From Mike Madrid [madrid@californiacitynews.org]:

Countdown: 10 Most Liberal, Most Conservative California Cities

Fancy your city a bastion of conservative values... or a "people's republic"?  The SacBee has compiled a list of the 10 most ideological cities in the state, on either side of the aisle.  The paper took into account voter registration disparities for one party vs another. 

We won't steal the Bee's thunder and divulge the whole list, so here's links to view the top liberal and top conservative cities.

We will note that there is a clear North/South division to the ideological extremes in our state.  Though it's probably no surprise that the Bay Area and Orange County deserve their respective reputations...

There's even a map showing the divide: