Yes, born and raised. Actually grew up in a "Navy town" -China Lake. I loved it when people would come through town and ask "Where's the Lake?" (It's a dry lake). They had a huge earthquake there around Fourth of July last year and they are still having aftershocks. I have lived in Southern California, Central Cal, and now Nor Cal for the last 22 years. I think Nor Cal is actually the best though. California should probably be broken up into like 5 different states, because the regions are so different, but that probably will never happen.