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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More than 30 Bonsall Unified School District students spent July 15‑19 in San Diego for a career exploration summer camp. What was formally called Future Me Summer Adventure was held at the Linda Vista Innovation Center, which is owned and operated by the San Diego County Office of Education but is not part of the SDCOE administrative complex on Linda Vista Road. The students were housed at the University of San Diego and also visited USD facilities along with other nearby p...
Four players on the Oceanside Chiefs Rugby Club which reached the USA Club Rugby national championship match graduated from Fallbrook High School. Sierra Arteaga, who graduated from Fallbrook High School in 2015, was the primary captain of the Oceanside Chiefs in 2024. Oscar Ruvalcaba, who was one of Arteaga’s Fallbrook High School rugby club teammates and also graduated from the school in 2015, was a member of this year’s Oceanside Chiefs team. The Chiefs players also included 2015 Fallbrook High School graduate Jack Jon...
Transitioning from military to civilian life can be a difficult process for many veterans. According to PEW Research Center, those who have suffered serious injuries have a 58% chance of experiencing an easy re-entry, down from 77%. To address this issue, Turn Around for Veterans (TAV) aims to provide support in their own unique way. TAV, a program created by members of the San Diego Woodturners (SDW), believe that woodturning can serve as a form of therapy for injured...
WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission today voted to establish a new alert code to help save missing and endangered persons by delivering critical alert messages to the public over television, radio, and wireless phones. In 2023, more than 188,000 people went missing who fall outside of the criteria for AMBER Alerts. The new alert code adopted today will be particularly beneficial to Tribal communities, where American Indians and Alaska Natives are at a disproportionate risk of violence, murder, or vanishing....
The theme of the 2024 San Diego County Fair was "Let's Go Retro," and Pala Rez Radio was able to take advantage of the theme during the radio station's two days at this year's county fair. "It worked well for us," said Pala Rez Radio Station Manager John Fox. Pala Rez Radio was at the county fair June 12 and June 19. "It was all right. We were a little understaffed. We had to cancel the third day," Fox said. The station initially also planned to broadcast from the county fair...
FALLBROOK – North County Parkinson's Support Group Fallbrook invites anyone interested to join its monthly Parkinson’s Support Group meeting, held every fourth Friday of the month, Friday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Fallbrook Regional Health and Wellness Center, 1636 E. Mission Road. This month’s topic is “Converse With Confidence: The Speak Out Method” with speaker Lindsey Ann Unger, a certified Medical Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) with over 13 years of clinical experience. Unger has worked in a variety of settin...
San Diego County is being recognized for its Medi-Cal call center customer service response times. The Children’s Partnership, an organization that focuses on child health equity, conducted a study to learn how quickly call centers statewide answered and the best practices to support Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal. For the study, secret callers reached out to 44 counties. The average hold time to speak to staff was 55 minutes across the state. By contrast, wait times in San Diego County were less than one minute for 77% o...
TEMECULA – Southwest Healthcare Temecula Valley Hospital (TVH) has received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024. Temecula Valley Hospital is one of only 259 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Temecula Valley Hospital's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Temecula Valley Hospital has reached an ag...
Orange juice is a breakfast favorite and comes in different varieties. This liquid extract can come from blood oranges, Valencia oranges, navel oranges, tangerines, or clementines. Some types include more pulp than others. Drinking orange juice can be just as beneficial as eating an entire orange, provided it is not loaded with preservatives, sugar, and additives. The trouble is that just one cup of this juice contains quite a bit of sugar and carbohydrates, which might be...
FALLBROOK – Square dancing, the official folk dance of California and 31 other states, has been modernized. It is no longer about picking and strumming. In the 21st century, square dancing has taken on new sounds, new looks, and a role in the world of fitness. It's no longer the same dance that Henry Ford promoted and turned into a dance rage during the era of the Model A Ford. Today the focus is fitness. Modern western square dancing, a low impact activity that requires c...
FALLBROOK – The Rotary Club of Fallbrook welcomed 160 Fallbrook Union Elementary School District teachers, support staff, and administrators back to school with a BBQ at Ingold Park on Thursday, Aug. 8. Thirty-one Rotarians and family members served hamburgers, watermelon, chips, cookies, and condiments to staff who were both eager to eat and excited about the coming school year. Supporting the Rotary Club of Fallbrook were Grocery Outlet which donated hamburger buns, c...
ESCONDIDO – Anyone who has lost a loved one in the past year is invited to attend Introduction To Grief And Loss. This free virtual four-week educational workshop will be led by skilled bereavement counselors from The Elizabeth Hospice. Attendees will learn about grief and loss, develop an understanding of different grieving styles, acquire coping skills and self-care methods, and more. Mondays, Sept. 9 through Sept. 30, from 4-50 pm. Meetings will be held via Zoom. Registration is required, and participants are expected t... Full story
The theme of International Overdose Awareness Day 2024 is ‘Together we can,’ and it focuses on every individual action working together towards a common goal. Drug overdose is a national health crisis fueled by the opioid epidemic. Every community across California has been impacted in some way. Provisional data from the CDC reported of the nearly 110,000 drug overdoses in 2022 nationally, about three-quarters were attributed to opioids. Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, for example, have been at the center of this problem. Syn...
FALLBROOK – Silvergate Fallbrook was abuzz with excitement last week as residents and guests gathered for a special Meet The Author event on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event featured distinguished San Diego Union-Tribune columnist and former KPBS Radio Show host, Dr. Richard Lederer. Known for his razor-sharp wit and deep insights into the English language, Dr. Lederer shared stories from his book, "The Gift of Age," captivating the audience with his unique brand of humor and w...
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – Joel French of Bonsall graduated from Linfield University following the spring 2024 semester. French earned a Bachelor of Science in applied physics: engineering. Following the spring 2024 semester, the university awarded 510 degrees to 505 graduates, with five awarded double degrees. Commencement celebrated 445 undergraduates and 65 graduate-level students. Linfield University is an independent, nonprofit university with campuses in McMinnville and Portland, Oregon, as well an eCampus for online l... Full story
SAN MARCOS – After satisfactory completion of all requirements put forth by the California Virtual College Course Exchange, Palomar College is now a Teaching College. As a Teaching College, Palomar online courses are now more accessible to community college students throughout the state. Specifically, the CVC Course Exchange allows California Community College students to simultaneously enroll in online courses at multiple Teaching Colleges without having to apply to each college. Ultimately, the CVC Course Exchange e... Full story
Imagine trading the precision of algorithms for the unpredictable strokes of a paintbrush. That was just one of the many wonderful experiences I encountered in my late 20s after several years of working as a programmer, using my degree in applied mathematics. My life's focus shifted dramatically, as did my environment. I moved over 5,000 miles from Belarus to Southern Louisiana, where amidst a host of new beginnings, I first began to nurture my passion for painting under the...
San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission approved an updated five-year plan for municipal service review and sphere of influence studies of the county’s cities and special districts. “These are the priorities,” said LAFCO analyst Priscilla Mumpower. Only one of the two county supervisors on the LAFCO board was present Aug. 5 when the 7-0 vote approved the update. A municipal service review evaluates services and anticipated needs. A sphere of influence study determines the boundaries best served by a particu...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Fire Safe Council sponsored a "chipping day" on Saturday, Aug. 3, at North County Fire Protection District Fire Station 4, 4375 Pala Mesa Dr. The event was offered to residents of Fallbrook, Bonsall, DeLuz and Rainbow. The goal of the event was to provide a centralized location for the residents to have branches, less than six inches in diameter, trimmed brush, palm branches and other cut vegetation from their properties chipped/shredded into m...
The vacant lots around your neighborhood could be growing fruits and vegetables and making local produce more accessible – while reducing energy needed to transport and distribute the food. Could turning those empty lots into small farms also become opportunities for economic development? To answer this question, a team of researchers from University of California Cooperative Extension in San Diego County are investigating the economic feasibility of growing high-value s...
SACRAMENTO – Continuing to lead the country in emergency management and disaster preparedness, California’s first-in-the-nation Earthquake Early Warning System – launched under Governor Gavin Newsom’s leadership – provided advance notification to millions of Californians. This alert came ahead of the 5.2 magnitude earthquake's shaking that was felt late last night, Aug. 6, throughout Central and Southern California. The epicenter of the Aug. 6 earthquake was in the community of Lamont, California and was felt across large por...
