"Northern California" meaning in English

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          "text": "The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.",
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        "The northern half of the state of California, typically north of Monterey County and its distinct culture centered around the San Francisco Bay Area."
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