Rancho Bernardo, San Diego

Coordinates: 33°01′15.03″N 117°04′44.05″W / 33.0208417°N 117.0789028°W / 33.0208417; -117.0789028

Rancho Bernardo, San Diego
Community of San Diego
Rancho Bernardo

Rancho Bernardo and neighborhood boundaries
Rancho Bernardo, San Diego

Location within Northeastern San Diego

Coordinates: 33°01′15″N 117°04′44″W / 33.020842°N 117.078903°W / 33.020842; -117.078903
Country  United States of America
State  California
County San Diego
City San Diego

Rancho Bernardo is a master-planned community[1] in the northern hills of the city of San Diego, California.

Geography

The topography of Rancho Bernardo consists of canyons and rolling hills. It is a sprawling community, with shopping malls, golf courses and office parks typical of San Diego development.

The community is located about 20 miles (32 km) north-north-east of downtown San Diego, immediately east of 4S Ranch, north of Carmel Mountain Ranch, northwest of the city of Poway and south of Escondido.

History

Rancho Bernardo is located on the Rancho San Bernardo Mexican land grant made in 1842.

In the 1960s, Rancho Bernardo real estate obtained incorporation with the approval of the AVCO Community Developers.

On October 22, 2007, the Witch Creek Fire burned through Rancho Bernardo and several other populous areas of San Diego County, destroying hundreds of houses, and completely destroying several entire neighborhoods, particularly ones that firefighters had trouble accessing due to rugged terrain and rapidly advancing flames pushed by strong Santa Ana winds.The highly unpredictable flames pushed into the northeast section of Poway during the day, prompting evacuation of Palomar-Pomerado Hospital. The neighborhoods of the Trails, Montelena and Westwood were the main areas hit in Rancho Bernardo.

Economy

Tourism

There is an annual carnival-type street fair, RB Alive!, during the summer.[2] Rancho Bernardo is also home to the oldest[3] operating winery in Southern California, the Bernardo Winery Established in 1889 and family owned and operated since 1927.

Industry

Rancho Bernardo is home to Corporate Headquarters of Sony US, the first integrated television factory opened in the U.S. by a Japanese company[4] Other companies in the area include Broadcom, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Teradata, LSI Corporation, BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman. Located in a 685 acres (277 ha) business park, there are approximately 50,000 workers employed by these companies.

Education

The area is part of the Poway Unified School District.

Schools

Primary

Secondary

References

  1. "Sandiego.gov". Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. Rossi, Vincent Nicholas (2006-04-13). "Man sees music as universal language". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  3. "Bernardo Winery - The History". Retrieved 25 October 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  4. Sony History

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