President Obama will tour Southern California on Wednesday and Thursday, with stops at town hall-style meetings in Los Angeles and Costa Mesa and a visit to " The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."

The town hall meeting will be open to the public, and tickets will be distributed on Tuesday.The president will arrive Wednesday afternoon aboard Air Force One at Long Beach airport and proceed directly to his first town hall session in Costa Mesa at the OC Fair and Event Center. Thursday, he'll take his expansive gasoline-driven motorcade to Pomona to see the Edison International Vehicle Electrics plant.

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