San Diego California Events. Area focus - Solana Beach

City: Solana Beach
Area Population: 12,170
Elevation: 197 feet above sea level
Distance from downtown SD: 22.8 miles northwest

Solana Beach is a city in San Diego County, California, United States.

The Pacific Ocean is located to the west; the City of Encinitas to the north, and the City of Del Mar to the south. The unincorporated village of Rancho Santa Fe is located on the east side.

History

Until 1923, the main area known as Solana Beach was originally called Lockwood Mesa. The area first settled by the George H. Jones family in 1886. When Lake Hodges Dam was built in 1917-18, the area encompassing Solana Beach began to develop rapidly. The creation of the 12,000-acre Santa Fe Irrigation District in 1918 ensured that the area from Rancho Santa Fe through Solana Beach would prosper and expand. The coastline from Solana Beach to Oceanside began to boom in the early 1920s. In 1922 Colonel Ed Fletcher, an early community leader and developer, purchased 140 acres at $20 per acre from farmer George H. Jones to develop the town of Solana Beach, with the help of his brother-in-law Eugene Batchelder. To provide access to the beach for the development, hydraulic water pressure was used to erode away tons of earth and create the Fletcher Cove entry and beach. This took one man three months with a fire hose, using water that was coming over the spillway at Lake Hodges Dam. The beach was opened with great fanfare including horse races on the beach on July 4th, 1925.

The community grew slowly, but steadily throughout the rest of the century, with particular booms occurring in the decade after World War II and a real estate boom in the last quarter of the 20th century. In 1986 the community officially incorporated as the city of Solana Beach.

While still a relatively tranquil coastal town, the city received national news in 2003 upon becoming the first city in the Continental United States to enact a smoking ban on its public beaches, a trend which has continued as many other coastal Californian towns have followed suit in banning smoking on their beaches. Solana Beach was the last coastal community in North San Diego County to ban alcohol on the beach, doing so for at least a year in an action unanimously approved by the City Council. This leaves Camp Pendleton and Silver Strand State Beach near Coronado as the only beaches in San Diego county that allow liquor.

Solana Beach entered the national spotlight on April 25, 2008 when retired veterinarian and 38-year resident Dr. David Martin suffered a fatal injury from an extremely rare great white shark bite while swimming with a group approximately 150 yards off shore near Solana Beach's Fletcher Cove. The group of swimmers reportedly began their swim at Tide Beach Park to the north. Surfers in the area of Fletcher Cover noted harbor seals in the water and a wounded seal on the beach at Fletcher Cove just before the attack, the latter being a typical sign of sharks feeding in the area. Recent increases in the seal population along the Southern California coast - and the seals' tendency to swim in close proximity to human swimmers - is suspected to be contributing factors in the attack.

Eden Gardens

The neighborhood of Eden Gardens (also known as La Colonia), one of the oldest residential areas of Solana Beach, was a community formed in the 1920s by Mexican farmers who were hired by the owners of large ranches in Rancho Santa Fe. These farmers wanted their families nearby, hence the formation of La Colonia (the colony). The name Eden Gardens came later from a land developer who thought it would be a good marketing tool. Many residents still refer to the area as La Colonia. Famous residents include Chicano rapper Lil Rob and comedian Rene Sandoval who were born and raised in the community.

Library
157 Stevens Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858-755-1404) Map - Website

Post Office
153 South Sierra Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075
(800-275-8777) Map

Solana Vista Elementary School (Preschool-3)
780 Santa Victoria, Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858-794-3700) Map - Website

Skyline Elementary School (K-6)
606 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858-794-3920) Map - Website

Earl Warren Middle School (4-8/7-8)
155 Stevens Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858-755-1558) Map - Website

Solana Beach City Website
Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce
Solana Beach Demographic Profile - Fact Sheet
Solana Beach Demographic Profile - Map

Solana Beach Weather - NOAA
Air Quality Forecast
Moon Phases & Astronomical Events
Recent Earthquakes
Surf Report
Tide Information - San Diego
Tide Information - La Jolla

Solana Beach Homes For Sale
Solana Beach Condominiums For Sale
Solana Beach Multi-Family Properties For Sale
Solana Beach Rentals

Classifieds (all areas) - Real Estate
Classifieds (all areas) - Rentals
Classifieds (all areas) - Household
Classifieds (all areas) - Electronics
Classifieds (all areas) - Collectibles
Classifieds (all areas) - Automotive
Classifieds (all areas) - Sales
Classifieds (all areas) - Services
Classifieds (all areas) - Employment
Classifieds (all areas) - Personals

San Diego County Branch Libraries
San Diego County Business Directory - Solana Beach
San Dieguito Union High School District
Solana Beach School District
Wikipedia - Solana Beach, California

Visit Our Other Sites
Howie Hayman	Learn English	English Videos	Learn Japanese	Express Yourself	Home Education	BeeMee TV Cooking