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Articles from the July 14, 2018 edition


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  • Real Estate Round Up: The dog days of summer

    Kim Murphy, Murphy and Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    It’s heating up. Days are long. School’s out. Vacations take front and center stage. So, what happens in real estate? Historically in Fallbrook, our market slows down during July, August and part of September. I’ll bet you’re surprised by that fact. Many of us grew up in geographic areas where the prime time to move was the summer. It might have been too cold or rainy before June, or the children were in school. Summer, for much of the country is the time to buy and sell real... Full story

  • Watson wins 2018 Snowsports Builder Award

    Jane Wyckoff, Special to the Village News|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    Innovative and brilliant. A founder of ski clubs. Creator of multiple programs and recognition awards on all levels of snowsport – club, council, Far West Ski Association, U.S. Ski Association, U.S. Recreational Ski Association, and Far West Ski Foundation – spanning over five decades of dedicated volunteerism. John Watson of Fallbrook is a deserving recipient of the 2018 Snowsports Builder Award. Since joining the Single Ski Club of Los Angeles in 1966 and until the pre...

  • Stephen Rosenbaum

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    Stephen Rosenbaum, (69 years old), died on June 30, 2018 after a 16 month courageous battle with cancer. Born December 29, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Samuel Rosenbaum and Shirley Cohen Rosenbaum, Stephen was a Fallbrook resident for the past 20 years. An MBA and a CPA, Stephen was an entrepreneur, creative thinker, and risk taker who started and sold several successful businesses. He was a trusted CEO who led other developing businesses on to success. He traveled... Full story

  • New commander no longer undercover

    Tom Ferrall, Staff Writer|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    Lt. Ricardo Lopez, the new commander of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Fallbrook substation, plans to be visible in the community. That wasn't the game plan the last time he worked Fallbrook. "I was here but I wasn't visible, but I did get to see some things and gather some information," said Lopez, who, undercover, worked Fallbrook and the surrounding areas for many years as a member of North County Regional Gang Task Force. Lopez, a 47-year-old native of San...

  • CWA adopts 2019 rates and charges

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    The San Diego County Water Authority adopted its rates and charges for 2019. The June 28 SDCWA board action also allocated the pro-rata shares of total fixed charges to each CWA member agency. The new rates and charges will increase the CWA member agency purchase cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis from $1,303 to $1,341 for untreated water and from $1,603 to $1,617 for treated water, which equates to increases of 2.9 percent for untreated supply and 0.9 percent for treated water. The CWA’s rates are based on a melded rat...

  • Save the Downs dissolves

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    BONSALL – Save the Downs, a 501c3 nonprofit formed in 2014, filed papers of dissolution effective June 25, 2018. The original purpose of Save the Downs was twofold – first, to to stop the development of a wetlands mitigation bank on the property that would have included a chain link fence around the property, preventing public access and enjoyment of the property; and secondly, to make every effort to keep the San Luis Rey Golf Resort open to the public. Unfortunately, the...

  • Planning Commission recommends Newland Sierra approval

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has the authority to approve or deny a specific plan, general plan amendment, rezone, and tentative map for the proposed Newland Sierra development, but the county's Planning Commission recommended that the project be approved. A 6-1 Planning Commission vote June 28, with Michael Beck opposed, recommended approval of the project which is considered the successor to the Stonegate Merriam Mountains proposal rejected by the Board of Supervisors in 2010. The Merriam Mountains proposal...

  • World War II veteran Gilby visits Rotary Club

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Village Rotarians were honored June 19 with a visit by World War II veteran Lt. Elizabeth Janet Stutheit, known locally as Betty Gilby. Gilby read excerpts from her book and shared some of her experiences as an officer in the 5th Army while serving in North Africa and Italy. Gilby is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1924 of Fallbrook, has served as grand marshal in several parades and rarely misses her weekly bridge game. The Rotarians greatly thanked G...

  • Trump, the best president since Reagan

    Updated Jul 14, 2018
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    We have the electoral college in place to keep California and New York from deciding every election. After eight horrific dismal years under Obama, we are finally creating real jobs, not minimum wage part-time jobs. Our GDP is rising, businesses are hiring and expanding. Manufacturing is coming back to the US. Taxes are being cut for the middle class and we are getting rid of, "if you like your health plan, you can keep it". My HMO plan for two is almost $1500 a month so the savings lie we were told is just that, a big fat li... Full story

  • Two-day Pride Festival begins today in San Diego

    City News Service|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The two-day San Diego Pride Festival kicked off today with performances by dozens of artists across four stages, including one from headlining singer-songwriter JoJo. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the annual Balboa Park festival, part of a weekend slate of San Diego Pride events. "I hope everyone will take the time to learn more about the bold and brilliant LGBTQ artists who will be attending Pride, and join us in enjoying their music at the festival this July,'' said Fernando Lopez, San Diego... Full story

  • Miayasaki celebrates 107th birthday

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Masanobu Miayasaki, a resident at Golden Gardens Assisted Living Home in Fallbrook, will celebrate his 107th birthday, July 13, with a gala celebration at Golden Gardens. His wife of 68 years, Doris, is always by his side, typically holding hands as they sit in their side-by-side recliners. They have been inseparable since their marriage. "Mas," his father and their family were farmers in Salinas, California. They owned a large farm with houses, cars, tractors, a...

  • FAA hosts potluck and Zentangle class in July

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – There will be no general meeting for the Fallbrook Art Association in July, but a potluck will be held July 21 at the Fallbrook Women's Club, 238 W. Mission Road. Members are asked to bring their favorite dish, along with its recipe. Paints and canvasses will be provided for a fun activity – members can contribute their artistic skills to collaboratively create two abstract, free-form paintings in primary colors. Usually the months of July and August are dark for...

  • Caboose welcomes all during Fallbrook Summer Nights

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Village Association will present the first of its three Fallbrook Summer Nights events Friday, July 20, 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown Fallbrook. People attending Fallbrook Summer Nights will have the opportunity to walk through the Santa Fe caboose, which arrived in Fallbrook June 14. The caboose, which actually traveled the rails in Fallbrook in its working days, is located just northwest of the intersection of Main Avenue and Elder Street and is the f... Full story

  • All are welcome to attend Luau for Backpacks

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – "Y'all man bilong nambis!" Roughly translated from Hawaiian pidgin, these welcoming words mean "Y'all come!" The members of St. John's Episcopal Church are inviting everybody to the fifth annual Luau for Backpacks, to be given this year on Saturday, July 28, 4 to 8 p.m. at 434 N. Iowa Street. This festive and much-anticipated event is a fundraiser to provide 400 filled backpacks for children of the families registered with the Fallbrook Food Pantry, young people w... Full story

  • Jeremiah's Ranch offers a craft workshop and talk on nutrition

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Jeremiah's Ranch will host two events for people with developmental disabilities and their families in July. Karen Douglas will host a craft workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 14. Students will make holiday decorations. They will leave their decorations behind and sell them later at holiday gift bazaars. The free event is for people 18 and over. It will take place at College of Adaptive Education headquarters, 911 E. Elder St., behind Emmanuel Baptist C... Full story

  • Working for the district

    Assemblymember Marie Waldron, AS-75 R|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    This session my legislative package deals with public safety, health care, government efficiency and rebuilding after the recent fires. Only some are highlighted here. Public safety bills include AB 2720, reducing recidivism rates by providing more services for youth on parole from state prison to help them successfully re-enter society. AB 1983 improves school safety by requiring school districts and local law enforcement to collaborate on safety threat assessments of school... Full story

  • Call 911 for any life-threatening event

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    The weekend of Father’s Day, 2018, I was unfortunate to experience a bee sting that sent me into anaphylactic shock. This was a new experience for me in that I had been stung a week earlier and nothing other than localized redness happened. This time, my scalp itched quite a bit and I developed hives on the upper part of my body. I did not feel ill, but made the mistake of going to one of our local urgent care clinics. Anaphylactic shock is a life-threatening event. In my instance, the urgent care clinic I went to was s... Full story

  • God's Word asks believers to follow two commandments, not 10

    Updated Jul 14, 2018

    A small but vocal religious group has restated certain of its religious beliefs as political positions. This letter criticizes one of those political positions. There are politico-religious leaders who decry America’s purported “moral decay” and call for instituting “God’s law.” For instance, Mike Huckabee, ordained Baptist minister and Republican presidential hopeful in 2008, said: “...that’s what we need to do – to amend the Constitution, so it’s in God’s standards.” Presumably, he meant Mosaic law, which the Bible said was... Full story

  • Firefighters halt small fire in Bonsall

    City News Service|Updated Jul 14, 2018

    BONSALL - Firefighters were quickly able to stop the spread of a small brush fire near Gopher Canyon in Bonsall today. The fire broke out around 11:45 a.m. in an open area along Old River Road near Little Gopher Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The area is just east of state Route 76. There was no immediate size estimate, but North County Fire District spokesman John Buchanan said the blaze was not major and crews had it under control within an hour of when it was first reported.... Full story