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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FALLBROOK – All golfers are invited to register for the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce's annual Charity Golf Tournament at Pala Mesa Resort, Friday, Sept. 25. The fun starts midday, with check-in at 11 a.m. and shotgun start at 1 p.m. Tournament play is enhanced by lunch, an opportunity drawing, a virtual silent auction, contests and golf awards. A portion of the proceeds will benefit REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program, a local nonprofit where children and adults with d... Full story
FALLBROOK – Girl Scout Jade Ingham, a 2020 Fallbrook High School graduate, has earned the prestigious Gold Award, the pinnacle of the Girl Scout leadership experience. To achieve the Gold Award, Girl Scouts create sustainable projects that impact local and global issues. To earn her Gold Award, Ingham addressed an unmet need: she created a Life Skills Club at Fallbrook High School to prepare students for essential adulthood responsibilities such as budgeting and filing t...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook School of the Arts and San Diego Book Arts have established a partnership to collaborate in the development of programs and to expand the reach and missions of both organizations. Founded in 1997, Fallbrook School of the Arts is a nonprofit arts education facility serving culturally diverse individuals of all skill levels, from children to adults. Fallbrook School of the Arts, with its large classrooms and established programs, is a place where c...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians. The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about archenemy Iran have largely overtaken t...
Fallbrook’s coronavirus infection rate has inched up again in the last week. The 92028 ZIP code, which also includes the communities of De Luz and Rainbow, now has 349 total coronavirus cases as of Aug. 10, and about seven-tenths of 1% of the area’s population has tested positive for the virus. That’s an increase of 45 new cases since last week, when 92028 had recorded 304 cases, or an infection rate of 620.3 cases per 100,000. The area, previously one of the least affected by the virus, began recording an uptick in infection...
FALLBROOK – Another small park has grown up on Alvarado Street. This parkette actually came from a problem, which is often the case in life, causing a resident to take action. Located at the Fallbrook Arts Inc. property at 310 E. Alvarado St., the problem was erupting asphalt due to the tree seeking surface moisture and poor drainage in other paved areas. Trees do need deep watering or else this issue occurs, a lesson well learned. Repaving and root pruning was the answer. P...
San Diego County’s public health officer has announced guidance for local school districts that may opt to participate in the waiver process that could allow some TK-6 schools to reopen in counties on the statewide coronavirus monitoring list Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on July 17 that schools in counties that have been on the state’s coronavirus monitoring list may operate through distance learning only until the county has been off the state’s list for at least 14 days. In counties on the list, California Department of Pu...
Community health workers, known as “promotoras,” started working in local Latino communities throughout San Diego County recently to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Promotoras are longtime and trusted residents of the communities they serve. The first group began doing contact tracing in the South Bay. Their role is to contact people who were in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, ask them to quarantine themselves and guide them through the quarantine process. Teams of promotoras who speak Eng...
POWAY – Palomar Medical Center Poway has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Bronze Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Palomar Medical Center Poway earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and t...
Older adults in Fallbrook and all over the county struggle to maintain their independence and living style as they grow older. Affordable and Quality Home Care Services, 1667 S. Mission Road, Suite AA, in Fallbrook assists older adults by assessing their individual needs and creating a plan to help each older adult thrive in the comfort of their own home. Carlos Perez, the owner of Affordable and Quality Home Care Services, has worked in the health care industry for 30 years,... Full story
MURRIETA – Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta was named to Newsweek’s “2020 List of Best Maternity Care Hospitals.” The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Best Maternity Care Hospitals is part of Newsweek’s Best Health Care series, powered by data from The Leapfrog Group. Dr. Charles Yang, chair of the Department of Obstetrics,...
A spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths across San Diego County led officials Thursday, Aug. 6, to warn the public of the drug’s deadly potential. In the first six months of the year, there were 119 confirmed fentanyl-related deaths in San Diego County, while another 84 are believed to be connected to the drug, pending confirmation. Victims have ranged in age from 17 to 66, according to a joint statement issued by state and federal prosecutors, law enforcement and county health officials. The number of deaths connected t...
Lariece Reyna lived in Pala until she was 12 and attended Vivian Banks Charter School and Sullivan Middle School before her family moved to Escondido. She attended Hidden Valley Middle School and Escondido High School, and she was a member of Escondido High School's National FFA Organization chapter. This year, the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation associated with the San Diego County Fair awarded Reyna both a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship and a FFA Scholarship. "I'm...
The replacement of the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s Martin Tank will be complemented by additional landscaping. A 5-0 FPUD board vote, July 27, approved an additional $45,000 for landscaping expenses. The full amount allows the planned landscaping to proceed if expenses exceed the estimated $38,974 for 19 trees and irrigation infrastructure. “The board felt it was a reasonable step to invest in the landscaping,” Jack Bebee, general manager of FPUD, said. The Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project will inclu...
When the Fallbrook Public Utility District approved FPUD’s 2020-2021 budget $500,000 was appropriated for the district’s valve replacement program. The July 27 FPUD board meeting reallocated some of that amount for the purchase of backflow prevention devices. “It’s just a project to maintain and upgrade some of the backflow devices,” Jack Bebee, general manager of FPUD, said. The specific 5-0 board vote was to approve the purchase of 260 backflow prevention devices totaling $109,892.93 including sales tax. The plan is to rea...
FALLBROOK – The Haunted Hallows of Fallbrook will be open Oct. 23-31, from 6-9 p.m., in support of "Hope for Marilyn." With his Halloween creation, Jeff Woodrey plans to raise money for a 12-year-old girl named Marilyn who lives in Rainbow with her family. Marilyn was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma and is currently going through aggressive treatments to fight the disease. Admission is free, but donations are welcomed. All state and county safety precautions will b...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa Resort announced the newest addition to the popular Superstar Impostors Concert Series, A Toast to the Rat Pack: Dean, Frank & Sammy is coming to the Starlight Theater Friday, Aug. 14. Back by popular demand, A Toast to the Rat Pack takes audiences on a musical journey featuring the greatest hits from the legendary Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Drift back to a tuxedoed, glamorous era when every night was a party. The high-energy show honors the 1960s heyday of the Rat Pack’s leg...
In November 2016, the voters of the Fallbrook Union High School District passed Proposition AA, which authorized $45 million of general obligation bonds. The passage of Proposition AA authorized the eventual issuance of the full $45,000,000 but the bonds may be issued at different times. Because the principal and interest for those bonds will be repaid through a property tax increase the office of the county treasurer-tax collector is involved and San Diego County Board of Supervisors approval as well as school district...
WASHINGTON – The American Institutes for Research is releasing early results from a national survey on how U.S. school districts responded to the coronavirus pandemic during the last academic year. The preliminary results of “The National Survey of Public Education’s Response to COVID-19” includes data from about 500 school districts that have completed the survey, so far, representing nearly every U.S. state. AIR released two reports. One was a first look at the range of teaching and learning strategies used by school...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a virtual “Military Spouse Entrepreneur Summit” in collaboration with Karen Pence, the vice president’s wife, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 1-3:30 p.m., EDT. This free event will connect military spouses with resources and information available to help them start or grow a small business. The event will open with remarks from Pence and Jovita Carranza, administrator of SBA. Panel speakers will include r...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is in the process of replacing Automatic Meter Reading meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure meters, and a July 27 FPUD board vote approved the purchases for the fifth year of the program. The 5-0 vote approved $532,088.90 of purchases including sales tax for meters, encoder receiver transmitters, and antennas. The purchases will provide the district with 1,308 Badger meters of various sizes from National Meter and Automation Inc. for $320,785 plus sales tax and 1,301 Itron encoder...
In October 2016, the security agreement for what was then called the Polo Club was changed from a performance bond to a lien contract which prohibits the construction of any improvements, the selling of any lots in the subdivision or the issuance of permits before the lien contract is replaced by a security bond. The proposed subdivision is now called Bonsall Oaks, and the current ownership will be replacing a lien contract with a security bond for the first phase of the project. The amended security agreement requires...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Woman’s Club will meet on Zoom for September, since the club cannot meet in-person as mandated by the California Federation of Woman’s Clubs. The August newsletter sent via email to current members will inform them of upcoming plans and how to attend the September meeting with Zoom. The club welcomes new members, potential new members and visitors who are interested in coming to a meeting. For more information, email [email protected]. The Fallbrook Woman’s Club is a member of the Cal... Full story
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Climate Action Team will present a talk called “How We Can Avoid Climate Disaster” led by three former NASA scientists: Pat Casson, Dave Hollenbach and Larry Caroff. The talk will be held Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Pat Casson was a research scientist and correctly predicted there would be volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon, Io. Dave Hollenbach was former director of the Center for Star Formation Studies and a research scientist at NASA and the SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelli... Full story
