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News Archives A New Patrol in Town Shelter in Place Kept Flames at Bay 4S Ranch Street Fair This Sunday Development Gets Governor's Award Sheriff’s Substation Opens in 4S Symphony To Perform Free Concert For Wildfire Victims Confusion Mars Journey Home Exclusive Homes Emerge Unscathed as Fire-protection Concept is Tested One-stop Assistance Center Opens in Rancho Bernardo Witch Fire Roars Across Northern San Diego County 4S to Hold Pumpkin Fest Saturday Poway Presses on with Schools Preschoolers Call High School Home in Poway Unified Homestyle Memphis Barbecue Comes to 4S Ranch Deal with District on Landfill is Upheld Trustees Hear Update on School Projects 4S Library Offers New Program for Teens Stone Ranch Welcomes New Principal Redevelopment Craze District's Vacant Lot Could Be Swapped Opening of 2 Roads to Ease Commutes Ranch House at Del Sur Named One of the World’s ‘Greenest’ Pipeline Progress Raises Concerns About Water Quality at Lake Hodges 4S Ranch Sheriff’s Substation Delayed A Glimse of the Future for Green Construction Carmel Valley Road to Open Soon Library Built, Stocked by Developer, Opens
to Crowd Del Sur in Full Swing 4S Ranch Library Opens Today 4S
Ranch Takes Shape The huge new community of 4S Ranch just west of Rancho Bernardo finally has its center – the 265,000-square-foot 4S Commons Town Center. The shopping complex is the centerpiece of the sprawling development, which is expected to have 4,700 homes and 10,000 residents by 2009. ... More ... Schools
Chief Gets Regional
Accolade During his five years as Poway Unified superintendent, Don Phillips has made it his mission to take the high-achieving district from “good to great.” Phillips' leadership and success in increasing academic achievement for all students and providing new and improved school facilities have earned him recognition as superintendent of the year for San Diego and Imperial counties. ... More ... San
Diego Cops Open New North
Shop A small army of workers was busy this week finishing the $19.1 million, 21,000-square-foot Northwestern Division Substation [of the San Diego Police Department] on El Camino Real at Elijah Court. Officers in the station will cover 31 square miles including Carmel Valley, North City, Del Mar Heights, Torrey Preserve, Sorrento Valley, Black Mountain Ranch and Torrey Highlands. ... More ... County
Planners Discussing
"Shelter in Place" New fire protection guidelines for developers proposed by San Diego County's planning department are creating a stir. ... So far, the Rancho Santa Fe fire district is the only agency in San Diego County to officially adopt shelter in place. It only applies to five newer developments: The Bridges, 4S Ranch, Cielo, Santa Fe Valley and The Crosby, which were built to stringent 2000 codes. ... More ... Attendance
Areas Set for Del
Norte High School Del Norte High School is years away from opening, but boundaries were approved this week for Poway Unified's newest high school. Under the plan approved by Poway Unified School District trustees Monday night,students from 4S Ranch, Del Sur and Santaluz would attend Del Norte. ... More ... Olivenhain
Water to Cost 4% More Customers of the Olivenhain Municipal Water District [which includes the community of 4S Ranch] will pay an average of 4 percent more for water effective March 1. ... More ... A
Subdivision Off the Old Block With neighborhoods named Cabrillo and Kensington, it's quite plain what muse Del Sur master developer Fred Maas invoked when dreaming up a sales pitch for this 3,050-home planned community north of State Route 56 -- old-school San Diego neighborhoods. ... More ... Poway
Unified Dedicates Monterey
Ridge Elementary Brightly colored monarch butterflies lifted off small hands and fluttered out into the world Monday as students, teachers and parents dedicated Monterey Ridge Elementary School. The delicate insects are a mascot for the six-month-old primary-grade campus, which is operated by the Poway Unified School District. ... More ... Del
Sur Nominated for
Prestigious "Green Building" Award Del Sur, a planned community being built near Rancho Penasquitos and Rancho Santa Fe, has already won several regional green awards, and an educational facility on the property is in line for the highest level of certification by the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. ... More ... A
Ralphs Grocery for Ralphs Ranch Maxine Ralphs-Robinson remembers that years ago, when she was relaxing at the vast Ralphs family property south of Rancho Bernardo, there wasn't a grocery store for miles. Today, many residents will be able to travel a few hundred feet to go grocery shopping. ... More ... 4S
Ranch Starting to Develop its
own Identity One of North County's newest communities, 4S Ranch, was virtually unheard of outside a relatively small area along the Interstate 15 corridor two years ago. Now more than halfway complete, the seven-year-old community is starting to emerge as a distinct development with its own identity. ... More ... San
Diego Community a Model for
Green Building Del Sur, a new development of 2,500 homes, represents the next era of responsible community planning: an amenities-rich community built with environmental accountability. Planned over nearly 20 years by Black Mountain Ranch LLC ... More ... P.
F. Chang's Opens Second North
County Pei Wei North County residents can now get a taste of P.F. Chang's with a shorter drive, faster service and a lighter bill. The national chain of gourmet Chinese restaurants opened a sister diner, Pei Wei, ... More ... PUSD
Board to Discuss School
Boundaries Parents in the Poway Unified School District will get a chance to weigh in on proposed attendance boundaries for its fifth comprehensive high school Tuesday night at Morning Creek Elementary School in Sabre Springs. More ... Work
Begins on Del Norte High
School Poway Unified School District’s fifth comprehensive high school is one step closer to reality now that grading has begun on the site in 4S Ranch. Del Norte High School — expected to open in August 2009 — will sit on a 62-acre site and feature the latest in technology ... More ... Latest
San Diego Community
Establishing Its Identity Santaluz is an emerging community in northern San Diego with million-dollar homes, a golf course and a clubhouse. The development started five years ago on 3,800 acres. More ... Grading
Begins at Del Norte High
School Site The future home of Del Norte High School is still a large expanse of dirt, but grading has started on the 62-acre parcel and the campus is on track to open for classes in August of 2009. The new school is expected to enroll students from throughout the Del Sur and 4S Ranch communities, although attendance boundaries won't be decided until early next year. More ... Holiday
Home Tour to Benefit
Students A Holiday Home Tour benefitting Oak Valley Middle School will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4. The tour will feature seven homes in the 4S Ranch area festively decorated for the holidays. Oak Valley students will play holiday music on violin or piano at each of the homes along the tour. Tickets cost $20 each and include a map to the homes, all of which are off Camino del Norte within a one- to two-mile radius of each other. For more information, call Kris Meyers at (858) 243-7781. Water
Plant Closure to Limit
Usage Portions of San Diego County are about to get squeezed by an 11-day shutdown of a major water treatment plant east of Temecula, prompting calls for conservation in several districts [including one serving the residents of 4S Ranch]. More ... Family-Run
Hardware Store Finds
Niche in Vases, Votice Candles Move over hammer and nail, decorative vases and votive candles are moving in on the hardware business. Griffin Ace Hardware, a small chain of family-owned shops in San Diego, has introduced a boutiquelike house and giftware section at its newest location, 10511 4S Commons Drive in the new 4S Commons Town Center. More ... 4S
Ranch Festival Expected to
Draw 15,000 Over 15,000 residents from the Inland Corridor will be converging on 4S Ranch Sunday to participate in an ever-growing popular community tradition. The third annual Rancho Bernardo Fall Festival at 4S Ranch will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 on Camino del Norte between Dove Canyon Road and 4S Ranch Parkway. More ... Geppetto's
Takes on a Whale of a
Job Homegrown toy retailer Geppetto’s may be, as the company’s slogan goes, “a child’s fantasy,” but it also happens to be a dream come true for owner Brian Miller. ... Next month, he expects to open his seventh [store] in 4S Ranch ... More ... 4S
Ranch Fall Festival is
November 5 If you’ve been wondering what 4S Ranch has to offer, the third annual RB Fall Festival at 4S Ranch is the place to find out. Thousands of locals throughout the Inland Corridor are expected to attend the festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 on Camino del Norte between Dove Canyon Road and 4S Ranch Parkway. More ... Pumpkin
Festival a Success The pumpkin festival held at Linear Park [in 4S Ranch] on Saturday raised about $45,000 for two children's charities. The amount exceeded the goal of $30,000 set by the festival's organizers. More ... 4S
Ranch Fest to Draw Thousands,
Slated for November 5th The San Diego North Chamber of Commerce is predicting a bumper crop of visitors when the third annual 4S Ranch Fall Festival moves to its new Camino del Norte location on Sunday, Nov. 5. More ... 4S
Ranch Retail Center Nears
Completion The first stores in 4S Commons Town Center will open in two weeks, signaling the impending completion of a long-anticipated major shopping complex at Rancho Bernardo and Dove Canyon roads in 4S Ranch. More ... Six
Candidates Competing for
Three Seats in Poway School District It's called Poway Unified, but two-thirds of its schools are in San Diego and two candidates for school board argue at least one trustee should be from a San Diego community. More ... K.
D. Stahl Completes Library
Framing K. D. Stahl Construction Group has just completed the framing for a $2 million library in North County known as 4S Ranch Library. The 7,200 square-foot, single-story facility is expected to open in early spring 2007. More ... Monterey
Ridge in 4S Ranch Goes
Solar When Monterey Ridge Elementary opens later this month, the new campus will be more than a place for students to learn reading, writing and fractions. With 20,000 square feet of solar panels strategically arrayed on a sloping strip of land behind the school, Monterey Ridge will be a producer of electricity and the first solar-powered campus in Poway Unified. More ... Four
Fire Agencies Studying a
Merger Whether it is a case of poor relatives looking to the wealthy cousin for help, or one of common-sense mutual assistance, the cash-strapped Solana Beach, Del Mar and Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove fire departments and the well-funded Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District are considering a merger. More ... |
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