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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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At 3:39 p.m. this afternoon, Friday, March 4, a single vehicle collided with a pole on Winter Haven Road in Fallbrook. The light pole with live wires is reported to be on top of the Ford vehicle with its air bags deployed. The driver is out of the vehicle. He was reported to have said that his brake locked up. North County Fire has closed the road at Winter Haven and Harvest Vista as well as Hill near Brooke Road. Motorists are asked to avoid the area....
FALLBROOK – The long-running coronavirus pandemic has fueled a lot of anxieties – including financial ones. But some people have had far fewer worries than others. Consider this: Among those investors who work with a financial advisor, 84% said that doing so gave them a greater sense of comfort about their finances during the pandemic, according to a survey from Age Wave and Edward Jones. Of course, many people experience investment-related fears even without a global health crisis, and that’s probably not surprising, given...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission announced Feb. 23 the first of a series of virtual public hearings as a part of its broadband consumer labels rulemaking proceeding. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act instructed the agency to conduct a series of public hearings to assess how consumers evaluate internet service plans and whether current disclosures are sufficient. The first hearing will take place March 11, 1:30 p.m. ET and will stream free to the public at FCC.gov/live. The hearing will also be r...
SAN DIEGO – Facebook is a platform where people can seemingly get it all: updates about friends, cute baby pics, news stories or romantic dates. But its marketplace, where people go to quickly buy and sell merchandise, is also a place fraught with scams. One billion users buy and sell goods on Facebook Marketplace each month. Unfortunately, like with most things in life, there are bad actors ready to take advantage of a technology for their own financial gain. Scams are an unfortunate reality on any selling platform. Oftentim...
Megan Johnson McCullough Special to the Village News When a seizure takes place, there is actual electrical activity occurring in the brain. A seizure can go unnoticed, but we are more familiar with the type that results in unconsciousness and convulsions. The body suddenly starts to shake uncontrollably. They last between 30 seconds and two minutes. For some people, this can be an isolated incidence, but for others seizures can come and go. Epilepsy is the term for the condit...
City News Service A study published last week by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to existing research linking physical activity with cognition – using 90 middle-aged and older subjects who wore accelerometers while physically active and completed mobile cognitive testing from home. “The future of lifestyle interventions really needs to be remote-based,” Raeanne Moore, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – California will lift its requirement that students and staff wear masks indoors at schools at 11:59 p.m. March 11, making face coverings "strongly recommended'' but not mandated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today, Feb. 28. As of Tuesday, March 1, meanwhile, the state will also lift its requirement that unvaccinated people wear masks in most indoor settings, but masks will be "strongly recommended'' for everyone indoors. Masks will also continue to be required for everyone at settings including health-care f...
Kim Harris Managing Editor It was just a normal day for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Morgan Vohs as he made his way home to Fallbrook Thursday, Feb. 24, until he saw the unthinkable. Vohs, who is stationed at Camp Pendleton, saw an airplane operated by a skydiving company crash just short of reaching the Oceanside Municipal Airport. "It took me about half a second to realize what had happened," Vohs told San Diego's NBC 7. "My response was...fight. Get in there. Help them." The sing...
Richard (Dick) Milo Enright now resides with his Lord and Savior. Born May 20, 1934, he passed Nov. 23, 2021. Dick was born in Austin, Minnesota to Walter J Enright and Florence Best Enright. He was the sixth of seven children born into a poor Irish German family. When he was 5, the family moved from Minnesota to California. When they arrived, his father had 10 cents left in his pocket. As a young boy he fell in love with horses and hamburgers. His family had opened a... Full story
George Rudolph Eastom, 85, of Fallbrook, California, passed away Jan. 26, 2022, peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family. George was born in Emporia, Kansas to George P. and Emma L. Eastom on a beautiful spring day in April. Early in his childhood, the family moved to Montana where George grew up and forged many long-lasting friendships. He attended the Montana School of Mines in Butte where he studied geological engineering and went on to Gonzaga University in... Full story
The author of the subject letter notes that now there are more vaccinated people in hospitals than unvaccinated. That sounds like a real case against the vaccines, doesn't it? Only it’s not. When comparing these two groups, you have to take into account that the vaccinated group is much larger (about three times larger); so, for a true comparison, percentages must be used. As of Feb. 14, the CDC determined the following: “Unvaccinated people are about six times more likely to test positive than vaccinated people, nine times m... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher I don’t know who wrote this poem, but it seems true to me. Hard times create strong men, Strong men create good times, Good times create weak men, Weak men create hard times. While I believe feminine women help civilize men as well as provide leadership, stability and nurture, I believe masculine men are also crucial to society, not only to lead and physically build things, but also to protect. A great example is what is going on in Ukraine this week. The world has stood in awe as Russia has attacked U... Full story
Last night we went out for a bite to eat with friends after catching a cute movie, "Marry Me." Well worth seeing, by the way. Sitting next to us was a group of concerned citizens and a woman who was deeply worried about the state of our union. Expressing her views as if she was conducting a symphony of words with one hand while sipping a glass of red wine with the other. Her words streamed out of her mouth like a torrent of white water flowing down an angry river, not one word stopping to rest or to catch a breath. Sparing... Full story
Where is the pride for the Democrat party in the future of their party? The Biden administration has created their own disaster with every turn of our history. And they thought that President Trump would lead us into war. He is the one who kept us out of war through strength. Biden and his whole team, I call them "winken, blinken and nod." Some team. My question to the registered Democrats – do you see what is happening with your party? It is no longer the administration of JFK. As Ronald Reagan said "I didn't leave the party... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Tensions in the United States feel like they’re at an all-time high. Social media only exacerbates the problem. If you spend five minutes on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll see a chasm of divisiveness, but the next time you see an argument breaking out, think about who’s causing it. Is it Republicans versus Democrats? Anti-vax versus pro-vaccine? Or is it a foreign enemy that’s main goal is to create division in this country? On May 21, 2016, a Facebook page named Heart of Texas organiz... Full story
SACRAMENTO – Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) introduced SB 925 which will require law enforcement to test for drug use after a fatal collision. The bill also extends the required testing period from 24 to 48 hours after the incident has occurred, providing law enforcement with additional information. Senator Bates released the following statement: “It is becoming increasingly common for drivers involved in fatal collisions to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. In 2021, 54.5% of fatally injured drivers in... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 The recreational use of marijuana, legalized by Proposition 64 in 2016, has not eliminated illegal marijuana grow sites in many rural areas throughout the state. The illicit marijuana market continues to thrive, financed by consumers seeking to avoid taxes imposed on sales at legal dispensaries. In our own region, huge illegal marijuana farms have been seized over the past few years. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported that in two years, it located 1,576 illegal grows, with 2.... Full story
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Jim Loge has become the new secretary of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group. Loge replaces Ross Pike who was part of the 14-0 vote Feb. 21 to select Loge as the secretary. Tom Harrington was absent. "It may have been an invalid vote having co-secretaries," said planning group chair Eileen Delaney. "Our bylaws do not allow for that." Pike had been chosen as secretary, and a decision to split the duties led to the choice of Loge to handle some of those. "Ross said he would resign as...
Tracy DeFore County of San Diego Communications Office The Registrar of Voters has mailed over 1.9 million postcards to registered voters in San Diego County informing them of their voting options for the June 7 Gubernatorial Primary Election. This will be the first countywide election conducted under the Voter’s Choice Act. Under the act, every active registered voter will automatically receive a ballot in the mail and will have three options for returning that ballot: by mail, to one of the Registrar’s secure ballot dro...
VISTA (CNS) – An intoxicated driver who struck and killed a woman while she was walking with her husband in Fallbrook, then fled the scene, was sentenced Feb. 25 to 11 years in state prison. Pascual Cristobal Pascual, 35, pleaded guilty last month to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, with a hit-and-run allegation in connection with the Dec. 10, 2020, death of Symone Conley. Conley, 60, was struck by a pickup that veered out of a traffic lane on Gird Road near Laketree Drive and jumped a curb, according to the C...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Fallbrook Community Planning Group will meet both in person and virtually starting March 21. A 14-0 planning group vote Feb. 21, with Tom Harrington absent, approved the hybrid format. The in-person attendance will be at the Fallbrook Public Utility District board room. "We decided we were going back to a hybrid meeting for the general planning group meeting, " said planning group chair Eileen Delaney. "We're still going to continue virtual meetings for our committees." Some planning...
FALLBROOK – Bark in the Park is a one day event being held this year Saturday, March 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Live Oak Park. It is a day filled with all things dog related, as well as food, contests, demonstrations, raffles, silent auctions, and local vendors. It is a great way to meet fellow dog lovers in the community, while raising money for our local off leash dog park at Live Oak Park. Bark in the Park is organized by the Fallbrook Dog Park Committee, a grassroots 5...
FALLBROOK – On a sunny Sunday, Feb. 13, the Monserate Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and friends gathered to assist Suzanne Lemoine, regent, in cleaning veterans' headstones, for completion of her DAR Horizon Course Capstone Project. Nine members came together to prep and clean the marble and other headstones with the D2 biological cleaning product. At least 25 headstones were cleaned. In preparing to clean with the D2 product, all members viewed a YouTube v...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Gun sales, shooting at one of the two local ranges, and conceal carry permits are booming in the region. "More people have seen the necessity to have a weapon – or weapons – since the presidential election, BLM and Covid," said Tony Williams, manager of Fallbrook Guns & Ammo. "It's a crazy industry now because there are a lot of novices, mostly for self-defense and protection," he explained during an interview at the store. "A lot of...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s notice that COVID-19 mask mandates for students in California would be lifted effective March 12, Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez of the Fallbrook Union High School District announced at the Feb. 28 school board meeting that the district would not impose its own requirement for masks. The governor made the announcement earlier that day and the superintendent said it wasn’t clear if teachers and staff would also be able to go without masks. And tho...
