Carmel Valley celebrates its 20-year anniversary. The first building permits for Carmel Valley were issued to Pardee in 1983 for the initial phase of 5,000 homes, Pardee eventually acquired about a third of the 4,360-acre Carmel Valley planning area along with Baldwin Homes.
• Ground breaks on the new Canyon Crest Academy and on its neighbor down the street, Cathedral Catholic.
• Ground breaks on St. Therese of Carmel parish and neighboring Notre Dame Academy.
• Arson fires of four homes under construction in Torrey Highlands and Carmel Valley caused more than $1 million in damages. The arsons are attributed eco-terrorist group Earth Liberation Front. Another arson, considered a hate crime, is committed at the Congregation Beth Am, causing $35,000 worth of damage.
2004
• Local planning groups oppose a proposed Home Depot in Sorrento Valley. Groups are also up in arms over lights at the Carmel Valley Community Park South. The park, which would become Ocean Air Community Park, wouldn’t open until 2009—with lit basketball courts and ball fields.
• Local planning groups oppose a proposed Home Depot in Sorrento Valley. Groups are also up in arms over lights at the Carmel Valley Community Park South. The park, which would become Ocean Air Community Park, wouldn’t open until 2009—with lit basketball courts and ball fields.
• Earl Warren Middle School turned 50 years old and ground breaks on Sycamore Ridge School.
• In July, the last 4.5 miles of State Route 56 opens, linking Interstate 15 with Interstate 5. City Councilman Brian Maienchein said, “This will allow people to get home five or 10 minutes quicker…and just have time for their quality of life rather than sitting in traffic.”
• Canyon Crest Academy opens in September to 372 students. Half of campus remained under construction and students attended in portables in the parking lot.
• San Diego Jewish Academy unveils the 10-foot high menorah on their campus.
• The Carmel Mountain Road bridge is completed, paving the way for the $35 million Torrey Hills Vons Center to begin construction in the late fall.
