Historical clue formulations

• Colombian city of 2+ million — 2025-12-05
• Third-largest city of Colombia — 2023-08-13
• Sactown's locale — 2023-04-28
• "Going Back to ___" (LL Cool J platinum single) — 2023-03-18
• "Going Back to ___" (hip-hop classic) — 2022-03-04
• San Diego's state, informally — 2021-10-12
• It has its faults, informally — 2021-02-26
• The Golden State, familiarly — 2020-12-29
• Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally — 2019-07-13
• Colombian city that hosted the 1971 Pan American Games — 2018-04-24
• Golden State, informally — 2018-03-04
• City WSW of Bogotá — 2018-01-30
• Colombian metropolis — 2017-11-28
• L.A. locale — 2016-04-17
• Compton's state, to hip-hoppers — 2016-01-26
• City famous for bad traffic? — 2015-12-26
• Colombian metropolis — 2015-11-24
• Many a surfer's locale, informally — 2015-02-26
• City known for its traffic violations — 2014-12-13
• Colombian city of 2+ million — 2014-08-27
• Colombian city — 2014-06-03
• Frisco's state — 2014-03-25
• Colombian cartel city — 2013-03-25
• District of Colombia? — 2012-10-24
• LL Cool J's "Going Back to ___" — 2012-01-15
• Title locale in a 1998 Notorious B.I.G. hit — 2011-08-27
• It's north of Baja, informally — 2011-08-14
• District of Colombia? — 2010-11-11
• City known as Colombia's sports capital — 2010-05-11
• Colombia's second-largest city — 2010-02-24
• Colombian city — 2009-03-31
• Self-styled world salsa capital — 2007-06-15
• Colombian city — 2006-06-06
• Cartel city — 2006-02-19
• Cartel city — 2006-01-18
• Colombian city — 2005-12-21
• District of Colombia? — 2005-01-30
• Valle del Cauca's capital — 2005-01-28
• South American city of 2 million — 2004-04-02
• Cartel city — 2004-03-26
• Colombian city — 2004-01-20
• City southwest of Bogotá — 2003-11-02
• Cartel city — 2003-08-31
• Western state, slangily — 2003-04-06
• Capital of Valle del Cauca department — 2001-05-19
• 1971 Pan American Games site — 2001-02-24
• Colombian city — 2000-02-04
• Infamous Colombian city — 1999-09-30
• Cartel city — 1999-04-11
• Colombia city — 1996-09-29