Sports
This NFL team plays its home games in SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, but San Diego was their home for over 50 years.
LA Chargers / San Diego Chargers
This iconic San Diego park, one of the largest urban cultural parks in the US, is home to the world-famous zoo and over a dozen museums.
Balboa Park
This San Diego-born comedian and actor is known for Anchorman, Elf, and Step Brothers. He grew up in Irvine but was born in the city.
Will Ferrell
This US military branch has the largest presence in San Diego, with major installations including Naval Base San Diego and Naval Air Station North Island.
US Navy
San Diego's proximity to the Pacific makes this seafood, served in a corn tortilla with white sauce and cabbage, the city's most iconic street food.
Fish Taco
This Major League Baseball team plays at Petco Park and has been a San Diego institution since 1969.
San Diego Padres
San Diego's historic gaslamp quarter takes its name from these fixtures that once lit the streets. The neighbourhood now covers 16 blocks and is the city's nightlife hub.
Gaslamps / Gas Lanterns
This actress, born in La Jolla, starred as Queen Amidala in Star Wars and later went on to win an Academy Award for Black Swan.
Natalie Portman
San Diego shares a border with this Mexican city, making it one of the busiest land border crossings in the world.
Tijuana
This San Diego-based fast food chain, known for its fresh ingredients and signature spicy peppers, was founded in 1969 in Mission Valley and became a cult favourite across the west coast.
Jack in the Box
This San Diego arena, home to the NHL's Gulls and various concerts, shares its name with a local credit union.
Pechanga Arena / Formerly known as Valley View Casino Center
This annual San Diego event, held every July at the Convention Center, is the world's largest pop culture convention, drawing over 130,000 attendees each year.
Comic-Con
This beloved US president was born in Yorba Linda but called San Diego's La Casa Pacifica in San Clemente his Western White House during his presidency.
Richard Nixon
San Diego's mild, near-perfect climate earns it this nickname, a nod to its almost year-round sunshine and low humidity.
America's Finest City
This style of burrito, stuffed with carne asada, guacamole, and salsa fresca, is a San Diego staple heavily influenced by the city's proximity to Baja California.
California Burrito / Carne Asada Burrito
The San Diego Padres wear brown and gold as their throwback colours, a tribute to their original uniforms from this decade.
The 1970's
San Diego's coastline includes this beach suburb, famous for its surf culture, boardwalk, and the OB Pier.
Ocean Beach / Pacific Beach
This pop star, born in San Diego in 1989, rose to fame with hits like "Tik Tok" and "We R Who We R.
Kesha
San Diego's main international airport is officially named after this famous aviator who used the city as his departure point for his historic 1927 flight.
Lindbergh Field / Charles Lindbergh
San Diego's Little Italy neighbourhood is packed with restaurants and hosts this popular weekly farmers market, one of the best in California.
Little Italy Mercato
San Diego is home to this college football rivalry, one of the oldest in the western US, played between SDSU and this other school. The game is known as "The Rivalry."
SDSU vs Cal Poly (also accept vs Fresno State)
This US Navy aircraft carrier, decommissioned in 1992 and now permanently docked in San Diego Bay as a museum, was the longest-serving carrier in the 20th century.
USS Midway
This comedian, born in San Diego, created and starred in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Rob McElhenney
San Diego is home to one of only three of these facilities in the US, housing giant pandas on loan from China
San Diego Zoo
San Diego lays claim to inventing this American dessert, a baked custard topped with caramelised sugar, allegedly first created at the Hotel Del Coronado in 1892 and now a global staple.
Creme Brulee