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  • Support group sessions offered on Wednesdays

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    FALLBROOK – The Elizabeth Hospice is currently offering a support group on Wednesdays at 10 a.m., until June 2, in the private dining room at the Regency Fallbrook, 609 E. Elder St. The support group is open to all in the community who have experienced the loss of a loved one, had to adjust to living alone or transitioning into a new living environment, have health concerns and/or physical limitations. The group sessions are free and lunch is available for $5.00. Please RSVP with the receptionist at Regency Fallbrook...

  • Toyota to recall 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV, accepts NHTSA fine of $16 million

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    LOS ANGELES – Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it will recall its Lexus GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports last week warned car shoppers not to buy the SUV because the magazine’s testing results showed the vehicle had a rollover safety risk. The Lexus SUV recall involves about 9,400 vehicles, of which roughly 6,000 are in the U.S. Toyota said its engineers conducted tests and confirmed the Consumer Reports magazine closed track tests that showed the vehicle’s per...

  • Rain leads to two collisions in Fallbrook/Bonsall area

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Intermittent rain showers Thursday, April 22 caused at least two automobile collisions in the Fallbrook/Bonsall area. According to California Highway Patrol sergeant Tom Greenstone, 22-year-old Samantha Schultz, a resident of Temecula, was driving her gray Mazda eastbound on Camino del Rey in Bonsall, just east of Golf Club Drive at 5:19 p.m. when an accident occurred. Schultz was driving at an “unknown speed” on the wet roadway when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a telephone pole, officers reported. Eme...

  • Corvette Car Show to be held in Old Town

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    TEMECULA – The Corvettes of Temecula Valley (COTV) are holding their Old Town Corvette Car Show on Sunday, May 2, on Front Street in Temecula’s Old Town. Registration begins at 8 a.m. There is room for 120 Corvettes with wide spacing; clubs can park together. Judging is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the awards presentation starts at 2:30 p.m. There are Stock & Custom classes for C1 to C6 with separate trophies for COTV members. Awards include best engine, paint, interior, Mayor’s Choice, and Sponsor’s Choice. Club... Full story

  • Jack R. Jones

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Our American hero, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Jack R. Jones, a retired Marine and educator, died of causes related to age on April 19, 2010 in Fallbrook, Calif. He was 88 years old. Jack was born October 18, 1921 in Eureka, Utah to Ashton D. and Lenore Nelson Jones. He attended Utah schools in Elberta (elementary), Goshen (Jr. High) and graduated from Payson High School (1939) and Utah State University in 1942. After WWII, he married Dorothy Tervort... Full story

  • David M. Lindsey

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    David M. Lindsey, 25, died April 12, 2010. David was born on August 2, 1984 in Escondido, Calif. to Dorothy and Calvin Lindsey. David was the youngest of six children. David attended elementary school in Fallbrook, graduated from Potter Junior High and after attending Fallbrook and Ivy High Schools, graduated from Hot Springs High School in Arkansas. He then relocated to the Chicago area to be closer to his brothers. David worked as a supervisor for Chicago Crime Scene...

  • Vivian L. Bulick

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Vivian L. Bulick, 79, of Fallbrook, Calif. passed away on April 12, 2010 in Escondido. She was born March 19, 1931 in Bridgeville, Pa. to Evelyn and Leon Kirkpatrick. Vivian graduated from Bridgeville High School. She was an administrative assistant for the health science department of California State University, Northridge. Vivian was a member of the Angel Society and enjoyed gardening, swimming, walking and reading. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Melvin Bulick, of Fallbrook, Calif. and their children, Michael... Full story

  • Marilyn (Mendel) Schaffer

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Marilyn (Mendel) Schaffer, 64, passed away at home in Highland Park, Ill. on April 7, 2010. She was the oldest child born to Phil and June Mendel in Whittier, Calif. on January 18, 1946. Her family moved to Fallbrook in 1954 and she made this her home until the mid-1960s when she went away to college. Marilyn graduated from Fallbrook Union High School in 1962 and in that same year was selected to represent her community as Miss Fallbrook. Through the years she maintained a...

  • Lori McLeod

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Lori McLeod, 48, of Fallbrook passed away April 21, 2010. Known fondly as “Lori the Groomer,” she was born May 20, 1961 in the San Fernando Valley and moved to Fallbrook in the early 1980s. Lori was a credentialed groomer of animals who chose to open and operate her business in Fallbrook and raise her family here. She was known for the many positive impacts she made in the lives of people she knew. She is survived by her parents, Rudy and Helen Bloom, and brother, David Blo...

  • Alice Zaveruka

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Longtime Fallbrook resident Alice Zaveruka, 101, passed away April 21, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Matt. Alice was an excellent homemaker who loved animals. She will be buried at Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery....

  • Stagecoach draws thousands to the desert for country music

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    At least 100,000 people, two days, three stages, more than 200 acres of desert and a whole lot of cowboy hats were part of Stagecoach’s fourth annual country music festival that I attended with my husband on April 24. Tickets began selling in October for the top-ranking US destination festival, which is held each April at the Empire Polo club in Indio, where open land near the Palm Desert area turns into a small community for the yearly country festival. This year’s weekend fe...

  • USMC Sgt. Myrick and family win living room makeover contest

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    SAN DIEGO – The Myrick family from Fallbrook, USMC Sergeant Daniel Myrick, his wife Amber, and eight-month-old son Wyatt, are getting a complete living room makeover courtesy of At Home with Laurie Ann, a Point Loma interior design store owned and operated by author and interior designer Laurie Ann McMillin Ray. Ray announced the winner of the “Always Ready, Always Faithful, Always Courageous” contest last week. The contest invited members of the San Diego military com...

  • Free composting workshop

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    FALLBROOK – A free composting workshop will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 10 a.m. to noon at Myrtle Creek Nursery, 2940 Reche Road, Fallbrook. Composting can aid in creating rich garden soil, water conservation and trash reduction at landfills. For more information, call (760) 436-7986 Ext. 222.... Full story

  • Village Rotary visits Fallbrook Winery

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

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  • County adopts new definitions for littering and smoking in county parks

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    Revised definitions of littering and smoking have been added to the County Code of Regulatory Ordinances section that covers such prohibitions in county parks and on county trails and pathways. The changes also add a prohibition on destroying or defacing vegetation or other improvements, change the designation of the county official who can authorize digging or plowing, and prohibit the lighting of any fire during unsafe conditions. A pair of 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors votes approved the first reading and ordin...

  • Fred Losch of the famed Black Sheep Squadron dies in Fallbrook at age 88

    Updated Apr 29, 2010

    FALLBROOK — America lost a true hero when Frederick “Fred” Samuel Losch, 88, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, April 23, 2010 in his Fallbrook home. He was one of the last surviving members of the famed Black Sheep Squadron that served under Maj. Pappy Boyington in World War II. For many years, Losch spent winters in Fallbrook and summers at his Slash E Ranch in Island Park, Idaho. Fred Losch was born on July 24, 1921 on the family farm in Pennsylvania near the...