Taking off from LA you usually fly out along the ocean and then circle back over land and you see....the Borg. Well, if you are a Star Trek fan there is a scene where they go in the past and take over the Earth and every inch is taken over in a dense overpopulation of the planet, assimilating us Earthlings. Anyway, I think this is the foothills of the San Bernadino mountains or near-about. No wonder the traffic is so bad.