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  • Two vehicle collision reported on Olive Hill at Burma Road

    Lucette Moramarco|Updated Mar 28, 2018
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    Two vehicles collided at Olive Hill Road and Burma Road just after 2 p.m. this afternoon (Monday, March 26). According to the California Highway Patrol, one vehicle was on fire and one ended up in a ditch, at least 150 feet from the road. A dog was injured in one of the vehicles and Medi-vac was requested as well as two tow trucks. More information will be posted when available. NOTE: This information was taken from the CHP's Traffic Incident Information Page. The incident was removed from that page before an update could be...

  • Bomb threats at local high schools likely a 'swatting' hoax

    Updated Mar 23, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Sheriff's detectives and a specialized sheriff's technology-crime unit were conducting a follow-up investigation today after determining that a pair of emailed bomb threats made late Thursday against two North County high schools, including one that's on spring break, was likely part of a ``swatting'' hoax, authorities said. School administrators at Fallbrook High School and Bonsall High School received similar emails around 11:20 p.m. Thursday saying explosive devices had been placed around each campus, San Diego...

  • Savor these beautiful (and edible) flowers

    Updated Mar 23, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Cultivating beautiful blooms is a popular pastime for gardeners near and far. While gazing at a yard full of vibrant colors or enjoying the aroma of freshly cut blooms is enough for many gardeners, others may want to embrace a long-enduring tradition of growing edible flowers. Cooking with edible flowers is a trend that has endured for centuries. According to Fleurs Gourmandes, the first recorded history of edible flowers occurred in 140 BC. Use of calendula in s...

  • FRHD makes plans to develop Fallbrook Regional Wellness Center

    Lucette Moramarco, Editor|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    The collaboration on plans for a wellness center in Fallbrook continues between local residents and the Fallbrook Regional Health District. On March 14, FRHD executive director Bobbi Palmer took a group on a tour of the property at 1636 E. Mission Road which the district has in escrow with plans to convert it into the Fallbrook Regional Wellness Center. The 4.6 acre-property includes an A-frame church, an office building, an 8,000 square foot school building and a house with...

  • Real Estate Round-Up: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" as the old song goes...

    Kim Murphy, Murphy and Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    As we enjoy our crisp springtime weather, a few blessed rainstorms (I know you East-Coast pats are scoffing right now) and now our longer daytime hours, we start looking forward to summer. And those things together get us amped up here at Murphy & Murphy – because that means it's time to ramp up for our fourth annual charity dinner, live auction and golf tournament at the Pala Mesa Resort up in the stunning Cliff Terrace! Hopefully you saw the ad in last week's Village N...

  • Palomar opens new Veterans Resource Center with ribbon-cutting ceremony

    Updated Mar 23, 2018

    SAN MARCOS - Palomar College officials unveiled the new Veterans Resource Center at the San Marcos campus during a ceremony on March 16. The new center combines functions and activities that were previously housed separately on campus into one centralized space, creating a one-stop shop for Palomar's military-affiliated students. The new space delivers counseling, tutoring, benefits assistance and more to Palomar's military-affiliated students - a thriving community of...

  • Adventures in gardening; 'Death Stalk' continues to loom large in the yard

    Kim Harris, Managing Editor|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    Many readers emailed me regarding the death stalk growing out of the blue agave in my front yard, some offering tips, others offering advice and some just wondering what we decided to do with the agave killer, so in the spirit of full disclosure, here it is – the official death stalk update. For those of you who missed the initial article in the March 9 edition of Valley News and available online at www.myvalleynews.com, in a nutshell, the arrival of the dreaded death stalk i...

  • Fallbrook and Bonsall students walk out

    Tom Ferrall, Staff Writer|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    Students at Fallbrook Union High School and Bonsall High School joined fellow students across the county in walking out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. March 14 in a call for increased gun control and/or to remember the 17 people shot dead Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. "A lot of people went just for the victims but then a lot of people went for gun control, but I think that something we could all agree on was that something – regardless of wh... Full story

  • Deputy Harrell honored for auto theft recoveries

    Tom Ferrall, Staff Writer|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Harrell from the Fallbrook substation was one of 12 deputies honored March 14 for their work in recovering stolen vehicles in San Diego County last year. The deputies were recognized at a special awards breakfast held at The Prado at Balboa Park. Combined, the deputies arrested 62 people and recovered 215 stolen cars worth more than $2 million in 2017. Harrell, 29, has been with the Sheriff's Department for nearly six years and has work...

  • Supervisors approve law enforcement agreement for Pala reservation

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Mar 23, 2018

    The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement for the County of San Diego to provide law enforcement services on the Pala Indian Reservation. The supervisors' 5-0 vote March 13 authorizes a revenue agreement with the Pala tribe in which the county provides one additional law enforcement officer in and around the Pala reservation and the tribe reimburses the county for the costs to provide a Sheriff's deputy. The agreement is for three years with Pala reimbursing the county $172,116 for the first fiscal...