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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Four horses who once trained at the San Luis Rey Training Center ran in the Pacific Classic race Aug. 31 at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club including Mixto, who won the Grade 1 stakes race. Mixto, who is trained by Doug O'Neill and was ridden by Kyle Frey for the Pacific Classic, won the 1 1/4-mile dirt race by half a length. O'Neill also trains Katonah, who was seventh in the Pacific Classic. Dr. Venkman, who is trained by Mark Glatt, finished fourth. None Above the Law, who...
Chris Toth was selected as the Major Arena Soccer League goalkeeper of the year for the 2023-24 season. "I thought I had a really good season with the Tacoma Stars," Toth said. The 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate played in 21 of Tacoma's regular-season games and posted a record of 15 wins, three losses in regulation, and one loss in overtime. Although his goals against average was 5.62 per game, he saved 276 shots and had a save percentage of .713. He led the MASL in...
Madison McComas is Fallbrook High School’s new girls head volleyball coach. McComas, who replaces Chip Patterson, began her Fallbrook career with a four-game win Aug. 29 at Oceanside. The Warriors’ record improved to 5-1 with their runner-up performance at the Aug. 30-31 Sweetwater Tournament. “So far it’s been really amazing. I have a great group of girls,” McComas said. Fallbrook has varsity, junior varsity, and freshman teams this year. McComas noted that the entity is three levels but one program and that the players a...
Two North Fire Protection District board votes Aug. 27 adjusted fees the fire and emergency medical services district bills to insurance companies. One 5-0 vote adjusted the fees charged for NCFPD ambulance calls. The other 5-0 vote updated the fee structure for the district's cost to respond to highway incidents. Both increases will take effect Oct. 1. “These are annual inflators that are based on CPI,” said NCFPD fire chief Keith McReynolds. In September 2016, the NCFPD board adopted a policy which provides an aut...
A pair of Aug. 27 Rainbow Municipal Water District board actions approved notices of completion for two projects and accepted those facilities into the district infrastructure system. One action accepted the notice of completion of the replacement for Lift Station No. 1 while accepting the facility into the Rainbow system. The other action approved the notice of completion and acceptance of emergency generators for the Huntley-Gomez and Magee pump stations. Both board votes were 4-0 with Cari Dale absent. The new lift...
Two 5-0 votes during the Aug. 27 North County Fire Protection District board meeting approved guaranteed maximum price agreements for work at Station 3 in Rainbow. One action approved a contract amendment with TELACU Construction Management (TCM) for the construction work to renovate Station 3. The other contract amendment with TCM is for the dozer barn at Station 3. The NCFPD was created in 1986 when the Fallbrook Fire Protection District merged with the county service area which provided fire protection to Rainbow and...
The County of San Diego has authorized the bid process for a construction contract to reduce stormwater runoff along South Mission Road between Grand Tradition Way and Pepper Tree Lane. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Aug. 28 to authorize the director of the county’s Department of Purchasing and Contracting to take the necessary actions to advertise the contract for bid and to award a construction contract. The action also designated the director of the county’s Department of Public Works as the cou...
Bonsall High School's girls volleyball began 2024 competition Aug. 21 with a home loss to Julian, but Bonsall coach Jessica Kaller is happy with the team's play. "We need time to mesh and blend," Kaller said. "We've had only a few practices. We did not start until school started." Classes at Bonsall High School began Aug. 14. Julian High School began instruction Aug. 12, and that school's volleyball team also did not start practice until the first day of school. Julian High...
Eric Dow has lived in Menifee since moving from Fallbrook when he was in high school. Dow is the vocalist for the heavy metal band Helsott, and on Aug. 10 he was in Finland playing at the Helsinki Metal Festival. "We had the time of our lives," Dow said. Part of Dow's childhood was with a Moreno Valley residence. The family moved to Fallbrook and he attended Live Oak Elementary School and Potter Junior High School. After his freshman year at Fallbrook High School, he became a... Full story
Fallbrook High School's 2024 girls tennis season began Aug. 29 at home against Vista, and the Warriors won 17 of the 18 sets. "We were just a little deeper than they were," said Fallbrook coach Bill Lenaway. Nine of the 11 players on this year's Fallbrook varsity roster played varsity matches last year. Fallbrook had two seniors in 2023: #1 singles player Angie Palmerin and doubles player Jordan O'Farrell, who had been on the junior varsity in 2022. Not only did last year's...
Bonsall High School had not yet opened when Chip Patterson began his Fallbrook High School volleyball career in 2013 as the Warriors' girls assistant coach. He started the first of his two stints as Fallbrook's girls head coach in 2014, when Bonsall High School was open but before the Legionnaires had athletics. This year Patterson is refereeing rather than coaching girls volleyball, and he made his officiating debut Aug. 29 at a Bonsall High School home match. "It was excitin...
New development pays capacity charges to cover the project’s share of the existing infrastructure system, and water and sewer capacity fees are based on equivalent dwelling units. What was once a senior assisted living facility in the 1700 block of South Mission Road is being converted into a complex of senior apartments, and the change of use will require an additional $413,315 in sewer capacity fees. The Aug. 26 Fallbrook Public Utility District board meeting approved a financing agreement for the additional capacity f...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District board approved the purchase of a replacement scrubber for FPUD’s wastewater treatment plant. The 5-0 vote Aug. 26 authorized FPUD staff to enter into a contract with PureAir to purchase a PureAir EGS-8 scrubber for $315,583.13. PureAir, which is in suburban Atlanta, will sell the scrubber for $294,250.00 while FPUD will also pay $21,333.13 in sales tax. “The current unit, it’s past the point of refurbishment,” said FPUD General Manager Jack Bebee. The disinfection system at the water r...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District will be purchasing three additional electric vehicle trucks. The FPUD board voted 5-0 Aug. 26 to approve the purchase of three Ford F150 Lightning EV Trucks from Fritts Ford of Riverside. The three trucks will be purchased for a total of $154,612.89 and will complement two electric vehicle trucks already in the FPUD fleet. A California Air Resources Board regulation requires that by 2024 half of all fleet purchases for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 8,500 pounds b...
Fallbrook High School's football team lost the Warriors' first game of the 2024 season Aug. 22 at home against Vista, but the Panthers had to overcome three Fallbrook leads to win the game, 29-20. "It was a back and forth game pretty much," said FHS Coach Ross Johnson. Fallbrook had a 5-7 overall record last year including a quarterfinal playoff win and an overtime loss in the CIF Division III semifinals. The Warriors were 1-4 in Palomar League play which was worth fifth place...
The recognition segment of the Aug. 15 Bonsall Unified School District board meeting included celebrating Joe Beyer as a BUSD Community Partner. "Commander Beyer has become a model of civic engagement in our community," BUSD Superintendent Heather Golly said of the retired United States Coast Guard officer. "Commander Beyer's dedication to our town is evident in his consistent involvement in local affairs." Beyer regularly attends Bonsall Community Sponsor Group meetings,...
The Fallbrook Community Planning Group is asking decision-making bodies to research ideas to mitigate accidents and excessive speed on East Mission Road. A motion to address the situation with all relevant public agencies was approved on an 11-0 vote at the Aug. 19 planning group meeting. The four members who were absent included planning group chair Eileen Delaney, so planning group first vice-chair Stephani Baxter chaired that evening’s meeting. “We brought that up in March,” Baxter said. “We had to bring it up again....
The Bonsall Unified School District operates Vivian Banks Charter School on the Pala Indian Reservation and will be obtaining a portable classroom for that school. A unanimous BUSD board vote Aug. 15 delegated the authority to purchase the portable classroom to BUSD Executive Director of Business and Administrative Services Laura Castro. Castro is authorized to spend up to $114,500 for the portable classroom. “The portable was approved and will be supporting the growing expanded learning opportunities program and after s...
The county’s Zoning Administrator approved a modification to the Minor Use Permit for a wireless communications facility in southern Bonsall. The Aug. 22 decision by Zoning Administrator Connor McGee allows Crown Castle to revise, operate, and maintain an existing wireless facility in the 2100 block of Bautista Avenue. The permit is for a period of 15 years and expires on Aug. 22, 2039, although it could subsequently be extended by a modification. The 2.54-acre property has rural residential RR zoning and a semi-rural r...
I visited my parents’ house where I grew up, and an accessory dwelling unit is being built next door. As I saw the new structure across the fence from what was once my backyard I realized aesthetics and traffic won’t be the only conflicts when commercial accessory dwelling units are built next to single-family residences. I grew up near San Diego State University. Mini-dorms have been an issue since the 1980s. Recently the need for affordable housing has led local governments to be more flexible with accessory dwelling uni... Full story
The Bonsall Unified School District board approved an update of the BUSD logo. A unanimous board vote Aug. 15 ratified a contract with Margaret Alvine for the logo redesign. The new logo updates the existing "old schoolhouse" logo and creates more vivid and crisp lines and colors to provide greater ease of use for district letterhead, banners, business cards, and use on Website and other electronic publications. "We are prominently featuring our Bonsall Schoolhouse,...
San Luis Rey Training Center trainer Peter Miller was happy rather than disappointed with a second-place finish in the Aug. 9 Graduation Stakes at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club since Miller had horses which finished both first and second. R Heisman won the 5 1/2-furlong dirt race for two-year-old California-bred horses. Case Hit was second. Miller saddled three horses for that race and Last Call Zondlo finished fifth among the nine horses. "They all fired and ran very well....
The San Diego County Fair's Student Showcase includes high school and middle school yearbooks. The 2023-24 Sullivan Middle School yearbook was awarded a first-place ribbon at the 2024 county fair. "I'm super excited," said Sullivan yearbook advisor Melissa Ledri. "They did a lot of work," Ledri said. "This helps validate what they did and all the stuff they put into it." The fair's Student Showcase does not have head-to-head judging other than for Best of Class or Best of...
The Aug. 5 meeting of San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission included approval of a draft municipal service review and sphere of influence update for Oceanside and the Morro Hills Community Services District. The LAFCO board includes two county supervisors, and only one was present during the 7-0 vote which released the draft MSR for public review. LAFCO will also be working with the City of Oceanside, the Oceanside Small Craft Harbor District, and the Morro Hills Community Services District during the public r...
The restaurant chain Buca di Beppo has closed 12 restaurants and declared bankruptcy. This should teach all other restaurants, chain or personally-owned, about the need to advertise rather than to seek free publicity. Buca di Beppo hired Allied Global Marketing for a public relations campaign. The Allied representative sent electronic messages to media members about upcoming holiday packages. The media members receiving the e-mail communications were journalists rather than advertising representatives. Buca di Beppo wanted... Full story
