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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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There is nothing in the text of the subject editorial that even suggests that our government intends to abridge our First Amendment freedom of speech or its corollary of freedom from speech (compelled speech). For instance, the Bill C-16 in Canada is presented as an example of compelled speech. It’s not: anti-discrimination does not equate to compelled speech. See “No, the Trans Rights Bill Doesn’t Criminalize Free Speech” (Vice). And the attempt to compel speech at Shawnee State University was just that: an attempt by a st...
SAN DIEGO - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to protect 19 plant and animal species, including a butterfly currently found only in San Diego County and Baja California. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeks to protect the species under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity alleges there have consistently been delays in protecting imperiled...
Arbor Day is April 30, an observance that began in 1872 when the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture adopted a resolution creating a day set aside to plant trees. The holiday spread throughout the United States and is observed in many countries around the world. California’s observance is March 7, and coincides with the birthday of botanist Luther Burbank. Today, many communities organize tree-planting and litter-collecting events to coincide with the holiday. But whichever d...
I wanted to congratulate Roy Moosa for buying and fixing up the old Mission Theater. The neon is a nice touch. We saw “Quo Vadis” for Easter week. What a wonderful movie about Christianity in 64 AD when they were feeding Christians to the lions. Bringing back wonderful old movies that won the academy award is a fine idea. When he finishes with the winners for best picture, he can then begin to show the other nine nominees for best picture. That should last us a long time. I also appreciate what Julie Reeder is doing for our...
I was surprised when President Joe Biden made the claim that Georgia’s election integrity laws “makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” What? Is election integrity racist? Then 100 woke CEOs met on a Zoom call to organize and fight election integrity while the MLB hurt mostly minority-owned small businesses in Atlanta by moving the All Star game to mostly White Denver. The irony, hypocrisy and idiocy just scream out in how to be an anti-racist. The CEO’s message is clear to othe...
In December, a Rainbow Municipal Water District water main broke in the 2800 block of Dentro De Lomas Road. The main break caused severe damage to the asphalt pavement, so replacement of the pavement will be required. Rainbow’s board voted 5-0, March 23, to approve a contract with Kirk Paving to provide the repaving. Kirk Paving, which is based in Lakeside, will restore 17,500 square feet of asphalt pavement. Seven inches will be excavated, and 3 inches of new asphalt pavement will be placed over 4 inches of aggregate base. T...
Rattlesnake sightings and interactions have been on the increase since warm weather has returned to the Anza Valley. As temperatures increase, so do the reptiles' activity levels. So far this season, there have been dozens of reported rattler sightings. The animals are becoming more mobile as the weather warms up and residents should be alert for unintended contact. The winter rains have resulted in a population explosion of the snakes' preferred prey – small rodents like m...
My name is Tally Groves. I live in Fallbrook. The filibuster was created to undermine our voice as voters and slow progress on critical issues and it’s time to put an end to this Jim Crow relic and make sure our government is working for us. The original Senate rules did not include the filibuster rule. Our Senators must end the filibuster, and do the job that we, their constituents, sent them to Washington to do: legislate. Tally Groves...
We’ve all heard the same political campaign speech, ‘We need to solve homelessness,’ and while it sounds good, that promise which has been made time and time again, usually lacks substance. San Diego County continues to struggle with an on-going crisis of homelessness with an estimated 22,000 people experiencing homelessness at some point throughout the year. While much of the focus on homelessness is in the urban core, North San Diego County feels the effects. In 2019, 1,540...
I wanted to take the time to give our sincerest thank you to all the family, friends and first responders that were there my grandfather, Peter Jungersen, on Easter Sunday. We feel so lucky to be part of this town – the police, firefighters and paramedics were there fast, were so compassionate and worked so hard to try to save him. I regret not getting their names, but if you were there on Santa Margarita Drive that afternoon, please know that you are truly appreciated. The Elston and Jungersen family...
You came to our tiny hamlet some three decades ago, and we gave you a new home to grace the heart of our community along Main Street. You arrived from another continent and was named the Australian willow. You were just a sapling of green youth and set forth to bring a bright bit of happiness in your canopy to anoint our town with willowy evergreen leaves. I’ll never forget that Sunday when we had a grand tree celebration with hundreds of town folk who came to start the urban forestry program here in Fallbrook, and you and o...
It is with great sadness that we share that Bob Scott died Jan. 11, 2021, at home with his family at his bedside thanks to hospice care. Our family is heartbroken that we have lost Bob so early in life. He fought a strong, hard battle with pancreatic cancer. As always, he kept a positive attitude. He spent most of his growing up in Fallbrook where he enjoyed rural life in a small town. He graduated Fallbrook High School in 1979, then attended University of California San... Full story
Jerome "Jerry" Robert Newberry died peacefully March 16, 2021, at the home of his devoted daughter in Fallbrook. He was 85 years old. He is survived by three daughters, Linda Wilson (Peter) of Fallbrook, Laura Newberry, Lisa Salmon (Paul) of St. Louis, Missouri; four granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. Jerry was born in St. Louis Feb. 23, 1936. He is survived by his brother, Clarence "Bud" Newberry and sister, Jenny Ledeen. He was preceded in death by sister, Kathleen... Full story
We are sad to report the death of longtime Fallbrook resident Dolores Rae Masturzo. She passed away at her Fallbrook home on April 2, 2021, at the age of 89. She had been fighting the effects of post-polio syndrome for many years, and more recently dementia was added to her challenge. Dolores was born in 1931 in Hysham, Montana, to parents Alexander Olson and Helen Williams. Her family moved from Montana to Oregon in 1942, and she graduated from West Linn High School in 1949.... Full story
Peter Moreland Jungersen passed away unexpectedly on Easter Sunday. He was born in Hudson, South Dakota on August 14,1938 and grew up on the family farm in Inwood, Iowa. He began his education in a one room country school house; he then joined the Marines and spent his boot camp in San Diego. He soon moved his family to Inglewood, California; there he earned his degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Northrop Institute of Technology in 1961. He worked at Douglas and North... Full story
U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should – or legally can – require it. Universities, including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern, recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to campus next fall. They hope to achieve herd immunity on campus, which they say would allow them to loosen spacing restrictions in classrooms and d...
A group of 24 scientists issued an open letter Wednesday, April 7, demanding a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19 that includes a thorough examination into the possibility the virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. The scientists said the World Health Organization's report on the origins of the pandemic, which concluded the lab leak hypothesis was extremely unlikely, "failed to reach some most basic standards of credible analysis and assessment," not...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Police clashed with protesters for a second night in the Minneapolis suburb where an officer who authorities say apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, fatally shot a Black man wanted on a warrant who was fleeing by car during a traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday, April 11, of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as “an accidental discharge.” The shooting sparked protests and unrest in an area already on edge because of the trial of the first...
LIVERMORE – Planetary defense researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory continue to validate their ability to accurately simulate how they might deflect an Earth-bound asteroid in a study that will be published in the April issue of the American Geophysical Union journal Earth and Space Science. The study, led by LLNL physicist Tané Remington, also identified sensitivities in the code parameters that can help researchers working to design a modeling plan for th...
Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before later killing himself, authorities in South Carolina said Thursday, April 8. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said at a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive in the mass shooting Wednesday. "There's nothing right now that makes sense to any of us," Tolson said. Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were...
The U.S. Supreme Court is telling California that it can't enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court Friday, April 9, is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing some coronavirus-related restrictions applying to religious gatherings. Five conservative justices agreed that California restrictions that...
Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said it is "very concerning" that the federal infectious disease research organization led by Dr. Anthony Fauci bypassed federal oversight of a grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Infectious disease experts said the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases' grant with the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance, which involved the transfer of $600,000 to the Wuhan...
On April 10, North County Fire Protection District responded to a basic traffic collision that occurred on Old Highway 395 at Dulin Road, resulting in a brief road closure. According to John Choi, the NCFPD Public Information Officer, there were multiple vehicles blocking traffic on the roadway, but there were no life threatening injuries reported. On April 11, a three vehicle pile up occured on East Mission Road at Stage Coach Lane resulting in a traffic delay. The NCFPD responded to the call at 4:31 p.m., and when they...
WASHINGTON – Wreaths Across America announced that its Mobile Education Exhibit, which has been traveling the country to honor the nation’s veterans, will make a tour stop in California. Starting Saturday, April 24, the exhibit will be in California for the first of multiple stops. “The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring the community together and teach patriotism while remembering the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes,” Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across Am...
The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved waiving fees for the events industry – planners, venues and vendors – as event restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic loosen, officials announced April 7. During their Tuesday meeting, supervisors voted to waive permit fees for the 2021-2022 fiscal year from the Department of Environmental Health and Quality, Department of Parks and Recreation, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and the San Diego County Fire Authority. Helen Robbins-Meyer, the county’s chief a...
