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Mother’s Day is May 9 this year. I’ve celebrated 58 of them so far. Who knew, at 18, that being a mother was going to be a job for the rest of my life? Motherhood, when done right, comes at a price. May I say, it ain’t what it’s cracked up to be? Personal sacrifices become de rigor. Because once removed from the nursery the lil darlings start their development as they wind their way toward adulthood. First stepping on your toes followed by stepping on your heart. In my expe...
Another speed limit change proposed! This is not the solution with the local scofflaws and people who have no idea what the traffic laws are and what they are intended to do. I have been passed by speeders on Mission rushing from light to light. Now it is unsafe to enter a green light cross street without checking for potential red light runners. Drivers cross double yellow lines on two lane streets to pass and I have even been passed on the right while driving the speed limit. Recently, I was confronted by a woman driving...
As I understand what has transpired at Fallbrook Union High is the teachers signed an MOU. The district abided by it. Then, when the state offered money to the district to open, the teachers found out and wanted a cut of this money. My neighbor is a teacher and she told me that other teachers called the 2.75% bonus “Appreciation money” for all the teachers’ hard work. It just seems funny that “orange” is safe unless stoked by some “appreciation money,” then the teachers can come back in the “red.” Just needed to air thi...
Letter writer Orolie Gubser seems to indicate that the rise in gasoline prices must be the fault of President Biden. The writer, apparently, does not understand how gasoline prices are set. Gasoline is, of course, refined from oil. The price of oil is determined on a world wide market based on supply and demand. Over the past year, there has been a worldwide pandemic which has depressed economies around the world. The demand for oil has been down as a consequence. Economies around the world, including ours, are starting to...
While the national news and late night talk shows are making fun of Temecula City Council again, and specifically Jessica Alexander, over a comment she made, I have to say how impressed I am with the council. After a nearly three-hour meeting where they handled a lot of issues as well as public comments, I was pleased with all the councilmembers as they passionately, yet smartly, debated the issues at hand. While Colbert and others mocked, it was a picture of what representati...
A primary function of the President is to establish the policies of the current administration. In many areas that means simply continuing the policies of the previous administration. But Biden is introducing a bold, far-reaching, even breath-taking, vision for America. You can read about it: See “White House: Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan.” Infrastructure (hard and soft), remediation and pro-active climate change efforts, integration of resilience, and more, are provided for. The American Jobs Plan is notable not only f...
As the constitutionally mandated June 15 deadline for passing a balanced budget nears, discussions in Sacramento about spending priorities are ramping up. California is facing a variety of challenges. First of all, we must get the economy up and running again, and we can use our budget surplus to help bring back jobs. Through additional investments in the Small Business Grant Program, and by targeting surplus revenues to reduce unemployment insurance debt for employers, we...
In the 1970s, Old Town Temecula was a rundown, has-been of a town bypassed by Interstate 15. It had started as "the new town of Temecula" in 1882 when the California Southern brought railroad tracks this way. It replaced the Temecula of old at today's Vail Headquarters. The fledgling town grew as businesses developed and homes were built along Pujol and Mercedes streets. By 1885, the Temecula post office that had formerly been in the Wolf Store had a new location on Main...
Coldwell Banker Village Properties recently announced that Carrie Fuller is its Top Selling and Producing Agent for the Month of March....
In an ironic twist, Temecula living trust attorney Paul Hanks survived a harrowing near-death hiking accident and four days in the desert. He said, "I felt death!" He told his story with conviction, fear, pain, excitement and the will to live. He survived five days in Joshua Tree National Park with no water, a prickly pear cactus and a serious head injury. Hanks has hiked most of his adult life. "I like to get remote," he said. "Get out there alone. I chose Joshua Tree to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Darrell Issa, the ranking Republican Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, announced yesterday with his Democratic counterpart, Subcommittee Chairman Hank Johnson (GA), the introduction of the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act, amending the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA). Issa released the following statement: “This legislation is a historic reform to our pat...
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday, April 26, that Navy Seaman 1st Class Wallace G. Mitchell, 19, of Los Angeles, killed during World War II, was accounted for Dec. 16, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Mitchell was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The a...
Riverside County 5th District Supervisor Jeff Hewitt outlined why he is running for governor today in an op-ed published in several Southern California News Group newspapers. The Libertarian business owner is running to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election. He says as a Libertarian, not a member of either major party, he has "the ability to accept the best ideas of each side and work for consensus and compromise that benefits the state as a whole." Last...
WASHINGTON – SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the U.S. Small Business Administration would begin registrations on Friday, April 30, and open applications on Monday, May 3, for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted. “Restaurants are the core of our neighborhoods and propel economic activity on main streets across the nation. They are among the businesses that have been hardest hit and need support to sur...
SAN DIEGO – Building on the sustainability strategy it released last October and its pledge to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced it is developing two hydrogen pilot projects, nearing completion of an additional battery storage facility and will break ground on another, and launching a vehicle-to-grid pilot program featuring six electric school buses, among other efforts. “Getting to a net zero future is the moonshot challenge of our era and one that the SDG...
SAN DIEGO – Border Patrol officials said a 40-foot cabin cruiser that overturned in Point Loma May 2, killing three people, was suspected of being part of a smuggling operation. Three people died and 27 people were pulled from the water and hospitalized with a wide range of injuries after the boat capsized, officials said. The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday in ocean waters off the Cabrillo National Monument. Border Patrol officials said the boat crashed into the shoreline surrounding the monument and capsized. E...
The Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro program has been under scrutiny over the last few dozen years, relating to its care of the wild horse population in the western United States. The bureau has taken some criticism from some national wild horse rescue organizations. "It is a situation where we have to do what is the best thing for these horses," Steve Fluery, national director of the BLM horse and burro program, said. "Adoption is absolutely key in helping...
April 20 100 block Ranger Rd. Get credit/etc. other’s ID April 22 1200 block S. Vine St. Grand theft 1100 block S. Vine St. Arrest: Spousal/cohabitant abuse with minor injury 4700 block Pala Rd. Arrest: Poss controlled subs paraphernalia 1600 block S. Mission Rd. Arrest: Contempt of court: disobey court order April 23 200 block Pippin Dr. Burglary 500 block Tumbleweed Ln. Arrest: Battery: Spouse/ex spouse/date/etc. 800 block E. Alvarado St. Arrest: Use/Under infl. Of controlled subs Pankey Rd. @ Pala Rd. Rape by force/fear A...
The Valley League football coaches met April 26 to select the all-league teams, and 11 of those recognized players were on the Fallbrook High School team. Brady Hoff was named to the offensive first team. Thomas McSheehy was a defensive first team selection. The offensive second team included Hunter Keller and Kenneth Spring while Cade Eidson, Ryan Farish, and Erik Spring were on the defensive second team. Markus Washington received honorable mention offensive designation and honorable mention defensive accolades were given t...
Warrior Sean Farish, #23, carries the ball down the field during the boys varsity lacrosse game against the El Camino Wildcats....
Two Fallbrook High School girls closed out their Warriors swim careers in the CIF finals. Paris Dowden and Jocelyn Jones were both on the 200-yard freestyle relay team and the 400-yard freestyle relay team, and both of those quartets competed in the consolation final April 24 at Granite Hills High School. Dowden is a senior, and Jones is a junior but a military dependent whose father has been transferred to Colorado. As a team, Fallbrook's girls placed 22nd among Division I schools with 10 team points. "We only had two of...
Fallbrook Juliana Blas hustles for the ball during the varsity girls basketball game against the San Pasqual Eagles, April 30....
Lady Warrior Grace Goode reaches back to take a shot against the Mission Hills Grizzlies during the varsity girls water polo game, April 30....
The Fallbrook High School boys swim team placed fifth among Division I schools at the CIF meet April 24 at Granite Hills High School. The Warriors finished the meet with 95 team points. Carlsbad took fourth place with 121 points. Westview had the sixth-place total of 71 points. "It's very satisfying," Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson said of fifth place. "For one we weren't expected to have a meet at all, so we didn't prepare." On March 26, the CIF San Diego Section announced that the CIF meet would be cancelled, but that...
FALLBROOK – San Diego County Gun Owners, a political action committee promoting Second Amendment rights, will host an in-person meeting starting at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, at Beebe Family Arms and Munitions, a gun shop at 1032 South Main Ave. The free meeting is open to the public. For more information, visit www.sandiegocountygunowners.com. Meeting topics will include updates on SDCGO’s advocacy, educational and training efforts, as well as information on shooting socials, gun safety classes and new gun laws. It will be... Full story