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 – On Feb. 7, residents from both North San Diego and Southwest Riverside counties joined forces to put on a military family day for families of Combat Logistics Battalion 5 at Lake O’Neill on Camp Pendleton. At least 40 volunteers met in the Fallbrook Albertsons grocery store parking lot to travel to the base, taking lots of food with them. Donations included drinks, cookies, guacamole, salsa, chips, and potato salad. Groups and businesses that participated inc... Full story
TEMECULA – Animal Rescue Kompany (A.R.K.) invites Fallbrook residents to attend its sixth annual Night to Save Animals fundraising event on Saturday, March 8 at the beautiful Ponte Winery, located in Temecula’s Wine Country. The evening starts at 5 p.m. and each $79 ticket includes dinner, raffles, live auctions, silent auctions, and entertainment. The event is hosted by legendary DJ, Richard Blade, famous for his nearly two-decade career with KROQ and now heard daily on Sirius XM’s “1st Wave” and JACK FM’s “Flashbac...
The Bonsall Union School District board voted 5-0 Jan. 9 to approve a change order to the Sullivan Middle School renovations which will move the improvements for the school’s lower parking lot from a future phase to the current phase of the project. The added scope of work includes additional surveying, civil engineering and plan preparation for grading and drainage of the two parking lots, preparation of a storm water pollution prevention plan, and electrical engineering and plan preparation for parking lot lighting at t... Full story
FALLBROOK – January home prices were up over year-earlier levels while volume declined in North San Diego County as the local real estate market started 2014 mirroring national and regional average activity, Jerry Kalman, a Realtor® with HomeSmart Real Estate has reported. “Comparing January real estate activity in Bonsall and Fallbrook with prior periods, the average selling price of $473,000 was seven percent lower than in December 2013, but six percent higher t... Full story
FALLBROOK – The week of Jan. 27 through 31, students of William H. Frazier Elementary looked for ways to meet the Great Kindness Challenge. Students spent the week demonstrating what kindness meant to them, working their way through the 50 ways on their checklist to take a proactive approach to Frazier’s “One Love Anti-Bullying” campaign. Some of the ways they showed kindness to others was by: slipping a nice note into a friend’s backpack, holding the door open for som...
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ELKINS, WV – Samuel McDaniels, a student at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, W.Va., was named to the fall 2013 Dean’s List. McDaniels is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William McDaniels of Fallbrook. Students on the Davis & Elkins Dean’s List must earn a 3.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale while taking a minimum of 12 semester hours....
LARAMIE, WYO. – The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon six students from California at the completion of the 2013 fall semester. One of those students was Bonsall resident Carissa Marie Perrault who earned a bachelor of science degree....
NORMAN, OKLA. – Fallbrook resident Paul Dwayne Duncan was one of the students who earned a degrees last fall from the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Duncan earned a master of arts degree.... Full story
SPOKANE, WASH. – Maggie Montague of Fallbrook has been named to the Whitworth University Laureate Society for fall semester 2013. Students qualify for the academic honors society by maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.75 during the semester....
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class David A. Diaz graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the...
FALLBROOK – On Feb. 8, a group of 55 seventh and eighth grade girls from Potter Junior High School visited the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) to attend the 12th Annual Latina Youth Conference. For many of the students, it was their first time visiting a college campus. Students were given a tour of the university and attended three different workshops to learn about the importance of college and the various career paths within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (STEM). Students...
The year that Cleo Justus and Helen Hess were born was the same that Charlie Chaplin made his film debut, Mary Phelps Jacobs patented the first bra, and average household earnings were $577. That year was 1914. Justus and Hess, who both reside in Fallbrook, celebrated being centenarians at a special party hosted for them Feb. 14 by the Skilled Nursing Facility operated by Fallbrook Hospital (Community Health Systems). With eyes that have seen a century worth of inventions,... Full story
FALLBROOK – Scout Sunday was held Feb. 9 at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Mark Demel and Zion Lutheran Boy Scout Troop 739. Scout Sunday was added to the Scout celebration in the middle 1940s. It was started to make people in houses of worship aware of scouting and to allow scouts to live out their “Duty to God” pledged each week. The Scout Law says, “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law. To help other peopl...
FALLBROOK – The Friends of the Fallbrook Library will hold its annual Community Read on April 25 at 11 a.m. at the Grand Tradition Estate and Gardens. This year’s featured speaker is Laurel Corona, the acclaimed author of more than a dozen books related to myth and history. She is a professor of English and the humanities at San Diego College and has won numerous awards including the 2009 Book of the year by the San Diego Book and Writing Awards. Also scheduled is a book talk on March 20 at 1 p.m. at the Fallbrook L...
FALLBROOK – Members of the Fallbrook Alumni Association gathered recyclables for the Music Society/Band Booster sponsored event held Jan. 25 at Fallbrook High School. In support of the FHS band, the Alumni association, (along with the generosity of Fallbrook’s Senior Citizen Thrift Shop and St. John’s Thrift Shop) was able to pile high a giant load of goods to help fill the Fallbrook Warrior Marching Band truck. The association (in keeping with its mission sta...
FALLBROOK – Soroptimist International of Fallbrook is proud to announce that 16 young women have signed up to participate in the 2014 Miss Fallbrook Ambassador “Live Your Dream Program” which will take place on April 5 at Potter Junior High. This year will be the 77th year that Fallbrook has hosted a Miss Fallbrook event. Program director Keri Richmond said, “I can’t believe the excellent turn out at the final orientation last week. Thanks to the Village News for coverage in the paper, and thanks to our committ...
BONSALL – Two special circumstances highlighted the February meeting of the Bonsall Woman’s Club. First, it was during this meeting that the club recognized its 34th anniversary, and, second, the ‘Big Heart Award’ was presented to a valued member. The Big Heart Award is presented annually to the member who epitomizes the concept of friendship, compassion, and service to other members. This year’s awardee can always be relied on to be there when a member is in need of...
The Temecula Italian neighborhood bistro La Bella Vita is under new management, introducing a more casual, family friendly, come-as-you-are atmosphere. You do not need to dress up or have a special occasion to enjoy quality homemade pasta, pizza and seafood. California casual is a perfectly acceptable attire to enjoy a Rigatoni and Cheese sprinkled with bacon dish, or a fresh from coastal waters Calamari with Marinara. The Temecula Valley is conveniently located near locally p...
Hot cars and caring people is what the Fallbrook Shafters car club is all about. On Feb. 7, this fun-loving group of local residents donated $4,000 they raised at their annual Mike Hayden Burnout Party on Jan. 1 to help wounded warriors on Camp Pendleton. “This is our third year holding our annual Burnout Party as a fundraiser,” explained Shafters member Clint Campbell. “Prior to that, it was always just held as a club event. Now it has grown, and grown, and grown.” Hosted... Full story
Seven-year-old Mason Morash’s family is growing at a rapid rate. That’s because the members of Fallbrook Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1924 and its Ladies Auxiliary have wrapped their arms and heart around the boy, who is the grandson of devoted, local volunteers Ron and Gail Vasinda. “Mason has severe aplastic anemia and they are still trying to find a bone marrow donor match for him,” said Dana McCarthy, junior vice president of the Ladies Auxiliary. Knowing there i... Full story
FALLBROOK - Personnel from Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook (also known as the Fallbrook Naval Weapons Station) will be taking part in the largest Navy security exercise of the year from Monday, February 24 through Friday, Feb. 28. Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2014 will be conducted on naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States. Measures will be taken to avoid disruptions to normal station operations, but there may be times when the exercise causes increased traffic... Full story
The proposed merger between the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District has encountered the obstacle of the governance structure for the successor district. FPUD, which elects its directors by seat with the entire district voting for each seat, has proposed a hybrid of at-large and by-division board members. Rainbow, which elects its directors by division with only voters in that division participating in the choice, is not willing to yield from its desire to have the successor district’s b...
The Fallbrook Elementary Teachers Association (FETA) members have had an ongoing dialogue with the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD), but are concerned about the accuracy and clarity of certain issues that have been presented by both sides. On Jan. 19, FETA and FUESD negotiators met to begin discussions, and the district has had FETA’s contractual and economical proposals since September, said Ken Ostroske, FETA bargaining chair. “However, we were given a pres... Full story
Although the Rainbow nursery is called Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers, the farm also grows silverleaf trees. When the silverleaf growers Festival Artists Worldwide/Artistic Entertainment Services had been using for Rose Parade float decorations retired, the Azusa-based decorating company began working with Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers in 2008. The Resendiz Brothers silverleaf made its Tournament of Roses Parade debut in 2009, and the relationship has continued each year. The 2014 Rose Parade included two floats with...
