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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Everyone should be on the lookout for individuals needing a special word of encouragement. A word of encouragement costs nothing, but it could bring life-changing joy to another person. Following are several suggestions to consider. Be on the lookout for those in need of a word of appreciation. We tend to pour praise on the most visible achievers who already receive lots of the praise, and we tend to miss those who desperately need to hear that they are appreciated. They’re o...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Council will meet with its negotiating team in closed session to consider an appraisal of price and payment terms for the city's potential sale of the SDCCU Stadium site to San Diego State University. The city is currently in the process of selling a 132-acre parcel of land to SDSU as the university intends to redevelop the parcel, which includes SDCCU Stadium, into a new 35,000-seat stadium to be primarily used by the university's football team, a satellite campus, a park along the San... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego federal judge on Monday pushed back Rep. Duncan Hunter's trial for alleged misuse of $250,000 in campaign funds by a week, from Jan. 14 to Jan. 22. U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan changed the date at the request of Hunter's attorneys, who are seeking to have Whelan's prior ruling against dismissing the case overturned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 8, Whelan denied Hunter's requests to dismiss the 60-count indictment and to... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Boy Scouts attending the Mataguay Boy Scout Camp Saturday were briefly issued an evacuation warning as a nearby brush fire was burning in Warner Springs, officials said. But the forward progress of the fire toward the camp was stopped and the scouts were out of danger, according to Cal Fire officials. The fire had burned between five and 10 acres by 2:27 p.m. No structures were threatened. Air and ground resources were on the scene.... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A fugitive convicted rapist from New York was arrested in San Diego, police said. Dale Dulac, wanted for violating parole, was being held at the Central Jail on Front Street after his arrest at 1:42 p.m. Friday. After receiving reports that Dulac was in San Diego, officers from the San Diego Police Department went to the 1500 block of Imperial Avenue, where they recognized Dulac and arrested him peacefully, police said. He is suspected of felony vehicle theft and receiving stolen property, along with being... Full story
SAN MARCOS (CNS) - A crash at the end of a pursuit of an aggressive driver in San Marcos injured an 8-year-old child, authorities said. Deputies responded to reports of an aggressive driver at 10 p.m. Friday near Mission Road and San Marcos Boulevard and attempted to stop the driver, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The driver fled eastbound on San Marcos Boulevard and crashed into a vehicle with the child inside near Mission Hills High School at Mission Hills Court and Mission Road, the sheriff's... Full story
VISTA (AP) — A San Diego County man has been convicted of molesting girls as young as 3 years old who allegedly were supplied by his babysitter girlfriend. The San Diego Union-Tribune says Samuel Cabrera Jr. was found guilty Friday of 35 charges of conspiracy and molestation. Prosecutors say the Carlsbad man molested the girls between 2014 and 2016. The victims included two girls who were about 3 years old and two 7-year-olds, including a child who was developmentally delayed and unable to speak. Authorities say the e... Full story
The Serra Conquistadors ran for more than 300 yards and passed for more than 150 more in defeating the Fallbrook Warriors varsity football team Friday, Sept. 27, at Fallbrook High. Senior Conquistador quarterback Timmy Zebronski completed 8 passes, four of which went for touchdowns and threw two interceptions in the contest. He also led the team with 86 yards rushing on five attempts. Serra did most of their damage in the first half, scoring twice in the first quarter and four times in the second, extending their lead to...
Sept. 23 5200 block S Mission Rd Arrest: Forgery 200 block W Fallbrook St Burglary 1100 block S Main Ave Burglary 200 block E Mission Ave Arrest: Violation of protective order Sept. 24 1000 block S. Main Ave Arrest: Petty theft 4000 block Reche Rd Battery 5700 block Barbary Pl Arrest: Battery 3200 block Rainbow Valley Blvd Arrest; Felony warrant 100 block W College St Vehicle burglary 400 block Calabrese St Disturbance 500 block Elbrook Dr Arrest: Public intoxication Rainbow Valley Blvd @ I-15 Violation of protective order 50...
Doug O'Neill, Peter Miller, and Richard Baltas all train some of their horses at the San Luis Rey Training Center, and those three trainers were the top three in the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 2019 summer meet's final trainer standings. O'Neill had 24 victories during the 36-day meet, Miller saddled 21 winners, and Baltas won 18 races. Phil D'Amato, who also trains some of his horses at San Luis Rey, was fifth with 14 wins. "I do give a lot of credit to having horses at San Luis Rey," O'Neill said of his trainer championship....
FALLBROOK – On Sept. 9, Fallbrook Pop Warner Football and Cheer held a fundraiser at the Fallbrook Jersey Mike's located at 833 S Main Ave. The event was open to all Fallbrook residents from 3-9 p.m. and was so successful that they will be doing it again Monday, Oct. 21, same place and time. At the last event, Fallbrook Pop Warner board members handed out prizes ($20 Dick's Sporting Goods gift certificates, FPW hats, FPW t-shirts, Yogurt Palace gift certificates and candy) f...
Vickie Knox began her Fallbrook High School cross country career as an athlete for the Warriors. This year she has taken over as the girls' head coach. "I'm extremely excited," Knox said. "This is my dream job." Knox was running a marathon in Idaho and missed the Warriors' first meet of the season, the Sept. 14 Laguna Hills Cross Country Invitational, and she first coached the Fallbrook girls in a meet Sept. 21 when the Warriors traveled to the Morley Field course in San Diego for the Mount Carmel/Asics Cross Country Invitati...
The Associated Press - Special to Valley News A federal court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission had the right to dump net-neutrality rules, but it couldn’t bar states like California from passing their own. The ruling is largely a victory for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Trump administration appointee, who championed a repeal of the Obama-era rules. The 2015 net neutrality rules had barred internet providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from blocking, slowing down or charging internet companies to favor s...
Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume nuclear negotiations this weekend following a monthslong stalemate over the withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarmament, a senior North Korean diplomat said Tuesday, Oct. 1. Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, said the two nations will have preliminary contact Friday, before holding working-level talks Saturday. In a statement released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Cho...
Cathy He and Frank Fang - The Epoch Times Special to Valley News The United Nations, during events in Geneva and New York this week, is being urged to investigate the Chinese regime for killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva Sept. 24, London-based lawyer Hamid Sabi presented findings from a report released in June by the China Tribunal, an international panel of lawyers and experts convened to investigate claims that the Chinese regime has been forcibly extracting...
FALLBROOK – "Are you registered to vote?" "Are you eligible to vote?" "Have you changed your address or name since you last voted?" These were questions that could be heard all over Fallbrook from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at some locations, Tuesday, Sept. 24 – National Voter Registration Day. A coordinated effort organized by Fallbrook volunteers and partnered with local organizations set up tables at Northgate Market, Major Market, El Toro Market, the Fallbrook Library, Fal...
Rodney Smith - Special to Village News Jody Childs, Fallbrook resident and horse riding instructor, along with her horse Torrey, upstaged a highly competitive field to win the coveted Champion of Champions Award in the Stallion Performance Division at the Southern California Peruvian Paso Horse Show in Los Angeles Sept. 15. “Every year the show declares a champion. That qualifies the horse to go into the Champion of Champions,” Childs said. “Therefore the class is compr...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Food Pantry welcomed community members in need of nutritional support to their new location Monday, Sept. 23. Located at 140 North Brandon Road, the pantry purchased a building that is more than twice the size of the previous rented building on South Mission. The increased size means more community members can be assisted, more food distributed and more programs implemented to support those in need. Community members donated numerous hours in p...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook’s founder Vital Reche had a daughter in 1858 named Amelia Helene Reche. Amelia married Joseph George “J.G.” Martin, who lived next door. J.G. immigrated to the United States from Ireland and was a farmer and schoolteacher. The couple lived in Fallbrook with their six children. Decades later, March 7, 1915, Amelia Reche Martin prepared an ordinary but fateful Sunday dinner of bacon, potatoes, beans, bread, butter and home-canned apricots for dessert. When she opened the jar, she noticed a substance had fo...
FALLBROOK – The Foundation for Senior Care provides transportation, advocacy, day care and computer learning for seniors in the Greater Fallbrook community. Each year they throw a gala event to raise funds, build awareness, and thank the community for their investment. This year will mark the 14th annual fall benefit with a game of Clue theme. The event, which will include auctions, appetizers and dinner, will be held the evening of Oct. 19 at Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook. It promises to be an interactive evening of m...
James McGee, the lead attorney for Charles "Chase" Merritt, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel, citing a conflict of interest, for the man convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of all four members of the McStay family of Fallbrook in 2010. Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith ruled Friday, Sept. 27, that Merritt's final sentencing will be delayed until Dec. 13 and that defense attorney Rajan Maline will continue to represent Merritt. According to reports, Judge...
The potential reorganization in which the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District would detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and become part of the Eastern Municipal Water District will require approval from San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission, but Riverside County’s LAFCO has agreed to let the process be conducted entirely by San Diego County’s LAFCO. The Riverside County LAFCO board met Sept. 26 and unanimously approved delegating the entire process to San D...
San Diego County supervisors received a 5-year strategic plan Tuesday, Sept. 24, to continue improving firefighting and emergency medical services in unincorporated areas, provided by San Diego County Fire, which is the County Fire Authority-Cal Fire entity the county has supported with more than $500 million since 2008. The new plan runs from 2020 through 2025. It focuses on four objectives for the unified fire and emergency medical response fire authority that the county...
