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San Diego    Hidden Southern California: Including Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs   With its mix of laid-back libertarians and military-minded conservatives (drawn from its adjacent naval base), San Diego embodies both work-hard and play-hard lifestyles. With an easily navigable central area, scenic bay, 42 miles of beaches and plentiful parks and museums, the city is hard not to like from the moment you arrive  Relatively free from smog and byzantine freeways, SAN DIEGO , set around a gracefully curving bay, represents the acceptable face of southern California. The second biggest city in California may be affluent and conservative, but it's also easygoing and far from smug. Although it was the site of the first mission in California, the city only really took off with the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1880s, and in terms of trade and significance it has long been in the shadow of Los Angeles. However, during World War II the US Navy made San Diego its Pacific Command Center, and the military continues to dominate the local economy, along with tourism.   Arrival Information and Getting Around      top Both trains and buses leave you in the heart of downtown San Diego: Greyhound at Broadway and First Avenue is more central than Amtrak's Santa Fe Depot, at the west end of Broadway. Lindbergh Field Airport is only two miles out, on bus #2 ($1.50). Getting around without a car, by day at least, is comparatively easy. Seven companies operate the integrated Metropolitan Transit System (bus tickets $1.25-2.50; ); the Transit Store, 102 Broadway (Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm; tel 619/234-1060), has detailed timetables and sells a Day Tripper Transit Pass for one- to four-day visits ($5, $8, $10 and $12, accordingly). The passes apply also to the tram-like San Diego Trolley , which runs throughout the area (tickets $1-2.50) and covers the sixteen miles from the Santa Fe Depot to the Mexican border crossing at San Ysidro. It's a 45-minute journey ($4 round-trip; every 15min from 5am-midnight), and the last trolley back leaves at 1am on Saturday night. Bicycle rental shops include Rent-a-Bike, 523 Island St (tel 619/232-4700), and Hamel's Action Sport Center, 704 Ventura Place, Mission Beach (tel 619/488-5050). The International Visitors Information Center is downtown at 11 Horton Plaza, F Street at First Avenue (Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm; tel 619-236-1212, ). The poste restante, or general delivery, post office is at 2535 Midway Drive, between downtown and Mission Beach (Mon 7am-5pm, Tues-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-4pm; tel 1-800-275-8777; zip code 92138).       Top Spots for  San Diego Night Life       Although San Diego's money is lavished on classical music, opera and theater (half-priced tickets and information available at the Times Arts Tix booth at 28 Horton Plaza; tel 619/497-5000), the crowds flock to beachside discos and boozy music venues . For full listings, pick up the free San Diego Reader from numerous shops, bars and cafés around town. Blind Melons 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach tel 858/483-7844. College-oriented spot with live rock, blues and reggae bands nightly. Blue Tattoo 835 Fifth Ave, downtown tel 619/238-7191. Stylish debauchery with ass-shaking tunes, "foam parties" with copious bubbles, and a snooty door policy that keeps slackers at bay. Make sure to come clad in your hippest clubwear. Café Lulu 419 F St, downtown tel 619/238-0114. A popular coffee bar that's good for late-night kibbitzing and consuming a wide range of java concoctions. Café Sevilla 555 4th Ave, downtown tel 619/233-5979. Traditional Spanish cuisine upstairs, hip Latin American-flavored dance club downstairs. Brings in a trendy European crowd. The Casbah 2501 Kettner Blvd, downtown tel 619/232-4355. Fun, unpretentious hangout with a varying roster of blues, funk, reggae and indie bands. Emerald City 945 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach tel 858/483-9920. Lively disco with drink specials at weekends, and the popular underworld industrial and Gothic night on Sun. The Flame 3780 Park Blvd, Hillcrest tel 619/295-4163. The city's premier lesbian club, with pool tables and dancing, and live musical acts from early evening to early morning. Tuesday becomes "Boys' Night." Gas Haus 640 F St, downtown tel 619/232-5866. Alcohol-free café with eclectic decor and stocked with teens, students and aging hippies. Lounge on deep-set couches or take in a casual game of pool. La Jolla Brewing Company 7536 Fay Ave, La Jolla tel 858/456-2739. One of the few decent choices for nightlife in this buttoned-down burg, with tasty microbrewed beer and surfboard decor. Red Fox Room 2223 El Cajon Blvd, near Hillcrest tel 619/297-1313. A retro piano bar and steak joint with a swell atmosphere of mellow newcomers and boozy old-timers. Rich's 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest tel 619/295-2195. Gay club with heavy dance beats Fri and Sat, and more casual "Hedonism" night on Thurs, with house music and tribal rhythms. Winston's Beach Club 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach tel 619/222-6822. A former bowling alley, this local club has rock bands most nights, with occasional reggae and 1960s-style acts as well. Close to the pier.