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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San Diego County authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a 50-year-old man missing from Fallbrook ahead of the second anniversary of his disappearance. Arnoldlo Loaiza Franco was reported missing on Aug. 10, 2018, according to a statement from San Diego County Crime Stoppers. The last time anyone had heard from him was on Aug. 1, 2018. At the time Arnoldo went missing, he was believed to be working at an avocado grove somewhere in Escondido or San Marcos,...
A vehicle fire that spread to nearby vegetation triggered lane closures on southbound Interstate 15 in Rainbow Tuesday evening. An RV pulled over on the right hand side of southbound I-15 just south of Rainbow Valley Boulevard reportedly caught fire about 5:45 p.m., according to information from the California Highway Patrol. By about 10 minutes later, CHP dispatchers were being told the RV had become "fully engulfed" in flames, per a CHP incident log. North County Fire tweeted at 5:54 p.m. that the vehicle fire had spread...
Firefighters were responding Saturday afternoon to two separate crashes - one of them fatal - in the Fallbrook-Bonsall area. Cal Fire San Diego tweeted at 4:54 p.m. that authorities were at the scene of a traffic collision off northbound Interstate 15 near Old Highway 395 that left one person dead. A Cal Fire spokesman described the crash as involving a vehicle that went off the side of the freeway. The spokesman could not immediately confirm whether the vehicle had any other occupants at the time. Less than 15 minutes...
The Temecula City Council agreed to modify its Old Town Front Street closure plan Tuesday, July 14, and open up the main roadway to traffic while still allowing businesses to move their operations into street parking areas. Old Town Front Street can be reopened to vehicular traffic “in a matter of days,” Luke Watson, director of Temecula Community Services, told the city council, though he said he couldn’t give a specific date when the road may be reopened because it was difficult to estimate how long it would take to move...
One year into her tenure at Fallbrook Union High School District, superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez is getting a 3% raise. The FUHSD board of trustees unanimously approved the salary increase, which the superintendent’s employment contract stipulated she would receive upon a satisfactory employment evaluation. Garza-Gonzalez received her first satisfactory performance evaluation at the June 22 FUHSD board meeting. She has been FUHSD’s superintendent since July 2019, and previously worked for six years as director of adm...
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Superintendent Candace Singh updated FUESD’s governing board and parents in the district on plans for how to reopen schools this fall. Singh told the board that at this point, while many things can change in the coming months, the district is continuing to work on two plans for classes in the coming school year: an in-person option with “considerable” safety protocols, as well as an online-only option for parents who are not comfortable having their children return to physical class...
A crowd of about two dozen members of the Fallbrook community were at the corner of Mission Road and Fallbrook Street Friday, July 10, to bring attention to the death of 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was allegedly murdered by a fellow soldier at Ford Hood, Texas, where she was stationed. “We wanted to get some justice for Vanessa Guillén and her family,” Albert Escudero, one of the demonstrators in Fallbrook, said. “It was a tragedy what happened and we want to...
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department on Thursday confirmed they are still searching for a missing Fallbrook man who was last seen nearly two weeks ago. Stephen Olas, 28, was last known to have been at his Fallbrook home on July 3. The sheriff's department believes he may possibly have been headed to Oceanside. Olas was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Sheriff's deputies asked anyone with information on Olas' whereabouts...
Starting at midnight July 14, indoor operations at various businesses throughout San Diego County were ordered to cease in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 cases. Following Gov. Gavin Newsom's updated health order July 13, all indoor operations were ordered to halt at midnight Tuesday in gyms, houses of worship, noncritical office businesses, hair salons and barber shops, indoor malls and personal care services, such as massage businesses and tattoo parlors. County health officials reported 419 new positive COVID-19...
Every year, the North County Fire Protection District inspects thousands of properties in Fallbrook to ensure owners are creating defensible spaces around their homes and taking other steps to reduce the risk of fires in populated areas. It’s a task that is especially important in Fallbrook which, surrounded by wildlands, remains one of the most fire-prone areas in San Diego County. NCFPD Fire Marshal Dominic Fieri said the fire district inspects 5,914 individual properties in its local responsibility area in central F...
In a typical year, we’d be hurtling fast toward the start of fall classes. Children in Fallbrook, Bonsall and surrounding areas would be perhaps anxiously awaiting, but more likely dreading, the return to their teachers, to studying and to homework. Of course, this isn’t a typical year. We are still hurtling fast toward those mid-to-late August back-to-school dates – as anyone who was ever a kid would remember, July goes by fast. But whether children will actually be in classrooms, and if not, how that will look, is far f...
The long-vacant old McDonald’s property on South Main Avenue finally has new ownership – and as many in the community may have seen while driving past the empty former restaurant, it’s been cleaned up substantially. The new owner said he would like to get the building leased or sold within the next year. The property at 1050 S. Main Ave. was purchased in April by Ross Industrial Company, owned by Ross Rose, who also operates Grande Laundry Place laundromats throughout North County including one location across the stree...
After two weeks of rising COVID-19 cases, San Diego County public health officials have halted all indoor operations in businesses such as bars, restaurants, museums, zoos, cardrooms, theaters and family entertainment centers. Outdoor dining will still be permitted for restaurants, as will delivery and takeout. The restrictions, which took effect the morning of July 7, will be in place for at least three weeks. Breweries and pubs serving food must stop all on-site consumption, whether that be indoor or outdoor, but are...
A pursuit of a stolen vehicle through North San Diego County ended with a suspect being arrested in Rainbow Wednesday morning. It began when San Diego County sheriff's deputies spotted a vehicle in Oceanside that had been reported stolen earlier out of Riverside County, according to sheriff's Lt. Glen Twyman Deputies tried to pull the vehicle over, but it wouldn't yield and continued east on state Route 78. At some point, the pursuing deputies lost sight of the vehicle, but...
Firefighters were working to contain a small brush fire Monday in Bonsall. The blaze, near West Lilac Road and Via Ararat Drive, was reported at 11:35 p.m., according to North County Fire Capt. John Choi. Crews arriving at the scene found the fire burning about a quarter of an acre, with a moderate rate of spread, Choi said. The fire's spread had been stopped by about noon. Cal Fire San Diego crews also responded to the fire. Will Fritz can be reached by email at...
Firefighters were able to tackle a car fire that spread to nearby vegetation in De Luz early this morning. The blaze was reported just before 4:30 a.m. along Sandia Creek Drive more than a mile north of Rock Mountain Drive, according to information from North County Fire Capt. John Choi. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found the car that originated the fire was unoccupied, and flames had spread to an approximately 20-by-20-foot spot of brush, Choi said. Crews from...
At least five separate small fires were reported in the Fallbrook area on the July 4 holiday. None of the fires impacted structures. While North County Fire Protection District Capt. John Choi could not confirm whether any of the fires were caused by fireworks, he did say that possibility was under investigation for at least two of the blazes, both of which were reported after dark. The first fire to be reported on Saturday was a small vegetation fire located just east of...
The Temecula City Council will leave vacant both the position of mayor and the open seat on the council following the resignation of former mayor James Stewart, councilmembers agreed Tuesday night. Councilmembers quickly came to the conclusion that the closeness of the upcoming election - Stewart was up for reelection in November regardless - made it more practical to allow voters to decide on Stewart's replacement on the council. As for the position of mayor, which is rotated...
The city of Temecula has revised its plan to close Old Town Front Street temporarily to allow restaurants and other businesses to expand their operations outside amid coronavirus-related social distancing standards. Starting June 24, Front Street will be closed between Second and Fourth streets, giving restaurants space to move their tables onto the sidewalk and into on-street parking spaces, with the main roadway able to be utilized as a pedestrian paseo. Streets...
The Fallbrook area is no longer even in the top 20 ZIP codes in San Diego County with the lowest rates of coronavirus infection amid a spike in cases and hospitalizations across Southern California. The increase in cases across the region prompted officials to pause any additional reopenings through at least Aug. 1, and to order all bars, breweries and wineries to close at midnight the morning of Wednesday, July 1. Last week, the 92028 ZIP code – which covers Fallbrook, R... Full story
Across the country and even in Fallbrook, the death of George Floyd, a Black man, after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes, has triggered mass protests, both against that specific incident and the larger issue of police brutality. In many communities, though certainly not all, Floyd’s death has caused much criticism of law enforcement and eroded confidence in local agencies. Some law enforcement agencies, including the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, are responding to some of tha...
Fallbrook Union High School District’s governing board approved a budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year June 22 – with the understanding that the budget will almost certainly be revised in a couple of months once more information about the state’s budget becomes available. The board unanimously approved the budget, which had previously been presented by FUHSD Chief Business Officer Brenda Mefford on June 8. Mefford said at the earlier meeting that she expected large changes to the coming fiscal year’s budget by the June 22...
Candace Singh, superintendent of Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, gave an update to the district's governing board at its Tuesday, June 19, meeting on how plans for potentially reopening in the fall are coming along. Singh said while the district is surveying parents on their preferences – 95% of parents, she said, want their children to be back in school to the highest degree possible – things are tricky because of differences between California Department of Pub...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District, North County Fire Protection District and other agencies are partnering to offer drive-up coronavirus testing in Fallbrook on three separate days over the next month-and-a-half. The health and fire districts, along with Cal Fire San Diego and in cooperation with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, already set up a drive-thru testing site at FRHD's (under development) Community Health & Wellness Center property, 1636...
Fallbrook’s number of coronavirus cases jumped from 46 last week to 63 as of June 23, while San Diego County recorded just under 11,100 cases after two straight dates of more than 300 new positive tests. County health officials reported 302 new COVID-19 infections Monday, June 22, raising the cumulative total to 11,096 cases, while the death toll remained unchanged at 338. The 302 new cases represent the second-largest increase since the pandemic began and 5% of the 5,831 tests reported Monday. The largest increase in c...
