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 nonprofit organization Fallbrook Student of the Month presented its first recognition breakfast of the 2018-2019 school year Oct. 4 with Kaitlyn Callagher, Audrey Petersen and Grace Wade of Fallbrook Union High School and Trent Ahrend of Oasis High School being saluted as the Students of the Month for October. The celebratory breakfast was held at North Coast Church and pastor Greg Coppock of SonRise Christian Fellowship served as emcee of the event, which is sponsored by...
The 6-year-old gelding Stormy Liberal earned his third straight victory Sept. 28 when he edged stablemate Conquest Tsunami by a head in the $101,380 Eddie D Stakes, the opening-day feature of Santa Anita's fall season. Stormy Liberal and Conquest Tsunami are both based in Bonsall at the San Luis Rey Training Center. They are conditioned by top trainer Peter Miller. The Eddie D Stakes was contested at about 6 1/2 furlongs down Santa Anita's famed hillside turf course, and...
Imagine getting a delicious steak dinner, complete with salad, baked potato, vegetables and dessert, for only $15. Residents don't have to imagine it – they can get it at the Fallbrook Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1924. VFW Post 1924 welcomes the public to dinner every Friday night, when entrees vary, as well as every Monday night, which is "Burger Night." VFW Post 1924 also invites all to a buffet breakfast every third Sunday of the month, and in the months where there is a...
A confrontation between two neighbors residing on the 3400 block of Lake Park Avenue in Fallbrook ultimately resulted in a death. The incident occurred at approximately 6 p.m. the evening of Sept. 18 when Steven Duncan, 53, and Donald McGaughey, 55, became involved in a verbal altercation in front of their homes. They met near the street, physical contact ensued and Duncan died two days later as a result of injuries sustained in the skirmish. McGaughey was arrested for felony battery with serious bodily injury the evening of...
Roy Moosa, the new owner of the historic Mission Theater, hopes to have the downtown venue hopping once all the paper work is in place. "The goal is to have something happening all the time," said Moosa, who is in the process of getting permits for live performances, wine and beer and food. "I'm working on getting permits so we can do anything we want." Although Moosa plans to start his new endeavor by showing classic films, the theater will by no means be relegated to just...
Rockwell "Rocky" Herron, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, gets angry every time he tells the story of a baby suffering a slow, agonizing death because his mother chose to take drugs. "This mom is in Philadelphia with a 1-year-old boy and she's a heroin addict," said Herron during a presentation to Fallbrook High School seniors on the dangers of drug abuse Sept. 5. "One night she shoots up in bed and dies – an accidental overdose – in bed next to her...
Trainer Peter Miller, whose operation is based at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall, repeatedly used the same word in describing his championship campaign at Del Mar's 2018 summer meeting – "unbelievable." Miller – despite having earned the training title at the 2017 fall meeting – went into the summer racing season with no expectations of finishing as the leading trainer at the 36-day meeting. "My goals have changed more toward winning bigger, better races and l...
The Girl Next Door is tiny. She's also a national champion who resides in Fallbrook. Patty Arnett owns and trains The Girl Next Door, a full thoroughbred pony who won the 2018 United States Equestrian Federation Pony Jumper Championship in Lexington, Kentucky, Aug. 11. According to the American Horse Shows Association, the USEF Pony Finals is the most prestigious and celebrated event of its kind in the U.S. The Girl Next Door was bred to be a racehorse, but her breeders knew...
The Fallbrook High football team bounced back from losing its home opener to Del Norte by handily defeating Sweetwater High 30-12 at Fallbrook Stadium Aug. 24. "I think it was a good game overall," said Fallbrook High head football coach Darius Pickett. "The kids played hard." The Warriors, who were without starting wide receivers Luke Conley (likely out for season with a fractured collarbone) and Jared McDonald (listed as week to week with a pulled groin), still managed to...
The 5-year-old gelding Salient and the 3-year-old filly Surrender Now, a pair of runners who prepared for Del Mar's summer meeting by working out at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall, both recently earned their second victories of the season at the seaside racetrack. Salient, trained by Edward Freeman, won the fifth race Aug. 24 – for horses entered for a claiming price of $40,000 or $35,000 – in wire-to-wire fashion after having scored a front-running victory in...
A group of residents has started a campaign to bring fireworks and an Independence Day celebration back to Fallbrook. Fallbrook hasn't had fireworks or an official Fourth of July party the past two years. The Grand Tradition hosted an Independence Day celebration and fireworks from 2004-2016 but decided in 2017 to halt the pyrotechnics due to safety concerns for nearby housing. The new Fallbrook Independence Day Committee was formed in late June and held its first meeting...
The Fallbrook High football team played a solid second half in its first game of the 2018 season. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to make up for a rough first half. "A tale of two halves," said Fallbrook High head football coach Darius Pickett of the Warriors' 38-22 loss to Del Norte High at Fallbrook Stadium Aug. 17. Del Norte outscored Fallbrook 31-6 in the first half. The Warriors won the second half 16-7. "The first half, I don't know if it was first-game jitters or nerves...
In a replay of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint contested at Del Mar last fall, stretch-running Stormy Liberal defeated stablemate Richard's Boy in a stakes race on the grass at the seaside racetrack. Stormy Liberal and Richard's Boy are both trained by Peter Miller and based at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall. Stormy Liberal provided Miller with his first Breeders' Cup victory when he rallied to beat Richard's Boy by a head in the $1 million Turf Sprint, a...
The Fallbrook High football team kicks off its 2018 season Friday, Aug. 17, when it hosts Del Norte High School, 7 p.m., at Fallbrook Stadium. Del Norte, which like Fallbrook went 1-9 last season, is one of four teams that the Warriors will face this year that are coming off rough campaigns in 2017. The others are Sweetwater High School, which went 1-9 last season; Scripps Ranch High School, which went 2-8, and Castle Park High School, which went 0-10. "I think this schedule...
Peter Miller enjoyed another big week at Del Mar with his horses based at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall, winning six races to extend his lead in the trainer standings. Miller opened the fourth week of racing at Del Mar by winning the third race, Aug. 8, with the 2-year-old gelding Hartel, who proved the third start was the charm when he took a five-furlong maiden allowance race on the turf. Hartel, the 9-5 favorite ridden by leading jockey Flavien Prat, paid...
The Fallbrook Villa FC Boys 2008-Elite team bounced back from a loss in its tournament opener to win the Coronado Crown City Classic championship, July 29. Fallbrook Villa FC dropped a 3-2 decision to Bonita Matrix in the first game of the tourney, July 28, but then rattled off three straight victories to earn the title at the tournament for under-11 boys teams. "Basically, I felt like we came out of a little bit nervous," said coach Youki Yasuda of the loss in the opener....
A trio of horses stabled at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall – Naughty Tiger, Go On Mary and Tap the Wire – won stakes races at Del Mar during the third week of competition at the seaside racetrack's summer meeting. The week started with trainer Edward Freeman's 2-year-old filly Naughty Tiger scoring a 1 1/4-length victory in the $100,690 California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Stakes, Aug. 1. Carrying jockey Ruben Fuentes to his first stakes win at Del Mar...
The multiple award-winning Prohibition Brewing Company wants to pour its beer in Fallbrook. "Prohibition is looking to expand into the Fallbrook area and open a tap room," said Kyle Adams, general manager of Prohibition Brewing Company and a Fallbrook resident. "It would be our second location." Prohibition operates the popular brewery/restaurant Prohibition Brewing Co. Pub and Grill in Vista (2004 E. Vista Way). Prohibition is a family-run business that was founded in 2011 by Adams' parents, Ron and Kathy Adams. "We are one...
FALLBROOK – A 72-year-old Fallbrook woman who was reported missing by family the afternoon of Sunday, July 29, was found trapped in her vehicle in the early morning hours of Monday, July 30. Cheryl Blandon was discovered in her white Honda Fit, which had drifted off the road and down an embankment on Rice Canyon Road off state Route 76. Blandon was found by her daughter, Sheri Linner, at approximately 3 a.m. July 30. "Her daughter actually ended up locating her by retracing steps where she thought she might have been," s...
War Heroine, a speedy filly based at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall, played "catch me if you can" in the $200,000 San Clemente Stakes at Del Mar July 21. None of her 12 rivals could. War Heroine led wire to wire in the one-mile San Clemente, a Grade 2 turf contest for 3-year-old fillies. Ridden by Tyler Baze, War Heroine just held off the hard-charging Ollie's Candy to win by a neck on opening weekend of the 2018 Del Mar summer meeting. "She's an extremely fast...
It's been nearly 10 months since Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., completed its purchase of the old Fallbrook Hospital and officials with the company are still anxiously awaiting the green light to start an extensive remodel of the facility that will become the Fallbrook Healing Center. Crestwood paid the Fallbrook Regional Health District $4.5 million for the vacant hospital, which closed in December 2014. At time of the sale, Crestwood said it planned to invest up to $4 million revamping the building. That number has gone...
The 4-year-old gelding Fly to Mars earned his first stakes victory, set a course record and capped a big week for trainer Peter Miller when he posted a one-length triumph in the $151,725 California Dreamin' Stakes at Del Mar July 28. Fly to Mars was one of 11 horses based at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall to win a race at Del Mar during the second week of the seaside racetrack's summer season. Seven of those horses are trained by Miller. The California Dreamin'...
How dedicated are the young athletes of Tribe Girls Water Polo? They're in the pool hours before most teenagers would even think about rolling out of bed, especially during the summer. "They practice from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday for eight weeks, with good attendance," said coach Rich McKeown. "It's the middle of summer when they could be sleeping in and they're coming to practice. They've got their sights set on having a good year this year." Tribe Girls...
It's been 10 months since Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., completed its purchase of the old Fallbrook Hospital and officials with the company are still anxiously awaiting the green light to start an extensive remodel of the facility that will become the Fallbrook Healing Center. Crestwood paid the Fallbrook Regional Health District $4.5 million for the vacant hospital, which closed in December 2014. At time of the sale (Sept. 29, 2017), Crestwood said it planned to invest up to $4 million revamping the building. That... Full story
A party that was started in 1997 by the Downtown Merchants will resume for the 22nd straight year Friday, July 20, when the Fallbrook Village Association presents the first of its three Fallbrook Summer Nights events for 2018. "What's really fun is just the camaraderie, everybody talking, having fun and just getting along," said Manny Gratz, a FVA director who has been involved with Fallbrook Summer Nights since 1999. "It's truly a block party." Fallbrook Summer Nights offer...
