Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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The Fallbrook Community Planning Group approved a priority list for Park Land Dedication Ordinance funding. The planning group’s 14-0 vote Jan. 22, with Lee DeMeo absent, approved a prioritized list of recommendations which will be provided to the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The priority list retains trail connectivity as the highest priority. A swimming pool, equestrian facilities, and a second community center have been added to the list. Park Land Development Ordinance fees are collected from dev...
A presentation for a proposed three-story townhome project in the 500 block of Aviation Road was brought to the Fallbrook Community Planning group for a presentation Jan. 22. The project was a non-voting item, but the planning group expects to have a vote to recommend approval of the project at the Feb. 18 planning group meeting. “We really like this project. It’s a really good infill project. It’s not high-density. It has lots of parking,” said planning group chair Eileen Delaney. The proposal is for 130 to 160 ownersh...
Bonsall High School now has a cheer team. The squad consisting of 11 cheerleaders and advisor Lauryn Johnson made its debut at Bonsall High School basketball games in November. The cheerleaders have provided sideline chants and halftime dance performances at both boys basketball and girls basketball games. "It's been the highlight of my first year teaching high school," Johnson said. The cheer team which began this past fall is the first official cheer activity the high...
The Vallecitos School District will be receiving new filters for district heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system units and will also be receiving carbon dioxide monitors. A 3-0 Vallecitos board vote Jan. 14, with Michael Darnley absent and one vacant seat, approved a contract with Emcor Services Mesa Energy for the devices. The Irvine company will provide and install 19 MERV-13 filters on the HVAC units and 15 CO2 monitors. Some repair of existing facilities will also be performed, and the contract is for $2...
Three soccer players who are members of Fallbrook’s Villa FC program spent a week training at the Real Madrid facilities in Spain. Reid Loomis, Lennon McKesson, and Jesse Parra participated in the Real Madrid Academy program. The activity between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 included training with lower-level Real Madrid coaches and youth players, meeting a member of the highest-level Real Madrid team, and playing four games. “The opportunity to train at the Real Madrid training center as well as the opportunity to play against a Spani...
Although the CIF San Diego Section may eliminate the guaranteed home game during CIF playoffs for league champions, that change will not take effect for the winter 2024-25 sports. The agenda of the Jan. 22 CIF Board of Managers meeting called for a waiver of the rules requiring a first reading and adoption at a subsequent meeting, but the Board of Managers approved an alternate motion which will require a second reading. That second reading is scheduled for March 26 and, if the Board of Managers adopts the elimination of the...
The Jan. 14 meeting of the Vallecitos School District included the award of a contract to install new fiberoptic cabling. GEA Builders, whose office is in San Diego, was awarded the contract on a 3-0 vote with Michael Darnley absent and one vacancy on the board. The base amount of the contract is $33,740 while an owner-controlled contingency of $11,260 will allow for $45,000 of district spending without further board approval. “It’s going to upgrade our IT (information technology) infrastructure,” said Vallecitos Schoo...
The Queen tribute band Queen Nation performed the first concert at Pala Casino during 2025. "What an honor. What a pleasure," said Parker Combs, the Queen Nation bassist who portrays John Deacon. Queen Nation also consists of vocalist and keyboard player Greg Finsley as Freddie Mercury, guitarist Mike McManus in the role of Brian May, and drummer Pete Burke providing the Roger Taylor portion of the music. Queen Nation was formed in 2004. Combs, McManus, and Burke are original... Full story
At least for the 2024-25 school year, the Vallecitos School District position of van driver and custodian will be a single combined position. The Vallecitos board voted 3-0 Jan. 14, with Michael Darnley absent and one vacant seat, to approve the job description for the van driver/custodian position. At this point, the position is only for Fiscal Year 2024-25. “We approved a temporary position,” said Vallecitos School District Superintendent Meliton Sanchez, who is also the district’s Chief Business Officer. The posit...
The first college football game Dean Janikowski attended was the 2016 Holiday Bowl in San Diego in which Minnesota defeated Washington State University. Janikowski, who lives in Fallbrook and was a Cathedral Catholic High School sophomore at the time, eventually played football for Washington State and closed out his college playing career in the 2024 Holiday Bowl at Snapdragon Stadium. "It was really cool," Janikowski said. Janikowski is a lifelong Fallbrook resident who...
Although the first Valley League dual meet of the season for Fallbrook High School’s wrestling team was a 52-30 Valley Center win, varsity Fallbrook grapplers pinned four of their opponents during the Jan. 9 match in Valley Center. “We did okay,” said Fallbrook High Coach Tom Brockson. “A lot of young guys really stepped up.” Wrestling has both individual scores and team scores. In each match, a wrestler is given one point for an escape, two points for a takedown, a reversal, or a near fall lasting two to five seconds,...
San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission has approved an update of the municipal service review and sphere of influence study for the Morro Hills Community Services District and Oceanside. The LAFCO board voted 8-0 Nov. 4 to approve the municipal service review. A sphere of influence update was approved on an 8‑0 vote Dec. 2, and that action also established a special study area for land which might be annexed to the Morro Hills CSD. (The sphere of influence update for the area was deferred from the Nov. 4 mee...
Bonsall High School lost the Legionnaires’ first girls basketball game of the 2024-25 season, but the 30 points Bonsall scored were the most since girls basketball was reinstated in 2023 and the 14-point margin was the closest game the Legionnaires have had since resuming the program after a four-year lapse. “I feel they performed excellently. We only had about two practices prior to that game,” said Bonsall coach Jessica Kaller. Bonsall had girls basketball in the 2018-19 season but not during any of the next four seaso...
The Fallbrook High School tandem of senior Natalie Guadalupe and sophomore Emily Carroll reached the finals of the 2024 Valley League girls tennis tournament. The tournament took place Oct. 21-23 at San Pasqual High School. Fallbrook sophomore Ashlyn Trujillo placed fourth in the singles competition. “It went almost perfectly to script,” said Fallbrook coach Bill Lenaway. “There weren’t really any surprises.” The league coaches had seeded the singles players and doubles teams. Each school was allowed up to four singles p...
The 2023 Bonsall High School girls volleyball team had an overall season record of 2-16 including a forfeit win which was the only Sierra League victory in the Legionnaires’ 1-7 league mark. Bonsall was in the Pioneer League for 2024, and the Legionnaires were 6-4 in league competition which was worth third place in the standings. All of those wins were on the court, and Bonsall was 6‑13 overall. “It takes a few years to build a program, and I feel like this was an improvement from last year,” said Bonsall coach Jessica...
The Dec. 11 San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting included approval of mid-year budget adjustments, and the county supervisors appropriated an additional $2,030,000 for the Rainbow Water Quality Improvement Project. The supervisors’ 4-0 vote, with Joel Anderson absent, approved the additional appropriations for the project. The budget adjustments utilized balances at the end of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024‑25. Mid-year budget adjustments reflect revenue received since the annual budget was adopted, qua...
A time extension for the planned Marquart Ranch subdivision has been approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The supervisors’ 4-0 vote Dec. 11, with Joel Anderson absent, extends the time to complete the public infrastructure to Dec. 11, 2026. The action also amended the security agreement to increase the amount required to guarantee completion of the infrastructure. In October 2007, the county’s Planning Commission approved a tentative map to subdivide the 44.2-acre Marquart Ranch property into nine res...
Sonny Miller lives in Fallbrook and is a maintenance and operations project manager for the Rancho California Water District. He had a lead role in developing a well depth monitoring system which was a finalist for the Excellence in Innovation Award presented at the Dec. 3-5 Association of California Water Agencies fall conference in Palm Desert, and Miller was on a Dec. 5 panel in which representatives from the finalist agencies discussed their projects. "I thought the ACWA...
The San Diego Sockers' second game at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside was played Dec. 20 against the Tacoma Stars, whose goalkeeper is 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate Chris Toth. "It's cool. It's nice. It's great for the city," Toth said of the Sockers' new arena. "It's a very nice place. It's a great addition for Oceanside and San Diego. It's also a great addition for indoor soccer." The match against the Sockers was Toth's first Major Arena Soccer League game at Frontwave...
To some the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion spurs discussion about somebody who didn’t want a child and somebody else who would desire that child. Christmas is also subject to such discussion since Jesus was the result of an unplanned (at Mary's end) pregnancy. For me the week after Christmas is when I think of the value of an unwanted child. In 1989, I visited my parents’ house the Saturday after Christmas. I parked across the street from their house. A black... Full story
The San Diego County Board of supervisors approved a time extension for the completion of the infrastructure required for the planned Live Oak Ranch subdivision. The supervisors voted 4-0 Dec. 11, with Joel Anderson absent, to approve the time extension. LACA Investments, LLC, and JJJD, LLC., each of whom own 50% of the project, now have until Dec. 11, 2026, to complete the road, water, sewer, and other infrastructure improvements although the homes or other lot improvements themselves are not required to be completed by that...
The North County Fire Protection District will be obtaining 11 new advanced life support cardiac monitors. The NCFPD board voted 5-0 Dec. 10 to approve a lease-to-buy contract with Stryker for the cardiac monitors. The total purchase price is $827,534.98, and the fire district will make five annual payments of $184,436.39 with an option to buy the equipment for $1 after five years. “We ended up saving $85,000,” said NCFPD Fire Chief Keith McReynolds. The fire district began its paramedic program in 1990. In December 201...
The athletic league involving five small middle schools and K‑8 elementary schools in northern San Diego County had a flag football tournament Dec. 5 in Rainbow, and the Vallecitos Elementary School girls won their portion of the Vallecitos Flag Football Tournament while the Vallecitos boys placed second. Vallecitos, Pauma Elementary School, Julian Junior High School, Warner Middle School (Warner Springs), and Borrego Springs Middle School participated in the tournament. The V...
Mark Glatt trains horses both at the San Luis Rey Training Center and at Santa Anita Park. Several of his horses who have been at San Luis Rey helped Glatt win the 2024 Del Mar fall meet trainer championship. Glatt had 14 wins in his 32 starts during the fall meet. Seven other horses finished second and five of Glatt’s horses took third place. “I think it’s a great accomplishment,” Glatt said. Glatt acknowledged that the fall meet, which had 16 race days, was a short meet. “Nonetheless it’s an accomplishment and a tribute to...
Bonsall High School’s boys soccer team lost the Legionnaires’ first five games of the season, but Bonsall’s record improved to 1-5 with a win in the Dec. 13 game which preceded the start of the Legionnaires’ 2024-25 league season. “The season hasn’t quite started the way I wanted, but we’re slowly improving,” said Bonsall coach Ennis Pipe. The 2023-24 Legionnaires had an overall record of 9-5-3 which included a loss in the CIF Division V-AA quarterfinal. Bonsall was 9‑0‑1 in Pioneer League play and obtained the first...
