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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Location, Location, Location. Depending on location – or more specifically, that of the garden – gardeners may have experienced frost damage to their roses and tender young plants recently. The past week and the forecast for the first weekend of March is for cool to cold temperatures around Riverside County. All areas of Southern California have had above average rainfall. Some may even see a little more snow. Even gardens in the same general vicinity may have different eff...
FALLBROOK – A new report from the National Fire Protection Association confirmed the importance of having working smoke alarms in homes. According to the NFPA report, almost three out of five home fire deaths happened in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. “We can’t underscore enough how critical it is to have properly installed and operating smoke alarms. The early warning from a smoke alarm provides precious time to get out and can be the difference between life and death,” Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s...
I’ve spent the last five weeks writing about some of the big issues facing real estate throughout California. I wrote about availability and its impact on affordability, on rent stabilization, which is another word for rent control and last week on the electrification of housing. Big topics that need big solutions. Today I want to return to something that is more personal to me, negotiating and compromise. I believe they are not mutually exclusive. In other words, n... Full story
San Diego County supervisors considering nearly two dozen zoning changes heard arguments – most involving the federally mandated 5G wireless network rollout – for and against the proposed amendments. According to the county planning and development services department, the 21 proposed zoning amendments would help the county better carry out growth initiatives, streamline and clarify regulations, address new uses and business practices and carry out new state and federal regulations. If passed, the zoning changes will aff...
The speed limits on Stage Coach Lane between Reche Road and South Mission Road were recertified for radar enforcement. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote Feb. 27, recertified the 45 mph speed limit on Stage Coach Lane for the 1.2 miles from Reche Road to 1,580 feet south of Calavo Road and the 40 mph speed limit on Stage Coach Lane for the 0.76-mile segment between 1,580 feet south of Calavo Road and South Mission Road. In order for a speed limit to be enforceable by radar, a speed survey must show that the spee...
Home prices rose 2.5 percent in San Diego County in January, compared to the same month a year ago, while home sales dropped by 19.4 percent, a real estate information service announced. According to CoreLogic, the median price of a San Diego County home was $542,000 last month, up from $529,000 in January 2018. A total of 2,115 homes were sold in the county, down from 2,625 during the same month the previous year. A total of 12,665 new and resale houses and condos changed hands in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura,...
FALLBROOK – The monthly Writers Read at Fallbrook Library author series presents Murrieta-based poet Steve McDonald at the March 12 reading. The free event begins at 6 p.m. with open mic for original poetry and short prose. McDonald will read from his second full-length poetry collection, "Credo," which was a finalist in the 2016 Brick Road Poetry Press competition. His first collection, "House of Mirrors," was published by Tebot Bach in 2013, and his chapbook, "Where There W... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Newcomers Club next coffee meeting will be held Thursday, March 14, at 9:30 a.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S Stagecoach Lane, in Fallbrook. The Newcomers Club is open to all new residents of Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rainbow and DeLuz. It is an opportunity to meet other new residents to the area. Come enjoy coffee, snacks and time to socialize with other members as well as learn about available activities. The meeting's speaker will inform m... Full story
FALLBROOK – At Fallbrook Garden Club’s general meeting, Tuesday, March 26, Stephen Cantu will speak on how to make the garden easily accessible for planting, working in and enjoying with family and friends. Cantu is a master gardener, woodworker, journeyman and carpenter. He consults on accessibility and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance. The club will also be celebrating its 88th birthday with a potluck lunch, cake and ice cream. Social time and lunch are at 12:30 p.m., the business meeting begins at 1 p.m. wit... Full story
The State Department has named San Diego County’s passport application office the best public acceptance facility out of 8,000 operations of its kind in the nation. The award recognized the clerk of the board of supervisors passport office’s superior customer service and implementation of a new online appointment system. The award said that the office at the County Administration Center in downtown San Diego serves “as a shining example for all passport acceptance facilities....
SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron of Escondido celebrated Juanita Hayes as the 75th Assembly District Woman of the Year Monday, March 4. Hayes is an accomplished career woman with over 25 years in the corporate world and in education. She has taken the skills she learned in her busy career to enrich the lives of others through involvement in her community and nonprofits, Waldron said. "It's my privilege to honor Juanita for her accomplishments in l...
San Diego Supervisor Greg Cox and San Diego County officials said Friday that the county’s “Tell Us Now” smartphone app is now available in Spanish – “Reportelo Ahora” – and that people can now also report mosquito-related issues in addition to problems including potholes, air pollution, graffiti and price scanner overcharges. The county introduced the free “Tell Us Now” app in 2017. It was designed to make it as easy as possible for county residents to report problems when they see them, whether it was bumping into a ru...
California’s opioid and heroin use disorder has become a major threat to public health, especially among the young. Drug overdose, mostly from opioids, is the leading cause of death among those under 50, with nearly 2,000 Californians dying from opioid overdoses in 2016 alone. California has a severe lack of certified providers to treat the condition, however. That’s why I have written Assembly Bill 319 along with Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, which will go a lo... Full story
At the outbreak of World War II in Europe, England prepared its coastline against an invasion. Shoring up the mainland, it was clear their resources could not protect every holding. The Channel Islands were amongst those unfortified. The idea being if the army was not met with gunfire the invading forces would be kinder to their "new neighbors." Consequently, anyone refusing to leave the islands had their weapons removed in hopes of allowing the Nazi army entry without resista... Full story
BONSALL – Lots of flowers and trees will be seen at the Z Cafe's new exhibit "Art of the Flower," starting March 5 through June 3. A reception will be held Saturday, March 16, from 3-5 p.m. at the Z Cafe in Bonsall. The main artist is Suzanne Beckstrom, a local artist from Carlsbad. Her passion for art was first ignited as a young student, she said, when she viewed a film on the life of Michelangelo. "It was at that precise moment that I fell in love with art," Beckstrom s...
FALLBROOK – The Friends of the Fallbrook Library announced a new art exhibition, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me: Hope Inspired Through Art" from March 10 through May 4. This exhibit brings together stories, paintings, photographs and weavings from the perspectives of 12 Compassionate ARTS in Action artists who work to help people build resilience and hope. A reception will be held Friday, March 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. At the reception, there will b...
Some of the best jazz musicians around will flood into the Old Town Temecula Community Theater Sunday, March 10, for the eighth annual Jazz Festival presented by Temecula Presents. Jeff Stover produces six shows a year for Temecula, and he’s been doing it for 15 years now. He’s produced each of the eight years the jazz festival has been in existence and thinks this show is an important one. “It’s important to me to bring this music experience right to the neighborhood, giving the concertgoer a world-class lineup within...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library will host many free events this month including concerts, a lecture, a movie and a new art exhibit. Monday, March 11 at 1 p.m. – The Insight Book Club will meet to discuss the novel Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg. Sponsored by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library. Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m. – Lecture: USMC Women’s Reserve. Barbara Greenbush will present on the importance of the USMC Women’s Reserve a...
Nancy Grenier has been enjoying her “mini” celebrity status ever since the Fallbrook woman appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show, Friday, Feb. 22. Dressed in a yellow blouse, the energetic first-grade teacher was shown in a YouTube video that attracted more than 3 million views excitedly jumping up and down and screaming as she is called out from the audience and brought onstage to meet Ellen. Little did she know, the Walmart grocery run Ellen sent Grenier on would lead her to an unexpected reunion with her 29-year-old daughte...
Day 26 of the murder trial of Charles "Chase" Ray Merritt, Feb. 27, for the deaths of the McStay family of Fallbrook saw discussions regarding conversations recorded during visitations to San Bernardino County Jail between Merritt and his family and friends. They said Merritt had stopped using the monitored phone in the visitation area, talking instead through the glass, and jail personnel began using a digital recorder to record the visits. Merritt's defense team tried to...
FALLBROOK – Members of the Rotary Club of Fallbrook volunteered their afternoon to read to the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County for their fourth annual Rotary Reads Day. Rotarians visited six of the Boys & Girls Clubs' after-school sites in Fallbrook and one at Vallecitos Elementary School in Rainbow. After reading some of their favorite stories, Rotarians distributed books for each child to take home and spent time with club members making Dr. Seuss-inspired...
Eight contractors have been pre-qualified to bid on the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s contract to construct Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project facilities. A 4-0 FPUD board vote, with Jennifer DeMeo absent, pre-qualified Alberici Constructors, Archer Western Construction, Filanc, J.F. Shea, Parsons, PCL Constructions, Pulice and W.M. Lyles. The board action also authorized FPUD staff to solicit bids from the pre-qualified contractors and also authorized the bid and construction phases of the design c...
Debi Jacoby started her nonprofit organization "Comfort & Courage" in memory of her nephew, Jonathan Martinez who died in May 2018. Martinez was only 6 years old, but spent 14 months of his life battling brain cancer. “I make capes for children who are terminal or any child who needs comfort and courage while battling cancer,” Jacoby said. She is also the new owner of Sheri’s Flowers in Fallbrook, 839 E. Mission Road. Martinez was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous tumor that starts in the brain at the base of the s...
FALLBROOK – Visitors to the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society meeting Thursday, March 14, will be treated to “a two-fer.” Fallbrook mineral dealers, Kerith and Cal Graeber, will be co-guest speakers, and their program, “The Minerals of Mexico,” will showcase Kerith Graeber’s award-winning collection of over 45 years. Kerith Graeber’s introduction to minerals came from a Fallbrook school classmate, Bill Larson, who became her mentor and a world-renowned mineral dealer and owner of The Collector and Pala International...
SAN DIEGO - Interior Communications Specialist 1st Class Nick Natelli has been named the Naval Surface Forces Pacific 2018 Sailor of the Year, U.S. Navy officials announced on Monday, March 11. Navy officials praised Natelli for his resilience to adversity throughout his 19-year Naval career. Most notably, Natelli lost his security clearance in his last semester at Old Dominion University's Seaman-to-Admiral program and was dropped from the program while dealing with a divorce. Natelli is currently serving on the USS... Full story
