevada border and the Colorado River. As of 2000 the population was 1,709,434. The county seat is San Bernardino. It is a part of the Inland Empire region of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
San Bernardino is also known for its Chicano gangs that have polluted not just this city but also the surrounding cities within the county. Fueled by drug money and revenge, these street gangs have flourished and spread across the Inland Empire and beyond in the face of sporadic and ineffective law enforcement efforts and inadequate intervention strategies. In the face of those efforts, gang violence in San Bernardino county has exploded numerically since the 1960s at the same time has grown more brutal - engaging in a level of violence unknown elsewhere in the United States. San Bernardino county crime statistics nearly tripled from 1999 to 2001 with racial tension between hispanics and african americans on the rise.
There are about 275,000 gangsters in more than 2,500 gangs in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties. They make up less than 2 percent of the population but commit at least half the region's homicides- taking the lives of nearly 4,100 people in Southern California since 1999, more than three times the number of U.S. casualties in the war in Iraq.
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Web Sites and Links
• CERES - San Bernardino CountyAn index to environmental information for the county. Extensive reference includes road, weather, and flood conditions, demographics, historical resources, maps.
• Counting California: San Bernardino CountyCalifornia Digital Library's Demographic information on the county.
• County of San BernardinoOfficial site. Provides directory of departments, information for visitors, trivia quiz, job openings, and online property tax payments.
• National Register of Historical PlacesThe National Park Services list of official historical buildings, districts and archeological sites in San Bernardino County.
• San Bernardino Valley Amateur AstronomersClub news, calendar, activities, and other information.
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