San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.3 million residents,the city is the eighth-most populous in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California after Los Angeles. The city is the seat of San Diego County,which has a population of nearly 3.3 million people as of 2021. San Diego is known for its mild year-round Mediterranean climate,extensive beaches and parks,its long association with the United States Navy,and its recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Orange County,often known by its initials O.C.,is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 3,186,989,making it the third-most-populous county in California,the sixth-most-populous in the United States,and more populous than 19 American states and Washington,D.C. Although largely suburban,it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim,Santa Ana,and Irvine,each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast:Seal Beach,Huntington Beach,Newport Beach,Laguna Beach,Dana Point,and San Clemente.
Interstate 8 (I-8) is an Interstate Highway in the southwestern United States. It runs from the southern edge of Mission Bay at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in San Diego,California,almost at the Pacific Ocean,to the junction with I-10,just southeast of Casa Grande,Arizona. In California,the freeway travels through the San Diego metropolitan area as the Ocean Beach Freeway and the Mission Valley Freeway before traversing the Cuyamaca Mountains and providing access through the Imperial Valley,including the city of El Centro. Crossing the Colorado River into Arizona,I-8 continues through the city of Yuma across the Sonoran Desert to Casa Grande,in between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson.
Chula Vista is a city in San Diego County,California,United States. It is also the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area,the seventh largest city in Southern California,the fifteenth largest city in the state of California,and the 78th-largest city in the United States. The population was 275,487 as of the 2020 census,up from 243,916 as of the 2010 census. Located about halfway—7.5 miles (12.1 km)—between the two downtowns of San Diego and Tijuana in the South Bay,the city is at the center of one of the richest culturally diverse zones in the United States. Chula Vista is so named because of its scenic location between the San Diego Bay and coastal mountain foothills.
La Mesa is a city in San Diego County,located nine miles east of Downtown San Diego in Southern California. The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census,up from 57,065 at the 2010 census. Its civic motto is "the Jewel of the Hills."
Lincoln Acres is an unincorporated community of San Diego County located wholly within the boundaries of the incorporated city of National City. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents,and residents may keep livestock. Lincoln Acres has a fire station and library. The community relies on the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to provide police protection. Sheriff Deputies from the Imperial Beach station police the neighborhood. Even though it has a post office,it shares its ZIP code,91950,with National City. However the United States Postal Service lists the zip code 91947 as being located within Lincoln Acres for P.O. Box use. The community is in area code 619.
State Route 125 (SR 125) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves as a north–south freeway in the San Diego area. It runs from SR 11 and SR 905 in Otay Mesa,near the Mexican border,to SR 52 in Santee. SR 125 also connects SR 54,SR 94,and I-8.
Christine T. Kehoe is an American politician from San Diego,California. A Democrat,she served from 2004 to 2012 as a member of the California State Senate,representing the 39th district. She was previously a member of the California State Assembly (2000–2004),and of San Diego City Council (1993–2000).
Area codes 619 and 858 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of San Diego County in the U.S. state of California. Area code 619 was created by a split of area code 714 in 1982. In 1999,a part of the 619 numbering plan area was assigned area code 858 in northwest San Diego County. In 2019,the area code boundary between 619 and 858 was eliminated,creating an overlay complex with the two area codes.
The Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) is a public school district located in eastern San Diego County,California,and serves high school,adult school,and Regional Occupational Program (ROP) students in the cities of El Cajon,Lemon Grove,and Santee;the unincorporated communities of Alpine,Casa de Oro,Crest,Dehesa,Dulzura,Jamul,Lakeside,Mount Helix,Rancho San Diego,and Spring Valley;most of La Mesa,and parts of San Diego.
State Route 94 (SR 94) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that is 63.324 miles (101.910 km) long. The western portion,known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway,begins at Interstate 5 (I-5) in Downtown San Diego and continues to the end of the freeway portion past SR 125 in Spring Valley. The non-freeway segment of SR 94 that continues east through the mountains to I-8 near Boulevard is known as Campo Road.
Barry Jantz is a retired CEO of the Grossmont Healthcare District,a former member of the La Mesa City Council within San Diego County,California,and a Community Affairs consultant.
Otay Mesa is a community in the southern exclave of the city of San Diego,just north of the U.S.–Mexico border.
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is a public transit service provider for central,southern,northeast,and southeast San Diego County,California,as well as for the city of San Diego. The agency directly operates a large transit system that includes the MTS Bus,San Diego Trolley light rail,and Rapid bus rapid transit services. The MTS also controls the San Diego and Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) freight railway and regulates taxicabs,jitneys,and other private for-hire passenger transportation services.
Serra Mesa is a community in San Diego,California,roughly between Interstate 805 and Interstate 15,north of Friars Road and south of Aero Drive. It is named for Junípero Serra,a Majorcan (Spain) Franciscan friar who founded the Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Adjacent communities include Kearny Mesa,Tierrasanta,Mission Valley,and Linda Vista.
U.S. Route 80 (US 80) was a U.S. highway in California that continued east across the country to Georgia. The western terminus of US 80 was in San Diego,California,and it continued east through the city on several different alignments through the years. The highway went through the Cuyamaca Mountains,encountering many switchbacks,before descending to El Centro. After passing through the sand dunes,the highway crossed the Colorado River into Yuma,Arizona.
George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who is the district attorney of Los Angeles County. A member of the Democratic Party and a former Republican,Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor,he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD,and Chief of Police in Mesa,Arizona and San Francisco.
San Diego County,officially the County of San Diego,is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 3,298,634,making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego,the second-most populous city in California and the eighth-most populous city in the United States. It is the southwesternmost county in the 48 contiguous United States,and is a border county. It is also home to 18 Native American tribal reservations,the most of any county in the United States.
Shirley Weber is an American academic and politician serving as the secretary of state of California. She was previously a member of the California State Assembly for the 79th Assembly District,which includes portions of San Diego,Chula Vista,and National City and all of Lemon Grove and La Mesa.
This is a list of protests that took place in San Diego County,California following the murder of George Floyd that took place on May 25,2020 in Minneapolis,Minnesota,after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. These events were created to fight for justice for George Floyd and other Black community members who suffer from Police brutality. These demonstrations resulted in a number of policy changes,namely the ban of the cartoid neck restraints use in San Diego County and a city-wide independent review board that would review police practices.
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