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San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of 2006, it was the 18th largest city in California, and the 101st largest city in the United States. San Bernardino is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Area, the 14th largest metro in the nation, commonly referred to as the "Inland Empire. San Bernardino held the Miss Teen USA 1988 and also the Miss Teen USA 1989. San Bernardino has three major events, the annual Route 66 Rendezvous, a multi-day classic automobile event held in downtown San Bernardino each September, the National Orange Show, held each April/May, and the Western Regional Little League Championships each August. The world's largest fast food chain, McDonald's, began in the city in 1940 by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald.
The city lies in the San Bernardino foothills and the eastern portion of the San Bernardino Valley, roughly 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Some major geographical features of the city include the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Bernardino National Forest along the northern border; the Cajon Pass adjacent to the northwest border; City Creek, Lytle Creek, San Timoteo Creek, Twin Creek, Warm Creek (as modified through flood control channels) feed the Santa Ana River, which forms part of the city's southern border south of San Bernardino International Airport, but only a small amount of the river flows within the city.
A large part of the city is over the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, including downtown. This accounts for historically high groundwater in portions of the city, including the former Urbita Springs, a lake which no longer exists (it is now the site of the Inland Center mall), but which was a popular entertainment area until the 1930s. Seccombe Lake, named after a former mayor, is a man-made lake downtown at Sierra Way and Waterman Avenue. The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, which despite its name has nothing to do with the city, has plans on building a multi-acre reservoir south of Base Line to reduce groundwater and sell it to neighboring agencies.
The city has some notable hills; among them Perris Hill, Kendall Hill (which is near California State University, San Bernardino), and the Shandin Hills, also known as "Little Mountain," which are generally bounded by Sierra Way, 30th Street, Kendall Drive, and Interstate 215. Freeways act as geographical dividers for San Bernardino.
Interstate 215 is the major east-west divider, while State Route 30 (known as the "Martin A. Matich Freeway") is the major north/south divider. Interstate 10 is to the south of the city, though a portion traverses San Bernardino near Waterman. Other major highways include State Route 206 (Kendall Drive and E Street); State Route 66 (which includes the former U.S. 66); State Route 18 (from State Route 30 north on Waterman Avenue to the northern City limits into the mountain communities), and State Route 259, the freeway connector between Route 30 and I-215.
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