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Articles from the August 14, 2014 edition


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  • Interstate 5 crash leaves one man dead

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    OCEANSIDE - A 69-year-old man was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash off Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton, authorities said today. Nicholas Anthony Dicarlo of Carlsbad lost control of his southbound 2014 Lexus IS 350 north of Harbor Drive shortly after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, apparently due to a blown tire, according to the California Highway Patrol and the county Medical Examiner's Office. The sedan veered off the freeway and crashed into a tree, pinning Dicarlo in it, authorities said. Emergency crews pried...

  • A cause for celebration: Homes For Our Troops breaks ground again in Fallbrook

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    A cause for celebration...

  • Groovin' to the music at Summer Nights in downtown Fallbrook

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    Groovin’ to the music at Summer Nights See Gallery (11)... Full story

  • Rainbow Water District declares Drought Response Level 2

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    According to officials at Rainbow Municipal Water District, at its Aug. 5 special board meeting, the board of directors voted to approve Resolution No. 14-20 declaring a Drought Response Level 2 Condition which establishes a Drought Response Conservation Program pursuant to Ordinance No. 14-05 (“Drought Ordinance”). It is explained as follows: “By approving such, all Drought Level 1 conditions become mandatory, along with Drought Level 2 conditions. These mandatory restrictions will become effective on Aug. 15. The restrictio...

  • Public hearings set on hospital services situation - Aug. 25 and Sept. 16

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    Two public hearings have been scheduled by Fallbrook Healthcare District (FHD) so that residents can better understand changes that are in the works in regards to healthcare services locally, primarily related to Fallbrook Hospital. “We are inviting all adult citizens to attend,” said Vi Dupre, FHD administrator. The first meeting, slated for Monday, Aug. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Rd., will provide an informational overview regarding the current status of Fallbrook Hospital and what is bei...

  • LAFCO addresses FPUD/Rainbow merger, Campus Park West, Healthcare district MSR

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    During the Aug. 4 meeting of San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), executive officer Mike Ott gave a presentation on major potential jurisdictional boundary changes which may be before the LAFCO board in the near future. Ott noted that LAFCO is monitoring approximately 30 potential boundary changes, including eight major ones. “I would like to let you know that essentially a freight train’s coming your way,” he said. The proposed merger of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal... Full story

  • Rotarians learn about Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    BONSALL – Janet LuCore of the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary spoke to the Rotary Club of Bonsall on July 31, the last meeting of Bonsall Rotary at the San Luis Rey Downs. According to LuCore, due to many cats giving birth in spring, their kittens have been dropped off at the sanctuary and are now old enough to be adopted. All kittens who are adopted must be spayed and neutered. The sanctuary must spend money to get all of the cats spayed and neutered and it is a real...

  • Volunteers welcome to help on school beautification day

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    BONSALL – On Saturday, Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. to noon, the fifth annual School Beautification Day will be held at Sullivan Middle School, 7350 W. Lilac Rd., Bonsall. This service project provides community members with an opportunity to spruce up the school campus just before it opens for the 2014-2015 school year. Teams of volunteers will focus on landscape trimming, pruning, and general clean up. Please call Sharon at the Riverview Church office, (760) 941-1430 to sign up....

  • Workshop on downloading free e-books

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – An adult class on e-books will be taught on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 3 p.m. at Fallbrook Library. Attendees will learn how to “Download Free E-books with Your E-reader” and should bring their e-readers, passwords and their library card to this informal workshop. Everyone is welcome. The Fallbrook Library is located at 124 South Mission Rd. For more information, contact Joe Burch at [email protected], or (760) 731-4650....

  • Free scarecrow building demo now scheduled for Aug. 30

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – The free scarecrow building demonstration previously scheduled for Sept. 6 has now been changed to Saturday, Aug. 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Rd. This demonstration is for residents and business owners who would like to make a custom scarecrow for Fallbrook’s Scarecrow Days in October....

  • Long exposure photography topic of Aug. 18 meeting

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Photographer Lucas Haynes from Temecula will be presenting a program dealing with long exposure photography to the Fallbrook Camera Club on Monday, Aug. 18. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at Silvergate Retirement Residence, 420 Elbrook St. Members and the public are invited. Haynes predominantly creates black and white images of seascapes, architecture and still life, usually employing the long exposure technique. This will be a visually exciting program, as well as being very informative. The Fallbrook... Full story

  • 'Retro Worship' with Rick Founds at Christ The King Lutheran

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – The public is invited to join Rick Founds and the band for an evening of ‘Retro Worship’ on Thursday, Aug. 21at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the Christ The King Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall at 1620 S. Stage Coach Lane. Founds will lead the congregation in singing praise and worship songs that were sung in Christian churches during the 70s, 80s and 90s. Founds is a local singer/songwriter who is best known for writing the popular praise song, “Lord I Lift Your Name on High.” For more informa...

  • Football comes early to Fallbrook with big weekend kick-off

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Football is coming to Fallbrook a little early this year starting with the annual Fallbrook Warrior Football Lift-a-thon on Friday, Aug. 15 and culminating with the annual Red & White Scrimmage, Pancake Breakfast, and Community Pep Rally on Saturday, Aug. 16 with entertainment by the Marching Warriors band, and dance and cheer teams. The lift-a-thon will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday in the new gym at Fallbrook High School. All teams will be battling the bench press to lift their maximum weight and trying to... Full story

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow a fundraiser for Jeremiah's Ranch

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Everyone is invited to the first fundraiser for Jeremiah’s Ranch, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Hawaiian style,” on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 1405 E. Fallbrook St. The event includes a talent show featuring local talent, great raffles, live auctions, and a Hawaiian-style dinner! Jeremiah’s Ranch is a community in the Fallbrook area for families who have a family member with a developmental disability. Started three y...

  • Veranda makes Open Table list of Top 100 Most Scenic restaurants in US

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook’s Veranda Restaurant at Grand Tradition Estate and Gardens was voted one of the Top 100 Most Scenic restaurants in the United States. This honor is not a result of the opinion of one or two restaurant critics but of guests rating The Veranda through Open Table. Reservations for lunch or brunch at The Veranda Restaurant are coveted by locals and San Diegans alike as it has very limited seating and lots of demand given the view and the food. The newest addition to the facility is The Orchid Bar, o...

  • Aromatic wine and sizzling steaks will lure you to Pala Casino's Oak Room

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    The Oak Room at Pala Casino Spa & Resort established itself as a fine restaurant the first year it opened and along with that distinction came a burgeoning wine cellar. The Oak Room wine list is brimming with 400 labels and 40 different varietals. Steven Whisler, manager of The Oak Room commented, “We pride ourselves on offering wines that are unavailable to the average market. We offer a range from thousands of dollars a bottle to thirty dollars a bottle. The wine menu would...

  • Fresco Grill hosts fundraiser for Susan G. Komen event

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    BONSALL – Award-winning chef Leone D’Arcangelo, owner of Fresco Grill & Wine Bar, has announced he will host a fundraising event entitled “La Vita e’ un dono!” (“Life is a Gift”) to benefit the Susan G. Komen San Diego effort to fight cancer. The event will take place Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the restaurant located in River Village, 5256 S. Mission Road, Bonsall. D’Arcangelo said for the cost of $75 per person he will present a five-course, wine-paired d...

  • Fallbrook athletes play in Junior Olympic Games in Nanjing, China - Fallbrook High School's Michel Navarro and Richelle Stephens play rugby internationally

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    Incoming Fallbrook High School seniors Michel Navarro and Richelle Stephens are closing out their summer vacations in Nanjing, China, where they are playing rugby in the Youth Olympic Games. Navarro and Stephens were among 12 girls chosen to represent the United States in the seven-on-seven rugby competition which will be the first International Olympic Committee rugby activity since 1924. “I’m really excited,” Stephens said. “It was a great honor,” Navarro said. “I’m real... Full story

  • "Dinosaur" class celebrates graduation from pre-K

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    “Dinosaur” class celebrates its graduation from pre-K at Fallbrook Child Development Center...

  • Determining the right amount of homework

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Students spend roughly six hours in the classroom each day while their parents could put in eight hours at the office. When a family returns home in the evening, homework is probably the last thing they want to worry about. Still, homework is part of many families’ daily routine, and chances are it is not going anywhere soon – no matter how much kids complain. There’s no denying homework can be a chore, but how much homework is assigned could make a d...

  • Fry graduates from Palomar Paramedic Academy

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Daniel Fry, a 2006 graduate of Fallbrook High School graduated July 1 from the Palomar College Paramedic Academy. Fry completed his EMT training through Miramar College in 2007 and graduated from the San Pasqual Reservation Fire Academy in 2009. He served as a volunteer with De Luz Volunteer Fire Department for seven years, and helped fight the 2007 Rice Fire at Valley Oaks Mobile Home Park in Fallbrook. Fry has been employed as a firefighter with Valley...

  • Local residents earn degree from Western Governors University

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    SALT LAKE CITY – The following Fallbrook residents have received their degree from Western Governors University. Mary Railey earned her B.S. in accounting and Shane Sorensen attained his MBA in healthcare management. The university held its 27th semi-annual commencement ceremony in Salt Lake City on July 12 and celebrated the graduation of more than 5,500 graduates, awarding 3,085 undergraduate and 2,456 graduate degrees in business, information technology, K-12 teacher education, and healthcare professions, including...

  • Sheriff Blotter, August 12, 2014

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    July 15 1000 block La Solana Dr. : Theft from elder adult July 27 500 block Ammunition Rd. : Petty theft July 28 2500 block Yesteryear Ln. : Domestic violence July 29 4300 block Fallsbrae Rd. : Personate to get money July 30 4800 block Lake Park Pl. : Violate domestic court order July 31 600 block S. Main Ave. : Shoplifting 5500 block Mission Rd. : Petty theft; forgery August 1 1100 block S. Main Ave. : Arrest (Juvenile): Curfew violation; minor possess smoking paraphernalia; resist officer; present false ID to officer 4000... Full story

  • Real Living Lifestyles announces top agents

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

  • High school district announces three finalists out of 28 applicants for superintendent position

    Updated Aug 14, 2014

    FALLBROOK - The Fallbrook Union High School District board of trustees has announced its finalists for the position of superintendent. Three candidates will be further interviewed for the position. They are: *Mr. Mark Davalos, Scappoose, Oregon *Mr. Gregory Mizel, Escondido, Calif. *Dr. Hugo Pedroza, Lompoc, Calif. Interviews are scheduled to be conducted the week of August 18. According to district officials, numerous stakeholders will have the opportunity to meet the final candidates and submit input to the board about... Full story

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