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  • Blood bank to hold blood drive Feb. 24

    Updated Feb 19, 2020

    FALLBROOK – Albertsons in Fallbrook is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Monday, Feb. 24, from noon to 5 p.m. Albertsons is located at 1133 S. Mission Road, and the blood drive will take place in the parking lot. 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 w...

  • Five ways to keep your heart healthy and strong

    Updated Feb 18, 2020

    Matthew J. Budoff, M.D., FACC, FAHA Special to Village News Do you find yourself planted behind a desk or stuck in the car for most of your day? Well, you are not alone. The average American adult now spends roughly 6.5 hours a day sitting – an increase of about an hour a day since 20071[1]. More time spent watching TV, scrolling through social media, and browsing online are to blame for this increase in sedentary behavior. For this reason, I often need to remind my patients that when you sit, you use less energy than you d... Full story

  • Warriors girls basketball to host first-round playoff game Wednesday

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Feb 18, 2020

    Fallbrook High's varsity girls basketball team is seeded No. 7 in the CIF San Diego Section Division III CIF Playoffs and are slated to host a first-round playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Fallbrook High. The Warriors are matched up with No. 10 seeded Madison and if they win, would go on to play the winner of No. 2 Helix and No. 10 Mar Vista. Depending on how things shake out, the Warriors would go on the road to face Helix or stay home to take on Mar Vista on Saturday,... Full story

  • Warriors girls water polo speeds into CIF semifinals

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Feb 17, 2020

    On Saturday, Feb. 15 the Fallbrook Union High School Varsity Girls Water Polo team started fast and never looked back in a 12-9 win over Canyon Crest Academy in the quarterfinals of the CIF Division I playoffs. "It went well," head coach Sean Redmond said. "We came out a lot stronger than we have in our last five or six games, which we knew we were going to have to do. We had made some minor adjustments and changes, starting with our warmup which I think set the girls up.... Full story

  • 2 killed in single-vehicle crash on Old Highway 395

    Will Fritz, Associate Editor|Updated Feb 17, 2020

    A man and a woman were killed Sunday in a crash on Old Highway 395 near Fallbrook, authorities said. The crash was reported a little before 2:15 p.m. on the highway just south of Reche Road, North County Fire Department Capt. John Choi said. One vehicle — later determined by the California Highway Patrol to be a Ford Mustang — veered off the west side of the roadway and crashed about 30 feet down a ravine, Choi said. According to CHP Officer Kevin Smale, it's believed a 42-year-old Fallbrook man was driving the Mustang wit...

  • County declares local health emergency in response to coronavirus, calls it a precautionary measure

    City News Service|Updated Feb 14, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Acting "out of an abundance of caution," San Diego County officials today declared a local health emergency in response to concerns about the deadly coronavirus, but they insisted the move does not indicate an increased risk of contracting the disease locally. "Let us be clear, this does not mean there is any increased risk to the general public, in fact it is quite the opposite," county health officer Dr. Wilma Wooten said. She and county Supervisor Nathan Fletcher both said the local emergency declaration...

  • Valley Center teen arrested for alleged school threats

    City News Service|Updated Feb 14, 2020

    VALLEY CENTER (CNS) - A suspended student was arrested Friday on suspicion of making threats that led to lockdowns at two Valley Center high schools. Administrators at Oak Glen High School reported the 15-year-old's alleged menacing statements about 8 a.m., according to sheriff's officials. Students at the West Oak Glen Road campus and nearby Valley Center High School were secured in their classrooms while deputies identified, located and arrested the suspected perpetrator. "A search of the juvenile's home was conducted,"...

  • San Diego aquarium breeds rare weedy sea dragon in captivity

    Associated Press|Updated Feb 13, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California aquarium has successfully bred the rare weedy sea dragon, the lesser known cousin of the sea horse that resembles seaweed when floating. San Diego's Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography said in a news release Thursday that two weedy sea dragons have hatched this week, making the aquarium one of the few in the world to successfully breed the unusual fish. The babies with leafy appendages are less than an inch long, and hav... Full story

  • Justice Department brings new suits over sanctuary policies

    Updated Feb 12, 2020

    Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long The Associated Press The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday, Feb. 10, on local governments over "sanctuary" policies that hinder federal immigration officers, bringing two new lawsuits and launching a coordinated messaging campaign to highlight an election-year priority of President Donald Trump. Declaring that law enforcement officers are being "put in harm's way by these ideologically driven policies," Attorney General...

  • DOJ open to reviewing credibility of any Ukraine-related material: Barr

    Updated Feb 12, 2020

    Janita Kan The Epoch Times Attorney General William Barr said Monday, Feb. 10, that the U.S. Justice Department has "established an intake process" to review any Ukraine-related information submitted by individuals, in order to assess its source and credibility. Barr made the comments in response to a question during a news conference from a reporter, who asked the attorney general whether the department was receiving Ukraine-related information from President Donald Trump's...

  • Plans underway for Arts in the Park, April 26

    Updated Feb 12, 2020

    FALLBROOK – The new board of directors of Rally for Children announces that this year's Arts in the Park event will be held Sunday, April 26, at Live Oak Park. Rally for Children recently donated $13,000 to fund several nonprofit groups providing programs and projects to children in the local community. For membership information, donations or to volunteer at Arts in the Park, visit www.rallyforchildren.org. Submitted by Rally for Children....

  • Did you know? Deaths from natural disasters are down by 80% over a 30-year average

    Updated Feb 12, 2020

    MUNICH – “Globally, in 2019, about 9,000 people lost their lives in natural catastrophes compared with 15,000 in 2018. This confirms the overall trend toward lower numbers of victims thanks to better prevention measures. On average over the past 30 years, about 52,000 people per year have lost their lives in natural catastrophes,” according to a Munich Re press release. For more information, visit www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2020/causin...

  • Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts

    Updated Feb 12, 2020

    Andrew Taylor The Associated Press President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan Monday, Feb. 10, that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid and housing as the recipe for wrestling the federal budget back into balance. Trump’s fiscal 2021 plan promises the government’s deficit will crest above $1 trillion only for the current budget year before steadily decreasing to more manageable levels, but only by relying on optimistic economic pro...