Rancho Peñasquitos is a suburban community in northeastern San Diego, California. It is named after the first Mexican land grant in San Diego County, Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos. (Peñasquitos is Spanish for "little cliffs".) The community abuts Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, an open space preserve that offers hiking, biking, and equestrian trails.
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Mt. Carmel High School is a public high school in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. It is part of Poway Unified School District. The school's mascot is the Sundevil.
Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner and a National Blue Ribbon School. Mt. Carmel was named a California Gold Ribbon School in 2017. Mt. Carmel was named a California Honor Roll School by Educational Results Partnership for the 2017–18, 2016–17, and 2015–16 school years.
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Christmas Card Lane is a holiday light display in San Diego, California, in the community of Rancho Penasquitos. It is one of the most famous holiday displays in San Diego.
Residents erect giant plywood greetings in their front yards depicting cartoon characters, religious images, or Christmas themes.
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The Los Peñasquitos Creek Arch Bridge is a pair of road bridges in San Diego, California.
Completed in 1949, the original bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch-bridge with an overall length of 434 feet, and arch span of 220 feet. It now serves as a service road and bike path.
The new Los Peñasquitos Creek bridge was first built in 1966 as the southbound lanes of the U.S. Route 395 freeway. It was completely replaced by a prestressed concrete girder bridge during the widening of the Interstate 15 freeway in 1976.
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Sabre Springs is a community in San Diego, California, located in the northeastern part of the city. It is bounded by the city limits of Poway on the east, Ted Williams Parkway on the north, Interstate 15 on the west, and the community of Miramar Ranch North to the south. Sabre Springs is bisected north-south by Poway Road.
The surrounding communities are Carmel Mountain to the north, Rancho Peñasquitos to the west, and Scripps Ranch to the south.
Sabre Springs also features a business park which includes several notable businesses such as General Atomics - Aeronautical, Bridgepoint Education and Hospira.
The telephone area code is 858, and the ZIP code is 92128.
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Black Mountain Open Space Park is a city park in the northern suburbs of San Diego, California.
The community is commonly abbreviated "PQ." The population of Rancho Peñasquitos is approximately 60,000. it is located in ZIP Code 92129. The telephone area codes are 619 and 858.
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