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 – As part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system by the Bonsall Unified School District, the district’s governing board will hold a public hearing during a regular meeting to authorize the submission of a general waiver request to the California Department of Education to be approved by the state Board of Education. The public hearing will be held Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Bonsall Community Center, located at 31505 Old River Road, in Bonsall. Submitted by Bonsall Unified School Dis... Full story
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees voted 4-1 Monday, Feb. 4, to approve Map 103 that breaks up the Fallbrook district into five trustee districts as dictated by the California Voting Rights Act. Trustee Caron Lieber was the lone dissenting vote. "I feel a Latino voice on our board is invaluable," Lieber said before the vote. "When you see someone that looks like you that has a second language, like you, you are more likely to approach that person...
The Jan. 25 meeting of the county’s Traffic Advisory Committee included a recommendation for an all-way stop control at the intersection of Osborne Street and Hutchison Street. The TAC makes recommendations on regulatory controls such as stop signs, traffic signals, speed limits and parking prohibitions, but all TAC recommendations are subject to San Diego County Board of Supervisors ratification. The county supervisors are expected to consider the Bonsall all-way stop April 10. “It is time,” Teri Ardito, who has lived on Os...
A child's first experience with death is often the loss of a pet. This can be a traumatic experience, but it's also a time to learn to cope with the grief and pain that comes with losing someone who brought them love and happiness. Some parents try to spare their child by not talking about the pet's death or by not honestly dealing with what has happened. Pretending that the animal ran away, or "went to sleep" can make a child feel even more confused, frightened and betrayed when the truth is finally learned. It's better to t...
FALLBROOK – The Angel Society of Fallbrook offers scholarships to graduating high school students residing in the Fallbrook and Bonsall area. The scholarship committee makes selections based on school and community service, as well as financial need. Applicants are asked to write a short personal essay, submit two letters of recommendation and high school transcripts. Complete information and applications are available at www.theangelsociety.org. Questions can be directed to the philanthropy chairman by emailing a...
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – Justin Michael Hodgkin Sr. of Fallbrook was one of 291 students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle named to the dean’s list for the fall semester, according to Dr. Ray Rice, university president and provost. Submitted by University of Maine at Presque Isle....
A report released in a press conference Thursday, Jan. 31, by a Minnesota-based law firm described alleged sexual abuse by clergy within the Diocese of San Bernardino and included reports about two priests that spent time at St. Peter in Fallbrook. A review of the 70-plus page report also revealed accusations and reports involving several priests attached to the church that had ties to local cities and towns in southwest Riverside County. In all more than 80 clergy members...
The defense team for Charles "Chase" Merritt called San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department detective Sgt. Joseph Steers Thursday, Jan. 29, to discuss his involvement in the McStay family homicide investigation. Steers was brought into the case to investigate the investigation performed by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department as well as the grave site location. Merritt is accused of murdering Joseph and Summer McStay as well as the couple's two young sons in Fallbrook...
BONSALL – A man died after being found critically injured on a North County roadway late Friday, apparently a victim of a hit-and-run crash, an officer said Saturday, Feb. 2. A passing driver noticed an unconscious man lying in the east shoulder of Old Highway 395, just south of Camino Del Rey in Bonsall, around 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and pulled over, according to California Highway Patrol Sgt. Eric Nicholas. The area is just east of Interstate 15. The motorist, a responding CHP sergeant and paramedics from the Bonsall F...
FALLBROOK – The Art of the Avocado Competition, part of Fallbrook’s annual Avocado Festival, is now “calling for entries” thanks to the generous sponsorship of Fallbrook Propane Gas Company. This is the 14th year of the popular competition. Any artistic medium may be submitted – the only restriction is that an “avocado” must be easily identifiable in all pieces. There are three categories. The 2D and 3D winners will be awarded cash prizes in each: first place – $300, secon...
Vance Havner reminded us of the uselessness of worry when he famously wrote, “Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.” Are you struggling with worry? Worry can ambush us in so many different ways. You hear a strange noise in the engine of your car and immediately you fear the worse. Or you watch the stock market’s wild swings and worry that you won’t have enough for retirement. Or it could be that every time you begin to exper... Full story
Michael Varga said he drives by a pile of trash and abandoned trash cans every day on the corner of Rainbow Way and Camino Rainbow in Rainbow. He said the pile continued to grow, which caused him to contact the county of San Diego as well as the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to find out what could be done about it. When he hit a dead end with the two departments, he emailed the Village News. “I contacted the county who told me that since this was most likely not Haz...
Dian Hall, 80, of Lincoln, passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. She was born Dian Marion Wright, the only daughter and oldest of three children, to the late Marion and Edwin C. Wright, Sept. 14, 1938. She grew up in Glendale, where she graduated from Glendale High School and earned a degree in fashion merchandising. Dian and her brother, Edwin traveled to Europe together soon after they graduated, always remembered as the time of their lives. In 1960 Dian married the... Full story
Sharon Ambrosine Mullin, 75, passed away peacefully at Palomar Hospital due to complication with leukemia, Jan. 15, 2019. Sharon was born Oct. 9, 1943, in Portland, Oregon, the younger of two daughters. She moved to California in 1961. She had resided in Fallbrook for the last 48 years. Sharon was a CPA and had her own business in the community. She was part of the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce since 1981 and a member of Rotary since 1991. She was also involved with a business... Full story
Marion Saunders delighted the world when she was born Dec. 6, 1923, in San Diego. Her parents, Lola and George Stephens, had three active boys, Milton, Warren and Bob, when their darling girl arrived. She was supposed to be dainty and quiet. Nope, Marion had her own ideas. She danced when dancing wasn’t allowed in her household, did cartwheels and handstands whenever she could, chewed gum that was not really gum, but tar which she and her friends picked up from the newly p... Full story
Retired U.S. Marine Maj. Raymond Howard Schmidt of Palmetto, Florida, passed away Jan. 17, in Escondido. Born in Danvers, Illinois, to Joseph John and Mary Belle Lander-Schmidt, Raymond was the youngest of 12 children and is survived by his sisters, Carol Thomas and Edith Schneider; multiple nieces and nephews; and his sons, Theodore, Gregory and William. Raymond served his country honorably for 21 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he received... Full story
Allan Tiso, a self-taught engineer, inventor, and artist died in California in December 2018 at the age of 79. Allan was born Jan. 4, 1939 in the Bronx borough of New York City. In 1950 his parents moved to the town of Babylon on the south shore of Long Island, New York. It was there that Allan developed his life-long love of the ocean. After a brief stint in the Army where he trained as a combat engineer, Allan followed his father into the plastic molding business. He worked... Full story
California has been transitioning from residential to community-based care for people with developmental disabilities, with the state expecting to see substantial cost savings. While Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal diverts that money to pay for other state programs, myself and other legislators want to provide a secure source of funding for some of the most vulnerable people in the state. We are calling on the governor to support Californians with developmental disabilities and their caregivers by permanently d...
In the first, a numbskull started a panic by shooting a pistol in the air. Confronted by San Diego Sheriff’s deputies and ordered to drop the weapon, he turned and pointed his handgun at the deputies. Sheriff No. 1 immediately fired his service weapon and hit the scumbag four times. He lived, and now will become an extra burden on the beleaguered taxpayers. The second incident was a stakeout by a lone deputy surveilling an area where a nutjob was attacking cars with a baseball bat. The deputy was staked out watching the a... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Newcomers Club's next coffee meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 14 at 9:30 a.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church on Stage Coach Lane. The featured speaker will be from North County Fire Protection. Members will hear how to keep safe during fire season. The January speaker was Roy Moosa, one of the new owners of the Historic Fallbrook Theater on Main Avenue. He gave members a history of the Mission Theater from its inception in 1948 to current. H... Full story
Recently, our Assemblymember said that Proposition 13 protections would be “weakened” by what she coins in partisan terms as “split roll” proposals. I am disheartened when elected officials phrase facts in such partisan terms and leave our community confused about true facts. Follow the money and you find the basis for partisanship. Here is the truth. The name of the constitutional amendment is the “Make it Fair” plan and here’s why. Make It Fair will close the millionaire, billionaire and big corporation tax loophole by r... Full story
FALLBROOK – For the first time in years, Fallbrook High is hosting the Wrestling California Interscholastic Federation Championships. The community is invited to come out and join the team for the final match of the year beginning at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 9. The full day of wrestling, food and community support kicks off at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast burritos followed by the start of wrestling action on the mats at 9 a.m. Lunch will consist of nachos, cheeseburger combos, t... Full story
FALLBROOK – Dave Freed, “The Tomato Guy,” is considered the Orange County tomato expert. He has designed a unique self-watering system which can be easily be built at home. This system has produced 50 pounds of tomatoes from just one plant. In addition, Freed will explain how watering, temperature, mulching, pollination and fertilizing play a role in producing a delicious, juicy tomato. The Fallbrook Garden Club has invited Freed back this year to speak at the club’s general meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Fallbrook Communi... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook High School is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Friday, Feb. 15, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in their gym at 2400 S. Stage Coach Lane, in Fallbrook. Anyone 17 and older, who weighs at least 114 pounds and is in good health may be eligible to donate blood. A good meal and plenty of fluids are recommended before donation. All donors must show picture identification. Donors are encouraged to schedule an appointment to donate, but walk-ins are welcome. To schedule an a... Full story
FALLBROOK – Managing landscape and home garden pests is a challenge that faces every home gardener. In today’s green-minded environment, the public is constantly searching for the safest manner to address their pest problems. The University of California Cooperative Extension and the Healthy Garden – Healthy Home Program invited the community to attend a free workshop on controlling ants the safe and healthy way. This workshop will be held at the Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Road, from 1-2:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23. T... Full story
