Whether or not the name La Jolla refers to the Spanish term for jewel, La Joya, everyone who visits or settles in this affluent, beachfront wonderland agrees it is a treasure. Several of the mos...

La Mesa is a mostly middle class area of San Diego, famous for their large Oktoberfest and summer car shows. La Mesa is one of the most easily accessible areas from the rest of the county and has ...

Lakeside, known by many as a “cowboy town,” is a rural town with quite a tourist pull. The yearly Lakeside Rodeo, on the Lakeside Rodeo grounds, attracts as many as 20,000 observers. T...

In the early 1900's abundant citrus orchards earned Lemon Grove its name. By the end of World War II, many groves had disappeared, replaced by suburban homes. Lemon Grove is a very multi-cultural ...

The slogan of this northern San Diego beach town is “Keep Leucadia Funky.” Resident locals and community fans praise Leucadia for staying true to Mom and Pop shops, such as the famous ...

East of Mission Bay and north of Mission Valley sits Linda Vista, a San Diego community that was home to the very first mall-style shopping center in the entire United States. Linda Vista is Spani...

Established in the 1920s, harborside Little Italy is Downtown San Diego’s oldest continuous business district; yet the community is a world apart from the city’s taxing white-collar ...

Logan Heights is the cultural center for the huge Mexican-American community in San Diego. The area is one of San Diego's oldest residential communities and has a rich history in the city. Chicano...