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Rancho Bernardo is located on the Rancho San Bernardo Mexican land grant made between 1842 and 1845. [6] In the 1960s, Rancho Bernardo was annexed by San Diego. The area was developed by AVCO Community Developers until their involvement ceased in 1984. [7] The Rancho Bernardo Inn opened at the center of the development in 1963. [8]
In 1875, John Bixby purchased 5,000 acres of land in eastern Yorba Linda, California from the widow of Bernardo Yorba, a prominent Californio landowner, after whom Yorba Linda is named. [7] [1] [2] Bixby later named his property, Rancho Santa Ana, after the Santa Ana River that flowed adjacent to his land. [2] [3] He raised cattle and sheep. [2]
The Society published Orange County Medical History (1927), [4] [5] the Centennial Bibliography of Orange County (1989), Don Meadows’ The House of Bernardo Yorba (1963), Wayne Gibson’s The Olive Mill (1975), and Virginia Carpenter’s Cañada de la Brea: Ghost Rancho (1978). [3] In 1973, the Society launched the journal Orange Countiana. [6]
The 4S Ranch branch of the San Diego County Library opened to the public on April 26, 2007. The 4S Ranch Library is located in 4S Commons Center and serves as a community hub, focused on their large population of children and teens. The 4S Ranch branch is 7,214 square feet and has a fluctuating collection size of around 28,000 items.
The San Diego Public Library was established on May 19, 1882, by an elected board of library trustees, one of whom was civic leader and philanthropist George Marston.The first location was rented space in the Commercial Bank building at Fifth and G streets, and the new library opened its doors to the public for the first time on July 15, 1882.
The Rancho Mirage Library was dedicated in 2006. [2] The Observatory was opened on March 25, 2018, [3] and recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary. The Library and Observatory hosts regular viewing parties and daytime observatory tours. [4]
The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of six and one half furlongs on the dirt held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.
The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center (VGCC) is a community library and performance venue attached to the Victoria Gardens lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The building (which links the Lewis Family Playhouse, the Paul A. Biane Library, and the 4,500-square-foot (420 m 2 ) Celebration Hall under one roof) officially opened on ...