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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8-23-10 W. Lilac Road Vandalism S. Mission Road Arrest: Poss. Marijuana W. Clemmens Lane Petty Theft E. Elder Street Burglary, Vehicle 8-24-10 W. Kalmia St. Burglary, Vehicle W. Balboa St. Stolen Vehicle 5th Street Arrest: Obstruct/Resist Peace Officer Calle De La Paloma Arrest: Received Known Stolen Property Lindsey Ct. Prowler 8-25-10 Hwy 78/Camino Del Rey Verbal Gang/Terrorist Threats S. Mission Road Assault w/Deadly Weapon Old River Road Arrest: Poss. Marijuana Waxflower Lane Arrest: Poss. Marijuana 8-26-10 N. Main Ave. A...
FALLBROOK – Al, Vicky and Brett Bartlett of Team Bartlett are pleased to announce that they are now affiliated with Realty Executives. Team Bartlett offers over 27 years of combined real estate experience and strive to provide the highest level of quality service to their clients. They take pride in offering old fashioned service together with the latest technology and marketing tools. Team Bartlett has been consistently a top selling and producing team and they look...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Imagine you are among thousands of people attending a Chargers game, unaware that a few miles away, your route home has just been shut down by a dangerous chemical spill. The County Office of Emergency Services is the first local agency in the nation to test new technology that could send mass text alerts in these types of emergency situations to notify people in specified areas. ”This expands our reach beyond reverse 911 and those who have registered their cell phone numbers with AlertSanDiego,” sai...
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use (DPLU) customers can now schedule certain appointments online without waiting on the telephone or visiting County offices for help. Customers can schedule two types of appointments online: · Appointments to submit applications for discretionary permits at DPLU’s Zoning counter. · Appointments to submit applications for Department of Public Works major grading permits at the Land Development counter. “Our department is always looking for ways to make our p... Full story
FALLBROOK - St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fallbrook is excited to welcome a new clergyperson to the community. Rev. Mark Woodsum, a recent graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary, will officially begin his service to the parish on Sunday, Sept.12, 2010. The congregation invites everyone to attend worship at 10 a.m. and the reception following, as they celebrate his arrival with his wife and two children. “I always knew that I would know the right place when I saw it,” said Pastor Woodsum. “I knew that if I listened to the...
FALLBROOK –Forest Home Women’s Auxiliary, Chapter #44, will meet Friday, September 10 for a brunch potluck. This is the first meeting of their 2010-2011 season and an ideal time to welcome prospective new members. Regular monthly meetings are held in individual members’ homes from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., on the first Friday of each month (September-June). The September meeting has been postponed until the second Friday to avoid scheduling conflicts with the Labor Day weekend. At each meeting, there is a time of fel...
In my April column, I shared information from Daniel Pink’s book called “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us;” the conclusions were that we have the internal need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better for ourselves and our world. I indicated that one of the implications is that we will have to change the emphasis from teaching students what to learn to how to learn. I have received inquiries asking how parents can help their students be more self-directive and better under...
Summer has come to an end. How sad is that sentence? But, school is in session! How exciting is that sentence? The last few weeks have been filled with shopping for school supplies, shopping for clothes, and now book bags are being dusted off and students are getting ready for day one. Oasis High School, Home of the Paladins, started the school year with a great orientation on the Fallbrook High School campus. On August 27, Principal Wirth began the orientation night with a... Full story
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FALLBROOK – On the weekend of August 13-15 a group of student leaders affiliated with the Fallbrook High School Associated Student Body (ASB) attended the 45th annual leadership camp on Palomar Mountain. ASB leaders including Fallbrook High School’s ASB president, Demi Barrett, and vice president, Andrew Donoghue, kept the student leaders busy with interactive activities and learning opportunities. Josh Way, ASB Advisor, spoke about exploring a life of leadership o... Full story
FALLBROOK – A group of local volunteers supporting San Diego CityFest with Luis Palau rolled up their sleeves on Saturday, Aug. 21 and made it their business to beautify the Fallbrook High School main campus. Part of the Season of Service, a county-wide volunteer movement involving 400 local churches, businesses and civic agencies, that Saturday was dubbed School Beautification Day. School sites throughout San Diego County were selected for beautification by the group and administrators at each campus provided input as...
FALLBROOK - Steve Gronke, candidate for San Diego Supervisor 5th District, will be a featured speaker at the Fallbrook Democratic Club’s sixth annual picnic on Sunday, Sept. 11. Gronke, a Vista city councilman since 2000, was employed by the Vista Unified School District as a middle school and high school teacher and acting administrator. The picnic will be at 1815 South Stagecoach Lane from 1 to 5 p.m....
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook School of the Arts and Fallbrook’s Writers Read (FWR) are pleased to announce their cooperative agreement that brings creative writing workshops to the school for the first time. The School has added three FWR classes to its autumn offering. All of the workshops are taught by award-winning authors Kate Harding, of Rainbow, and Kit-Bacon Gressitt, of Fallbrook, organizers of Fallbrook’s Writers Read. For more information about the classes, visit the Literary Arts page of the Fallbrook School of the...
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) encourages customers experiencing financial hardship to apply for assistance through a new state program called Temporary Energy Assistance for Families (TEAF). The program, facilitated by the Salvation Army, provides eligible families the opportunity to receive a one-time emergency energy grant of up to $1,500 to pay off past-due utility bills and avoid service shut-off. “We are committed to helping families who are hurting the most during this recession,” said Hal D. Sny...
FALLBROOK – 4-H signups will be offered Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Fallbrook High School cafeteria. Local youth and adults are welcome to come and discover all of the great projects and leadership opportunities Fallbrook 4-H has to offer - everything from arts and crafts to various animal projects. There is something for everyone ages 5-19. This year’s 4-H board of directors includes Cassie Strizak, president; Dillon Kayl, first vice president; Caroline Kornelson, second vice president; Genevieve Mason, third v...
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FALLBROOK – When Fallbrook Community Center opened its doors, leg warmers and PacMan were all the rage. Fast forward 30 years and the fashions may have changed but the Center’s commitment to serve the needs of an evolving community in a friendly environment has not. “This is the first community center the County ever built,” said Brian Albright, Director of the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation. “We are very proud that the Center continues to be a...
FALLBROOK – In 1907, the Boy Scouts organization was launched; the first helicopter went airborne and Elisabeth (Betty) S. Wilson was born. Like the Boy Scouts and the helicopter, Wilson continues to contribute to the fabric of North County culture even though it has been over a century since her birth, and almost a decade since her death. Last month alone, Wilson, via her endowment fund, gave almost $40,000 dollars to deliver senior appropriate foods to homebound...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Encore Club is holding its first meeting following the summer break on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at the Fallbrook Public Utilities District building, 990 E. Mission Road. Coffee and social time begin at 10 a.m. with the meeting to follow at 10: 30. The club was formed in 1975 to promote friendship and activities for members to enjoy together. Membership is open to all in the greater Fallbrook community, including Bonsall and Rainbow. Visitors are encouraged to attend and get acquainted. At this meeting...
FALLBROOK - Fallbrook’s 29th Annual Christmas Parade will march down Main Street on Saturday, December 4, 2010, and parade organizers are looking for a fresh theme for this year’s holiday event. Last year, Ed Warr was the winner of the theme contest. While riding on the Grangetto’s entry float, he enjoyed having the Theme Winner banner carried in front of the float, proclaiming his entry to be the parade committee’s favorite - “Fallbrook’s Christmas Spirit.” The winning theme has been, and will be again, the basis for all... Full story
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Auto theft -20.0% Robbery -14.3% Violent crime -1.1% Property crimes +15.8% In reviewing Fallbrook area crime statistics for the first seven months of 2010, Lt. Mike Barnett, the newly assigned commander of the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation, said he is pleased to report violent crime, robbery, and auto theft numbers are down compared to 2009. While property crimes have increased over 15 percent for the same time period, Barnett said he expects that a number of arrests his deputies have made in the last two weeks will i...
The Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) has seven open seats in the upcoming Nov. 2 Gubernatorial Election, and eight candidates are fighting for those spots on the 15-member board. The Rainbow Planning Group has seven open seats and only seven candidates have filed. The planning groups advise the county board of supervisors on matters including land use and development proposals. The six incumbents who are again running for a seat on FCPG’s board are Anne Burdick, Eileen Delaney, Tom Harrington, Ron Miller, Jim Russell...
The 2010-11 property tax bills of San Diego County’s property owners will see a slight increase for the vector control benefit assessment. A 4-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote July 14, with Greg Cox representing the county on California State Association of Counties business, approved an increase from $5.92 to $6.20 per single-family dwelling equivalent. The county supervisors serve as the board of the county’s Vector Control District. The increase is the first since voters approved the assessment in 2005. The... Full story
The county’s Traffic Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend placing the intersection of South Mission Road and Pepper Tree Lane on the county’s Traffic Signal Priority List. The TAC’s August 27 vote sends the recommendation to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who are scheduled to address the matter October 20. Although the Fallbrook Community Planning Group opposed placing the signal on the list, the planning group’s rationale was that development near the intersection would likely pay for the signal... Full story
