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RIVERSIDE - Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that the company violated fair-lending laws by discriminating against minority borrowers in Riverside and elsewhere during the housing boom, the Justice Department announced today. The settlement provides compensation for black and Latino borrowers in the cities Riverside, Los Angeles, Ontario and San Bernardino who were steered into subprime mortgages or who paid higher fees and rates than white borrowers because of their race or national...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The National Institutes of Health will study brain tissue from late Chargers great Junior Seau, whose suicide two months ago raised questions about possible long-term cognitive problems faced by football players due to repeated concussions, authorities confirmed today (July 11). Seau's next of kin directed the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office this month to release the preserved tissue for further examination, according to Sarah Gordon, a spokeswoman for the local agency. Gordon said she had no... Full story
6/27 700 Ammunition Rd. Arrest: DUI alcohol/drugs 3100 Olive Hill Rd. Grand theft 100 S. Main Ave. Commercial burglary 6/28 1200 Alturas Rd. Unlawful sex w/minor: perp 21+ 400 W. Aviation Rd. Missing juvenile/runaway 1100 S. Mission Rd. Arrest: possess controlled substance paraphernalia 1100 S. Mission Rd. Shoplifting 500 Porter St. Residential burglary 6/29 3500 Tierra Linda Ln. Petty theft 1100 Alturas Rd. Residential burglary 1300 Rainbow Valley Blvd. Grand theft 200 Deddie Terrace Vehicle burglary 200 Deddie Terrace... Full story
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Assessor Ernie Dronenburg announced last week that the 2012 assessed value of all taxable property has decreased 0.14 percent (or $568 million) from last year. This year’s total assessed value is $395.1 billion. After deducting tax exempt properties (charitable, homeowners, disabled, etc.) the net taxable assessed value is $380 billion, and based on a 1 percent tax rate it would produce approximately $3.8 billion in property taxes. “At least three major elements influenced the roll val... Full story
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the West Lilac subdivision. The 5-0 June 27 denies a neighbor’s appeal of the Planning Commission’s Jan. 20 decision to approve the tentative parcel map for the 92.8-acre Bonsall subdivision and to approve the Environmental Impact Report. The subdivision map includes 22.6 acres of agricultural easement land along with an additional 35.9 acres which will be part of the 28 residential lots but with restrictions preventing non-agricultural uses. A tentative map can be...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the advertisement for bid and subsequent award for preventive maintenance work contracts for eight county-maintained bridges, including a bridge over Little Gopher Canyon Road over Gopher Canyon Creek in Bonsall. Two separate 5-0 votes June 20 allowed for separate contracts due to different Federal programs. The contractor who performs the maintenance on the Little Gopher Canyon Road bridge will also handle the Japatul Road... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Connections has announced that restaurants can still enter the Taste of Fallbrook event scheduled for Friday, July 27. Organizer Sandra Buckingham said her group expects “almost twice as many restaurants and chefs as last year” for the 2012 competition. Last year’s People’s Choice winner was La Caseta Mexican Restaurant, owned by Delos Eyer. Eyer won a professional food photography session for taking the honor. This year’s People’s Choice winn... Full story
ITHACA, NY - Cornell University is pleased to announce that Hilah Shenhav of Fallbrook graduated with a bachelor of science degree in industrial and labor relations with its Class of 2012 on May 27....
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FALLBROOK – Zion Lutheran School art students volunteered their time recently to paint a kid-friendly mural of the water cycle on a wooden easel for the Fallbrook Public Utility District. The easel is a bean-bag toss game for kids and has been used at community events. Zion art students that helped with the project include Amanda Smith, Kacy Redmond, Luke Conley, Cara Burcham, Bryan Boyle, Gunnar Streich, Sean Schaffer, Amber Bermudez, Alyjah Williams, Sarah Dennis,... Full story
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FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Village Rotary Club recently awarded a scholarship to Fallbrook High School graduate Rebecca Ellithorpe. Ellithorpe plans to attend Palomar College with the ultimate goal of becoming a movie critic or journalist. The Rotarians said they were impressed with her good grades, active involvement in her church, and great attitude....
FALLBROOK – Members of the Fallbrook Woman’s Club play mahjong the first Monday of each month at the clubhouse located at 238 W. Mission Road and the public is invited to play. The club held a mahjong tournament on June 29 to benefit various charities and scholarships that it supports. Sixty-eight women participated and paid $15 for the event that included lunch. Various prizes were awarded to the high scorers in the tournament. Mahjong is a “somewhat complicated game” that originated in China and is commonly playe...
FALLBROOK – Land donors, major contributors and longtime volunteers were honored at the Fallbrook Land Conservancy’s 12th Annual Emerald Grove Recognition Event held in June at the Fallbrook home of Don and Peggy Durling. Wicker and Megan Gamble were awarded Certificates of Appreciation from the County of San Diego for more than two decades of service to the non-profit organization. Wallace Tucker, co-founder and chair of the FLC, presented the awards. Megan, who is c...
FALLBROOK – Special Olympics Fallbrook celebrated the end of its first season on June 4. Special Olympics is represented for the first time in Fallbrook and opened with an adult basketball team that included 13 athletes. To celebrate the end of the season, the athletes played as one team against an opposing team which was made up of the athletes’ families, friends and staff from Care-Rite. There were 60 people attending the game, including several community leaders, frie...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Presbyterian Church, located at 463 South Stage Coach Lane in Fallbrook, has changed its name to SonRise Christian Fellowship. The congregation voted Sunday, July 1, during a united worship service that had both the traditional and contemporary service in attendance. The name change is, in part, a result of the decision to disaffiliate from the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. on Oct. 5, 2008. SonRise Christian Fellowship will doctrinally continue to function as an independent Presbyterian church. “In O...
It only takes five minutes in a room with 17-year-old Samantha Branham to admire the soft heart and generous soul this young woman has and why she would organize an effort to help those in need. Branham, who will begin her senior year at Fallbrook Union High School in the fall, designed and implemented a drive to collect new and used books for women and children in shelters and similar sites that resulted in over 1,500 donations. Branham couldn’t resist a grin when asked what... Full story
FALLBROOK – On Tuesday, June 5, the San Luis Rey Chapter of National Charity League honored its graduating seniors and presented awards to select members at a special event held at the Grand Tradition in Fallbrook. Thirteen senior Ticktockers were presented and celebrated at the event that carried the theme “A Chapter Ending, But the Story Has Just Begun.” The graduating seniors wore traditional white gowns and were escorted by the fathers as they were introduced and...
SAN DIEGO – At the Society of Professional Journalists San Diego Pro Chapter annual Journalism Awards Banquet held June 28 at the Bali Hai restaurant in San Diego, journalists, photographers, artists and graphic designers affiliated with Village News Inc. were presented with a total of 13 awards for non-daily newspaper stories and photographs, newspaper and magazine layout, design, and original artwork. The company’s products that contained the winning elements include the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News (as well as w...
The allocations of District Five Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funding during the June 26 meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors included $5,775 to the Fallbrook Land Conservancy for improvements to Palomares House. The grant to the Fallbrook Land Conservancy was one of six grants from Supervisor Bill Horn’s District Five budget approved by the county supervisors on a 3-2 vote. Opposition to a $50,000 grant to the North County Economic Development Council for the “Prosperity on Purpose” comprehensive econo...
The San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) board voted unanimously June 28 to approve the CWA’s rates and charges for calendar year 2013. The CWA’s new rates will increase the cost of treated water by 5.9 percent and untreated water by 6.7 percent. The CWA’s member agencies have the option of absorbing that rate increase or passing on the additional cost to customers. The board action also included approving each agency’s share of pro-rata assessments for charges other than water purchases. A significant component of the wat... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Rumblings are expected in the Coachella Valley and mountain areas of Riverside County today, as summer thunderstorms threaten the region. ''Increasing moisture and instability will generate thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts during the day today,'' according to the National Weather Service. ''Deep layer moisture will be sufficient for locally heavy rain, leading to the potential for excessive runoff in normally dry creeks and streams.'' A flash flood watch for local mountains and Coachella Valley is...
It’s been a busy three months for Lexi Houk, Fallbrook’s reigning queen. Not only has she been performing her Miss Fallbrook duties, graduating from high school, and settling into her life as a young adult, but Houk is now also preparing for the 2013 Miss California Teen competition. “I have only missed two events so far, one was when I graduated, and the other was when I had the interview for entering the Miss California competition,” said Houk. Houk hopes that by partici...
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Fallbrook’s Tricia Hoffman won a best of division award for a wine she entered in the San Diego County Fair’s homemade wine contest. Hoffman won the best of class award for her bottle of Blended Red Rhone before garnering best of division recognition for Blended Red Wine. “It’s a good wine, and I had fun making it,” Hoffman said. “My husband, of course, helped me.” Mike and Tricia Hoffman have been growing grapes on their Fallbrook property since 2006. What they refer to as L... Full story
