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 Sheriff's Department officials issued a statement on Wednesday saying that while they will continue to educate the public this Fourth of July weekend on new changes to public health orders with the goal of reaching voluntary compliance, deputies will will enforce the orders as needed. "We are hopeful we will get voluntary compliance like we have throughout the pandemic," the sheriff's department's statement said. "We also want to remind the public that deputie...
Sheriff's deputies were able to locate a missing 27-year-old woman whose last known location was Pala Casino, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced early Saturday morning. Katelyn Schwindt, 27, was reported missing to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's San Marcos station on Thursday, deputies said. The reporting party told the Sheriff's Department that Schwindt had posted a message on her Facebook page indicating she was at Pala Casino the night prior,...
Plans approved by Temecula City Council earlier this month to shut down Old Town Front Street and two other roadways in Old Town temporarily to allow restaurants to move tables outside to maintain social distancing standards as much as possible as coronavirus-related restrictions on business begin to be lifted have been placed into action. Old Town Front Street, along with Fourth and Fifth streets, are closed to vehicular traffic and Old Town Front Street down between Second...
A fire on Camp Pendleton was causing visible smoke in and around Fallbrook Thursday afternoon. The North County Fire Protection District tweeted around 3 p.m. that a fire on the base was not a threat to the local area, despite smoke drifting into Fallbrook skies. Fires on Camp Pendleton have caused smoke to drift off-base multiple times over the last few weeks; North County Fire has issued statements about smoke on the Marine Corps base at least three times since the beginning of June....
A fire on Camp Pendleton was causing visible smoke in and around Fallbrook Thursday afternoon. The North County Fire Protection District tweeted around 3 p.m. that a fire on the base was not a threat to the local area, despite smoke drifting into Fallbrook skies. Fires on Camp Pendleton have caused smoke to drift off-base multiple times over the last few weeks; North County Fire has issued statements about smoke on the Marine Corps base at least three times since the beginning of June....
The Temecula City Council at its meeting Tuesday, June 9, approved a plan to shut down Old Town Front Street and two other roadways in Old Town temporarily to allow restaurants to move tables outside to maintain social distancing standards as much as possible as coronavirus-related restrictions on business begin to be lifted. The plan calls for Old Town Front Street, along with Fourth and Fifth streets, to be closed to vehicular traffic beginning Wednesday, June 17. Old Town...
After two straight weeks of protests at Rancho California and Ynez roads against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, dozens of supporters for the reelection of President Trump rallied across town Friday, June 12, at another heavily traveled intersection in Temecula. A crowd that grew to as large as 100 people – some of them local residents, and some of them from other parts of Southern California – displayed "Blue Lives Matter" and Trump signs, American flags and e...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District June 10 voted to award for than $1.2 million in grant funding to 28 separate programs to serve health and wellness needs of the Fallbrook area. Some of the organizations that will receive funding include the Fallbrook Food Pantry, which was awarded $120,000 to assist with alleviating hunger in Greater Fallbrook, and the Foundation for Senior Care, which will receive more than $250,000 for adult day care, senior transportation programs and a care advocacy program, as well as an...
Coronavirus infections in Fallbrook’s 92028 ZIP code have increased by 10 since last week, giving the area the 12th-lowest infection rate in the county – down from seventh place last week. There were 46 reported coronavirus cases in Fallbrook’s 92028 ZIP code, up from 36 a week ago. Bonsall is reporting eight cases, up from seven a week ago. 92028 – which also covers Rainbow and De Luz – now has 95.3 coronavirus cases per 100,000. The ZIP codes with lower per capita coronavirus cases than Fallbrook at press time are: ● 92...
If you still, for whatever reason, have not had a coronavirus test, I have some good news for you: it's not that bad. Well, it's a little uncomfortable. But it's over quickly, really. I drove to Riverside Wednesday, June 3, to participate in a Riverside University Health System event for journalists, promoting community testing. And it turned out that county officials' invitation for me to come participate in the event couldn't have come at a better time. I'd just spent the...
Two separate crashes closed roads in Fallbrook this afternoon and at least two people were injured in one of them. The North County Fire Protection District announced on Twitter a little after 12:30 p.m. that crews were working to rescue the occupants of a vehicle that crashed near Laketree Drive and Gird Road. Two people were hurt, and nearby roadways were impacted for about 30 minutes. About an hour later, the fire district tweeted that firefighters were at the scene of a...
A medical emergency briefly resulted in traffic being blocked on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook Tuesday morning, an official said. It happened around 10 a.m. on northbound I-15 near state Route 76. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Smale, a driver began experiencing complications stemming from diabetes and was forced to stop in the middle of the interstate. Border Patrol officers and Riverside County sheriff's deputies - though the incident took place in San...
The Fallbrook Union High School District board of trustees is expected to vote on the new fiscal year’s budget, June 22, but at the moment, it’s not entirely clear what that budget will look like. Brenda Mefford, chief business officer of FUHSD, presented a proposed budget to the board June 8. And while that proposed budget is typically the one that would be adopted at the meeting after being presented to the board, the coronavirus has created much uncertainty around how much funding local schools will get. “There’s going t...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District, North County Fire Protection District and other agencies are partnering to offer drive-up coronavirus testing in Fallbrook this Monday and three other 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, will set up a drive-thru testing site at the FRHD Wellness Center property, 1636 E. Mission Road in Fallbrook,...
A three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon blocked lanes of Interstate 15 just north of Rainbow and sent one person to a local hospital, but no serious injuries were reported. The crash happened a little after 2:30 p.m. on northbound I-15 near the Border Patrol checkpoint, just north of the Riverside County line. Authorities blocked the three left lanes of northbound I-15 in the area while responding to the crash, snarling traffic back to Bonsall. An ambulance took one person to...
A driver died early Thursday morning after crashing into a traffic signal pole in Fallbrook, authorities said. The deadly crash happened just after 2 a.m. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe, a 1999 Dodge minivan was traveling west on Highway 76 when, for reasons that remain under investigation, the driver careened into a traffic pole at Via Monserate, causing the van to burst into flames. The driver died at the scene, and was not immediately able to...
Fallbrook now has the seventh-lowest per capita rate of coronavirus cases in San Diego County, up a couple slots from the ninth-lowest rate last week. There were 36 reported coronavirus cases in Fallbrook’s 92028 zip code, up from 30 a week ago. Bonsall is still reporting seven cases, the same number as a week ago. 92028 – which also covers Rainbow and De Luz – now has 74.6 coronavirus cases per 100,000. The zip codes with lower per capita coronavirus cases than Fallbrook at press time are: ● 92130 (Carmel Valley), 74.0 ca... Full story
FALLBROOK - Smoke from fires on Camp Pendleton is continuing to impact the Fallbrook area Wednesday afternoon. A fire in the base's Zulu impact area, called the Wood Fire, was being fought by Camp Pendleton Fire Department and Cal Fire San Diego crews, according to a tweet from the base. As of Tuesday morning, the fire has burned roughly 7,000 acres. The impact area is about five miles west of Fallbrook. Another fire called the India Fire in Range 408 has burned 400 acres as...
A portion of East Mission Road in Fallbrook was blocked off for a time Tuesday morning while firefighters battled a small brush fire. A report of a vegetation fire near the 1300 block of East Mission Road came in a little before 11 a.m., according to North County Fire Department Capt. John Choi. Sheriff's deputies blocked East Mission in both directions near Stage Coach Lane around that time. The forward spread of the fire — which had multiple spots — was halted at two acres by around 11:30 a.m., according to Choi. North Cou...
FALLBROOK - A fire in a Camp Pendleton impact area was causing heavy smoke in the Fallbrook area Monday afternoon. The fire, in the Zulu impact area to Fallbrook's west, also caused visible smoke on Sunday. The North County Fire Protection District tweeted on Monday that while they were aware of the smoke caused by the blaze, it posed no threat to areas outside of Camp Pendleton. Fires on the Marine Corps base's impact zones - areas where live-fire training takes place - are...
Several dozen protesters again turned out to the corner of Ammunition and South Mission roads in Fallbrook on Thursday to decry the killing of George Floyd, the black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes last month. Floyd's death has triggered protests, some of them violent, across the country. Even at many of the peaceful protests nationwide, though, police have been seen brutalizing...
A few dozen protesters turned out May 30 to the corner of Mission and Ammunition roads in Fallbrook to show solidarity with George Floyd - the black man who died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes - and the rest of the Black Lives Matter movement. The demonstration came one day after a larger protest in Temecula turned into a tense standoff with sheriff's deputies once the Riverside County Sheriff's Department...
Fallbrook no longer has the second-lowest rate of per capita coronavirus infections in San Diego County – in fact, it dropped several slots to ninth place as of June 2. There were 30 reported coronavirus cases in Fallbrook, up from 22 a week ago. Bonsall, on the other hand, reports seven coronavirus cases, just one more than a week earlier. The 92028 ZIP code – which also covers Rainbow and De Luz – now has 62.1 coronavirus cases per 100,000. The ZIP codes with lower per capita coronavirus cases than Fallbrook at press time...
It’s something that all but the best-informed Fallbrook residents may be unaware of. But the Fallbrook Regional Health District has been giving grant money – close to a million dollars of it annually in recent years – to local nonprofits and some businesses to help improve the quality of life for residents of not only Fallbrook, but Bonsall, Rainbow and De Luz as well. According to the district’s website, its Community Health Contracts program gives funding to registered nonprofits that can provide health services to residen... Full story
The COVID-19 death toll in San Diego County is nearing the 250 mark as statewide stay-at-home orders begin to loosen. County health officials reported 96 cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths Monday, May 25, bringing the county's total to 6,797 cases and 249 deaths. So far, 1,244 cases have required hospitalization and 370 have required intensive care, the county Health and Human Services Agency reported. Of the 3,700 tests reported to the county Sunday, May 24; 96 were positive cases. The 14-day rolling average of new p...
