Mecca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 5,402 at the 2000 census.

Geography

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Mecca is located at (33.573388, -116.073536).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²), all land.

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Pawlenty indicates he's not McCain's VP pick
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:57:00 -0700
The Minnesota governor says he won't be at the candidate's Ohio rally today. DENVER — John McCain is keeping the name of his running mate a closely held secret just hours before the Republican presidential candidate is set to introduce his No. 2 at an Ohio rally.
Barack Obama sharply attacks John McCain, GOP while accepting historic nomination
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
'We are a better country than this,' Obama tells an exuberant crowd of more than 84,000 at Denver's football stadium. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a scathing assessment of John McCain and a blunt indictment of the Bush administration, promising to repair "the broken politics of Washington" and preside over a more prosperous and equitable America.
Congress investigates L.A. local of the Service Employees International Union
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
House committee joins other federal officials investigating six-figure payments made to firms owned by relatives of the chapter's president. The spending practices were reported earlier by The Times. A congressional committee has opened an inquiry into a financial scandal enveloping the Service Employees International Union's biggest California local because of six-figure payments made to firms owned by relatives of its president.

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On Katrina's 3rd anniversary, another storm brews
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:45:51 -0700
The solemn ceremonies for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Friday for the most part were blown away by Tropical Storm Gustav, which threatens to become a hurricane and poses the biggest threat to New Orleans since the killer 2005 storm. An early...
South Ossetia says Russia intends to absorb region
By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press Writer Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:15:31 -0700
Russia intends to eventually absorb Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, a South Ossetian official said Friday, three days after Moscow recognized the region as independent and drew criticism from the West. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the...
Jury acquits former Marine in killing of Iraqis
By CHELSEA J. CARTER, AP Military Affairs Writer Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:14:31 -0700
Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in the killings of unarmed Iraqi detainees during a fierce 2004 battle. Tears rolled down Nazario's cheeks and courtroom spectators openly sobbed and...

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