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San Diego has never hosted a National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, though it hosted the San Diego Mariners of the now-defunct World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1977. Currently, there is no NFL, NBA, or NHL team in the city. San Diego is the largest American city not to have won a championship in a "Big Four" [a] major
Charles F. Buddy, first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, University of San Diego founder [88] [89] Chase Budinger, professional basketball player [90] [91] Jud Buechler, former professional basketball player, NBA coach; Victor Buono, actor [92] [93] Michael C. Burgess, actor, poet, activist and former editor of The Star-News
[4] [5] San Diego was listed first in the "Top Five Beer Towns in the U.S." by Men's Journal, [6] and the Full Pint said that San Diego is "one of the country's premier craft beer destinations" with a "thriving brewing culture". [7] San Diego brewers have pioneered several specialty beer styles, most notably the American Double India Pale Ale ...
San Diego County's agriculture industry was worth $1.85 billion in 2013, [75] and is one of the top five egg producing counties in the United States. [76] In 2013, San Diego County also had the most small farms of any county in the United States, and had the 19th largest agricultural economy of any county in the United States. [77]
San Diego, still little more than a village, was incorporated on March 27 as a city and was named the county seat of the newly established San Diego County. [21] The United States Census reported the population of the town as 650 in 1850 and 731 in 1860. [22] San Diego promptly got into financial trouble by overspending on a poorly designed jail.
The Little Saigon San Diego Foundation was established in November 2008 with a stated mission to "revitalize the densely populated Vietnamese business district of El Cajon Boulevard." [ 31 ] On June 4, 2013, City Council approved Little Saigon Cultural and Commercial District in City Heights, which is a six-block section of El Cajon Boulevard ...
At the U.S. Naval Medical Center in San Diego, close by the sprawling Marine base at Camp Pendleton, staff psychologist Amy Amidon sees a stream of Marines like Nick Rudolph struggling with their combat experiences. “They have seen the darkness within them and within the world, and it weighs heavily upon them,” she said.
Downtown San Diego skyline from Shelter Island Downtown San Diego skyline from Cabrillo National Monument. Downtown San Diego is the central business district of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in the United States. It houses the major local headquarters of the city, county, state, and federal governments.