Loma Linda is a city in San Bernardino County, California, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles and just south of the San Bernardino Mountains, near the interchange of Interstate 10 and Interstate 215. Its Spanish name means "beautiful hill," a reference to the gentle slopes on which the city sits. Incorporated in 1970, it has grown into a compact city of roughly 25,000 residents that is defined, more than almost any community of its size, by a single institution and a single idea. That institution is Loma Linda University and its affiliated medical center. Founded in 1905 as a small sanitarium by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Loma Linda University Health has grown into a globally recognized medical and educational system and the dominant employer of the city. The university trains health professionals, operates a large hospital and children's hospital, and anchors the local economy. The idea is longevity. Loma Linda is recognized as the only Blue Zone in the United States, one of a handful of places worldwide where residents demonstrably live longer. Roughly 9,000 Seventh-day Adventists live in the Loma Linda area, and researchers attribute the community's extended lifespans to the Adventist lifestyle: a largely vegetarian diet, regular physical activity, strong social and faith networks, and abstinence from smoking and alcohol. This health culture is not a marketing slogan but a measurable, documented feature of the place. Loma Linda suits health professionals, students, and families drawn to its medical institutions, its safety, and its calm, purpose-driven civic life. It is a city where wellness is both an industry and a way of living, set in the warm, inland Southern California climate.