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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SAN DIEGO – Border patrol agents intercepted two separate narcotics smuggling operations in the North County this week, confiscating almost 27 pounds of drugs and arresting four suspects, officials announced today, March 10. The first bust was on Wednesday, March 8, at about 3:30 p.m., when agents stopped a Ford Fusion on Interstate 15 northbound, near the town of Rainbow, according to Agent Mark Endicott. A K-9 led agents to uncover 12 bundles of narcotics located inside the vehicle's rocker panels. The bundles contained 9.8...
FALLBROOK – The 2017 Miss Fallbrook Scholarship pageant contestants are currently in rehearsal for the culminating pageant to be held on Saturday, April 8 at the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center at Fallbrook High School. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the pageant starting at 6 p.m. Fallbrook Village Rotary Club will be sponsoring this year’s 80th anniversary event. A new Miss Fallbrook and her court will be announced at the end of the evening. A scholarship of $1,000 wil... Full story
FALLBROOK – A 22-year-old man wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant holed up in a Fallbrook apartment in the 900 block of Alturas Road Monday afternoon (March 6), creating a standoff with law enforcement officers that lasted for nearly 2 1/2 hours before the man surrendered. San Diego Fugitive Task Force officers were searching for Joshua Villegas, named in a felony arrest warrant for assault with a deadly weapon, when they spotted him as he arrived at an apartment complex on Alturas Road near Sancado Terrace shortly b...
BOSTON, MASS. – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (MCPHS University) is pleased to announce the students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester. They include Caroline Stubbs, a native of Fallbrook, who is pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree. 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.... Full story
SALT LAKE CITY – Coreen Sabga of Bonsall and Kaitlyn Forrest of Fallbrook received their degree from Western Governors University (WGU) when the university held its 32nd semi-annual commencement ceremony Feb. 11 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida. During the celebration of more than 11,000 graduates, Sabga received her bachelor of science in nursing and Forrest received her master of arts in teaching in social science (5-12). At the commencement, the online, nonprofit university recognized 6,982 u...
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – Samantha Branham of Fallbrook has been named to the 2016 fall semester Dean's List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced March 1. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average. Branham is a senior in the College of Liberal Arts....
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School cheerleading program will have a Tryout Parents’ Meeting on Wednesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. in Room 201 at FHS. This is an opportunity to learn about everything involved in cheerleading. Tryouts will be held on April 4, 5 and 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. All participants are asked to come 30 minutes early on the first day of tryouts for registration at the red FHS Cheer pop-up tent. The FHS cheer squad is encouraging all interested students and parents to come to the inf... Full story
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) held a public hearing on the draft environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Moosa Canyon erosion control project, and the Feb. 23 hearing during the meeting of the SDCWA's Water Planning Committee did not produce any opposition to the draft MND. "It's always good when there is little or no public comment, (because) that generally means that bases got covered, and we worked hard to do that," said Water Planning Committee chair David Cherashore, who is one of the Ci...
The county's general plan includes a Housing Element intended to insure that regional housing needs are met and also includes a Safety Element addressing public safety. Planned updates to the housing and safety elements have been recommended by the county's Planning Commission. The Planning Commission supported the recommendations on a 4-0 vote Feb. 10 with Doug Barnhart, Michael Beck, and David Pallinger not present. The updates must be adopted by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who are scheduled to hear the item... Full story
Four very impressive individuals with varied interests – dietetics, health, art, fashion, music, engineering, the U.S. Marine Corps – were acknowledged March 2 when Taylor Durick, Kayla King and Carol Valenzuela of Fallbrook Union High School and Christian Perez of Ivy High School were honored as the Students of the Month for March. The awards breakfast hosted by the Fallbrook Student of the Month committee was held at the Fallbrook Community Center and emceed by Greg Cop... Full story
Although the San Diego County Board of Supervisors directed county staff to develop an ordinance banning marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated San Diego County, including cultivation-only facilities and existing facilities which will be given a five-year amortization period, the county's Planning Commission refused to recommend that ban. A 5-0 Planning Commission vote Feb. 10, with Doug Barnhart and David Pallinger absent, approved a recommendation against the proposed total ban with a statement that a ban would be...
The 3-year-old Fallbrook girl who sustained serious injuries when she was struck by a hit and run driver Feb. 20 is home and "recovering amazingly," according to her mother. In an email to the Village News March 1, the mother added of her daughter, who incurred a minor skull fracture, "She is such a fighter and does not have any permanent damage." The hit and run occurred at approximately 9 p.m. According to a CHP report, officers and paramedics responded to the 900 block of Vanita Street in Fallbrook, where the girl's...
A San Diego watchdog group brought awareness of a potential nuclear waste burial at a nearby beach to the attention of Fallbrook residents during a town hall meeting March 4 at Hilltop Center for Spiritual Living. According to the group Public Watchdogs, Southern California Edison (SCE) has a permit to bury millions of pounds of nuclear waste on the beach at San Onofre State Park. The waste is intended to be stored in ⅝" thick steel drums that have a design life of 60 years, but with a manufacturer’s warranty for only 25 yea...
FALLBROOK – Local resident Heather Howard, owner of Mimi's Boutique SoCal in downtown Fallbrook, visited another downtown establishment March 1 when she participated in the "Lamkinator" burger challenge at Oink and Moo. Only two contestants in four and one-half years have ever defeated the Lamkinator, which derives its name from a former challenger who conquered the burger. Jonathan Arbel, owner/chef of Oink and Moo, explained that a contestant who successfully completes t... Full story
FALLBROOK – The North County Transit District (NCTD) will speak at the Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Rd., on Wednesday, March 15 starting at 6 p.m. The talk is presented by the Fallbrook Climate Action Team. This free presentation will discuss public transportation in the greater Fallbrook area and how it connects to Sprinter and Coastal train networks. The talk will seek community input on how these services can be improved in the future. Transportation is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in San D...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce is holding the following events this month: - Wednesday, March 15 – SunDowner at Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens, co-hosted by The Rotary Club of Fallbrook; 5:30 – 7 p.m. – Free to attend; cash bar, networking and more! - Wednesday, March 29 – Wine Down Wednesday at Roadrunner Ridge Winery, 4233 Rosa Rancho Lane, Fallbrook; 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. – networking, wine tasting, bring a snack to share! - Friday, March 31 – Lunch Mob at Dominicks Sandwiches & Italian Delicatessen;...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Chorale will hold a Spring Roundup, its third annual fundraiser, at the Lazy Creek Ranch, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 8. Guests can enjoy a spring afternoon of food, music, and fun under the beautiful live oak trees of rural Fallbrook. The cost of a $75 ticket includes the Fallbrook Chorale's concert of cowboy songs, as well as special guest bluegrass bands including the Bluegrass Rangers and the Lazy Creek Ramblers. A luscious BBQ dinner will be served by Phil’s BBQ while beer and wine will be... Full story
Please fellow Fallbrookians, let's pull together to make this proposed Skateboard Park work for our city. Seems it is planned for the Ingold Athletic Field area only if funds will be available. Why not get behind this and support it in whatever way possible? There are so many amongst us who complain about the "unruly youth" of our city and now we have a wonderful solution within our grasp. These young people desperately need a proscribed, healthy outlet for their energy, exuberance and fun way to spend their innocent youth....
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 (R) My Assembly Bill 728 will not allow convictions of elder/dependent adult abuse to be eligible for "expungement". An expungement proceeding is designed to have the records of a prior conviction destroyed, eliminated or sealed. While current law allows expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances, elder abuse should not be included. San Diego County alone handles approximately 9,000 cases of this type of abuse each year alone. By preventing persons who have committed these...
Robert "Scott" Soper, born February 9, 1970, died February 25, 2017 in Fallbrook, Calif. He lived in Irvine for the past 20 years. Memorial service will be Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11 a.m., Berry-Bell & Hall Mortuary in Fallbrook.... Full story
Parker Steven Landis passed away peacefully in his home on February 20, 2017. He was a beautiful six-year-old Bonsall Bear kindergartener who loved swimming, building LEGOs, riding bikes, racing monster trucks down his driveway, and eating ice cream and Oreo cookies. He spent the last year of his life undergoing experimental procedures, including five brain surgeries and battling the most deadliest form of pediatric brain cancer – diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). A...
BONSALL – Noreen Ring, Renee Perry, and Neill Ketchum are exhibiting new artwork throughout the Z Cafe and Gallery. The show started in February and runs through May 1. Noreen Ring is an award-winning fiber artist who designs whimsical and other-worldly collages. Ring’s art quilts are all hand stitched using a variety of threads. Each piece is embellished with beads, crystals, and yarn. These art works have been displayed in fine art galleries throughout Southern Cal... Full story
Nathaniel Sillin Special to the Village News If you've made it to a point in life where you're ready to start investing, or at least start thinking about investing, you may consider opening a brokerage account. But you're not alone if the thought of choosing a brokerage firm is foreign to you. While brokers have helped individual investors buy and sell investments for decades, the relationship and services have changed over time. For instance, rather than calling their brokers, today many investors use a sleek online... Full story
SACRAMENTO – On March 3, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced a significant jump in the amount of California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) dollars issued to low-income families compared to the same time last year. As of Feb. 25, the state has issued $132.9 million worth of CalEITC, a 50 percent increase over this time last year. About $88.9 million was issued at this point in last year’s tax season. “This uptick is encouraging. These cash-back refunds boost the incom...
