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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DE LUZ – A 72-year-old motorcyclist was fatally injured Wednesday, Feb. 20, when he lost control of his bike and crashed on a street just west of Temecula, authorities said Thursday, Feb. 21. The victim was identified as Howard Burke of Fallbrook. He died shortly after the crash Wednesday morning on Sycamore Creek Drive, near Avenida de Oro, in an unincorporated community known as De Luz, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Mike Lassig said the victim was headed west on Sycamore Creek about 10:15 a.m. when h...
Beers were poured and spirits soared last Friday at Prohibition Station, as locals celebrated the much-awaited opening of a new tap house in downtown Fallbrook. Manager Kyle Adams entertained a soft opening for the public Feb. 22, but plans to welcome patrons back for good at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. The 32-year-old manager is the son of Ron and Kathy Adams, who opened Vista’s Prohibition Brewing Company, only 12 miles from Fallbrook, in 2011. Prohibition Station took over the Fallbrook Brewing Company’s former spot at 136...
Maggie Stewart Special to the Village News Fallbrook is a special place to grow roots, both in the yard and the community. My daughter, Alie, recently came home to celebrate her birthday with a best friend, Anna. They met in kindergarten. Anna is from a military family stationed at Camp Pendleton, and they lived here in Fallbrook. Establishing those deep roots early, Alie and Anna's friendship was instant and has continued to grow and bloom through the years. It was a sad day...
FALLBROOK – 2019 marks the 20th year that the owners of Fallbrook Bath & Kitchen Co., Tony Raia and Matthew Bellafaire, have worked designing and remodeling kitchens and baths together. They began working together in Laguna Niguel in 1999 and have spent every working day together since. Not only do they work together, they are also father and son-in-law as Bellafaire has been married to Raia’s daughter, Ann, for 20 years, and they have produced six grandchildren for Raia and his wife, Carol, to love and cherish. They mov... Full story
Three local residents were recently awarded at the 2018 North San Diego County Association of Realtors Installation Gala. Stacey Angstead, sales executive at Ticor Title, was named NSDCAR's "Associated Professional of the Year" while Tim Kirk, Realtor at Pacific Sotheby's International Realty's Carlsbad office, was bestowed a brand-new award for his "Community Service." Nancy Layne, Realtor at Windermere Homes and Estates, earned "Volunteer of the Year." The gala was held...
Since 2006, California has adopted aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, including returning to 1990 levels by 2020, 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. California residents, businesses, and utility companies have embraced new forms of energy production, including wind turbines and solar, so much that California met its 2020 target early. However, there has not been any direction of how the state will address reaching... Full story
FALLBROOK – RE/MAX United announced that Blake Evans has recently joined its Fallbrook office. He will be working with the top producing Gallegos Team, which has 15 years of real estate experience. Evans has previously been in the hospitality industry for over 30 years. He said he takes pride in his client relationships and looks forward to going the extra mile to help his clients realize their real estate dreams. Evans can be contacted directly at (760) 543-6433. Submitted b...
Coldwell Banker Village Properties recently announced that Abby Elston was its Top Listing, Top Selling and Top Producing Agent for the month of January....
FALLBROOK – On Presidents Day, many members of the American Association of University Women mentorship group visited four unique artistic venues in Fallbrook. They started out at the Fallbrook Art Center where the director, Mary Perhacs, gave them many insights on the juror's selection process, her own curating challenges and many interesting facts about the artists and their art at the Watercolor and Beyond exhibition. From there, they had an opportunity to walk through t...
ATLANTA – Enrique Gomez of Fallbrook was named to the fall 2018 president’s list at Georgia State University. To be eligible for the president’s list, degree-seeking students must have earned a GPA of at least 4.0 for a minimum of nine semester hours of academic credit taken at Georgia State University during the fall or spring term with no incompletes for the semester. Eligible students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all classes taken at Georgia State University. Georgia State University, an enterprising urban publi...
AZUSA – Two Fallbrook residents made the academic deans’ list at Azusa Pacific University. These students are honored for a fall 2018 GPA of 3.5 or better. They are joined by 1,976 students receiving the same honor. Kim Ellenros Cabales and Madison Teofilo of Fallbrook made the deans’ list. Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical, Christian university committed to “God First” and excellence in higher education on campus, online and at seven regional locations throughout Southern California. Submitted by Azusa Pacific U...
The Bonsall Unified School District approved a contract with the district’s classified employees. A 5-0 BUSD board vote Feb. 13, approved the contract between the school district and the California School Employees Association chapter for Bonsall. “We’re pleased that we came to an agreement,” BUSD superintendent David Jones said. Ratification of the agreement had initially been planned for the January BUSD board meeting. “The negotiating team, the CSEA and our team, we were very much in agreement,” Jones said. When the pr...
Beethoven said, "Music should strike a fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of a woman." As night sounds rain onto a shadowed stage, a Steinway stands guard before Beethoven's tomb. Depicting a former student, Hershey Felder interprets the story as Herr Gerhard von Breuning in "Hershey Felder, Beethoven." The captivating journey unfolds at the piano behind the exhumed remains of the maestro Ludwig van Beethoven. Felder's musical interpretation is a quiet...
BOSTON – Massachusetts College Pharmacy Health Science announced the students who have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester. Caroline Stubbs is a native of Fallbrook and is pursuing a doctorate of pharmacy. Stubbs will graduate in 2022 from the Boston campus. The dean’s list recognizes those students with a full-time course load who have achieved outstanding scholarship with a 3.5 GPA or higher for the academic term. Founded in 1823, Massachusetts College Pharmacy Health Science is the oldest insti...
Presented by West Coast Performing Arts and starring one of Southern California's USO-style entertainment acts, The Harmony Dolls, "Sing, Swing and Sizzle! A Salute to Swing" comes to the Old Town Temecula Community Theater Sunday, March 3. The matinee program at 2 p.m. promises big band jazz and swing with smooth harmonies and endless charm. Organizers said audiences will be treated to the evolution of swing recalling the golden age of the Hollywood Canteen, Copacabana and...
A rising number of homeless people on the streets of Fallbrook continues to be a topic of concern for downtown merchants and the community at large. “There’s a whole new element in town that I’ve never seen before,” Sandy Hull, owner of 100 Main, said. An update on the issue of homelessness was scheduled Thursday, Feb. 21, for the agenda at Fallbrook’s Community Forum, but it was pushed back until next month due to the speaker being under the weather. Hull came to the meeti...
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Kevin Boles testified Thursday, Feb. 21, that the cellphone belonging to Charles "Chase" Ray Merritt connected to a cellphone tower several times in the near vicinity to the high desert location that prosecutors said the bodies of a Fallbrook family of four were buried in shallow graves. Boles' testimony focused on the movement of Merritt's and Joseph McStay's cell phones around the time of the family's disappearance. Boles showed...
On a countywide basis, the Transient Occupancy Tax revenue collected for fiscal year 2017-2018 was up 4.4 percent from the 2016-2017 figure, and the increases compared to the previous year were 65.1 percent in Bonsall and 34.2 percent in Pauma. TOT payments must be postmarked by the last day of the month following of the end of the quarter. If the payment is either late or postmarked by the deadline and not processed by the sixth of the following month, the revenue is reported for the quarter after the money was collected....
SAN DIEGO – The Rancho Coastal Humane Society's San Diego Wildlife Center announced Feb.25, the release of a Great Horned Owl back into the wild. The organization recovered the owl after it lost a territorial battle over Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. SDWC staff believe the owl was injured in a fight with a female Red Tailed Hawk. "As if raising your young isn't hard enough, many species have to fight for nest space," said SDWC Director Trish Jackman. "This owl lost the f...
The Feb. 14 flooding necessitated the evacuation of 15 horses from Brookhaven Farms. The 10-acre horse farm is bisected by Ostrich Farms Creek, which overflowed during the rainstorm. “The creek took over the back side of my ranch,” Teri Cagle, owner of Brookhaven Farms, said. Nearly half of the farm’s acreage is between Ostrich Farms Creek and South Mission Road. “It had already taken over the whole front,” Cagle said. “It washed away so much of the dirt. When that little...
BONSALL – The City of Vista is conducting an Environmental Impact Report in order to annex Bonsall Farms, a whopping 300 acres of prime farmland known locally as Strawberry Hill (#41 on the map), to build a sprawl development of luxury homes. Guajome Alliance for Responsible Development (GuARD), a nonprofit neighborhood group, is located in the unincorporated Guajome area of North San Diego County – north of Vista, east of Oceanside, south of Highway 76. GuARD and the Bon...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Encore Club offers many activities for all members to enjoy, depending upon their interests. One such event each month finds some club friends gathered at one of their homes for an evening of “Wine and Dine.” Everyone brings a dish and enjoys old friends and also meeting new people. Expanding friendships is at the core of Encore. Encore Club is open to residents of Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rainbow and De Luz. There are many opportunities to play vario...
For all property that sustained damage during the storms that struck the week of Valentine's Day, San Diego County would like the property owners' help in estimating the cost for the region. The cold winter storms brought record-setting rainfall, flooding and high winds to San Diego County. If a San Diego resident's property or small business was damaged during the Valentine's Day storm, the county Office of Emergency Services is asking them to complete a short damage survey...
Daniel Vilchis, a personal trainer at Club Paradise Fitness, has started his own business, Instinct Fitness Apparel. Born and raised here in Fallbrook, he graduated from California State University San Marcos with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. Now 23 years old, Vilchis said that when he was a child, he thought some children were skinny and some were just fat, and that he fell into the 'fat' category. He started to become active because his pediatrician advised him to do... Full story
Assessor Ernest Dronenburg poses with members of the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce after speaking at their "First Monday Coffee," Feb. 4. He gave a presentation on "Tax Tips for Wealth Building."...
