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Articles from the March 13, 2017 edition


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  • Trio killed in Vista in apparent double murder-suicide

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    VISTA – The bodies of three people in their 50s, who apparently died in a double murder-suicide, were found today in a North County home. A friend of a person who lived at the address made an emergency call shortly after 5:30 a.m. to report finding the gunshot victims – two men and a woman – in the house on Phil Mar Lane in Vista, according to sheriff's officials. Homicide detectives were not looking for any outstanding suspects, Lt. Greg Rylaarsdam told reporters. The names of the deceased were withheld pending family notif... Full story

  • Fallbrook residents demonstrate in Temecula

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

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  • Town hall meeting on proposed help from County

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    FALLBROOK – There will be a town hall meeting with the County of San Diego’s Parks and Recreation Department on March 17 to provide the community with information on what it would take to create a taxpayer-funded Landscape Maintenance District for Fallbrook. The meeting will be conducted in Fallbrook Public Utility District’s (FPUD's) community room, 990 E. Mission Road, at 2 p.m. It will be a County of San Diego meeting, not an FPUD board meeting. County staff will conduct the workshop, providing details on cost and poten... Full story

  • Fallbrook A Leer reading event to be held April 1

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    FALLBROOK – The 13th annual Fallbrook A Leer/Reading and Family Literacy event will be held on Saturday, April 1, at the Maie Ellis Educational Center campus from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The enjoyment of reading at home plays an important role in the academic success of children. Families are invited to attend this entertaining and educational event to support literacy. The program includes story reading for all children in grades K-6, a s... Full story

  • Circus Vargas unveils – SteamCirque!

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    TEMECULA – Circus Vargas embarks on a brand new epic adventure under the big top. Debuting their innovative new production in the Inland Empire, Circus Vargas will begin its tour at the Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchester Rd., on Thursday, March 16 and continue the show through Monday, March 27. In the show, goggles, gears, and gadgets set the stage for this retro-futuristic production, SteamCirque. All are invited to join them on a journey of fantastic proportions where c...

  • Big improvements made in brain-computer interface technology

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    SAN DIEGO – When people suffer spinal cord injuries and lose mobility in their limbs, it’s a neural signal processing problem. The brain can still send clear electrical impulses and the limbs can still receive them, but the signal gets lost in the damaged spinal cord. The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) – a collaboration of San Diego State University (SDSU) with the University of Washington (UW) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – is working on an implantable brain chip that can record...

  • Greeley receives Breitbard Certificate of Athletic Achievement

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    FALLBROOK – Grace Greeley of Fallbrook, a junior at Mission Vista High School, has received The Breitbard Certificate of Athletic Achievement from the San Diego Hall of Champions for finishing in sixth place in the 2016 All-Palomar League girls golf tournament. The Breitbard Hall of Fame, established in 1953 by Robert Breitbard, honors athletes who have excelled athletically in San Diego or who are San Diegans who have achieved athletic performance elsewhere. Greeley was a c... Full story

  • Fallbrook Girls Rugby wins So Cal High School Sevens championship

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    Fallbrook High School's girls rugby club won the So Cal High School Sevens championship. A 28-0 victory over View Park Preparatory High School of Los Angeles in the Feb. 11 finals made the Warriors undefeated in 18 games in which they outscored opponents by a cumulative 718-19 margin, including a 595-7 scoring advantage in 14 regular-season games. "We weren't really challenged a lot during the season," said Fallbrook co-coach Craig Pinnell. Although the So Cal High School...

  • Five from FAST compete in Junior Olympics

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    Five members of the Fallbrook Associated Swim Team (FAST) competed in the Junior Olympics meet held Feb. 24-26 at Poway Community Pool. Kaimana Maestas and Doug Pearce competed in the boys 12-and-under division, Ava Dowden and Amelia Vorndam participated in girls 10-and-under races, and Rios Campbell faced boys 10-and-under competition. "They did great," said FAST coaching director Sean Redmond. "As an overall team, we probably had the youngest team because we were all 12-and-unders. "What was exciting was all five of them...

  • Portraits for Patients to hold inaugural fundraiser

    Updated Mar 13, 2017

    FALLBROOK – Portraits for Patients, a nonprofit organization formed by high school student and Fallbrook native Anna Anderson, will hold its inaugural event, a benefit for Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego on Saturday, April 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Myrtle Creek Plantation House, 2940 Reche Rd. Portraits for Patients combines Anderson's two biggest passions: art and helping those in need. The organization will be using art to generate donations for medical non... Full story