The biggest in a family of small cities that make up Northern ... his song “I Hope that I Don’t Fall in Love with You” perfectly befits the complicated grief I feel for my hometown.

(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Bonita, which was established in 1884 in the South Bay, just got its own hometown song. The piece was composed by 16-year-old Ella Aldridge ...

Soul singer Brenton Wood, best known for songs such as “The Oogum Boogum ... committed to performing locally in his hometown of Southern California — and the West, where he cultivated so ...