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Jeff Pack Staff Writer A series of motions and arguments brought forth by Charles "Chase" Merritt's defense team just minutes before Merritt's scheduled sentencing date Friday, Jan. 17 ultimately caused San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith to delay the final sentencing until Tuesday, Jan. 21. Judge Smith was scheduled to decide whether Merritt will be put to death or serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killing of the McStay... Full story
Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens and Nursery, a Fallbrook landmark settled in the late 1800s which had been transformed into one of Fallbrook's hidden gems, recently announced it would be closing its doors to the public. "It has been a fabulous and successful 40 years," according to a statement on Myrtle Creek's website. "Thank you so much for your support over those years. We have made the difficult decision to close our gates to the public." The statement continued to share th...
James McGee, the lead attorney for Charles "Chase" Merritt, was officially relieved of his duties from the team defending the man convicted of killing all four members of the McStay family of Fallbrook back in 2010 during a Nov. 1 court hearing. Also during the hearing, Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith vacated the Friday, Dec. 13, hearing and set a new sentencing date for Merritt for Jan. 17, 2020. The final sentencing date comes after a delay after a Sept. 27 hearing at...
Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens & Nursery, a Fallbrook landmark settled in the late 1800s which had been transformed into one of Fallbrook's hidden gems, recently announced it would be closing its doors to the public. "It has been a fabulous & successful 40 years," a statement on Myrtle Creek's website said. "Thank you so much for your support over those years. We have made the difficult decision to close our gates to the public." The statement goes on to read that the... Full story
The Fallbrook Union High School boys varsity basketball team continues to roll through its 2019-20 preseason schedule. With eight wins on the season, they are one win away from matching the program's highest win total in the past five years. The last time the Warriors had a winning record was following the 2014-15 season when Mike West's Warriors went 17-12. This year, at 8-2, Ryan Smith's Warriors are looking like they will have similar success. That's no small feat...
There have been no Fallbrook Union High School Girls Varsity Basketball teams with a winning overall record at the school since Dan Bachman’s 2014-15 team went 17-8. So far this season, Jessica Ramirez’s Warriors are 5-4 on the young season and making strides. The Warriors had to be feeling good coming into tournament games with West Hills Saturday, Dec. 28, and Valhalla Monday, Dec. 30, (games played after press time) having just won big against Santana, taking down the Sul...
The Fallbrook Union High School Girls Varsity Water Polo team is off to a fast start under head coach Sean Redmond, picking up where they left off last season when they made it to the CIF Division II finals before finishing second. For all their successes last season, the Warriors will compete in Div. I this season. The Warriors started the season with a huge 20-6 win over Mt. Carmel, then came back to beat Great Oak, Classical Academy, Helix and Vista to start the season...
If you're passing by Carol Hanson's Fallbrook home during the holiday season, you probably wouldn't be able to tell that she has a unique Christmas collection on display inside her home. "We have just very simple decorations out front and we live on our back patio, except when it's very cold," Hanson said. "I do have a little bit of decoration back there, but mostly it's in the main part of the house." The "it" Hanson is referring to is the collection of 700 blue Santa... Full story
The Fallbrook Union High School Girls Rugby team started the league season fast with a win over Rancho Bernardo High School Saturday, Dec. 21, at Ingold Field in Fallbrook. Sophomores Julia Tippin and Tiahna Padilla got the Warriors off to a quick start with early tries and conversions by Shelby Tippin....
The Fallbrook Warriors varsity boys’ rugby team dropped its first match of the season Friday, Dec. 13 to Torrey Pines High School at Fallbrook High School. Torrey Pines is one of the top teams in San Diego County and showed it with a 75-7 win over the Warriors to kick off the season. The Falcons were also victorious in the junior varsity game with the Warriors falling short in a 38-10 loss to the Falcons. The Warriors will next go on the road to play San Clemente High S...
The holidays are a difficult time for sports schedules – imagine what it's like trying to mold a new basketball team into one that can compete for a league championship through the holidays. That's what the basketball teams at Fallbrook and Bonsall high schools are trying to do while competing in games all over San Diego County in non-league games and tournaments. GIRLS Head coach Jessica Ramirez and her Fallbrook High School girls' varsity team is off to a 2-2 record early i...
Fallbrook Union High School varsity field hockey team beat top-seeded San Marcos last month to complete a fairytale run to the CIF San Diego Section Field Hockey Division 2 Championship. Late last week, several players on the Warriors’ team received the icing on their championship cake by being named to all-league and All-CIF teams. Senior captain Erin Murray was the lone Warrior to make the All-CIF team as a second-team selection in addition to being named first-team all-league. Murray, a forward and center midfielder, was r...
Fallbrook Union High School varsity field hockey team beat top-seeded San Marcos last month to complete a fairytale run to the CIF San Diego Section Field Hockey Division 2 Championship. Late last week, several players on the Warriors' team received the icing on their championship cake by being named to all-league and All-CIF teams. Senior captain Erin Murray was the lone Warrior to make the All-CIF team as a second-team selection in addition to being named first-team...
Ron Wylie didn't want to see a bunch of shuttered windows in the space that had recently been Brandon Gallery in the building he owns on Main Street during the Avocado Festival in April. "That'd be really bad for downtown to have this be a vacant space," Wylie said in what is now called 105 N. Main Gallery. "It doesn't present the right image for Fallbrook. That's something I've been working hard on ever since I joined Connections 25 years ago and we start putting on the Hot... Full story
Fallbrook Union High School varsity girls basketball head coach Jessica Ramirez has three goals for her team this season – be disciplined, show commitment and show character. The second-year head coach, assistants Trae Harrison and Nick Cardona, and the Warriors are coming off a 7-20 season last year and have designs on improving this winter. "They have progressed greatly on the defensive end of the floor," Ramirez said. "They are motivated and aggressive." The coach said the...
Emma Mings, Martha Vaca, Erin Murray and George Hutson were named Students of the Month during the Student of the Month Breakfast Thursday, Dec. 5, at North Coast Church. First to be honored was George Hutson, nominated by Marin Pinnell and Steve Hernandez. "For George, the first thing I think of is, he's a gem," Pinnell said. "A gem is multifaceted, okay, and George is multifaceted. When I look at George, he reminds me a lot of my dad in that he is able to do a lot of...
By expressing their love and admiration for the country in which they live, the winners of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay Contests were awarded scholarships at an awards dinner Nov. 21. Sean O. Daly, Jr. won the high school contest, the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest, and Margaret M. Nasry won the middle school contest, called the Patriots Pen Essay Contest. Daly took home a $...
Oftentimes, success brings more challenges to a high school sports program, it also comes with more expectations. Such is the case with the Fallbrook Union High School Girls Varsity Water Polo team. “After placing second in Div. 2 last year and moving up to Div. 1, we are looking to be competitive within the division,” eight year head coach Sean Redmond said. “We are also looking to challenge for the Valley League championship this year.” So far, he said, the team is off to a great start. “Our practices have been very prod...
After just one win last season, the Fallbrook Union High School Warriors Varsity Boys Basketball team has started this season undefeated, giving head coach Ryan Smith reason to smile. "I'm very happy, I mean, we still have a lot of things we have to work on to get better with, but they're doing their jobs to get it done," Smith said. "They are becoming a team and figuring out ways to win games which we've struggled with the last couple of years. But I am very happy." The Warri...
Head coach Ryan Smith knows it is going to take a lot of hard work by the members of his Fallbrook Union High School Varsity Boys Basketball team to make it into the playoffs this season. The team is off to a good start, with a 60-57 win over O'Farrell Charter Tuesday, Nov. 19. "I want to get 10 wins," Smith said. "I think the biggest goal is to make the playoffs. I don't want to set such lofty goals, but I've told the boys I want to compete for a Division 5 title, which I... Full story
A post made on social media Saturday, Nov. 23, alleged that a staff member of a local church had engaged in inappropriate conversations with what was portrayed to be a 14-year-old boy and later went to meet the boy but was instead met by a regional vigilante group that works in anonymity to catch sexual predators and expose them on the internet. Late Saturday afternoon, Kristine Almada, a pastoral associate with St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Parish in Fallbrook, announced in a statement that the church has suspended youth mi...
Vail Headquarters, the restored historic former location of the Walter Vail Ranch and the surrounding area, which now houses several small businesses and serves as a meeting place for neighborhood residents will host events on two upcoming Saturdays. First up is the Small Business Bazaar on Shop Small Saturday hosted by In The Loop and Vail Headquarters from 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30. The day will include a Small Business Bazaar with 50 local artisans and businesses to shop...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 invites the community to honor the winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay scholarships to be awarded, Thursday, Nov. 21, at the post. “We went to Potter Junior High and they submitted 21 essays for the Patriots Pen scholarship,” Chris Ingraham, Commander of VFW Post 1924, said. “The high school, because of the JROTC program and Lt. Col. Bill Wade, we're very involved with them and they're involved with us. He basic...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 invites the community to honor the winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay scholarships to be awarded, Thursday, Nov. 21, at the post. “We went to Potter Junior High and they submitted 21 essays for the Patriots Pen scholarship,” Chris Ingraham, Commander of VFW Post 1924, said. “The high school, because of the JROTC program and Lt. Col. Bill Wade, we're very involved with them and they're involved with us. He basic...
In a game that was always going to be decided by the slimmest of margins, Fallbrook Union High School Girls Field Hockey team scored once early in the second half and then tightened up defensively to close out a 1-0 win over San Marcos in the CIF Division II Field Hockey championship match Saturday, Nov. 16. Entering the tournament as the No. 7 seed, the Warriors peaked at the right time as a team to take down the No. 1-seeded Knights at Serra High School. "It was a rough trip...
