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  • Control mold when using air conditioning

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    FALLBROOK – Exposure to mold in a home can be hazardous, leading to any number of adverse health effects, including respiratory distress. Certain strains of mold may release mycotoxins, which can cause bleeding in the lungs and pneumonia. Mold can grow in any dark and damp spot, which makes air conditioning units prime locations for mold proliferation. Mold spores can be circulated through a home via a central air conditioning system or window air conditioning unit. Mold s...

  • Fallbrook Garden Club makes 'Perking up the Pico' a reality

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    FALLBROOK − The Fallbrook Land Conservancy (FLC)/Save Our Forest’s (SOF) request at a meeting of the Fallbrook Garden Club did not go unheard. SOF asked gardeners to come help with the maintenance of their 19-year project, the Pico Promenade. They call this push Perking up the Pico. Three blocks were adopted that day. Expectations are high with teams committing to a monthly work day to help with weeding and pruning of mostly native plants material. The promenade waterway is...

  • Fallbrook FFA plant project given first-place award

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    Fallbrook High School's Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter was awarded a first-place ribbon for its plant project in the youth landscape exhibit at the San Diego County Fair. "The kids were happy and they had a lot of fun putting it in," said Fallbrook High School agriculture teacher Scott Duffin, who is in charge of plants for the school's agriculture program and associated FFA chapter. Duffin teaches an environmental horticulture class, and his 32 students participated... Full story

  • Employment training panel approves over $8.4 million to train 9,100 workers

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    Approval includes $950,000 for apprenticeship training SACRAMENTO – The state of California’s Employment Training Panel (ETP) announced the approval of 23 contracts worth more than $8.4 million to train 9,113 workers. One of the contracts approved by the panel includes nearly $950,000 for 470 apprenticeship trainees – including 60 veterans – through the Apprentice and Journeyman Training Trust Fund of Southern California Plumbing and Piping Industry. “The Employment Training Panel is proud to support apprenticeship training...

  • Fallbrook Broadband Coalition to host meeting regarding Internet service

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    While a large portion of downtown Fallbrook has relatively good internet service, those who live outside of town or in hillier communities do not have the luxury of enjoying fast Internet speeds. One new group in Fallbrook is working to improve that, and needs help from the community in order to begin the process of improving broadband service in Fallbrook. According to William McCarthy, a facilitator for the Fallbrook Broadband Coalition, there is little interest by current vendors to improve their services with modern...

  • Mintle wins President's Award

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    FALLBROOK – Ron Mintle of Fallbrook won the President’s Award at the recent Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) conference in Las Vegas. The President's Award is given to an ADP member who has been selected by the Association's Board of Directors for lifetime achievement and performing outstanding work or activities that benefit the Yellow Pages industry. In presenting the award, ADP president Cindi Aldrich said, "Ron, you have demonstrated exemplary commitment to our...

  • Accident on Old Stage knocks down power line

    Updated Jul 8, 2016

    An auto accident has knocked down a power line on Old Stage. Emergency response teams were on the scene, and it is currently unknown if anyone was injured. According to the SDGE power outage page, approximately 50 customers are without power, which is set to be restored at 8 p.m. Watch this page for more information as it becomes available....

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