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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1172 Wednesday, Oct. 2, written by Assemblymember Jim Frazier. In 2018, a student in El Dorado Hills died after he reportedly stopped breathing after being placed in a prone restraint for over an hour. The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities testified in support of the bill that takes important steps forward to protecting students attending non-public schools. AB 1172 adds safeguards to enhance student safety by requiring on-site monitoring visits to n...
Last week, a letter to the editor in the Village News raised some very thought-provoking questions about the fabric of the relationship between the Fallbrook Regional Health District and the North County Fire Protection District; more specifically what the regional health district has done to support the NCFPD’s paramedic program, since the closure of the Fallbrook Hospital in 2014. The author of the letter acknowledged the challenges our paramedics now face due to the closure of the Fallbrook Hospital; for example, our param...
Special to Village News What's more iconic than California's golden hills and dales dotted with the state's native oak trees? California's landscape has some of the most diverse plants and flora on this planet and it needs our help now. Native oaks are a vital important component of the vegetation of California and they grow in a wide variety of habitats that helps provide a distinctive character to our entire state. They provide food and shelter for many wildlife species,...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Art Association members and guests got together to celebrate 50 years of their non-profit status Sept. 28, at the Pala Mesa Resort. Good food, The Slacker Hill Band and the opportunity to get their photo taken as a keepsake, from Foto Booth Images made for a very entertaining evening. This past year, the organization had realized a dream of having their own gallery and it was also the one year anniversary of its opening at 127 N. Main Ave. in F...
FALLBROOK – Encore has announced that its monthly meetings will move to a new home. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, all future meetings will be held at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 Stage Coach Lane, in Fallbrook on the third Thursday of each month. It is a change in both location and date. The group will gather in the large fellowship hall to enjoy coffee and conversation time beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the meeting to follow at 10 a.m. Encore Club is a social club drawi...
FALBROOK – The Friends of the Fallbrook Library are hosting an artists' reception Friday, Oct. 18, from 6-9 p.m. for its latest art exhibit, "Cuatro," with artists Luis Alderete, Carlos Castrejon, Jorge Egea and Daniel Marquez. These artists have worked together previously, organizing and participating in a series of local and international exhibitions with the "Paisanos." "Cuatro" is the first of a new series of exhibitions. The intent is to each of the four artists show t...
TEMECULA – In the depths of the Depression, a young couple finds a chilling way to support themselves in "Bonnie and Clyde." This sexy and thrilling show, which earned a Tony Award nomination in 2012 for Best Original Score, and Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Musical, runs Oct. 11-27 at The Old Town Temecula Community Theater. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. The teen cast w...
Many parents aren’t aware of the wide range of services their schools’ counselors have to offer. Yes, professional school counselors often provide help for students facing classroom struggles, but their range of assistance goes far beyond that aspect. School counselors have expertise and skills to benefit just about every student. They’re also a resource to support every parent. A starting point in making the best use of your school’s counselors is to recognize that these are counselors who have completed extensive trainin...
OCEANSIDE – The U.S. Pizza Team hosted the 2019 Northeast U.S. Pizza Cup Aug. 26, at the Pizza University and Culinary Arts Center in Beltsville, Maryland. With the help of Marra Forni and the Pizza University, the U.S. Pizza Team sought out the best pizza-making talent to represent the United States at the European Pizza and Pasta Show in London, England, in November. Droves of the best pizzaioli from all over the country competed in the Pizza Classica category. Working w... Full story
SAN DIEGO – Scammers work year-round to defraud people, and sometimes these con artists pretend to be San Diego Gas and Electric employees. Criminals who impersonate utility employees often threaten to take immediate and drastic action. You can identify scammers by the way they demand payment, including prepaid debit cards, green dot cars and cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin. Phone impersonation If you receive a phone call from a person claiming to work for SDG&E and the caller asks for payment over the phone, it’s a scam. T...
Rick Monroe Special to Village News When it comes to running a business, siblings Chris Everett and Meredith Everett-Gordon know the lessons they learned from their parents are essential for the continued success of Fallbrook Propane and North County Welding. Their parents, Merrill and Debbie Everett, started the welding business in 1986 when they moved to Fallbrook and the propane company in 1987. The businesses thrived by providing quality services to Fallbrook residents at... Full story
Sept. 27 was the final day of work for San Diego County Farm Bureau executive director Eric Larson, who retired after 22 years in that position and 48 years working in agriculture. A Sept. 24 proclamation of the San Diego County board of supervisors recognized Larson for his contributions to local agriculture and his cooperation with county government. “Eric Larson is a very special person in this community and has done a lot for agriculture,” Supervisor Dianne Jacob said. Larson began his agriculture activity with the Enc...
The San Diego County Water Authority ratified two contracts for the repair of Pipeline 4 in Moosa Canyon. A unanimous CWA board vote Sept. 26 ratified a $950,000 contract with J.F. Shea Construction Inc. for the repair of Pipeline 4 and a contract for $871,342 with Fibrwrap Construction Services, Inc., for the carbon fiber relining of Pipeline 4. The action also authorized the continuation of the emergency declaration which exempts the CWA from the normal contract procurement process and from California Environmental Quality...
Eric Tucker The Associated Press As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university. In an email to the associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, an agent wanted to know if administrators believed Huawei had stolen any intellectual property from the school. Told no, the agent responded: "I assumed those would be your...
David Keyton - The Associated Press A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday, Oct. 8, for exploring the evolution of the universe and discovering a new kind of planet with implications for that nagging question: Does life exist only on Earth? Canadian-born James Peebles, 84, an emeritus professor at Princeton University, won for his theoretical discoveries in cosmology. Swiss star-gazers Michel Mayor, 77 and...
Ivan Pentchoukov - The Epoch Times Michael Kortan was the head of the FBI's Office of Public Affairs until his retirement early last year. During his tenure, he accepted baseball tickets from reporters with CNN and The New York Times and lied about the gifts under oath, according to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General. Kortan accepted three tickets from a CNN correspondent for Major League Baseball games in May and September 2016, the OIG determined. He also...
Tamara Lush and Adrian Sainz - The Associated Press The inmate who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is now considered to be the deadliest serial killer in U.S. history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Samuel Little, who has been behind bars since 2012, told investigators in 2018 that he was responsible for about 90 killings nationwide between 1970 and 2005. In a news release Sunday, Oct. 6, the FBI announced that federal crime analysts...
Colleen Long and Darlene Superville - The Associated Press The number of migrants apprehended at the southern U.S. border declined in September for the fourth straight month, Trump administration officials said Tuesday, Oct. 8. Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said border officials encountered about 52,000 migrants at the border last month – down about 65% from the peak in May of about 144,000. The news will likely be greeted with glee by P...
After a lifetime of investing in tens of thousands of dollars worth of haunted house props and materials, Jeff Woodrey didn't want to give up. He has hosted the elaborate haunted house at his own home for the last few years, but even admitted prior to last year's Halloween season, it was going to be last time. But something told him to hang on. "So, I was reaching out via social media to see if anyone wanted to host the haunted house and I wasn't getting any responses,"... Full story
Fallbrook Union High School students Chiara Curnow, Biviana Flores, Dean Olivo, as well as Trevor Skiffington from Oasis High School were honored as Students of the Month for September at the Student of the Month Breakfast in the morning on Thursday, Oct. 3 at North Coast Church in Fallbrook. "This is a great way to start my day," said new Fallbrook Union High School District Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez in welcoming everyone to the event. "I wish every day started like... Full story
As an unincorporated community, there are plenty of things Fallbrook cannot provide for itself. Things like parks, beautification, events and graffiti removal are all handled by nonprofit organizations and volunteers. “There are a lot of things in Fallbrook that make Fallbrook, Fallbrook, things like maintaining the islands on South Mission as you enter town,” Roy Moosa, president of the Fallbrook Village Association, said. “Those are all handled by volunteers.” That’s a system that has worked well for much of the Friendly...
Fallbrook-area voters will be asked this month to approve a new tax of $5 per month, per parcel of owned property to pay for construction, maintenance and improvements of fire stations in the North County Fire Protection District over the next two decades. But with the vote on the proposed tax, known as Proposition A, fast approaching – voters will soon begin receiving ballots and must mail or deliver them to the office of the Secretary of the North County Fire Protection District by 8 p.m. Oct. 24 – there remain a num...
San Diego County is accepting applications from residents and nonprofit organizations on ideas to improve neighborhoods and communities. Funding comes from the Community Development Block Grant, a federal program that provides annual grants to states, cities and counties. Applications are being accepted now through Nov. 1. In the past, federal CDBG funds have been used to improve local youth and senior centers, parks, streets, drainage systems, accessibility and fire facilities. Depending on the project, money may be...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Pop Warner is part of the Palomar Conference of Pop Warner. The league offers a Challenger Division, which gives a chance for those players and cheerleaders who are not physically able to play on the Palomar Conference's traditional divisions but still want the opportunity and joy of playing football or being a cheerleader. These are the most inspirational participants who love the game. The philosophy of the Pop Warner Challenger Division is to p...
The Valley Center Jaguars (4-2, 2-0) scored early and often to pull away from the Fallbrook Warriors (0-7, 0-2) and race to a 49-0 win on homecoming night at Fallbrook High, Friday, Oct. 4. The Warriors, who appear to be improving week after week, were unable to get much moving on offense and Warriors quarterback Jared McDonald was under pressure most of the evening. After trading punts early in the first quarter, the Jaguars rattled off four straight touchdowns, running for...
