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Gómez-Quiñones, Juan. "Plan de San Diego Reviewed," Aztlan, (1970) 1#1 pp 124–132. Hager, William M. "The plan of San Diego unrest on the Texas border in 1915." Arizona and the West 5.4 (1963): 327-336. online; Harris III, Charles H., and Louis R. Sadler. "The Plan of San Diego and the Mexican–United States War Crisis of 1916: A ...
The San Diego Zoo opened the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as the San Diego Wild Animal Park in 1972. Historical buildings reflecting the city's Spanish and Mexican heritage, such as Old Town San Diego State Historic Park and Mission San Diego de Alcalá were designated as historical landmarks by local and federal agencies in the 1970s.
San Diego College for Women opens; now the University of San Diego. Miramar Naval Air Station established. [35] Carlsbad is incorporated. 1953 – Urban League established. [25] 1955 General Atomics in business. Journal of San Diego History begins publication. [36] 1956 – Imperial Beach is incorporated. 1957 Fort Rosecrans transferred to U.S ...
The Times of San Diego is a free online newspaper covering news in the metropolitan area. Voice of San Diego is a non-profit online news outlet covering government, politics, education, neighborhoods, and the arts. The San Diego Daily Transcript is a business-oriented online newspaper.
A map of the battle site. The Battle of San Pasqual, also spelled San Pascual, was a military encounter that occurred during the Mexican–American War in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California.
By 1820 Spanish influence was marked by the chain of missions reaching from Loreto, north to San Diego, to just north of today's San Francisco Bay Area, and extended inland approximately 25 to 50 miles (40 to 80 km) from the missions. Outside of this zone, perhaps 200,000 to 250,000 Native Americans were continuing to lead traditional lives.
The tiny American garrison that fled San Diego several weeks earlier landed a short distance from San Diego and re-took the village after firing three small cannons at Flores' men. [135] late Oct 1846: Stockton and Mervine arrived at San Diego with their forces to set up a base of operations. [135] 16 Nov 1846
Under the Köppen climate classification system, the urban and suburban San Diego area straddles areas of Mediterranean climate (Csa) to the north and hot semi-arid climate (BSh) to the south and east. [22] As a result, it is often described as "arid Mediterranean" and "semi-arid steppe." Farther east, arid desert conditions prevail.