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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BONSALL – The 2022 Miss Bonsall Pageant Coronation was held Saturday, Sept. 11 for family, friends, and local first responders. The Miss Bonsall Pageant and Scholarship Fund is a local nonprofit 501c3 organization that promotes community service and mentorship. With two divisions, Miss Teen Bonsall and Miss Bonsall, the pageant is the featured fundraiser for a local charity partner. The annual charity of choice is the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary. The pageant held a "People's C... Full story
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Kirk Whisler is a doer. A Fallbrook resident the past two years, he's spent most of his life promoting Hispanic causes. One of his projects is the International Latino Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held virtually on Oct. 15-16. Whisler is not Hispanic, but his wife Magdalena was born in Mexico City. Whisler explained that the idea to promote something positive came in the mid-1990s when "my compadre actor Edward James Olmos" was... Full story
SAN DIEGO – On Thursday Sept. 16, around 7 a.m., deputies from the Fallbrook Crime Suppression Team, with assistance of detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff Department's Marijuana Enforcement Team, and deputies from the Special Enforcement Detail, served a search warrant on a property located in the 30000 block of North River Road in Bonsall. The warrant is part of an active investigation of an illegal marijuana grow in Bonsall. During the execution of the search warrant, a Butane Honey Oil lab was discovered on t... Full story
FALLBROOK – All are welcome to visit the Fall Brook Reche Schoolhouse property, located at 1319 South Live Oak Park Road. The Schoolhouse is regarded as one of the best examples of a one room schoolhouse anywhere. It is owned by the Fallbrook Historical Society and is available for tours, events and is open from 1- 4 p.m., the third Saturday of each month. The property includes the schoolhouse, a Native American grinding rock and an adobe building built by Eric Hindorff in t... Full story
FALLBROOK – The D'Vine Path Program is thrilled with the Fallbrook Blanket Project's donation of lap blankets to keep its students warm and also the colorful larger blankets which were auctioned during its Sip & Stroll Soiree Sept. 18. D'Vine Path Board President Sandi Anderson said, "Thank you Carmen Willard and all the wonderful ladies who diligently and lovingly created these soft Afghans stitch by stitch and row by row! We know hundreds of hours have gone in to creating t...
Julie Reeder Publisher A man was transported by Mercy Air 5 to the UCSD Burn Center in San Diego after an explosion in a Fallbrook apartment Sunday, Sept. 19. The call to Village Apartments at 1433 S. Mission Road came in just after 1:30 p.m. as a working residential fire, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. The mother of the man transported to UCSD Burn Center, who was also assessed and transported to UCSD with minor injuries, said she was... Full story
The residential fire reported at 1468 Rainbow Crest has been contained. According to NCFPD John Choi it was an exterior fire that didn't go into the interior of the house. NCFPD went into the attic to make sure it hadn't spread inside. The family was able to reoccupy the two-story home and while the cause is under investigation, the shed where the fire started was a yard storage shed.... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 40-year-old San Diego woman and her 2-year-old son died in a fall from Petco Park's third floor onto the sidewalk below, and police described the deaths as "suspicious.'' Police learned at 3:51 p.m. Saturday that the woman and her son fell from the stadium concourse level to the sidewalk below at 200 Tony Gwynn Way, said San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown. "They were at a dining/concession area on the concourse level prior to the fall,'' Brown said. ``The officers began CPR on the pair, but due to their...
UPDATE: All lanes are open now. Fire called in on Ranger Road is actually a car fire in the 3700 block of East Mission near Pamela Lane. NCFPD said to expect delays.... Full story
NCFPD and Camp Pendleton Fire had a fire under control quickly during the night. East Mission Road at Convertible Lane was closed temporarily at about 2 am due to the fire at 705 Convertible Lane. The NCFPD had a supply hose to the hydrant blocking the road. A shed was on fire with three vehicles, which was reported at 1:52 am. The fire was under control by 2:11 am According to NCFPD PIO John Choi, Camp Pendleton also assisted on the fire. On Facebook, Jessica Anderson said,... Full story
This is an early report - More information will be reported as it becomes available. A distressed male was arrested this morning for being in the roadway on the I-15 freeway near Mission Rd. in Fallbrook. The details are unclear, but it appears from the CHP log that it was first reported as a traffic accident at about 6:40 am with a person still inside a silver Chrysler 300 that was reported to have swerved across all 4 lanes and hit the center divide but then it was reported... Full story
At 5:57 am this morning a collision was reported between a semi-truck and trailer and a red sedan on southbound I-15 just south of SR 76. According to NCFPD John Choi, it was reported that the sedan side-swiped the semi. "The patient, a young adult male, self-extricated and was taken to Palomar via ground ambulance for non-life-threatening injuries." Both vehicles were pulled over to the righthand shoulder and there was a fire engine blocking lane #4 because a small part of... Full story
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Sept. 15 to rescind a transportation study guide connected to future development projects, including housing. The vote comes after the Governor's Office of Planning and Research released new guidance stating that unincorporated areas should use the entire county region as a basis for analyzing the number of vehicle miles traveled for development. The county's previous study guide was based on vehicle miles traveled only within unincorporated areas. Supervisors al...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File to states and the public in an easier-to-use format, Sept. 16.. These data are now available on data.census.gov. They are identical to those released Aug. 12 on the Census Bureau’s FTP site and in various data visualizations. The Census Bureau has also delivered to states an easy-to-use toolkit of DVDs and flash drives with integrated browsing software to use in redrawing their congressional and state leg...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Fire Safe Council had another workday on Saturday, Aug. 21. The property where the work was performed was in the Morro Hills area. The resident of the home is an 80 year old person who was recently placed in hospice. Marine volunteers from Camp Pendleton focused on a line of trees with low hanging branches bordering the property on one side and several large oak trees on the other side, in all, over a dozen trees were trimmed up to six feet from t...
Marci Eisenstadt Special to the Village News "Fruit Salad" refers to the fact that the grafted trees offer a variety of fruit, but they do not always mature at the same time of the year. So you may not be able to make a "salad" of all the fruit. There are three kinds of Fruit Salad grafted trees: apple, citrus or stone fruit. Apple Fruit Salad trees offer apples from the same family such as Anna, Dorsett golden, Fuji, and Gordon. Citrus Fruit Salad trees may have lemons,... Full story
Greg Petree Special to the Village News The residential real estate market in the U.S. is having its biggest boom since 2006. Of course, we all recall just a few years after the last boom, the housing bubble burst in 2008, igniting a global recession. But real estate and mortgage experts say that in nearly every way, the current housing market conditions are the opposite of that last ill-fated boom. That being said, there are some early telltale signs that the market may now...
Jane Kepley Special to the Village News Are you thinking about selling your home? Supply is low and demand is high right now, which means many sellers are seeing quick turnarounds and healthy profits. Still, despite the hot market, selling a home isn’t easy. If you want the experience to be as smooth as possible, prepping early and enlisting help are key. Want to make sure you’re primed for a fast and profitable home sale? Here’s what you can do: • Focus on curb appeal. Curb appeal can make a huge difference, so spend t... Full story
FALLBROOK – Are you ready to buy a home? There's more to a home purchase than picking your favorite listing and just moving in. There are several reasons why the process takes a while: the biggest reason is that it's tough for home buyers to find their dream home at their dream price. Other reasons include difficulty in finding the right home in the desired neighborhood, and homes not having all the required features. But don't be discouraged; we are here to help to get you pr...
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News Moonlight Amphitheater swings to the rhythm of the conga when Gloria Estefan lights up the stage. A 4'11" dynamo, Gloria is played by Ariella Kvaskhny who sets the beat for the entire production. Born in Cuba, Gloria and Emilio (Eduardo Enrikez) meet in Miami after escaping to Florida when she was only 17. This is their love story. Musical director/conductor Lyndon Pugeda set the Latin beat when he took the orchestra to...
FALLBROOK – CAST Academy is open and offers a variety of styles taught by its trained instructors who have a passion for teaching. They offer training from little to big, 18 months to 18 years old. Sign up now at www.castacademy.org or stop by the Tutu Much dance store Monday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m. The classes have been restructured this season and every class has a curriculum that has been uniquely designed to meet specific age ranges and specialized movement for a...
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News It's back. Like a flower, live theatre is bursting into full bloom. Here is what's happening. Directed by Richard Baird, "Dancing Lessons" is a two-person cast performing in a 90-minute, intermission-free play about a science professor living with Asperger Syndrome. You might remember, it was Baird's critical eye that made Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" not only engaging but haunting. I also praised his direction of "A...
FALLBROOK – Oliver Kurnik, a freshman at Fallbrook High School, is getting a chance to try out for the U15 U.S. National soccer team. The last three years he has been playing on San Diego Surf's top team where they have been No. 1 in the nation and have been in the top 10 since Kurnik has been on the team. Kurnik started out with Fallbrook Villa and played with them for two seasons before transferring over to Surf. His first position was left midfielder so that he could d...
FALLBROOK – Continuing its reputation for presenting excellence in classical music performances, Fallbrook Music Society is honored to bring the superb artistry of the Dana Point Symphony Woodwind Quintet to Fallbrook's Mission Theater on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. The Quintet is a collective of five outstanding musicians from an acclaimed organization that is helping to redefine the concert experience for classical music lovers everywhere. "I'm really looking forward to t...
