Waiva muongorori wekuSpanish, asi kwete uyo waungafunga.
Vanhu vakawanda vane ruzivo rumwe rwemagariro eSan Diego vanozobvuma kuti Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo ndiye wekuEurope yekutanga kutsika netsoka muvhu reSan Diego muna 1542, paakawana izvo zvino zviri kuSan Diego Bay. Uye vazhinji vachawanzofunga kuti yaive Cabrillo uyo akatumidza iyi nharaunda itsva "San Diego."
Kana zvisingaiti Cabrillo, saka vazhinji vanogona kufunga kuti ndiyo yaive yakazivikanwa yeFranciscan friar, Junipero Serra, uyo akatumidza zita rokuti colony San Diego paakasimbisa yekutanga yeCalifornia yeFranciscan misangano muna 1769.
Kana iwe waifunga kuti zvimwe kana Cabrillo kana Serra, iwe unenge usina kururama.
Ichokwadi, nzvimbo iyi ichangobva kuwanikwa (zvakanaka, itsva kune veEurope ... Vanhu vemuAmerica vakanga vagara pano nguva dzose) vakatumidzwa nemumwe muSpanish aitsvakurudza uyo akauya makore makumi matanhatu pashure peCarbillo.
Maererano neSan Diego Historical Society, Sebastian Vizcaino akasvika kuSan Diego munaNovember 1602 mushure mokufamba kubva kuAcapulco muna May apfuura. Zvakatora ngarava yake mwedzi mitanhatu kusvika kuSan Diego's bay.
San Diego ndiro zita reVizcaino (aiva nezvikepe zvina, asi zvitatu chete zvakazviita kuSan Diego). Akataura kuti nzvimbo yacho ichanzi San Diego, zvose mukukudza ngarava yake uye kumutambo weSan Diego de Alcala (muFrench Franciscan) yakaitika musi waNovember 12.
Uye zita rakaramba richibvira kubva ipapo. Had Vizcaino's flagship yakave imwe yezvimwe zvikepe zvake, Santo Tomas, zvichida taizogara nekushanyira zvakanaka, Santo Tomas zuva panzvimbo yeSan Diego!