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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FALLBROOK – RE/MAX United in Fallbrook has announced its top agents in listing, selling, and overall production. The firm congratulated the Bartlett Team and Lynn Stadille-James and Lisa Willet for being the Listing Leaders. The Gallegos Team and Bartlett Team have been recognized as being the Sales Leaders. Top Producers were announced to be Pat Koch and Bernie Schmutzler. “RE/MAX recognizes these agents for their hard work and dedication,” they said... Full story
The County of San Diego will re-bid a construction contract which will likely include replacing a guardrail along DeLuz Road. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Nov. 6 to authorize the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a construction contract to install new guardrail segments and replace existing guardrail end sections throughout the unincorporated portion of the county and to appropriate an additional $250,000 for the work. Each year the county’s Department of Public Works repairs, installs, and... Full story
FALLBROOK – Local Realtor® members of the North San Diego County Association of Realtors® mobilized over a period of months to collect food for North County families who rely on support from the Fallbrook Food Pantry. Major Market assisted with providing paper grocery bags to collect food, while Fallbrook Realtors® made contact with their clients who generously donated food, along with the Realtors® themselves. On Nov. 12, the group gathered together and...
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CAMP PENDLETON – On Nov. 3, a team of 10 middle school students from San Onofre Elementary School, in the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, competed in the First Lego League Robotics tournament held at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas. First Lego League is a robotics program for 9 to 16 year olds that is designed to get children excited about science and technology and teach them valuable employment and life skills. The team, led by their teacher Chuck Floto,...
LA MIRADA – The following Fallbrook residents were among 1,422 students named to Biola University’s Spring 2013 Dean’s List for academic excellence: Pearl Botts, Patricia Diaz, and Michelle Verougstraete. Biola students are placed on the Dean’s List to honor those with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credit units and whose cumulative grade point average is at least a 3.2. This past spring, 35 percent of Biola students achieved this academic goal.... Full story
FALLBROOK – Each year, through fundraising efforts, California Retired Teachers, Fallbrook Division 81 awards grants to classroom teachers in the Fallbrook/Bonsall/Rainbow school districts. The grants help teachers purchase items that enhance the learning programs in kindergarten through high school. The most recent recipients are Jane Hodges and Julie Urquhart. Hodges is a second grade teacher at Bonsall West Elementary School. The grant will enable her to purchase...
PALA - The Pala Band of Mission Indians announced last week it has donated $80,000 to the Bonsall Union School District. Tribal Chairman Robert Smith made the contribution at the November 14 Bonsall Union School District board meeting. The money will be used to hire a counselor for the Vivian Banks Charter School and Norm Sullivan Middle School. “Having counselors on campus is important for students in elementary and middle school,” said Robert Smith, chairman of the Pala Band of Mission Indians. “This donation will ensur...
FALLBROOK – One hundred and fifty-five local Fallbrook families will have a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner thanks to a $3,000 donation of gift certificates by St. John’s Episcopal Church Thrift Shop to the Fallbrook Food Pantry. The certificates, purchased from Major Market, entitle each family up to a 14 lb. Thanksgiving turkey. Sharon Barberi, chair of the thrift shop advisory board stated, “Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the blessings we have rec...
BONSALL – Over 35 people attended the Winter Hay Benefit sponsored by House to Home Foundation at Horse Spirit Ranch in Bonsall on Nov. 9. Organizers said everyone enjoyed seeing the horses, and having a nice Italian lunch catered by Brothers Bistro in Fallbrook. Lynne Hayes, the owner of Horse Spirit Ranch, said she was touched by the generosity of donors who contributed close to $3,000 through the clinic, silent auction, raffles and gifts. This money will be spent for the horses that are being fostered or placed for...
The 238th Marine Corps birthday was celebrated at Fallbrook Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1924 with a traditional cake-cutting ceremony on Nov. 10. At the well-attended event, USMC Lt. Col. Bruce Harjung (Ret.) serving as master of ceremonies, said, “We Marines know what and who we are, however, when a senior member of another service talks about us, it drives home who we really are and what others think of us.” Harjung then read some excerpts from a speech given by Rea...
BONSALL – The Bonsall Woman’s Club (BWC) invites one and all to its annual Christmas Tea. This year’s tea will be held at Pala Mesa Resort on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The theme of this year’s event is “Santa’s Workshop.” The tea promises to offer an exceptional way to bring in the holiday season. The entrance will be lined with decorated three-foot high Christmas trees and themed baskets. Examples of the themed baskets are: wine, chocolate, gourmet coo...
PALA – A Thanksgiving feast will be waiting at Choices, The Buffet for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28 at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., selections will include four turkey carving stations with all the traditional Thanksgiving trimmings. But Southern California’s largest buffet will also tempt holiday palates with rack of lamb, Asian-style kurobuta ribs, chilled snow crab cluster, stuffed salmon fillet, Canadian lobster tail, char-broiled N... Full story
In 1963, the San Diego Chargers implemented a “Community Days” salute which was to become part of the Chargers’ home game format each season beginning with the fall 1963 games. The original Community Day for Fallbrook was scheduled for Nov. 24, 1963. It doesn’t take much research to determine that didn’t occur. The American Football League postponed its games following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. The alteration of Fallbrook’s Community Day at Balboa Stadium was thus likely the biggest imp...
Nov. 1 E. College St. @ S. Orange Ave. Cited: Possess unlawful paraphernalia Nov. 4 5000 block Pala Rd. Commercial burglary 2400 block S. Stage Coach Ln. Arrest (Juvenile): Possess explosive illegally Nov. 5 2400 block Gum Tree Ln. Arrest: Felony 1200 block S. Main Ave. Grand theft Nov. 6 700 block Alturas Ln. Residential burglary 100 block S. Pasadena Ave. Petty theft 5000 block Pala Rd. Commercial burglary Nov. 7 900 block S. Main Ave. Arrest: Willful cruelty to child w/minor injury; vandalism 700 block W. Fallbrook St....
The second annual Fallbrook Scarecrow Days and Fall Faire effort has been deemed a “tremendous success,” according to the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce and organizers. “Many visitors were drawn to Fallbrook to see the ‘characters,’ plus Fallbrook locals once again enjoyed the fun,” said Kathie Richards of the Chamber. “There were over 125 scarecrows throughout town.” Richards said the chamber office received “lots of feedback from merchants and they were very pleased and... Full story
A November 15 hearing by U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel found that allegations brought forth by Fallbrook Public Utility District board member Archie McPhee had no factual basis. “There was no objection brought up by McPhee that was validated by the judge,” said FPUD general manager Brian Brady. The FPUD board has supported the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project which would use natural and enhanced flows in the Santa Margarita River to enhance the recharge of groundwater basins, although McPhee opp...
Dr. Douglas Clements, an ophthalmology specialist with a respected 38-year history of caring for patients in Fallbrook will open a new primary care medical group, Fallbrook Healthcare Partners, to serve local residents on Dec. 9. Clements, who will continue to maintain his part-time practice at Inland Eye Associates, is both owner and medical director of the new corporation and an independent member of the medical staff at Fallbrook Hospital. “This is a positive thing for t...
Pala resident and Vietnam War veteran Art Lopez, 64, received a special honor on Nov. 14. Decades after serving his country in an exceptional way, he was personally presented with a Bronze Star Medal by United States Marine Corps Brigadier General (Ret.) M.A. Johnson, Jr. at s special luncheon held at the Pala Band of Mission Indians administration headquarters. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for bravery, heroism, or meritorious service. Lopez, who was an E5 Sergeant in the... Full story
RIVERSIDE - A low pressure system moving down the California coast brought rain, gusty winds and a chance of snow to Riverside County today. A winter storm warning for mountain areas above 5,000 feet was scheduled to go in effect at 4 p.m. It will remain in effect until 10 p.m. Saturday, according to the NWS. The warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of snow will make travel dangerous, an NWS advisory said, noting five to nine inches of snow accumulation was likely.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has announced that convicted fugitive child molester Joseph Vincent McCarron, 58, who failed to appear for his sentencing hearing, was found dead on November 30. The discovery ended a potential threat to public safety during a more than two-week manhunt by law enforcement. The defendant, who had been known to frequent Fallbrook, had been convicted of sexually abusing the daughters of a woman he dated during a jury... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A low pressure system moving down the California coast brought rain to San Diego County today, Thurs., Nov. 21, contributing to scores of traffic accidents. There were 121 crashes reported on local highways and freeways as of 8 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol, which receives an average of 50-75 crash reports in a full 24-hour period when the roads are not wet. A total of 76 of this morning's crashes occurred between 6 and 8 a.m., leaving 45 to occur between midnight and 6 a.m., the CHP said....
FALLBROOK – Beginning Nov. 12 and running through Jan. 6, the Friends of the Fallbrook Library are sponsoring an art exhibit of Children’s Books Illustrators, featuring artists Mike Miller, Annika M. Nelson, Kathleen McCord and Paul Brewer. Children are invited to come to the community room of the Library, 124 S. Mission Rd. to see these beautiful and whimsical works of art as well as attend a workshop designed especially for them. At the workshop they will have the o...
FALLBROOK – Members of the Fallbrook Branch of the American Association of University Women are stuffing little stockings in preparation of their fundraising party, A Red Sock Event on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the event is to raise money for educational foundations and legal advocacy funds which assist women and girls with select educational studies and to help those with legal battles involving equity in the workplace. AAUW guests and members will... Full story
