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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FALLBROOK – As of April 11, North County Fire Protection District placed an additional ambulance into service to help with the surge capacity of medical calls in the North San Diego County area. This ambulance is a Basic Life Support ambulance and will be responding out of Vista Fire Department Station 6, which is centrally located within the North San Diego area. NCFPD has seen a large increase in 911 calls over the last couple of years and staff feel this additional a... Full story
FALLBROOK – For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® link ranking by Great Place to Work® and Fortune® magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list. The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For award is based on responses from more than 4.5 million U.S. employees working at Great Place to Work-Certified(TM) organizations. Survey statements collectively describe a great associate experience, defined as high levels of trust, respect, credibility, fair...
Karen M. Ossenfort Special to the Village News The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce expects a crowd of at least 70,000 people to attend the free-entry Fallbrook Avocado Festival on Sunday, April 24. Be sure to arrive early, and bring a hat, sunscreen, spending mula and a great attitude to have fun. "This festival usually takes a year to plan. We were unsure of covid, so we started planning in December for this year's festival," said Chamber of Commerce CEO Lila MacDonald. And pla... Full story
Kim Harris Managing Editor Editor's note; In light of the importance of the information covered during the Tuesday, April 12, Legislative Summit, and the impact on the Valley News coverage area, we will do a two-part series on the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. In part one, Valley News shares the information relayed to those in attendance by Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin. Up next week, Sheriff Chad Bianco and Murrieta Police Chief Tony...
Kim Harris Managing Editor Temecula Valley Lexus hosted a grand opening ceremony Thursday, April 7, signaling the arrival of the new dealership which features both new and used vehicles. The ceremony, held at the 50,000 square foot dealership which took 15 months to complete, included more than 300 community members. During the ceremony, Toyota Motor North America executives presented dealer owners Tom Rudnai and RJ Romero with the traditional samurai sword, a katana. The new... Full story
Kim Harris Managing Editor After two years' absence, the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival is set to return in early June. "Since 1983, the festival has been a long-standing tradition in the Temecula Valley, introducing all of the beautiful things our valley has to offer," Executive Director Kellie Cantrell said. "Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic affected us, like so many others, and forced us to cancel the 2020 and the 2021 festivals. But, 2022 is a new year and we... Full story
March 26 200 block Frolic Way Burglary March 30 S. Old Highway 395 @ Via Altamira Arrest: Possess marijuana over an ounce - over 18 100 block S. Mercedes Road Missing adult April 2 300 block E. Alvarado St. Petty theft April 4 1600 block S. Mission Road Other agency located adult/juvenile April 5 900 block Tomorrow Lane Arrest: Likely to cause harm/death of elder/dependent adult April 7 3000 block Reche Road Burglary 4700 block Oak Crest Road Arrest: Vandalism 1000 block Old Stage Road Child abuse incident 1100 block S.... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last month, I hosted a fentanyl policy roundtable that included updates from DEA Narcotics officials, Homeland Security Investigators, The U.S. Attorney’s office, California policymakers, and medical professionals about the impacts of fentanyl. The tragic stories of fentanyl overdoses are becoming all too common, with heartbreaking stories of kids dying because they bought prescription pills like Adderall or Xanax and they turned out to be laced with fentanyl. The meeting showed we all h... Full story
When the Left can't handle the truth about the reality of what is really happening in the world and has nothing but lies and half-truths, they punt their Holy Grail, baby killing abortion. We all know the real truth about this barbaric procedure. Do you ever notice how they never really debate any real issues? They never seem to have an original thought; they just pick a word or phrase and it goes out as a "code word" for the day with every single news reality show repeating the same mantra. They deflect from the truth. Mr.... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News After my wedding ring, there is only one other sacred item in this household. It’s called “The Magic Box” and it belongs to the grandkids. Here is how it started. We moved to Fallbrook in 2014 to help my stepson’s family with new baby care. Our idea was we’d watch the lil’ guy once a week to ease the cost of babysitting. That was the idea. It worked out to be a lot more often and in exchange for our frequent devoted care we have been rewarded with priceless memories an... Full story
SACRAMENTO – Bipartisan legislation by State Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee), Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego), and Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), aimed at preventing the state from continuing to try to secretly dump Sexually Violent Predators in unsuspecting communities, was stalled in the Senate Public Safety Committee, April 6. Jones’s Senate Bill 814, the “Sexually Violent Predator Accountability, Fairness, and Enforcement Act” (SAFE Act), was in response to the California Department of State Hospitals and its... Full story
First, the end of the Warsaw Pact was not caused by some promise by an American politician. It died a natural death (around 1990), along with the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the glue that held all those participating states together. Soon thereafter, in 1992, Russia replaced the Warsaw Pact with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which allied nine nations in a similar fashion to NATO, Russia being the leader. Russia's new strategic alignment, and solicitation of nation members automati... Full story
Can you state the 150 nonprofit organizations in Fallbrook that the Community Benefit District approved by LAFCO (to be administered by FPUD) is going to benefit? I counted maybe 37. I'm following FPUD closely. The joining of Rainbow and Fallbrook, and the withdrawal from San Diego County Water Authority, the water treatment plant, the Orange Grove Project fiasco. Nowhere did I become alert to any meeting recently discussing this other than back in 2018, and the subsequent FPUD and FCPG meetings. I looked at the special... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher I believe people are tired of being bullied in politics, government at all levels, school boards, and media. I think this is why parents have been rising up too. And this is why some people are becoming bullies in response. I believe this is why there’s so much interest in Elon Musk making moves to buy Twitter. Free speech advocates are hopeful while others are afraid. Especially the managers, board members and fact checkers that may lose their jobs. The stockholders would make money, which is supposed... Full story
Daphne Ferron Croswell, aka "Nana" and "Big Mother," passed away peacefully March 23, 2022. Daphne was born March 4, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. She is remembered for her beauty, intelligence, quick wit, sense of adventure, and fierce love of family and country. Daphne possessed a wonderful quality of always seeing the best in people and always smiling and making the best of whatever obstacles life were placed before her. Daphne attended secondary school at St. Mary's Academy... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th District Last November the Centers for Disease Control reported over 100,000 overdose deaths in the United States, a new record. This represented a 30% increase over the previous year, a number driven by fentanyl and related substances; 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin, fentanyl is a deadly scourge. Fentanyl is often found in counterfeit pills that look like legitimate medication – one kilogram can contain 500,000 lethal doses. Since 2013, China has b... Full story
In memory of a life so beautifully lived. Rick Williams went home to be with Jesus on April 4, 2022. Rick fought the good fight in every sense and in every aspect of his life and his faith. His message of hope will live on in all who encountered him. Rick was born Eric Francis Williams on Nov. 17, 1955, in Sacramento, California. He moved to Fallbrook in 1969 with his family and attended Potter Junior High. Rick is probably best known as the owner-operator of Fallbrook Window... Full story
U.S. Marine Col. Daniel Whitley, center left, the commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, assists with the ribbon cutting by Bonsall West student Emmy Podzius during the Bonsall Unified School District Purple Star designation ceremony at Bonsall West Elementary School in Oceanside, April 5. The schools earned the Purple Star award for their excellence in serving military-connected students. Village News/U.S. Marine Corps...
Hannah Hanford Writer The Avocado Festival returns to Fallbrook Sunday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prior to COVID, the Avocado Festival had been an annual event for the community of Fallbrook, but since COVID happened, the Avocado Festival has been on pause since the last one was held, three years ago. "We had to cancel the festival in 2020 the month before and could not have it in 2021 because of restrictions," Chamber of Commerce CEO Lila MacDonald said. As for next... Full story
FALLBROOK – "It was a serendipitous moment," said Frank Hollingshead, recalling the moment he found a weathered first edition of "Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War," by Rev. William Pittenger, in a used bookstore in Los Angeles. He has since donated the treasure – dating back to 1885 – to the Fallbrook Historical Society. "It was about a year ago and I had just given a talk for the Sons of the American Revolution at a Los Angeles Elks Lodge...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Lions Tournament is the nation’s largest high school baseball tournament and, for the first time this century, Fallbrook High School’s team won its division. The Warriors were in the AA Division of this year’s Lions Tournament, which took place April 11-14, and overcame a 3-1 deficit in the April 14 final to defeat Morse. “To come back and score three to win it shows the resiliency of our team,” said Fallbrook coach Pat Walker. “The kids don’t stop fighting. They never gave up.” Fallbroo...
FALLBROOK – This week, the Monserate Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is celebrating its 50 anniversary. The Monserate Chapter was organized in April 1972 with 16 members. The chapter was named for the 13,000 acre Mexican land grant given to Ysidro Alvarado called Monserrat. Fallbrook is now located within that area. The Monserate Chapter has grown to over 65 members who meet monthly from September to May at Pala Mesa Resort. A m...
VISTA – Margaret and Ron Landsel were presented with a commemorative quilt in recognition of their distinguished Community Service, from the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, North County and the American Combat Veterans of War; during their Irish Breakfast meeting held at the Vista Village Pub on Saturday, April 9. The Landsels have provided mindfulness-based stress relief meditation classes and ethical instruction to the men in the Vista Detention Center's "Veterans Moving F...
FALLBROOK – Adults from Care-Rite Vocational Services are doing a flower fundraiser. For $60, residents can get fresh flowers delivered once a week, for six months, from July to December, all while supporting Fallbrook adults with special needs. Care-Rite's clients will drop off flowers in vases at a business, or any home in the Fallbrook area, and leave them for a week. They will come back to pick up the vases and return them again with fresh flowers. Care-Rite's v...
San Diego County Sheriff’s office The San Diego County Sheriff's Department values our communication with the people we serve. We want to keep you informed. We recognize concerns regarding the encryption of Sheriff's Department radio communications. This transition complies with a California Department of Justice mandate requiring law enforcement agencies to protect the privacy and identity of any person whose information is being broadcast over public transmissions. They include a person's name, date of birth, driver's l...
