Linda Vista ( Spanish for "Pretty View") is a community in

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. Located east of Mission Bay, north of Mission Valley, and south-east of Tecolote Canyon, it lies on a mesa overlooking Mission Valley to the south and Mission Bay and the

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to the west. It is also home to the

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. Linda Vista is divided between two City Council districts, with Councilmember Raul Campillo representing the majority of the neighborhood that lies in District 7 and Councilmember Jennifer Campbell representing the portion immediately surrounding the University of San Diego that lies in District 2.

History

There was an old Linda Vista established in 1886, which was likely centered on

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. However, it ceased to exist after it was heavily damaged by the 1916 flood. Many of the homes in Linda Vista were built in 1940-41 as part of a government project to house aircraft workers for the war effort.http://www.sddt.com/Community/cityinfo_visitor.cfm?Com_ID=35&Cat_ID=5
''sddt.com'' A construction project that was assisted by

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beginning in October 1941 resulted in 3,001 houses built within 200 days. The

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, built in 1943, demolished in 1972, was the first mall in San Diego and one of the first in the country. It won awards for its garden city-inspired design. A

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department store branch anchored the center. Starting in the late 1970s, Vietnamese immigrants and refugees began resettling into Linda Vista after the

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and subsequently the Fall of Saigon. This would leave a huge impact into the community as many Vietnamese families still resides in Linda Vista til this day. On May 17, 1995, Shawn Nelson stole an M60A3 Patton tank out of the California Army National Guard Armory on Mesa College Dr and went on a tank rampage through Linda Vista, then north to

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along Convoy St. The 57-ton tank easily plowed through road signs, traffic lights, utility poles, and fire hydrants, and crushed approximately forty parked vehicles, including an RV. The damage to utility poles knocked out power to at least 5,100 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in the Linda Vista neighborhood.

Schools and Universities

(University) *

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(moved to Carmel Valley in 2005, and the name was changed to Cathedral Catholic High School) * Kearny High School (Grades 9– 12) *Mark Twain Sr. High (Grades 7– 12) * Francis W. Parker School (Grades K– 12) * Linda Vista Elementary School (Grades K– 5) * Carson Elementary School (Pre-School–Grade 5) * Holy Family Catholic School (Pre-School–Grade 8) * Montgomery Middle School (Grades 6– 8) * Chesterton Elementary School (Linda Vista, California) (Grades Pre-K through Fifth grade) -http://www.sandi.net/chesterton * Empower Charter (Linda Vista, California) (Grades Kindergarten through Sixth grade)http://www.empowercharter.org

References

External links

Official website
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