Welcome to Loma Linda

Loma Linda (Pop: 18,500) is located in southwestern San Bernardino County. It was originally known as Mound City and its eastern half was known as Bryn Mawr.

The city of Loma Linda is part of the Redlands Unified School District, with Bryn Mawr Elementary School being situated within Loma Linda city limits. However, the western edge of the city is served by the Colton Unified School District.

Loma Linda is a center of activity for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and is home to Loma Linda University, a Seventh-day Adventist Christian health sciences institution of higher learning with a world-renowned medical center. Notable firsts at the Loma Linda University Medical Center include baboon-to-human heart transplant and the first split-brain surgery. Animal Planet television show Venom ER was filmed at the medical center, as well.

Also located in the city are Loma Linda Academy, a K-12 institution, which is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Since a popular practice of Seventh-day Adventists is vegetarianism, most restaurants in Loma Linda feature a vegetarian menu in addition to regular menu items.