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    Therapy llamas being forced to leave Fallbrook

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to Village News

    When Shanna Daley created The Laughing Llama it was a way to help rescued llamas and her family. Her 1.4-acre property is home to three llamas and two alpacas that serve as a therapeutic diversion to many, including Daley's 82-year-old grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's. Now San Diego County is demanding the facility cease operation by May 15 and that Daley remove most of her animals. Daley chose to purchase a property in Fallbrook because of its beauty and enough land...

  • Jake Jimenez

    Fentanyl poisonings affect area families

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to Village News|Updated Apr 21, 2021

    Jake Jimenez was 23 when he was unwittingly poisoned by ingesting fentanyl. Alexandra Capelouto was 20. Both had been great students, played sports and had many friends and loved ones in their lives. They are just two of the many young adults who died due to drug dealers who are manufacturing counterfeit drugs. Matt Capelouto of Temecula lost his daughter to fentanyl poisoning in December 2019. Since Alexandra Capelouto's death, he has connected with DrugInducedHomicide.org...

  • Gary and Pam Willis and family

    Siblings find forever home in Menifee

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to Village News

    The Brady Bunch has nothing on the Willis family of Menifee. After raising five biological children, Gary and Pam Willis made the selfless decision to adopt seven siblings who were orphaned in 2018. Now with an even dozen children, the Willises said they are enjoying their second pass at parenting. "We started fostering children in 2013 through California Family Life Center in the San Jacinto Valley," Pam Willis said. "We have had at least two or three kiddos at a time pretty...

  • Prittye Pettiford and Antoine Warfield

    Golf season tees off for Native youth

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to the Village News

    TEMECULA – As an organization designed to nurture well-rounded youth, Inter Tribal Sports combines athletics with wellness and cultural programs for Native youth in Southern California. It will host the opening day of its golf season April 3 at San Pasqual but is offering golf clinics through March at Murrieta Valley Golf Range to properly introduce the community to the new sport that ITS is offering. The clinics are also designed to provide participants with the necessary too...

  • Richard Stergulz

    Artists create meaningful art at The Green Art House

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to Village News

    The Green Art House in Fallbrook was started with a twofold purpose in mind: to provide a teaching facility for artists of all levels and styles to create whatever they wanted and to be eco-friendly while doing it. Richard Stergulz and Leslie Sweetland co-founded the nonprofit about eight years ago with a vision to offer classes and events that promote art, art awareness and art education while encouraging and promoting public interest and understanding of art in its variety...

  • Joel Rosas with horse

    Sharing the love for REINS

    Diane A. Rhodes, Special to Village News

    During February, the month of love, REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program asked its student families and volunteers to "Share the Love" of REINS with everyone they know, by creating a personal fundraising page and sharing their story of how REINS has impacted them. Each page was personalized with a photo and a fundraising goal. REINS (Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs and Strengths) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support the physical, mental and emotional...