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  • Planning group to vote on School of the Arts murals, Sandia Creek Drive gates

    Will Fritz, Staff Writer|Updated Jan 22, 2020

    The Fallbrook Community Planning Group will vote on items including an application to continue using an existing facility as a wedding venue and a proposal for new murals at the Fallbrook School of the Arts at the group’s next meeting Monday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., at Live Oak School, 1978 Reche Road, in Fallbrook The owners of the Fallbrook Hacienda are applying for a major use permit to use the site as a wedding venue. It’s already used for that purpose, but new improvements are proposed for the 20.42-acre site. Fallbrook Art...

  • Lady Warriors JV team chase the Eagles

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

  • US prepares for possible Iranian reprisal after drone strike

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

    Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns and Zeke Miller The Associated Press U.S. officials braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general, noting heightened military readiness in the country and preparing for a possible "tit-for-tat" attempt on the life of an American military commander. They warned ships across Mideast waterways crucial to global energy supplies about the "possibility of Iranian action" against U.S. maritime interests in the region. President...

  • 6.4 quake strikes Puerto Rico amid heavy seismic activity

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

    Danica Coto The Associated Press A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn Tuesday, Jan. 7, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three faults beneath southern Puerto Rico. Seismologists said it's impossible to predict when the quakes will stop...

  • Death of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

    Eric Tucker The Associated Press The killing of a top Iranian general has ratcheted up the anxiety of families of Americans held in Iran, one month after the release of a New Jersey student had given them hope. The Trump administration has made a priority of bringing home hostages held abroad, but the prospect of a forthcoming resolution for the handful of captives in Iran seems to have dimmed with the two nations edging dangerously close to conflict and warning of...

  • Cut the carbon, plant a tree

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

    FALLBROOK – The controversy about climate goes on, but why sit on the fence, Jackie Heyneman of Fallbrook Land Conservancy's Save Our Forest committee said. The simple act of planting a tree has been shown to provide numerous benefits for communities and is one of the best, and easiest, ways to join in the battle against climate change. Save Our Forest invited residents to join the battle against climate change and cut the carbon by planting a tree. The Arbor Day Foundation as...

  • Fallbrook Woman's Club to hold two fundraisers

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Woman’s Club will be holding its annual member auction Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. This fundraiser will be a live auction of about 30 new or gently used items. Members are encouraged to donate a high-end item for the cause. Payment of cash or checks will be accepted, but no credit cards. The woman’s club will also hold their biannual event, “Mahjong with Friends,” at the clubhouse Friday, Jan. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. The entrance fee is $20. Lunch will be served, a... Full story

  • The wonder of it all: Dog meets Frosty

    Updated Jan 17, 2020

  • Warrior girls reach SoCal High School Classic final

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jan 17, 2020

    Fallbrook High School’s girls’ soccer team reached the Girls Premier Division final of the SoCal High School Classic tournament, Dec. 27-28. The Warriors won two round-robin games Dec. 27, and since Fallbrook’s remaining round-robin opponent had also clinched a berth in the division final the third pool play game was canceled and the final was the only Dec. 28 match involving Fallbrook and Flintridge Prep High School of La Cañada. Western Christian High School of Upland was Fallbrook’s first Dec. 27 opponent. The game in...

  • Attention auto accident witness

    Updated Jan 16, 2020

    Will the kind lady who witnessed my auto accident on South Mission Road on Dec. 5, please call me. It is most urgent I speak to you, (760) 723-1350. Thank you so very much. Steve Plank...

  • Computer classes for seniors begin next week

    Updated Jan 15, 2020

    FALLBROOK – The Foundation for Senior Care will sponsor a series of computer classes taught by volunteer computer technicians at the Crestview Estates Clubhouse. Registration is open online at www.foundationforseniorcare.org or at the Foundation for Senior Care,135 S Mission Road, Fallbrook (the corner of Mission and Fig) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The five classes being offered are: Android smartphone & Tablet, iPad & iPhone, Google Maps, Basic Computer File Management a...

  • Myrtle Creek closes its doors to the public

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens and Nursery, a Fallbrook landmark settled in the late 1800s which had been transformed into one of Fallbrook's hidden gems, recently announced it would be closing its doors to the public. "It has been a fabulous and successful 40 years," according to a statement on Myrtle Creek's website. "Thank you so much for your support over those years. We have made the difficult decision to close our gates to the public." The statement continued to share th...

  • FPUD and Rainbow to work together on new supply

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    The Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District now have a Memorandum of Understanding to work with each other on new water resource development and emergency supply. The Dec. 3 Rainbow board meeting included a 4-0 vote with Michael Mack absent to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with FPUD while FPUD’s Dec. 9 board meeting approved the MOU on a 4-0 vote with Don McDougal absent. The MOU provisions include both collaborating on long-term water supply development and working together to i...

  • Four displaced after fire breaks out in garage of Fallbrook home

    Updated Jan 15, 2020

    Jacob Sisneros City News Service FALLBROOK (CNS) – Four residents were displaced Tuesday, Jan. 7, when a fire broke out in the garage and damaged part of their Fallbrook home, authorities said. The blaze was reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. at a home in the 2000 block of Pomegranate Lane, off South Stage Coach Lane north of Fallbrook Union High School, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. Firefighters from the Oceanside and Camp Pendleton f...

  • Area hospitals ranked

    Will Fritz, Staff Writer|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    When Fallbrook Hospital closed in 2014, Fallbrook residents who had been served by a hospital in town for half a century found that they to go out of town for health care. The closest hospitals to Fallbrook are in southwest Riverside County to the north or south along the state Route 78 corridor of north San Diego County. But how good is each of these hospitals? The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that represents health care purchasers such as employers, releases hospital safety grades annually. Each of more than 2,000 hospitals...

  • Lady Warriors overpower the Patriots

    Updated Jan 15, 2020

  • Fallbrook boys rugby varsity team rebuilding

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    Coach Steven Hernandez has been around the Fallbrook High School boys' rugby program for the past 12 years either as a coach or an administrator. So, he knows where the program has been and where it needs to go. This season, the young Fallbrook High School boys' varsity rugby team is winless, but progress is being made. "Last season the junior varisty team was 3-5," Hernandez said. "As the season went on the boys learned to play as a team as several had never played rugby...

  • Real Estate Round-Up: Read first, then sign

    Kim Murphy, Murphy and Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    It’s a new year, and I want to start out with a column about a tool most real estate practitioners use on a very regular basis, to help streamline the process of selling or buying property: DocuSign. DocuSign was founded in 2003 and began selling the product in 2005 when zipForm, now zipLogix, integrated DocuSign into its virtual real estate forms. In 2010, DocuSign added support for iPhone, iPad and phone-based user authentication. By 2012, 90% of Fortune 500 companies s... Full story

  • Pacific Hydrotech to rehabilitate FPUD's Overland Trail Lift Station

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    Pacific Hydrotech will be rehabilitating the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s Overland Trail Lift Station. A 4-0 FPUD board vote Dec. 9, with Don McDougal absent, awarded the Perris company a $2,490,150 contract. “We’re combining two lift stations into one more reliable lift station,” FPUD general manager Jack Bebee said. The existing Anthony’s Corner Lift Station will be demolished, and the existing Overland Trail Lift Station will be rehabilitated. The capacity for the Overland Trail Lift Station will be increased...

  • County supervisors OK building code changes for wildfire protection

    City News Service|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday backed stricter building requirements to lessen wildfire damage. Supervisors Jim Desmond and Dianne Jacob proposed the changes to the building codes, which she said will make the county "a model for fire protection" in California and save lives. "It's not a matter of if, but when, when the next major wildfire hits this region," Jacob said. The last two major blazes in San Diego, in 2003 and 2007, took the lives of 17 people and numerous animals, and caused billions of...

  • San Diego federal judge grants attorney access for migrants at border

    City News Service|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego federal judge has granted asylum-seekers access to attorneys as they navigate proceedings to enter the United States after expressing fears of being returned to Mexico. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ruled Tuesday that migrants at the border may consult with lawyers during their "non-refoulement" interviews, during which they must express why they would face persecution or harm if they are returned to Mexico. Sabraw previously ruled that a Guatemalan family at the heart of the case — who a...

  • Authorities ID both drivers killed in head-on I-5 crash

    City News Service|Updated Jan 15, 2020

    CARLSBAD (CNS) - Authorities on Wednesday identified a Camp Pendleton Marine and a pickup driver who were killed when the pickup crashed head-on into a sedan while heading the wrong way on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad following a brief police pursuit in Oceanside. Christian Zurita, 42 of San Diego, was driving a Ford F-150 southbound in the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of Las Flores Drive around 12:20 a.m. Tuesday when he slammed into a 2008 Pontiac sedan driven by 19-year-old Matthew Ryan Adams of Utah, according to...

  • Fallbrook boys rugby varsity team rebuilding

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Jan 14, 2020

    Coach Steven Hernandez has been around the Fallbrook High School boys’ rugby program for the past 12 years either as a coach or an administrator. So, he knows where the program has been and where it needs to go. This season, the young Fallbrook High School boys’ varsity rugby team is winless, but progress is being made. “Last season the junior varisty team was 3-5,” Hernandez said. “As the season went on the boys learned to play as a team as several had never played rugby before. They also learned to never give up no matter w...

  • Alanis places 54th at state cross-country meet

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jan 14, 2020

    Bonsall High School senior Austin Alanis concluded his high school cross-country career by placing 54th among the 203 Division V boys at the CIF state cross-country meet Nov. 30, at Woodward Park in Fresno. Alanis had a time of 16 minutes 59.6 seconds on the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course. “It was a fun experience and challenging as well,” Alanis said. “It was definitely a humbling experience, but I enjoyed myself.” The top three Division V boys teams at the CIF San Diego Section meet qualified for the state meet as did the...

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