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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A leak on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Pipeline 4 was discovered Aug. 2. SDCWA acting general manager Sandra Kerl issued an emergency declaration, which exempts the CWA from the normal contract procurement process and from California Environmental Quality Act review, Aug. 7. The declaration required ratification by the CWA board at the next board meeting and that occurred on a unanimous vote Aug. 22. “We can’t not approve this because we need to get this fixed,” Marty Miller said, who chairs the CWA’s Engineering an...
FALLBROOK – The University of California Cooperative Extension in conjunction with the California Macadamia Society and the Gold Crown Macadamia Association will hold their annual field day Saturday, Sept. 21, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the home of Jim Russell, 205 Calle Linda, in Fallbrook. Field day will offer classes relevant to the macadamia industry, with opportunities to ask questions, both general questions and about specific personal operations. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served. The information s...
FALLBROOK – More sunlight and warm temperatures frequently inspire homeowners to spend more time in the great outdoors during spring and summer. Outdoor projects often top homeowners' to-do lists in spring and summer, with gardens and landscapes taking center stage. Planting more trees around the yard is one popular project that can improve property value and benefit the environment. Why plant trees? There are plenty of reasons to plant trees. Trees provide a natural form o...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Realtor Jerry Burke Jr. said he is known for going the extra mile, doing things other agents just don't think of handling. He recalls helping a new, desperate homeowner clean an unexpected drain problem after the first rain of the winter. "I'm committed to serving my clients, and a big part of that is attention to detail," he said. Burke moved to Fallbrook from San Diego in 2009 because he said the small-town atmosphere made him feel... Full story
Living in an unincorporated area has its challenges. Mostly these challenges come in the form of financial support to maintain or improve the basic infrastructure that is taken care of by a city government. Without a city government, unincorporated areas, like Fallbrook, could potentially fall into disrepair or simply a stagnant state, with no improvements or updates to the ambiance or activities of the town. Fortunately for Fallbrook, the town has some very invested... Full story
America Counts Think you live in a town so small it’s not even on the map? Think again. Thanks to a combination of advanced satellite technology, geospatial mapping tools and real people pounding the pavement, even the most remote hamlets and hidden homes in the United States have been put on a map by the U.S. Census Bureau. Since the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau has completed a count of every person living in the United States and its territories every 10 years by walking or riding on horseback on every single r...
SAN DIEGO - County environmental health officials reminded residents on Friday, Aug. 30 to protect themselves and their pets on hiking trails after trapping multiple ticks infected with tularemia, a potentially fatal bacterial disease, in Sorrento Valley. County officials found the ticks along Lopez Canyon Trail, the sixth time this year tularemia-infected ticks have been found in the area. Vector Control officials also found multiple infected ticks in the trail area last year. Tularemia, also called rabbit fever, can be... Full story
FALLBROOK – With the first week of school finally upon Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, what were once silent classrooms and playgrounds across Fallbrook and U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton are now roaring to life with the arrival of new students for the start of the 2019-2020 school year. The official start of the new school year may have come, but teachers, staff and administrators were busy all summer, training and preparing for the students that would b...
North Island Credit Union announced the opening of its bi-annual teacher grant program, offering $500 grants to full-time teachers to fund a classroom project. The program will award 10 grants of $500 to full-time teachers within the county who have an “innovative classroom learning opportunity.” Since launching the program in 2012, NICU has awarded $95,000 to educators throughout Southern California. NICU, a subsidiary of California Credit Union, awards up to 20 combined grants in the spring and fall to teachers in San Die...
If there’s a teenager at home, they are probably moody, ecstatic, angry, happy and just about every other emotional state you can think of at various times. The fact that teens can seem like an entirely different people at various times is fairly easy to explain. The teenage years are a pretty difficult time. Teens face all kinds of pressures. Their bodies are changing; their friendships can be volatile, and there are demands at school and the uncertainty of college or career decisions. It’s not an easy time of life and one...
FALLBROOK – The Foundation for Senior Care is offering fall computer classes. Class size is limited, and those interested are encouraged to sign up early. Smartphone and Tablet for Androids is taught Mondays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30. The cost is $40, and the instructor is Irv Rudderow. iPad and iPhone is taught Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 12, 19 and 26 and Oct. 3. The cost is $40, and the instructors are Bob Cebulski and Len Tevebaugh. Google Maps is a one-day class taught by Obie Weeks Monday, O...
Fallbrook High School varsity girls tennis head coach Bill Lenaway and assistant coach Theresa Young will be working hard all season to keep improving a young Warriors squad to better the 7-8 overall, 4-4 league record the team turned in last season. The Warriors finished in third place in the league, which earned them the 14th seed in the CIF Division III playoffs. They eventually lost to University City 15-3. Lenaway said the Warriors are ready to go at it again. "We will...
The Fallbrook High School varsity football team got off to a rocky start Friday, Aug. 23, when the team traveled to Del Norte High School for a nonleague game against the Nighthawks that resulted in a 44-0 loss. It was a tough start for the Warriors, and new head coach Troy Everhart, who joined the program just three weeks ago. The Warriors will be on the road again Friday, Aug. 30, when they travel south to take on Sweetwater High School. The Red Devils lost their opening...
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San Luis Rey Training Center mare Lynne’s Legacy won the Solana Beach Stakes race Aug. 9, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Lynne’s Legacy entered the stretch sixth among the seven horses in the one-mile turf race for fillies and mares 3 years old and up, but she crossed the finish line a neck ahead of Pulpit Rider. “It was so exciting,” Lynne’s Legacy trainer Doug O’Neill said. O’Neill didn’t give jockey Rafael Bejarano instructions on riding Lynne’s Legacy. “He has won on her before,” O’Neill said. Lynne’s Legacy and Beja...
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club record for most trainer wins in a day is five. Doug O’Neill set the record in 2015, and during this year’s summer meet he tied it with five wins July 31. O’Neill’s July 31 victories included four by horses who have trained at the San Luis Rey Training Center. One of those horses is a foal of Square Eddie, who stands at Ocean Breeze Ranch in Bonsall. “It was a wonderful day,” O’Neill said. “Just one of those special days where everything unfolded in each race.” The first race of the day was a six-...
Tossing turning, watching the hours go by, frustration, not being able to fall asleep, let alone stay asleep, these things can make for very difficult nightly battle. There can be a number of reasons these things happen, and some are fixable despite most people's better judgment. 1. The room temperature could be too hot or warm. 2. Caffeine could still be in their system. 3. Drinking alcohol too late can affect REM. 4. Exercising too late can leave endorphins still up and...
September is National Recovery Month, and hundreds of San Diegans will be increasing awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use disorders while celebrating people in recovery and those who support them at an event at the Waterfront Park downtown. The county Health and Human Services Agency will host Recovery Happens, a free, family-friendly event, Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway. It is free and open...
Is that young adult at home packing their suitcases and heading off for their first year of college? Or maybe there’s that bedroom someone walks by sadly every day remembering how lovely the wedding was, but how empty that room is now. From college, to marriages or to a new out-of-town job, there are all kinds of reasons for why a child is no longer sharing that home with their mother and father. Whatever the cause, the emotions that parents experience when their children depart are often ones of sadness, loneliness and d...
ESCONDIDO – Palomar Health is hosting the fourth annual Disaster Preparedness Fair, Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the north lawn near the flagpoles at Palomar Medical Center Escondido, 2185 Citracado Parkway, in Escondido. The free event can help families take steps now to prepare for a future disaster and be one step ahead of an emergency or disaster. Donate blood with the San Diego Blood Bank to help stock shelves should a disaster strike and learn safety techniques through hands-on demos, speak with experts,...
On the site of the long-shuttered Fallbrook Hospital, a new center for healing is ready to begin working with patients suffering from mental and behavioral health issues. Crestwood Fallbrook Healing Center, a mental health rehabilitation center, opened its doors to the public, Wednesday, Aug. 21, to celebrate its arrival in the community. Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. officials, newly hired employees, dignitaries and members of the community were invited to visit the...
Providing real news vital to our local way of life has always been our top priority at Village News. We have always been proud of the fact that we covered local news exclusively and we were happy to support the national news outlets while they provided regional, state, national and international news. We are changing course. As of Sept. 5, we will be featuring a National News section of the Village News. We will be using a variety of news sources, including Associated Press, for interesting and important stories. We are very...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Public Utility District has been advised by its wholesale supplier, the San Diego County Water Authority, of an impending emergency shutdown to one of the treated water aqueducts that delivers water to a portion of the district. The shutdown is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 9, and run for approximately 10 days; however, these dates may be adjusted depending on the severity of the pipeline leak or dangerous weather conditions such as red flag warnings. The Water Authority is preparing to shut down t...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors accepted the donation of real property and public park facilities for six residential subdivisions including the Meadowood and Horse Creek Ridge developments. A 5-0 board of supervisors’ vote Aug. 7 accepted the real property while also authorizing the director of the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation to execute park acquisition and improvement agreements with the developers of four of the subdivisions including Meadowood. “Public parks are a great addition,” Supervi...
