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San Ysidro (Californio Spanish for for "St. Isidore", Spanish pronunciation: [san iˈsiðɾo]) is a district of San Diego, California, immediately north of the Mexico–United States border. It neighbors Otay Mesa West to the north, Otay Mesa to the east, and Nestor and the Tijuana River Valley to the west; together these communities form South ...
The first colony was in the San Diego area. After public meetings, the Little Landers Corporation was incorporated on August 1, 1908. The resulting colony was located on the former Belcher Ranch. [4] It was named San Ysidro, probably after the patron saint of farmers, Isidore the Laborer, [5] and was formally inaugurated on January 11, 1909. It ...
South San Diego, including the communities of San Ysidro, Nestor, Palm City, and Otay Mesa, was annexed by the City of San Diego in 1957. The term "South Bay" has referred to the region since at least the early 20th century, with one reference dating from 1918. [2]
U.S. Custom House in 1981, detail of the porch on the west façade 1981 aerial view of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.The U.S. Custom House is at the lower center. The United States Custom House (also known as the Old Customs House) [2] in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, is a 1933 Spanish Revival–style building located 50 feet (15 m) north of the Mexico–United States border at the San ...
The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was a mass murder, which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984. [3] The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first ...
PHOTO: U.S. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, drive tactical vehicles along the southern border near San Ysidro, California, Jan. 23, 2025.
In 1957, the area comprising South San Diego was annexed by the City of San Diego, from unincorporated San Diego County. On July 18, 1984, in an event known as the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre, James Oliver Huberty, a 41-year-old former welder from Canton, Ohio, committed a mass-murder of 21 people inside a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro ...
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'