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  • UPDATE: Homeless Veteran left on the street in wheelchair

    Julie Reeder|Updated Jun 15, 2023

    UPDATE: Glenn Holland is currently being taken care of in a local hospital, according to Tony Campbell of AC Investigations. Campbell said, "I talked to him by phone and he was very thankful. He was excited to have a clean warm bed. He said he felt like a king in a warm room with his own tv and bathroom and good food. He started crying and thanked me from the bottom of his heart and saving his life." I said, "I've always liked you, this was just tough love." Campbell is... Full story

  • Supervisors aquire 425 acres in Pala, Pauma, Rainbow for preserve

    City News|Updated Jun 14, 2023

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved land purchases to increase two nature preserves. The board approved spending $2.8 million to acquire 425 acres for the Mount Olympus County Preserve in Pala-Pauma and Rainbow and $5.3 million for 190 acres to increase Sweetwater Regional Park in Spring Valley. The addition will expand the Mount Olympus County Preserve to over 1,200 acres and provide large shrubland habitat for deer, mountain lion and other sensitive species, according to... Full story

  • Traffic Collision in Fallbrook

    Hannah Hanford|Updated Jun 12, 2023

    At 1:48 PM, North County Fire Protection District sent out a tweet stating, " North County Fire is on scene of a traffic collision in the area of SB 15 Freeway south of Mission Road. Lane #1 is blocked. Expect delays." This is all the information we have at this time....

  • LAFCO votes to table FPUD/RMWD detachment

    Updated Jun 12, 2023

    Village News Staff Just before 4 p.m. on June 5, the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) voted 5 to 3 to table the vote on the FPUD/RMWD detachment from San Diego Water Authority until their Aug. 7, 2023 meeting. County Supervisor and LAFCO Director Jim Desmond made a motion for an "option 2" for detachment. Director Willis seconded the motion and then Director Jo Mackenzie asked for a 5-minute break. Upon returning, Director Joel Anderson motioned for... Full story

  • Public Hearings Set Next Week on San Diego County Budget

    City News|Updated Jun 11, 2023

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold two public hearings next week on the county's recommended $8.11 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The hearings will take place at 9 a.m. Monday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday. They can be attended in person in room 310 at the County Administration Center located at 1600 Pacific Highway in San Diego. Supervisors released the proposed budget last month, with plans for major investments to address homelessness, mental health and substance use disorder, the c... Full story

  • Drug-Sniffing dog uncovers 1 ton of meth worth $4M in veggie big rig at border

    City News Service|Updated Jun 11, 2023

    CALEXICO - A motorist was taken into custody after attempting to smuggle a ton of methamphetamine worth more than $4 million across the border in a tractor-trailer containing Brussels sprouts, authorities said today. The arrest was reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Thursday after they stopped a 51-year-old man driving a tractor-trailer. ``Smugglers are constantly utilizing innovative methods to conceal narcotics,'' said Roque Caza, Calexico Area Port Director. At the checkpoint, an inspection was... Full story

  • Woman who died on hike at Three Sisters Falls identified

    City News Service|Updated Jun 11, 2023

    DESCANSO (CNS) - A woman who died when she fell over the edge of trail while trying to keep a teenage girl from falling at Three Sisters Falls in Descanso has been identified. Sarah Louise Crocker, a 48-year-old Ladera Ranch resident, was leading a group of four teens in a hike around the waterfall in the eastern San Diego County highlands when the girl slipped off the trail shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. ``The woman... Full story

  • Shooting and stabbing reported in Fallbrook

    Julie Reeder -AC Investigations|Updated Jun 11, 2023

    Early Saturday morning at 2:30 am, June 10, there was a call reported for an argument followed by six gunshots, according to Lt. Carpenter from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department Media Communications Center. The incident was reported in the 200 block of W. Clemmens Lane. “Fallbrook Sheriff deputies showed up on the scene but were unable to locate a victim,” said SDSO Lt. Carpenter. Later the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center was notified that there was a shooting victim with non-life-threatening injuries that was tre... Full story

  • Officials Announce $26M in Funding for Nuclear Waste Relocation Search

    City News Service|Updated Jun 10, 2023

    SAN ONOFRE - The U.S. Department of Energy announced $26 million in funding today to aid in the search for locations to temporarily store nuclear waste moved from sites such as the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, who visited the to-be demolished power plant on Friday, announced 13 groups from across the country would receive funding and be tasked with helping identify feasible sites to store the spent nuclear fuel. A... Full story

  • Warriors win CIF baseball championship

    Updated Jun 8, 2023

    Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Fallbrook High School team won the Warriors’ first-ever CIF baseball championship on May 27. The Warriors faced Maranatha Christian in the Division III final at the University of California, San Diego and scored the winning run for the 2-1 victory in the bottom of the sixth. “You’ve got to give it all to the kids,” said Fallbrook coach Pat Walker. A regular-season record of 17-8-1, which included an 11-4 Valley League record for the Warriors’ first league championship since 2006, gav...

  • Warriors win round 1 of SoCal Regional Championships

    Updated Jun 8, 2023

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  • 35-Days at sea

    Updated Jun 8, 2023

    Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News At only five years of age, Prince Louis of Wales is already upstaging his famous parents, His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis and Catherine Middleton, best known as the Prince and Princess of Wales aka the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Earl and Duchess of Chester along with a plethora of other titles dating as far back as 1361. At the recent coronations of Louis's grandfather King Charles III and Queen...

  • Sheriff's Spanish Academy holds graduation

    Updated Jun 8, 2023

    FALLBROOK – The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department held a graduation for its Spanish Academy (Academia de Alguacil), May 31 at the Fallbrook Community Center. A 6-week program in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education – Migrant Education Program, the academy is designed as a relationship-building program to help provide equity in educating the Spanish-speaking community about law enforcement procedures and available resources in San Diego County. The program is conducted entirely in Spanish with a curri...