We received an email from a Montecito Ranch resident who doesn’t want to be identified, and he shared very good news with us.

He complained to Google after using its mapping program and couldn’t get our area identified as Temescal Valley. Google must have checked out his complaint with the US Postal Service because here’s Google’s reply to him:

“Thank you for reporting this problem. We’ve reviewed your problem and you were right! The default view in Google Maps has already been updated to reflect your suggested change, as shown below.

:92883 is now known as Temescal Valley, Ca.

Depending on the nature of the problem you reported, it may take some time for the update to appear on other products and services such as driving directions, Google Maps for Mobile, and Google Earth. If you see an issue with the way we fixed your problem, please feel free to send us another note.
Thanks for helping us to improve Google Maps!

Wow — this is great news! We told the resident we warned by USPS that until larger companies — such as Google, updated address and mailing lists with the post office, that the Temescal Valley designation may not be immediately recognized by those companies even though the postal service recognizes it.

It appears we each need to reach out and target a company. I sent an email to Facebook today. Let’s see how long it takes to show where we live as Temescal Valley and not Corona.

If you’ve had success getting your address changed and the Valley identity recognized, please share it with us.