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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BONSALL – During the month of January, Wild Wonders would like to honor the First Responder community by offering them a special price on their most popular behind the scenes private tour. One of the keepers will take them and up to three guests on an approximately one hour tour of the facility which houses over 120 animal ambassadors. Visitors will meet cheetahs, foxes, bearcats, kinkajous, porcupines, groundhogs and many more. They will also get to interact with a few special ambassadors. Visit the Wild Wonders website t... Full story
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The San Diego Sockers traded goalkeeper Chris Toth to the Ontario Fury in November, but the 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate returned to Pechanga Arena which was once the San Diego Sports Arena for the Fury's Jan. 5 game against the Sockers and made 21 saves against his former team. "It was a little strange, but it is what it is. It happens in all sports," Toth said of his first game in his former home arena. Toth also held the Sockers scoreless until the middle of the fourth quarter in the Fury's 3-2 overtime loss in San...
Fallbrook High School’s wrestling team began the 2018-2019 season undefeated in the Warriors’ first four dual meets. “We’re happy with that,” Fallbrook coach Cristian Vera said. “That’s a really good way to start. Not only did we win, but we’ve also been dominant in our first three wins.” High school wrestling matches consist of 14 weight classes, and two types of points determine the dual meet winner and team positions in tournaments. During each match a wrestler is awarded one point for an escape, two points for a takedown,...
Fallbrook High School's boys basketball team entered Valley League competition with a season record of 0-16, although nine of the last 10 losses were by 12 points or less. "We're having kind of a tough season," said Fallbrook coach Ryan Smith. The lack of depth is the most significant reason for the Warriors' lack of success in the win-loss component. "We've gotten progressively better as the season's gone on. Just can't seem to hold any leads right now," Smith said. Fallbrook's varsity roster includes 10 players. One of...
The California Capitol saw 120 California legislators assemble Jan. 7, to begin the 2019-2020 session. Almost 3,000 bills will probably be introduced over the next few weeks. Some will be controversial, though I’m hoping that many important issues that face the state, regardless of party, including disaster preparedness, water infrastructure, healthcare, transportation, education and many more, will generate bipartisan solutions. Proposals for new legislation must be s...
The Jah Healing Kemetic Temple in Fallbrook said repeated attempts to work with San Diego County have failed, leading them to file a lawsuit against the county regarding the recent raid of its facility and seizure of property. The suit is in response to a 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, warrant serve that was the result of what the county said was Jah Healing’s owners’ violation of San Diego County Zone Ordinance 6976, Prohibition of Marijuana Facilities – Medical or Non-Medical. During the raid, officers detained four church minis...
Opening statements began Monday, Jan. 7, in the trial of Charles Ray Merritt, 61, of Homeland who is accused of murdering Joseph and Summer McStay as well as the couple’s two young sons in Fallbrook in 2010 and burying their bodies in a San Bernardino desert. Merritt has pleaded “not guilty” to four murder counts and was present Monday at the Superior Court of California in San Bernardino County where a jury of eight women, four men and six alternates are hearing the case. The trial is expected to last three to four month...
A Camp Pendleton Marine accused of driving drunk and causing a wrong-way crash that killed a father of two on state Route 76 near Via Monserate in Bonsall early New Years Day, pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury. Adam Daniel Barooshian, 25, was ordered held without bail and will face 15 years to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. The defendant was allegedly speeding east on the westbound 76 shortly before 4 a.m....
SAN DIEGO - This second weekend of the new year is bringing bring some downpours and dustings of mountain snow to the San Diego area, much the same as the first week of 2019. A south-moving storm began dousing the county with rain and frozen white flakes early today, the National Weather Service advised. Most coastal, inland-valley and mountain locales will get anywhere from a quarter-inch to three-quarters of an inch of precipitation, and the deserts likely will receive between a quarter-inch and a half-inch of rain over... Full story
FALLBROOK - The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Fallbrook Substation sent out a request for the public's help in identifying a man they say stole security cameras from a local business and may be responsible for stealing more. The report stated, "Surveillance cameras have been stolen three times recently from businesses on Main Avenue in Fallbrook." The notice said that at 5:20 a.m. on Jan. 2, the masked man in the photo stole a security camera from the 24-hour Max... Full story
The death-penalty case of Charles "Chase" Merritt, who is charged with killing four members of a Fallbrook family in 2010 has begun in San Bernardino Superior Court and for those wishing to follow the case, there are a couple of options available online. To watch the trial as it happens on LawandCrime.com, visit: https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/charles-merritt/watch-live-charles-merritt-trial-for-murder-of-couple-and-children/ To watch recorded... Full story
VISTA - A man who was shot after he allegedly attacked a sheriff's deputy with a baseball bat in Fallbrook pleaded not guilty on Friday, Jan. 11 to assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Jesus Cirilo Rodriguez, 30, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail. He faces five years in prison if convicted. The Sheriff's Department said Deputy David Cortez was investigating reports of unprovoked assaults with a bat around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 when he found himself under the same kind of attack, allegedly from Rodriguez.... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Center and Fallbrook School of the Arts presents the Junior Wildlife Art Show and Art Sale now until Jan. 20. Visitors can see 230 works of art created by students in grades K-12 from seven Fallbrook and Bonsall area schools. They will also have a chance to vote for their favorite artwork. The annual show was developed 18 years ago as a companion to the Fallbrook Art Center's annual Reflections of Nature Show. The show also features framed Wildlife A...
Two new supervisors along with four other county officials, including the district attorney, were sworn in Monday, Jan. 7. With family members looking on, Supervisors Jim Desmond and Nathan Fletcher, Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg, Sheriff Bill Gore, Treasurer/Tax Collector Dan McAllister and District Attorney Summer Stephan took an oath to both the U.S. and state constitutions. Fletcher, who succeeds Ron Roberts, is the second Democrat to serve on the technically nonpartisan Board of Supervisors in roughly...
San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday, Jan. 8, for Dianne Jacob to serve as board chairwoman, and approved Greg Cox as vice chairman. By a 5-0 vote, the board also voted in Jim Desmond as the chair pro tem. Desmond, who succeeds Bill Horn as District 5 representative, made a motion for the leadership change based on the board rotation policy. The vote came after outgoing board Chairwoman Kristin Gaspar made a short speech on her time in the leadership role. She cited numerous board accomplishments, including the...
SACRAMENTO – As the California state legislature begins work for its 2019-2020 session, each legislator is assigned to serve on a number of committees. Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, is assigned to five committees and one subcommittee. He is the vice chair of the insurance committee as well as the vice chair of the natural resources and water committee. In this role, Jones serves as second-in-command, presides over the committee if the chair is absent and represents the Republican Caucus position on committee issues. The o...
With just a few days left in his term as Temecula mayor and coming off a decisive win in his re-election bid to serve on the council, Matt Rahn has filed paperwork to run for Congress in 2020. Rahn will run for California's 50th Congressional District seat currently held by the embattled Representative Duncan Hunter, who recently won re-election despite a challenge from Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar in a close race decided by just 4 percentage points. For more than four...
Ellie and Peter Frederiksen are recipients of the Fallbrook Food Pantry’s 2018 Frank and Sue Russell Volunteers of the Year Award. “It’s such a wonderful feeling helping people who need food. It doesn’t cost anything to put a smile on your face when you see them. The hugs I get from them are very special,” Pete Frederiksen said. The Frederiksens were recognized at the annual volunteers luncheon for their volunteer work and dedication. Pete Frederiksen has also served as...
Jean Combs died in her sleep at her home in Port Orange, Florida, on December 16, 2018. She was born in Cleveland Ohio on June 11, 1932, to Edward Joseph and Genevieve Hirsch. Widowed by Roger Combs, deceased November 27, 2014, and survived by their children, Raymond, Patricia, Susan and Edward, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, her sister Patricia, nieces Stacey and Jamie and step-brother Thomas. Jean was raised by her parents in a Chicago home where she attended...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce announced their January events. The SunUppers will meet Thursday, Jan. 10, at 8 a.m., at Trupiano's Italian Bistro. The Chamber's Business Expo is Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 3-7 p.m., at Pala Mesa Resort. The Lunch Mob meets at Firehouse Que & Brew at noon, Friday, Jan. 25. Wine Down Wednesday will be held Jan. 30, from 4:30-7:30 p.m., at Myrtle Creek Vineyards. Call the chamber of commerce for more details on any of these events a...
FALLBROOK – Members of the Fallbrook Rotary and Fallbrook Village Rotary clubs joined forces with Rotaract (youth Rotary), Project Mercy, and various churches in building three houses in one day for three resident Mexican families Oct. 6. The recipient families participated as well. Edith Samouillet and Nick Beye from the Fallbrook Village Rotary attended. "It has been very uplifting to be part of this very inspiring and positive experience," said Samouillet. Fallbrook V...
FALLBROOK – Alzheimer’s is a frightening, fatal disease. It has beaten the world’s best neuroscientists. Billions have been invested to find a drug that, at best, slows down cognitive decline. No reversal of the disease has existed, until now. Jeaneane Henson, owner of California Bodies, will be giving a free presentation Thursday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. to inform residents what they can do to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Henson has been studying Alzheimer’s disease for the last four years, inspired by the University of Califo... Full story
FALLBROOK – Albertsons, 1133 S. Mission Road, is hosting a mobile blood drive in their parking lot in partnership with San Diego Blood Bank, Monday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 6 p.m. About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood. One pint of blood, which is the amount volunteers give when they donate blood, can save up to three lives. Since blood is always needed, volunteers are asked to give blood for patients, such as those going through cancer or trauma. Donors must meet the eligibility requirements, be at least 17 years o... Full story
FALLBROOK – Hayley Carmody, an aesthetic pruner and horticulturist, will be the guest speaker at the Jan. 29 Fallbrook Garden Club’s general meeting. In September 2017, she moved to her hometown in San Diego from San Francisco where she worked as a horticulturist at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, east of Palo Alto, and before that she studied plant biology at University of California Santa Cruz. The meeting will take place at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. Social time and refreshments begin at 12:30 p.m., and... Full story
