UTC Mall updated with many new stores!!

UTC Mall renovation 基本上接近成功了。 走现代路线， 年轻有活力， 对比 Fashion Valley的奢华。

他们家新开了不少的饭馆。有人wonder 他家摆放在外面的 Patio Furniture吗？

http://www.schoenhuberfranchi.com/dati/LeisureLivingFurnishings_2011.pdf

加上附近的商圈，还是值得在假日和家人朋友们一起去relax & spend some money的。

另外今天的大新闻， 微软把诺基亚买了。

Now and Then: Carmel Valley back in 2007

Many will remember 2007 as the year of the firestorm. 


As the Witch Creek Fire blazed in the neighboring communities of Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Santa Fe, many Carmel Valley residents were evacuated from their homes on Oct. 21. It was an exhausting and nerve-wracking few days as Carmel Valley was never specifically mentioned in TV fire coverage and people just weren’t sure if their homes would be safe or not. 

• Despite years of development and hopes as well as a $2.7 million fundraising campaign, the YMCA of Encinitas cancelled plans for a Torrey Hills facility, citing insufficient community support. The projected 38,000 square ft. facility was expected to be a recreation center and pool on a 4-acre parcel of Torrey Hills Neighborhood Park.

• Torrey Pines High School football coach Ed Burke announced his retirement after 21 years. During his 21 years, he recorded a 182-60-5 record, winning eight league championships — five Avocado and three Palomar titles — and four CIF San Diego section titles in 1992, 1997, 2003, and 2004.

• Carmel Valley’s Northwestern Division police station had a grand opening celebration on March 22. In June, Kathy Healey was named the captain of the station.

• An early morning fire destroyed the nearly completed Hilton Garden Inn on Vista Sorrento Parkway. The fire caused about $8.5 million in damages and destroyed 30 parked cars. It also damaged the Hilton Homewood Suites next door.

• Ocean Air School opens with Gary Wilson as principal.
• The Grand Del Mar Resort opened, a $270 million resort on 380 acres including a golf course designed by Tom Fazio.

Now and Then: Carmel Valley back in 2005 & 2006

• The former University of San Diego High School’s new $50 million Cathedral Catholic High opens, as does Sycamore Ridge School.

• The Scripps Health Clinic on Valley Centre Drive opens as does the Vons in Torrey Hills alongside Starbucks and lunchtime favorites Subway, Joey’s Smokin’ Barbecue, Daphne’s and Pick-Up Stix.

• Carmel Valley roads’ congestion is discussed as commuters look to avoid traffic on the 56.

• Del Mar Heights Road bridge is opened, linking Del Mar Heights to Carmel Valley Road and the neighborhoods around Canyon Crest Academy. The bridge not only made for faster commutes but also provided wildlife under crossing.




• The $86 million San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration kicks off, restoring a valuable wetlands environment off Via de la Valle.
•Notre Dame Academy opens
• CV planning board member Laura Copic leads the local fight on preventing the Sunrise Powerlink, a proposed 120-mile “energy superhighway.” from coming through the heart of the community. In 2008, an alternate route was selected for the Powerlink, bypassing Carmel Valley. Construction began on the route in late 2010.

Now and then - Carmel Valley in 2003 & 2004

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.

• 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.

Now and then - Carmel Valley in 2001 & 2002

• The Solana Beach School District aimed to buy 10-acres of Pardee-owned land next to the Carmel Valley Library for a third Carmel Valley school Solana Pacific.

• St. William of York parishioners in Carmel Valley raise funds to build a new church—the church, St. Therese of Carmel, would open in 2008. Canyon Hills Community Church also begins an expansion, it is now known as Grace Point.

2002
• Vista Sorrento Parkway opens as well as Carmel Knolls Park and the Torrey Highlands Dog Park.

• The tug-of-war continues on the vacant Townsgate Drive site as Pardee even proposes building a theater to enhance Carmel Valley’s town center. SBSD still wants 10 acres for a school and parents protested Pardee for blocking the sale of the land

In December, the district voted to condemn the land, giving them the right to seize the land from Pardee under eminent domain at fair market value. The district breaks ground on the new school in 2003.
A lawsuit isn’t settled until 2004, when Pardee got $41 million for the land—SBSD originally wanted to pay $24 million.

•City Council voted that 56 acres of Del Mar Mesa would become part of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP). The acquisition brings the total acreage preserved on the Mesa to 344 acres.

• More than 150 people attend heated Del Mar school district meetings on boundary changes to alleviate an overcrowded Ashley Falls School, ending a period of open boundaries in the district. Also in the Del Mar school district, early Wednesday dismissal begins.

• The San Dieguito Union High School District is concerned about an overcrowded Torrey Pines High, with 3,200 students expected in the fall.

• A new gate is placed at the entrance to the Carmel Mountain Preserve to prevent vehicles from wreaking havoc on 300 acres of protected open space.

• Torrey Hills Community Coalition fights the placement of biotech projects near their elementary school.

Now and Then: Carmel Valley back in 2000

• Ground breaks on the San Diego Jewish Academy.

• Sage Canyon School opens.

• Torrey Pines High School turned 25 years old.

• Pardee Homes sells its visitor center property on El Camino Real for $900,000. It's skate park later.

• $24 million sports center in Carmel Valley—Pacific Athletic Club.

• New home construction booms and planning begins for Pacific Highlands Ranch. Construction begins on Signature Point, the housing complex across from Del Mar Highlands Town Center


• A group called FANGS, Families Against Neighborhood Gas Stations, opposes a Chevron gas station planned for East Ocean Air Drive and Carmel Mountain Road. The fight continues until 2002, when Chevron abandons their plans.

• Torrey Hills Community Park opens.

4s Ranch 一篇很好的介绍文章

这篇文章是我的一个客户在bbs写的。 4S孩子的活动特别丰富多彩。课后班有育才，园泉，新东方。游泳有Noonan，Pacific。各种体育班就更不用说了。左邻右舍的中国人大家可以互相照应，孩子今天这里串串门，明天那里兜兜，十分快乐，家长也省心。公园更是一个赛过一个，那个著名的Water Park现在围上了高高的是非本地居民不许入内的。 老人们也很幸福，今天去图书馆打打麻将(图书馆长是中国人），明天去Monterey Ridge小学前的菜地垦垦荒，再到公园里去跳跳舞，打打牌，唠唠嗑。 白领们六七十万就可以住3000多尺的新房，购物比CV方便多了。 我觉得唯一不好的就是上班开车可能远了点， Mello Roos高了点。另外中国人多，孩子竞争可能有点激烈，但另一方面来说，学区以后一定会更好。父母心态好就没事了。 4S是设计得奖的社区，那么多精明能干的中国人都选择在那里安家一定是有他们的道理的。 （虽然我不住在4S,我的朋友大部分住那里。因为我住的有点远，错过了许多饭局。他们经常问我后不后悔没给他们做邻居。其实我现在一个星期还是往那里逛好几次的。） 原文的连接在这里 http://www.mitbbs.com/bbsann2/chinese.faq/SanDiego/apartment/rent/M.1321840813_2.y0/%5B%BA%CF%BC%AF%5D+%D3%D0%C8%CB%D7%A14S%C2%F0%3F

记我们4S Ranch 图书馆的馆长

地处4S Ranch的商业中心，并且存有丰富的中文书以及中文影碟的图书馆，是住在4S Ranch的居民的好去处。  去图书馆泡，可以去看书，还可以参加各种丰富多彩的活动，更可以认识很多志同道合的朋友。 

最特别的是4S Ranch图书馆的馆长June Zhou, 是一位大家都很爱戴的女士。 她热心，勤力， 负责， 为4S的中国人社区做了很多的事情。 周馆长的耐心是有目共睹的， 她总是不厌其烦地回答大家的各种问题， 有好多人宁愿多等一会也要找她借书。尤其是老年人，都觉得周馆长没有任何架子，总是和蔼可亲，有求必应。 

周立青馆长是从上海师范大学英文专业毕业的。 毕业后来到美国在State of New York Stony 攻读图书馆专业。 1993年拿到硕士学位之后就在纽约的皇后区的图书馆工作，这里是全美最大的图书馆之一。 周馆长在这里工作了5年， 积累了丰富的图书馆工作经验，尤其是和少数族裔打交道的经验。 因为皇后区的图书馆非常注重为新移民搞活动，办各种帮助他们适应美国生活的学习班。 之后周馆长随先生搬到新泽西州， 一个机缘巧合她找到了一份在图书发行公司的工作。 这个工作促使她到全国各地的图书馆出差，帮助当地的图书馆做引进新书的工作。 这个工作她一做就是5年。 在这5年里学到了很多选书的门道，怎样根据不同大小，面对不同的读者来选取不同的藏书。 通过这份工作她也积累了很多的人脉和关系。 当时，正好圣地亚哥这里开建一个新的图书馆在Rancho San Diego。 通过帮他们买新书，她第一次和圣地亚哥结缘了。 2004年，先生转来圣地亚哥工作， 刚好圣地亚哥的图书馆有一个空缺， 而这个职位又刚好是经手买书的职位。 简直就是perfect match!  就这样，周立青全家就搬来了美丽的圣地亚哥。 

在圣地亚哥的图书馆， 周馆长负责帮助各个分馆选购图书， 和各个出版商，发行商打交道。 要说到选书， 这里的学问也很大。 不同的地区，不同的人口分布，有完全不同的需要。 还有不断的根据书的出借情况不断的及时调整。 2008年4S Ranch的分馆open, 她也负责帮助这个新的图书馆来挑选图书。 当时研究人口分布图的时候，周馆长发现4S非常的多元化，主要人口有印度人，中国人，阿拉伯人，伊朗人，菲律宾，越南，更有很多的法国人和意大利人。 了解了人口分布，对于选书买书就有的放矢了。  

2009年周馆长来到4S Ranch出任馆长的时候，图书馆完全没有任何针对中国人的活动。 她主动和Local organization 联系， 让他们派老师来免费教来探亲的老人们学英文。 这个活动得到了积极的响应。 随后她又联系了一周一次的公民班。 随着本地华人的不断增多， 大家都反映缺少一个聚会和搞活动的场地。 在周馆长的大力支持下， 每个月的第一个星期一，“相聚图书馆”。 而每次都有一个主题，比如做饭， 种花， 中医。 都是大家感兴趣的话题。 来参加的人越来越多。 成为了社区的中国人，尤其是老年人相互交流的中心。 而且每年的中秋，新年，春节， 图书馆都要装饰的漂漂亮亮， 大家聚在一起，其乐融融。 每次周馆长都对老人们亲切招呼， 让大家感到很温暖。 渐渐地， 社区里的中国人都知道周馆长，很多老人不懂英文，就要等着让周馆长帮他们借书。 

除了给社区中国人办的活动，4S Ranch其他的活动也很丰富多彩。 本地人参与到社区图书馆的热情很高， 各种文化的节日都有相应的庆祝活动。 每年的夏天搞的阅读计划，都是整个county图书馆的Record breaking。 在County的33个图书馆中， 4S Ranch的是面积最小的，但是书流量一直排名第九名。 在总馆的例会上也经常被表扬。 每个月都有3万5千本书的书流量， 是相当可观的数字。 而且这个数字一直在不断增长，因为社区的人数一直在增长， 每天都有新搬入社区的人来办理图书证。 

周馆长为了社区的中国人的文化活动， 尽心尽力， 还特别订阅了世界日报和大家都很喜爱的华人。 

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Torrey Santa Fe

地理位置： 56南



Development: Montellano, Cabrerra 建筑商： Western Pacific in 2003

Montellano: 112家
3 to 5 bedrooms
3,300 to 3,864 sf

HOA： 82
Mello-Roos： $4,900 a year


Cabrera: 150家
2,419 to 2,852 sf.

HOA 75 + MELLO-ROOS $3,860 yr

US News 2009 Best high school in San Diego County

Preuss School UCSD Gold: #8 of 100
La Jolla Senior High Gold: #99 of 100
Coronado High Silver
El Camino High Silver
Poway High Silver
School of International Studies at San Diego High Silver
Torrey Pines High Silver
Westview High Silver
Canyon Crest Academy Bronze
Carlsbad Seaside Academy Bronze

作为一个07年底抄底抄在半山腰的同学客观的说说4S

本文由我朋友，一位才华横溢，厨艺高超，治家有方，远近闻名的美女妈妈撰写 同期买的和比我们晚买的基本上没看到什么forclose的，买在05-07年初peak的确实有一些。目前还有4家builder的房子没有卖完，其中一个builder破产了，当时在建的一批房子眼看就完工了，就差建fence和贴外墙砖了，突然就停工了。当时那几个房子基本都卖出去了，又把deposit check还给了买家，很让人ft。其他三个builder都还只剩最后一两个phase或者正在closeout，基本就算盖完了。08年年底到眼下builder比较aggressive的降了一次价，基本上release出来的房子都很快卖完了，这一批买房的亚裔为主，亚裔存钱的能力还是强啊。萧条的感觉说实在没觉得很明显。4S的两家小学都不错，都是900多分，poway学区的中小学都带full day的pre-school，从三岁开始收，初中oak valley middle school是08年度poway API最好的一所，Del norte high 09年秋季开学，校园建设不错，希望教学质量应该也还不错。 购物比较方便，离carmel mountain的shopping center很近包括costco，4s common center的超市和一般的商店也算比较全了。离大华稍远，开车25-30分钟。搬到这里以后去Mira mesa的越南店多一点。 交通，如果在15附近上班比较方便，上15大约2miles。在5号附近上班的话，早上如果take 56转5号会比较堵。 娱乐，离UCSD离downtown都比较远，年轻人可能不会特别喜欢。不过附近搬来不少中国人，老人孩子交往比较方便，老人来了不会闷。社区气氛，社区的公园比较多，设施比较新，基本步行距离内都有park，学龄小孩子很多。逢年过节社区有不少活动，还挺热闹，这个周末有egg hunt。去年是人山人海，有兴趣的同学可以来凑凑热闹。 缺点也是很明显的，夏天比海边地区要热一些，Lot比过去的老房子要小，过去的两年内确实不如CV抗跌。 有利有弊吧，看自己的需要和承受能力做决定吧。 广大民工affordable且学区说的过去的地方也就那么几个，每个人的喜好和priority不同而已。了解什么对自己最重要是买房的第一步。支持你在合适的时间买自己最喜欢的房子

地区安全系数

了解一个地区是不是安全，可以去这个网站查询

http://arjis.org/

Poway

最近去poway看房也比较多。 poway很大，very diverse。 You can get a 4br for $350k or a 4br for $3.5m. Depends on what you're looking for.

算是inland了。 夏天比较热。

新的Sabre Springs, south of Poway Road那里很不错。Many homes in there are good sized, still in PUSD, pretty low Mello-roos and HOA.

Poway学区是不错的。 但是具体还是要看每个小学和中学的情况。 有

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poway_Unified_School_District

San Diego Communities and their zipcodes

North County Coastal San Diego
Cardiff by the Sea 92007
Carlsbad 92008, 92009
Carmel Valley 92130
Del Mar 92014
Encinitas 92024
Oceanside 92054, 92056, 92057
Solana Beach 92075

North County Inland San Diego
4S Ranch 92127
Carmel Mountain, 92128
Escondido 92025, 92026 92027, 92029
Mira Mesa 92126
Poway 92064
Rancho Bernardo 92127
Rancho Penasquitos 92129
Rancho Santa Fe 92067
Scripps Ranch 92131

Central Coastal San Diego

La Jolla 92037
Sorrento Valley 92121
University City 92122

Scripps Ranch

Scripps Ranch算是inland, 15号公路的东边， Marine Corps Air Station Miramar以北，Poway以南。 区号92131. 以前是报业大亨Scripps拥有，大概1200亩地。

大概有百分之15的亚裔居住在这里。

曾经在03年10月被山火烧掉很多房子。 大概300家。

Scripps Ranch盛产一种很特别的树，叫Eucalyptus trees。

学区还不错，比较decent. 属于San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).

小学：

Miramar Ranch Elementary School (K-5)

Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School (K-5)

Dingeman (Robert E.) Elementary School (K-5)

Chauncy I. Jerabek Elementary School (K-5)

中学：

Wangenheim Middle School (6-8)

Thurgood Marshall Middle School (6-8)

Scripps Ranch High School (9-12)

Scripps Ranch大概分为几个区。 一个是Pomerado以南。房子有新有旧。新的都是03年山火之后盖起来。Pomerado北是70年代的老房子居多。有的后院巨大lot也很大。在Pomerado和Spring Canyon之间有一些房子基本上80年代的，Spring Canyon北面一些房子基本上更新一些。房子大点但是地比较小。Pomerado以东是Stonebridge的新房子。那些新房子很over priced.

A picture is better than thousands words

For those not clear about boundaries: Click to see bigger image

4S Ranch: County and City Boundaries

All of 4S Ranch developed by Newland Communities is within the county of San Diego.

Within the community of 4S Ranch developed by Newland Communities, we are surrounded on three sides by the city of San Diego; the southern boundary is where Bernardo Center Drive turns into Carmel Valley Road. (Carmel Valley Road is a city road within the city limits.) At least one resident, Karen, began calling the sheriff and our county supervisor Bill Horn's office to try to clear up the confusion yesterday afternoon. Bill Horn's office verified that we are indeed in District 5 of county jurisdiction. In the map below the purple area is the city of San Diego that surrounds us, the green to the north and west is the county of San Diego, District 5. I added the pink line to show the boundaries of 4S Ranch developed by Newland.

圣地亚哥分区介绍之一： Carmel Valley

Carmel Valley 综合来讲我认为是圣地亚哥最好的区。 首先地理位置好， 近海，交通便利， 地势好，比较高但是又很平。其次是学区好，是家庭居住的好地方- family orinted neighborhood. 周边的生活设施配套也齐全， 很方便。


Carmel Valley相对来讲家庭结构组成比较年轻。吸引他们的是良好整齐的环境还有好的学校.


Carmel Valley说起来很大， 但是其实就分3个区， 一个是Torrey Hill, 是CV的高处山上一个非常大而平坦的高地。 一个是Ashley Fall & Del Mar Highlands, 是山下的大面积平地。 最后就是新开发的 Pacific Highland Ranch, 全部是新房， 在Carmel Valley的最东和最北区。 每个区里面又有自己的几个小学。但是高中和初中就都合并在一起了。 现在高中有2个

San Diego Zip codes List

City/Town Zip Code
Alpine 91901, 91903
Bonita 91902
Bonsall 92003
Borrego Springs 92004
Campo 91906
Camp Pendelton 92055
Cardiff-by-the-Sea 92007
Carlsbad 92008-92009, 92013, 92018
Chula Vista 91909-91915, 91921
Coronado 92118, 92178
Del Mar 92014
Dulzura 91917
El Cajon 92019-92022, 92090
Encinitas 92023-92024
Escondido 92025-92027, 92029-92030, 92033, 92046
Fallbrook 92028, 92088
Imperial Beach 91932-91933
Jacumba 91934
Jamul 91935
Julian 92030
La Jolla 92037-92039, 92092-92093
La Mesa 91941-91944
Lakeside 92040
Lemon Grove 91945-91946
MCAS Miramar 92145
Mt. Palomar 92060
National City 91950-91951
Ocean Beach 92107
Oceanside 92049, 92051-92052, 92054-92058
Pacific Beach 92109
Pala 92059
Pine Valley 91962
Potrero 91963, 91990
Ramona 92065
Rancho Bernardo 92128
Rancho Santa Fe 92067, 92091
San Diego (communities)
92101-92124, 92126-92140, 92142, 92143, 92145, 92147, 92149, 92150, 92152-92155, 92158-92179, 92182, 92184, 92186, 92187, 92190-92199
San Marcos 92069, 92078-92079, 92096
Santa Ysabel 92070
Santee 92071-92072
San Ysidro 92143, 92173
Solana Beach 92075
Spring Valley 91976-91979
Valley Center 92082
Vista 92083-92085
Warner Springs 92066, 92086