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 – One hundred people showed up at the Fallbrook Air Park for a spaghetti dinner and guest speaker Aug. 12. It was the largest crowd in the event’s 12-year history. The event, put on by the Friends of the Fallbrook Community Air Park (FFCAP), draws mainly nonaviators from the general Fallbrook population. “The idea is to showcase aviation and the Air Park to the general public,” Tom Wilson, FFCAP secretary, said. Besides the noodles and marinara sauce, the dinner incl...
FALLBROOK – Those who have had occasion to use Santa Margarita Road lately may have noticed some changes at the public cemetery that began about a year ago. The Fallbrook Masonic Lodge No. 317 now manages the daily goings on and has been making updates. Improvements to date include new irrigation, new drought tolerant grass, a second well, solar energy, a scattering garden and plans to build a columbarium or niche wall for urns. All the changes are geared toward long-term s...
SAN DIEGO – For the second time in five years, the San Diego Superior Court is reducing staff and services as it, once again, faces a shrinking budget. Those reductions mean court users will face changes in several areas, including a further reduction in the services of court reporters provided at court expense in Family Court proceedings. The Court has previously eliminated civil court reporters and greatly reduced the availability of court reporters in family law cases. Effective Sept. 5, 2017, the Court will no longer p... Full story
Last spring, a new federal program was started at Fallbrook elementary schools for the students then in sixth and seventh grades. GEAR UP, a grant-funded seven-year long program offered through Palomar College, is now offering college readiness and outreach services to the students who will be graduating from high school in 2022 and 2023 in Fallbrook as well as Valley Center and Vista. GEAR UP stands for gaining early awareness readiness for undergraduate program. Program... Full story
Indy Performance Pro-Tire has been helping Fallbrook residents with their tire and auto repair needs for more than 30 years. "I guess we made somebody happy," deadpanned owner Gary Shimer of his long and successful business run. When Shimer first opened Indy Performance Pro-Tire in 1986, the Indianapolis native didn't think he'd be in the full service auto repair business. "When we started out we were just going to do tires, brakes and front end, but you do what you need to... Full story
SAN DIEGO – The stifling heat that settled over San Diego County this week will persist today and last at least into early next week as the weather system causing the high temperatures is now stationary over the western United States, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures could dip a few degrees today, but with triple-digit heat in the forecast for much of the county and temperatures 10 degrees above average for late August, the slight cool-down will be almost imperceptible, the NWS said. And any slight drop in t... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to the Village News "Sunset Boulevard" is an account of gender bias and ageism set to music. Place: Hollywood Hills and Paramount Studios. When: 1950. Who: Norma Desmond, the once darling of silent movies who didn’t need words, she would “let her face tell the story”. She was 17. The account of her demise is poignant as it unfolds in the telling. "Sunset Boulevard" delves into the life of a once famous actress who had the misfortune to age.... Full story
Like many homeowners in the Fallbrook area, John and Jan Genduso decided to take out the front and back lawns at their home in the Red Mountain area, a few years ago. They then installed a low maintenance drought tolerant landscape with a drip irrigation system. The Genduso's used California native plants plus other drought tolerant species. They include various types of sage, deer grass, Mexican feather grass, teucrium, giant kangaroo paw, New Zealand flax, purple fountain...
Jose A. Alvarez County of San Diego Communications Office Summer is underway, and if you plan on traveling, you should follow these eight tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from the Zika virus. Following is what you should do before, during and after your trip to a Zika-affected area. If you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, do not travel to Zika-impacted areas. Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the latest travel recommendations. During y... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Boys & Girls Club of Fallbrook Foundation is dedicated to the purpose of raising funds from which the earnings are donated to the Boys & Girls Club of North County to insure the continued success of the club to provide needed services to the youth of the community. The foundation recently announced the distribution of $45,000 for the 2016-2017 year, presented to CEO Allison Barclay. The foundation is solely funded from donations from community members. All d...
FALLBROOK – All across America, children and coaches took to grassy fields Aug. 1 to start their mandatory conditioning and preparations for the first games of the 2017 Pop Warner Little Scholars football season. Countless volunteer hours, parents filling out numerous forms and taking children to physicals, team parents setting up Shutterfly accounts, and snack assignments culminated Aug. 1. For Fallbrook, a thunderstorm threatened to cancel the first day, but the storm broke...
