Land SE of PS/Altair (Modified: Environmental Concerns Broadly)

[usctrojancpa]

What about Portola Hills or Portola Ridge or Portola Rock?

 

[Happiness]

Portola Cove
Portola Bluffs
Portola Coast

They recently renamed West Irvine to West Irvine Pointe after being West Irvine for 20 years so it's not impossible they will someday rename Portola Springs.

 

[lnc]

TIC name the development Portola Springs because this area actually has a spring, the Tomato Springs.

But Tomato Springs doesn't sound too appealing so TIC name the new residential development Portola Springs. 
https://www.orangecoast.com/stuff-we-love/tomato-springs-real-place/

Is Tomato Springs a Real Place?

Tomato Springs is tiny but legendary. In 1769, Father
Francisco Gomez of the Portola expedition?the first Europeans in California?discovered a source of fresh water he called San Pantale?n. Later explorers called this campsite the Aguage de Padre Gomez (?Spring of Father Gomez?), until those who followed 100 years later renamed it Tomato Springs, for the surrounding wild tomatoes. The spot didn?t get much press until 1912, when a 200-man posse tracked suspected rapist Joe Matlock to the springs and a major shootout ensued. Undersheriff Robert Squares was killed and three other men were injured before the ?Tomato Springs Bandit? killed himself. Developers recently gave the area yet another name: Portola Springs. But in the 1990s, the Transportation Corridor Agencies named the nearby toll plazas Tomato Springs. This year, the toll plazas became history, too. Yet the springs still flow near Old Bee Canyon Road on the outskirts of Irvine.

 

[Mety]

TIC name the development Portola Springs because this area actually has a spring, the Tomato Springs.

But Tomato Springs doesn't sound too appealing so TIC name the new residential development Portola Springs. 
https://www.orangecoast.com/stuff-we-love/tomato-springs-real-place/

Is Tomato Springs a Real Place?

Tomato Springs is tiny but legendary. In 1769, Father
Francisco Gomez of the Portola expedition?the first Europeans in California?discovered a source of fresh water he called San Pantale?n. Later explorers called this campsite the Aguage de Padre Gomez (?Spring of Father Gomez?), until those who followed 100 years later renamed it Tomato Springs, for the surrounding wild tomatoes. The spot didn?t get much press until 1912, when a 200-man posse tracked suspected rapist Joe Matlock to the springs and a major shootout ensued. Undersheriff Robert Squares was killed and three other men were injured before the ?Tomato Springs Bandit? killed himself. Developers recently gave the area yet another name: Portola Springs. But in the 1990s, the Transportation Corridor Agencies named the nearby toll plazas Tomato Springs. This year, the toll plazas became history, too. Yet the springs still flow near Old Bee Canyon Road on the outskirts of Irvine.

So the Tomato Springs flow near the Old Bee CANYON Road. Now time to rename it -

Portola Canyon
The best kept secret in Irvine

 

[marmott]

If we really need to keep the Springs let?s go for Hidden Springs.  ;D

 

[lnc]

FYI, the Tomato Springs is located south of N4B where Brisa, Celeste and Talise are located. (see the first attached map)

Since we are on the names, I dig up the old original development map from TIC for this area (second attached map).  They did not name all these neighborhoods Portola Springs at first, only the 1st neighborhood (N1).  And as shown in this 2nd map, they give temporary name for the other PS neighborhoods.  They labeled the N5B and N5C Agua Chinon Knolls because there's Agua Chinon Creek near by. 

 

[kbinteriordesign]

Thank you for sharing information about the neighborhood!

 

[lnc]

Remember that FBI Training Facility mentioned at start of this thread. Well, there's an explosion and 16 people injured.

16 injured in explosion at FBI training facility in Orange County

At least sixteen people were injured after an explosion at an FBI training facility on Wednesday. The incident happened at the Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility in Irvine shortly befo…

ktla.com

16 injured in explosion at FBI training facility in Irvine

Thirteen of the injuries were related to the noise of the blast, resulting in the victims suffering from dizziness and ear pain, officials said.

www.cbsnews.com