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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Year-to-date, median prices are up six percent SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Sales of previously owned homes dropped in August, while sale prices remain strong, according to new housing statistics from the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors® (SDAR). Resales of single-family homes fell 18 percent last month, compared to July, but were slightly higher (2 percent) than August of last year. Condominiums and townhomes saw a similar drop of 17 percent in August sales, but that number is nine percent higher than the same month last ye...
Though it’s been over 70 years, WWII veteran Don Foulkes can still vividly remember the details of Oct. 13, 1944, the day he was captured by German forces and became a POW. Ninety-three-year-old Foulkes, a Fallbrook resident, shared his wartime memories during a talk at the West Coast Ammo store in Temecula on Saturday, Aug. 29. The talk was presented by the World War II Experience, an educational nonprofit organization, and West Coast Ammo, its sponsor. Dr. Linda Dudik, found... Full story
Preparation has proven to be the key in order to minimize the damage that can occur when disaster strikes. Fire agencies and community organizations such as the Fallbrook FireSafe Council provide excellent, ongoing educational material for residents to become more fire safe from wildfires, such as the ones that have devastated neighborhoods in past years. However, this year, Fallbrookians also need to prepare for the possibility of an El Nino condition, involving torrential...
SAN DIEGO – Girl Scouting depends on caring, dedicated volunteers like Fallbrook resident Sheila Casteel to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Known for her wisdom, kindness and knack for spotting a need and jumping in to take care of it, Casteel has served in many capacities for Girl Scouts for more than 40 years, starting with leading troops in the 70s and 80s. She currently volunteers for Girl Scouts’ Fallbrook Service Uni... Full story
Audrey Greenwood FFA Reporter At the San Diego County Fair, the Fallbrook Future Farmers of America (FFA)Chapter had quite a successful year. We had breed and market animal winners, as well as landscape and other submissions. Our banner winners for market steers were Jordan Janikowski, Brendan McReynolds, Jeremy Nikolaus, and Audrey Greenwood. A banner winner is an animal that received either reserve or grand champion in its class, or overall. Banner winners for market goats w...
Friends of the Fallbrook Community Air Park (FCAP) held its 10th annual spaghetti dinner Aug. 8 at Ed Murray's hangar. FCAP served approximately 90 people, which is believed to be a record. "We had a good turnout," said FCAP secretary Tom Wilson. Last year's spaghetti dinner, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first flight at Fallbrook Community Air Park, drew 81 people. Wilson believes that the highest attendance at any FCAP spaghetti dinner was 84 people. "One...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) awarded NEWest Construction, Inc., the contract to replace the pumps and upgrade the electrical system at FPUD's Daily Pump Station in DeLuz. A 5-0 FPUD board vote Aug. 24 authorized the $806,000 contract contingent upon the San Diego company being able to meet all of FPUD's bonding, insurance, and other requirements. "The work involves a major overhaul of all equipment," said FPUD general manager Brian Brady. The Daily Pump Station was constructed by the DeLuz Heights Municipal... Full story
Aug. 29 2000 block S. Old Hwy 395 Grand theft Sept. 2 400 block Lemonwood Dr. Residential burglary 500 block Ammunition Rd. (#1) Vehicle burglary 500 block Ammunition Rd. (#2) Vehicle burglary 2000 block Rio Vista Dr. Residential burglary 10300 block Rainbrook Dr. Commercial burglary; grand theft 300 block E. Alvarado St. Found narcotics 5500 block Mission Rd. (#1) Cited: Conspiracy to commit crime 5500 block Mission Rd. (#2) Cited: Conspiracy to commit crime; petty theft Sept. 3 1100 block Hillcrest Ln. Arrest: Resist office... Full story
M. A. "Al" Johnson, Jr., Brigadier General, USMC (retired) left this life surrounded by family on August 25, 2015 to join his mother and father, leaving behind a legion of friends from a lifetime of being one, and a raft of great memories for family to cherish. He will be both missed and celebrated in equal measure. Al was proud to be a fourth-generation Texan, with roots on the family farm near Milano, and prouder still to have spent 61 years married to fellow Texan the... Full story
Stephen Abbott has been selected to be the new North County Fire Protection District fire chief when current NCFPD fire chief Bill Metcalf retires at the end of the year. "I'm honored. I'm excited. It's something that I've been working for with a lot of support from my family and a lot of mentors here," Abbott said. The NCFPD board of directors held a special meeting Sept. 8 which included the unanimous decision to name Abbott as Metcalf's replacement. "I think he's an... Full story
FALLBROOK - Residents of Fallbrook, De Luz, Rainbow and Bonsall are encouraged to attend a vital fire-safe seminar being held on Wed., Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Road. Three agencies - the Fallbrook FireSafe Council, North County Fire Protection District, and Mission Resource Conservation District are sponsoring the seminar in order to share knowledge with residents to allow them to be both fire-smart and more fire-safe as the fire season continues. Authorities said by most measures,...
FALLBROOK – All publicity chairmen of local nonprofit/community groups are invited to a workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 7 to learn how to better publicize their events and accomplishments through press release and photo submissions to the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News. Due to limited space, only one attendee from each group may sign up for either the 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. session. The workshop will be held at the Village News’ office, 1588 S. Mission Rd., Suite 200 (the building is at the entrance to Grand Tradition Way; the off... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Tea Party will meet on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bonsall Community Center, 31505 Old River Road, Bonsall. Guest speaker will be Ron Ritter, the North San Diego County campaign coordinator for Dr. Ben Carson for President. In addition, attendees will be able to view the riveting documentary, "The Border States of America," with Nick Searcy....
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook High's Ag students are once again offering their plants to the public. They have worked very hard to produce a quality selection of trees, shrubs, vines, bedding (color) and house plants for sale to support their program. All are invited to the students' first plant sale of this school year at the Fallbrook High School agriculture department, Saturday, Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. To receive email notifications from the Ag dept., email a request to [email protected] or [email protected]...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School FFA is once again hosting their famous Tri-Tip BBQ dinners before all home football games. The next home game and dinner is Friday, Sept. 18. Dinner will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ag department, which is located at the east end of the football field. Each meal includes tri-tip, beans, salad, dinner roll, and a drink. The price for each dinner is $10. For more information, call the Ag department at (760) 723-6300 ext. 2509 or j...
FALLBROOK – Matthew Amos of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty has earned the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation, placing him among 2,500 elite real estate professionals worldwide. The designation was awarded to him by the National Association of Realtors® for completing rigorous coursework devoted to learning international real estate practices and demonstrating proficiency in international business. The CIPS designation is synonymous with...
FALLBROOK – RE/MAX United of Fallbrook has announced its top producing real estate professionals for the months of July and August. For the month of July, the top listing agent and overall top producer was Gregg Alexander. Top sales agents were Virginia Gissing and Marla Cruickshank. In the month of August, the top listing agent was Virginia Gissing. The top sales agent was Eugene Wilson and the overall top producer was Connie Freese. For information on buying or selling r... Full story
Letter to the San Diego County Supervisors: "I am writing to you out of a deep concern for the county's contribution of tax money to a 'study' of the issue of building a new sports stadium to accommodate the Chargers football team. "My concern would become a vehement protest should the matter escalate to a county taxpayer gift of many millions of tax dollars to a family, the Spanos, who already have a fortune in excess of a billion dollars, to help fund an un-needed football stadium so that the Spanos family can accumulate...
It's unfortunate, in many ways, that we are not encouraging those immigrants from Mexico to learn English. But why should they when everyone goes farther out of their way to encourage them to continue to speak Spanish rather than learn English? There is no incentive for them to learn English. In the Sept. 3 issue of the Village News, I noticed "New Spanish parenting classes offered at library." By not having them learn our English language, a very large disservice is taking place. Robert Supalla...
If Assembly-person Waldron had spent a few minutes checking, she would've found that her "firestorm of controversy" had already fizzled back in July. The so-called firestorm was based on a videotape purporting to show that Planned Parenthood was trafficking in fetal tissue. It was quickly determined that the videotape was edited to produce this false result. FactCheck.org's complete debunking of the tape can be found here: Google "Unspinning the Planned Parenthood Video". What was actually discussed on the unedited tape was...
Sometimes common sense seems to rise up and strike me and this year it's in the form of my wish list. I thought I'd share it with you: - I wish politicians would remember why they are elected. - I wish the voters would remember that they elected the politicians. - I wish that all politicians would remember that their charge is to represent those that voted for them and not to abandon them for special interests. - I wish that Main Street would reemerge as the proper name of the main street in Fallbrook, so that the "Main...
The Rainbow Municipal Water District's future activities include the Afton Farms water line which will loop the pipeline system from Afton Farms to Calle de Talar. The actual construction of the 1,400 feet of eight-inch water line will occur in the future, but the prerequisite of acquiring an easement was approved by the Rainbow board Aug. 25. The 5-0 vote authorizes Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy to execute the purchase agreement of an easement over two properties, both of which are owned by the John K. Haskett Living...
FALLBROOK – Continuing to expand its concert series, Fallbrook Music Society presents the San Diego Harmony Ringers on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. in the Fallbrook Public Library. Led by former organist and music director of Faith Presbyterian Church, this extraordinary handbell ensemble comes to Fallbrook for a free recital performance. "The Harmony Ringers perform regularly at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park but thankfully, we have a 'Fallbrook' connection which helped c...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson social group will meet Friday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon (the fourth Friday of each month) to hear Dotty Metcalf speak on local resources for care giving and support for those with disabilities and challenges of aging. The group meets at Christ the King Lutheran Church,1620 S. Stage Coach and is an extension of the North County Vista Parkinson Support Group (NCPSG) which meets the second Wednesday of the month, 10 a.m. to noon at Gloria McClellan Senior Center, Brengle Terrace Park, 1... Full story
