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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Christal Gaines-Emory Writer In 2020, Fallbrook High school MCJROTC students Michael Rios and Joel Perez began designing and painting a large mural on the side of the MCJROTC classroom. After a year of delays due to COVID-19, the mural has been completed. Rios designed the mural and painted it with help from Perez, as well as a few other artists including Audrey Gillcrist, Alexia Byrnes, and Erin Rios. The goal of the mural was to inspire other students at Fallbrook High...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The North Valley Outlawz basketball club team consisting of Fallbrook High School and Bonsall High School players placed fourth at the West Coast National Championship tournament July 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. "We did great," said North Valley Outlawz head coach Moe Golshani. Golshani is also Fallbrook High School's head boys basketball coach. The Warriors' CIF season ended June 1 with a loss in the Division IV playoffs....
Derick Moore Special to the Village Team USA sent 613 athletes from 46 states to this summer's 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed a year due to the pandemic. California, the most populous state, sendt the most (126), but Colorado sent more per capita (5.9 per million). The full roster of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team shows athletes by state, including their name, sport, hometown and event(s), https://www.teamusa.org/tokyo-2020-olympic-games/meet-team-usa/athletes....
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The San Diego High School Sports Association annually honors a male athlete and a female athlete from each CIF San Diego Section member school. The award is called the Senior Student-Athlete, but Bonsall High School had no senior girls on any of the Legionnaires' 2020-21 athletic teams, so freshman Mahala Sayler was chosen as Bonsall's girls student-athlete of the year. "It was a real honor and honestly a real surprise for me," Sayler said....
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The second race of the 2021 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club summer meet ended with San Luis Rey Training Center colts finishing first and second, although a stewards' decision reversed the order of how the horses finished on the track. Hiding the Brick finished a nose ahead of Flash of Genius. A photo finish determined the winner, and then a stewards' inquiry determined that Hiding the Brick and jockey Cesar Ortega had interfered with Flash of Genius and rider Flavien Prat in the stretch. Hiding the...
Frank Brines ARS Master Consulting Rosarian Summer is certainly upon us – and based on past experience, it's only going to get hotter before it gets cooler. (I didn't need to tell you that at the beginning of August, did I?) 2021 is and has been very unusual weather-wise, breaking records all over the globe. Since high summer temperatures and less-than-ideal conditions for roses are inevitable for the next couple of months, let's get ready! Stroll through your gardens in t...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Junior Olympics water polo tournament took place July 22-25 in Orange County, and six players from Fallbrook competed with the Pacific Polo club in that tournament. Kai Maestas, Doug Pearce, Ian Ritchie, and Kayden Trafford played for the boys 18-and-under team. Grant Fukunaga and Calvin Martin were members of the boys 14-and-under team. "Junior Olympics was a success for both the 14 and the 18 boys," said Pacific Polo coach Heather Calvin. The positions are based on brackets which reflect...
FALLBROOK – At its June General Meeting the Fallbrook Garden Club installed the newly elected officers for 2021-2022 and announced the awards for 2020-2021. FGC Awards: Members of the Year – Jim, Jessica and Julia Lyle Scholarship winner – Sydney Breese, Fallbrook High School senior California Garden Clubs, Inc. Awards (CGCI consists of 19,68 statewide clubs) Blue Ribbon Certificate of Achievement Website – First place Membership Promotion – First place Yearbook – Third place...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Beautification Alliance received a donation of $1,626.11 from one of Fallbrook's newest business partners, Fallbrook Ace Hardware. The money was collected during the month of June, when customers were asked if they would like to "round up" their purchase, donating the change to FBA. FBA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in partnership with community organizations, maintains and beautifies the community by initiating and maintaining projects to e... Full story
Kim Harris Managing Editor The governors of California and Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance last week as they toured the region blackened by the lightning-sparked Tamarack Fire, one of several massive wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes. Battling multiple large-scale fires with limited resources, the U.S. Forest Service decided in early July to let dozens of lightning fires burn, including the Tamarack Fire. This is something that could have been avoided had firefighters not been stretched so...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Dr. George Megahy Simpson, a Fallbrook resident for seven years, is looking forward to a birthday celebration next month with many of his friends and some of the psychiatrists he has mentored. He turns 95 on Sept. 28. Simpson, a noted American in the advancement of psychiatric drug research, was born in Scotland and received a degree in biochemistry from Glasgow University in 1948. He received his medical degree from Liverpool...
Katie Cadiao County of San Diego Communications Office The County of San Diego is reminding San Diegans that Cool Zones are available throughout the region to help them beat the heat this summer. The County operates 16 Cool Zones at various locations, including libraries, recreation centers and senior centers across the region. Cool Zones are free, air-conditioned locations where people can go to cool down. Some of the locations are operating with extended or weekend hours. Fallbrook's Cool Zone is the Fallbrook Community... Full story
FALLBROOK – Viviana Lasley, 16, of Fallbrook, is one of seven winners of the "Our Health is Worth a Shot" creative arts contest sponsored by the San Diego County Health and Human Services Department's "Live Well San Diego Program. Her entry entitled "mRna for the Win," was a multi-media art poster depicting various scientific aspects of a COVID-19 vaccine. Lasley's art project as well as the other winning projects will be used by the County to promote awareness of vaccine p... Full story
PASADENA – As part of its ongoing work to fight food insecurity and support families and kids during the COVID-19 pandemic, No Kid Hungry California has announced an additional $2.08 million in grants to nonprofits and schools across California providing free meals. Since March 2020, No Kid Hungry California has provided more than $12.1 million in grants to 206 school districts and community organizations to help ensure California families have food on the table, which also helps support students’ success in the classroom. “W... Full story
ESCONDIDO – U.S. News and World Report named Palomar Medical Center Escondido to its “Best Regional Hospitals” list and revealed the medical center had achieved a “High Performing” ranking in six procedure areas. “Our physicians, nurses, technicians and other support staff have continued to shine despite many of the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19,” said Palomar Health Chief Operations Officer Sheila Brown, “and they are proud to provide top quality care for our community.” The six areas of procedures or conditions meetin... Full story
SAN MARCOS – Thanks to a significant grant from the Conrad Prebys Foundation, Palomar College students pursuing their goals of becoming first responders will soon have new technology to help them succeed in training. The Palomar College Foundation announced that its grant application in the amount of $102,431 was approved by the Conrad Prebys Foundation. The funding will enable the purchase of a full-body Trauma F/X simulation manikin to be used by Palomar College’s Nursing and Emergency Medical Education programs. “Th... Full story
FALLBROOK – The fourth annual “Celebrating America” art competition is calling all junior artists in the community to create a “Patriotic-themed work of art honoring our military, first responders and our country.” The junior art competition is open to prekindergarten through eighth-grade students. Prekindergarten to first-grade students will compete against each other, second to fourth grade students will compete against each other and fifth through eight-grade students... Full story
MCMINNVILLE, Oregon – Linfield University recognized Joel French of Bonsall for earning dean's list honors during the spring 2021 semester. The dean's list identifies students who have earned a term GPA at least equivalent to a cum laude (at least 3.650 GPA) for a given semester. It is computed following the posting of grades at the end of each semester. Linfield University is an independent, non-profit university with campuses in McMinnville and Portland, Oregon. Since 1858, Linfield has connected a traditional liberal a...
FALLBROOK – Bonsall Unified School District, Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, and Fallbrook Union High School District have announced that they will continue to serve meals to all students under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Seamless Summer Option, and the Child & Adult Care Food Program for the 2021/2022 school year. All students will be served meals at no charge at the following sites: Bonsall Unified School District: Bonsall High School, Vivian Banks Charter School, Sullivan M... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Women's Connection invites all women to attend an informational brunch in the ballroom of the Beverly Mansion at Grand Tradition Estates and Gardens, Friday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. to noon, doors open at 9:30 a.m. Certified health coach Nancy Jo Wright will talk about "What the Food Manufactures Don't Want You to Know." Food companies are putting things into food that are making people sick. Wright will teach her audience how to read labels, look for h... Full story
Children participate in Fallbrook Farmers Market... Full story
FALLBROOK – Area residents can learn to fly radio controlled aircraft for free. The Palomar Radio Control Flyers are hosting free flight lessons on Mondays from 5 p.m. until sunset. (Weather permitting during daylight savings time, through Oct. 18). They can register for lessons at www.palomarrcflyers.com. The airplanes are provided for the lessons. So, if anyone is not sure they want to get into the hobby, they don't need to spend their money on an airplane now. The club will train them on their planes... then, when their s... Full story
TEMECULA – Join Circus Vargas for a brand new big top adventure, a super, smash-hit circus extravaganza guaranteed to captivate and astound children of all ages. Circus Vargas is proud to present their amazing new 2021 production, "Mr. V's Big Top Dream!" This must-see, show-stopping spectacular is certain to spark the imagination and indulge the senses with more sparkle, more sequins and more amazing feats of daring and artistry. Bigger and better than ever, "Mr. V's Big T... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to the Village News San Diego Rep is streaming "57 Chevy" until Aug. 15. With a multi-generational family history starting in Mexico, the Franco family came to America in the 50's when dad got a job as a mechanic in a Volkswagen garage near South Central Los Angeles. Based on the true-life story, it is unique in that it is a Mexican family story, but this tale is universal in scope. Written by Chris Franco about his family's personal journey, like many other Catholic immigrants, we get it....
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – On July 29, the San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore informed his 4,600 employees he will not seek reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Sheriff Gore's third term will end in January 2023. "It is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of San Diego County. I am grateful and humbled by the continued community support that I have received for the last 12 years. Being your Sheriff is one of the most rewarding experiences of my law enforcement career. R...
