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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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered the state's 40 million residents to stay at home, restricting non-essential movements to control the spread of the coronavirus that threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system. "This is a moment we need to make tough decisions," Newsom said. "We need to recognize reality." His move came after counties and communities covering about half the state's population already had issued similar orders. People may... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - With 80 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in San Diego County to date, health officials said today the crisis will get worse before it gets better. "The numbers at this point are really only the tip of the iceberg,'' said Dr. Nick Yphantides, San Diego County's chief medical officer. "You might think we have 3.3 million people living here; that 80 cases is insignificant. That iceberg is increasing in size under the water. Do not have a false sense of security." It is hoped that a series of health orders... Full story
SAN MARCOS (CNS) - As campus is shuttered and classes prepare to move online, Palomar College gave 344 students a computer and food to help during the quarantine, it announced on Thursday. The college is transitioning to online classes starting March 30, but hundreds of students drove up or walked on Wednesday to receive a laptop donated by the college, Darlene Shiley and nonprofit Computers2Kids. According to college staff, so many cars lined up to get into the distribution point in the front parking lots of the college, tha... Full story
Rainbow Oaks Restaurant is hoping a new promotion will help them clean up during a difficult time. The longtime Rainbow eatery is also trying to help the community deal with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak by offering much-needed supplies for sale to surrounding neighbors. The community is responding by purchasing the supplies and supporting the restaurant by ordering take out from the restaurant's full menu. The best part, they get a free roll of toilet paper with every... Full story
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – In a move that is expected to save ratepayers in the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District approximately $10 million a year collectively, the districts took action March 19 to withdraw from the San Diego County Water Authority and instead purchase their water from the Eastern Municipal Water District. The districts filed separate applications with the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission to detach from the County Water Authority, whose cost of water to Fall...
Some Fallbrook and Bonsall eateries are shifting to take-out, curbside pickup and delivery options amid the rapidly-changing coronavirus pandemic. Last week, businesses were operating normally and many had no plans to shut down in the face of the pandemic. But by Monday, San Diego County health officials had mandated all bars that do not serve food and all dine-in restaurants to shut down, with restaurants limited to only serving food via drive-thru or pick-up. Restaurants in the Fallbrook-Bonsall area moved quickly to...
FALLBROOK - A Murrieta man was killed in a head-on crash in Fallbrook Wednesday afternoon. The crash was reported just after 1 p.m. on East Mission Road near Fallen Leaf Lane, according to North County Fire Department Capt. John Choi A 62-year-old Murrieta man was traveling eastbound on East Mission in a white Nissan boxvan, while a 62-year-old Lake Forest man was approaching from the opposite direction in an Isuzu commercial truck, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said. When the two both came to a curve, the... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Rain showers are expected today throughout San Diego County and more snow could fall in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service. A low-pressure system lingering over California and Nevada will bring a chance of rain through Friday morning, forecasters said. A winter weather advisory will last until 10 p.m. today in the San Diego County mountains above 4,000 feet. Snow levels will be around 3,000 feet this morning, then rise to around 4,500 feet by Friday morning. As of 9 p.m. Wednesday, 3 in... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials today expanded public health orders in response to the increasing number of coronavirus cases, closing all gyms and fitness centers, banning gatherings of 10 or more and restricting childcare to "stable'' groups of 10 children with one childcare provider, effective at midnight. The "stable'' vocabulary refers to the same group of 10 children each day and the same provider each day, County Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten said. If a daycare or related business...
San Diego County sheriff’s deputies have arrested eight people in an operation targeted at stopping price-gouging during the coronavirus pandemic, a sheriff’s lieutenant said Wednesday. California state law prohibits increases in prices of many essential goods and services by more than 10% during a declared state of emergency — a declaration Gov. Gavin Newsom made two weeks ago. Sheriff’s deputies monitored multiple websites and apps involving peer-to-peer sales and discovered a large number of people selling things like hy...
RAINBOW (CNS) - Authorities today were searching for a motorist who fled from a two-vehicle crash near a Rainbow intersection, leaving the other driver severely injured and trapped in his vehicle. The crash was reported around 7:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Rainbow Valley Boulevard, east of Interstate 15, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log. Firefighters responded to the scene and had to take the door off of one of the vehicles to rescue its driver, a man whose age was not immediately available, said North...
Investigators are seeking the public's help in locating a man suspected of stealing a loaded gun during a home burglary in Rainbow, it was announced Wednesday. The burglary took place on Feb. 10 at a home located on Rice Canyon Road, according to San Diego County Crime Stoppers. Surveillance cameras documented the entire incident, in which the man is believed to have taken a loaded, semi-automatic firearm. Authorities did not say what else the man may have stolen from the home...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses in 35 California counties, including Riverside and San Diego, that are economically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Small businesses, private nonprofit organizations of any size, small agricultural cooperatives and small aquaculture enterprises that have been financially impacted as a direct result of COVID-19 since Jan. 31 may qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans of... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Navy announced today it closed its Training Support Command center in San Diego after a third sailor with ties to the school tested presumptive positive for the novel coronavirus. Two students and an instructor at the school, along with another sailor in the San Diego region stationed on the USS Boxer, have tested presumptive positive for the illness, according to the Navy. The latest sailor with ties to the school tested positive Saturday, and the center was closed that day, but the Navy did not... Full story
The County of San Diego’s libraries are going to curbside pickup to help county residents practice social-distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus and still enjoy all the library books, digital magazines, music, movies and other fare they love. Starting Wednesday, March 18, County library patrons can use the Library’s online catalog or call their branch libraries, place orders for the books they’re looking for and then pick them up at the Library’s curbside weekdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. when the mat... Full story
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter's birthday party. The ex-Marine's defense attorneys had asked for home confinement, citing his military service including fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his nearly six terms in Congress. Hunter resigned from Congress in January after... Full story
