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 – The Don Dornon Games are a long standing Fallbrook tradition. The track meet began 48 years ago, when Don Dornon, a teacher at Fallbrook Street School, organized the meet as a year-end celebration of the P.E. program and a way to showcase outstanding athletes. This year’s event featured 468 4th-6th grade student athletes from all of FUESD’s elementary schools. The event is primarily supported by volunteers, many of whom have volunteered for over 30 years. Organizers are also proud to partner with the Marin... Full story
ARCADIA - Another racehorse was euthanized at Santa Anita Park on Sunday, May 26, the 26th horse death at Santa Anita since the track's racing season opened on Dec. 26. Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, was put down Sunday after suffering a leg injury during a race the previous day, the track confirmed. He is the third horse to die at the Arcadia facility in the last nine days, after several seeks without a fatality. Kochees was running in his 49th race, a $10,000 claiming race over 5 1/2 furlongs, when he was pulled up by... Full story
FALLBROOK - A motorcyclist was killed Saturday, May 25 in a crash east of Fallbrook, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred around 1 p.m. along East Mission Road, near the intersection with Willow Glen Road, according to CHP's incident log. No other vehicles were mentioned, but a road sign reportedly was damaged. Officers found the rider on the ground some 50 feet from the roadway, according to the log. A CHP dispatcher did not have additional information.... Full story
OCEANSIDE - A 20-year-old man is presumed dead after going under the water at the Oceanside Pier early this morning just as rescue personnel approached. Oceanside police and fire personnel responded to a report of a man in the water on the north side of the Oceanside Pier shortly after 3:30 a.m. As a rescue boat and a police rescue swimmer drew near, the man -- who was clinging to a pylon -- let go and disappeared beneath the water, according to an Oceanside Fire Department news release. Rescue personnel, including the U.S.... Full story
The 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, will make its anticipated return to San Diego County and the motocross epicenter of Southern California on Saturday, May 25, celebrating the Memorial Day holiday American motocross style from Fox Raceway in Pala. The Lucas Oil Fox Raceway National, presented by Fox, will signify the championship's first visit to the greater San Diego area since Pala hosted the series finale during the 2010 and 2011 se... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A deer mouse found in Fallbrook tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, San Diego County Vector Control and environmental health officials announced on Thursday, May 23. Vector Control officials found the mouse during a routine monitoring operation in Fallbrook. Multiple mice collected by Vector Control have tested positive in Boulevard, Bonsall, 4S Ranch and Potrero since January. The positive test prompted county officials to remind residents to avoid sweeping or vacuuming rodent droppings, which... Full story
ESCONDIDO - A trio of masked, gun-wielding thieves carried out a takeover-style robbery on Thursday, May 23 at a North County financial services office. The three bandits backed a stolen SUV up to the front of the San Diego County Credit Union branch in the 1800 block of Centre City Parkway in Escondido shortly before 10 a.m., then rushed into the building, displaying handguns and ordering everyone inside to get on the floor, according to the FBI. The armed trio -- who were dressed in dark pants, hooded sweatshirts with the... Full story
SAN BERNARDINO - Both sides in the McStay family murder trial taking place at San Bernardino Superior Court have rested their case on Thursday, May 23, and closing statements are planned for 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. Charles “Chase” Merritt — who chose not to testify — is on trial in connection with the deaths of Fallbrook residents Joseph and Summer and their two young boys in February of 2010. The state and defense teams resting their case came one day after Merritt's defense... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm announced that it would seek a stay and appeal of a ruling handed down by a federal judge, who found that the San Diego-based company violated antitrust laws by charging excessive licensing fees to cellphone makers, harming competition among chip suppliers. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, in a ruling issued late Tuesday, found that Qualcomm forced cellphone companies to accept excessive fees for the ability to use Qualcomm patents, and would threaten to withhold access to its chips if companies did... Full story
VISTA - An Oceanside man was behind bars on Wednesday, May 22 for allegedly stabbing an acquaintance to death last weekend. Detectives arrested Ferris Shawn Penson, 28, at the Pala Casino on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of murdering 32-year-old Armando Contreras Jr., Oceanside police spokesman Tom Bussey said. Patrol officers responding to a report of an apparent assault found Contreras lying on a sidewalk next to his car in the 400 block of Mission Avenue about 4 p.m. Sunday, suffering from a severe injury to his upper... Full story
POWAY - The Chabad of Poway synagogue will hold a celebration for the completion of a Torah scroll on Wednesday, May 22, which will be dedicated to the victim of last month's deadly shooting. The synagogue will host a ritual scribe to complete the scroll, mirroring the actions of the Hebrew prophet Moses 3,300 years ago. The scroll will be dedicated in memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, 60, who was killed during the April 27 shooting on the last day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. "It has been a difficult past couple of weeks... Full story
MESA GRANDE - One person was killed late Tuesday, May 21 afternoon in a solo crash on state Route 76 near the La Jolla Indian Reservation. The traffic accident about two miles northwest of Lake Henshaw in the Mesa Grande area was reported shortly before 5 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The vehicle, a white SUV, apparently struck a tree before crashing off the eastbound side of the rural route and plunging about 40 feet down a rocky embankment, winding up on its roof with the victim trapped inside, the CHP... Full story
VISTA - Opening statements were scheduled Wednesday, May 22 in the trial of two sheriff's deputies accused of assaulting a handcuffed Vista man and his father during an arrest last year. Deputy Nicholas Morgan, 27, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault without lawful necessity by an officer, and Deputy Joshua Nahan, 31, with one count, for allegedly roughing up Gerardo Martinez Jr. and Gerardo Martinez Sr. The father and son were arrested last May 7 after the lawmen responded to a domestic violence call. A... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, May 22 took the first steps toward putting a plan in place to reduce toxic air pollution. The board voted unanimously to direct the county Air Pollution Control District to study the current toxic air pollutant threshold and return with a proposed rule no later than April 2020 for possible approval. According to the proposal sponsored by Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, the APCD will also work with industry and community partners. Fletcher said the county has an... Full story
SAN MARCOS - Sheriff's deputies on Wednesday, May 22 were searching for whoever drew a swastika on a street sign outside a San Marcos retirement home. Dispatchers received a call around 8:25 p.m. Tuesday from a person who reported finding the swastika drawn in marker on a one-way-only sign outside Brookdale Senior Living on West San Marcos Boulevard, just east of South Rancho Santa Fe Road, sheriff's Lt. Michelle Craig said. So far, no one has been located who witnessed the act, he said.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue, killing a woman and injuring three other people, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, May 21 on 113 federal counts related to the shooting, as well as the alleged arson of an Escondido mosque. John T. Earnest, 19, is accused of the April 27 shooting at Chabad of Poway and the March 24 fire set at the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque, also known as Islamic Center of Escondido. The indictment added four counts of using and carrying a firearm during and in... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Zoo Global announced that a half-dozen critically endangered birds raised in its avian conservation facility on the Hawaiian archipelago have been released into the wild for the first time. Conservation researchers at the zoo's Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, located on the island of Hawaii, hatched and raised six palila in recent weeks, releasing them into an area of restored forest Sunday and Monday. Palila are a distant relative of finches and are the last survivor of 16 finch-billed species native... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, May 21 to amend an ordinance to make it illegal for adults to provide minors with marijuana. The board's unanimous vote pertains to the social host ordinance which imposes civil and criminal liability on adults who don't properly supervise minors and prevent them from obtaining or consuming alcoholic beverages. The measure, which has been on the books since 2003, will be expanded to include marijuana "as a substance that cannot be consumed by a minor in... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County grand jury recommended on Tuesday, May 21 that the region's school districts increase funding for training and resources to prepare for and prevent school shootings. The recommendation came in a report released Tuesday, titled "School Safety in San Diego County -- How Prepared Are We for Another Active School Shooting?'', in which it's recommended that all county school safety plans address how to handle active shooter situations. "Although the probability is low for a school shooting to... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A pair of U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer ships returned to their San Diego homeport after a deployment to the Indo-Pacific and Middle East. The USS Spruance and USS Stockdale, part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group and homeported in the Navy's 3rd Fleet, were deployed to areas that are generally overseen by the Navy's 5th and 7th Fleets. Ships in the strike group left their respective ports last October and November, collaborating with international allies to improve relations and combat readiness... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council unanimously voted in favor of a proposal to renovate Horton Plaza into a mixed-use retail and technology office facility. The Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm Stockdale Capital Partners acquired Horton Plaza last August from prior owner-operator Westfield with the intention of redeveloping the dilapidated shopping center, which opened in 1985. The firm said when it announced the purchase that the redevelopment is expected to generate more than $1.8 billion annually and... Full story
SAN DIEGO - After issuing "thousands of hours of detention'' to students modifying the length of uniform skirts, Cathedral Catholic High School in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego has made the decision to ban skirts from its dress code. Students at Cathedral Catholic High School learned about the new rules in an email from Principal Kevin Calkins on Friday, NBC7 reported. In an email sent to parents and students, Calkins wrote that the dress code exists to foster a faith-based environment where students are... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, May 21 to create a program that will allow county government to hire more people with intellectual disabilities. With its unanimous vote, the board directed Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer to develop an enhanced employment program and also pursue funding for it. Robbins-Meyer will return to the board in July with both funding and partnership proposals. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher called for the program, saying that every person who wants to... Full story
