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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SAN DIEGO - Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the start of the Cedar Fire, which killed 15 people and became the most destructive in the history of the state. On Friday, city and county officials and firefighters will discuss the Oct. 25, 2003, wildfire at an event in Scripps Ranch where first responders will share memories. The fire scorched more than 273,000 acres and destroyed more than 2,200 homes before it was quenched weeks later. The blaze started on a blistering hot fall day between Ramona and Julian when a lost...
Funding from Southern California Off-Track Wagering, Inc., will once again be used to cover some of the costs of operating the San Luis Rey Downs Thoroughbred Training Center. The California Horse Racing Board met Sept. 19 in Pomona and approved the allocation of race dates for the 2014/15 racing year. The approval of the Southern California racing calendar included approval of associated agreements, including the Southern California auxiliary off-track stabling issue. “The board didn’t take any specific action that ben... Full story
FALLBROOK – Local real estate team Kim Carlson and Ken Follis said they were overjoyed when their inaugural client appreciation party turned out to be a huge success. The party was hosted at Follis' Fallbrook residence on Saturday, Oct. 5. When guests arrived, they were given character roles and received a professional photo in front of a stunning, black Pierce Arrow Limousine, which set the mood for the rest of the evening. Carlson and Follis hired Jest Murder Mystery... Full story
Fallbrook musician and songwriter Arlene Yates and Fallbrook Film Factory co-founder Ron Shattuck have teamed up to produce a “Garden of Tomorrow” video children’s series which is slated to make its debut over the Internet this fall at www.GardenOfTomorrowProductions.com. “In a nutshell, I think of a children’s Sesame Street type of level TV production but entirely Web-based,” Shattuck said. Garden of Tomorrow Productions, LLC, was founded in late 2012. Yates and Shattuck ha...
FALLBROOK - Halloween is just around the corner and now is the time to start thinking about being safe that night when the ghouls, goblins, and creepy critters are everywhere. Being safe in your neighborhood involves several levels: a safe costume, safe trick or treating practices, and safe celebrating afterwards, and it involves everyone in order for it to be a success. Here are some things to keep in mind: • Costumes should be easy to see from a distance. Use light colors and/or reflective tape. • Make sure...
October 2 400 block Alturas Rd. Petty theft October 8 39300 block Daily Rd. Found marijuana October 9 400 block W. Clemmens Ln. Residential burglary October 11 700 block Hillcrest Ln. Forgery October 14 600 block E. Elder St. Spousal abuse October 15 200 block S. Brandon St. Arrest: Child abuse w/major injury S. Mission Rd. (Los Jilgueros Preserve) (1) Arrest: Possess narcotics; possess unlawful paraphernalia S. Mission Rd. (Los Jilgueros Preserve) (2) Arrest: Possess narcotics; possess unlawful paraphernalia S. Mission Rd.... Full story
FALLBROOK – The 36-player September cribbage match was easily won by the Oceanside Senior Center cribbage team. They had 68 wins to the Fallbrook team’s 58 wins. This broke the Fallbrook Senior Center team’s three game winning streak. Leading the way for the Oceanside team was Bob Rebar who won all seven of his games with one skunk to take first. Right on his tail was Linda Blevins who won six out of seven games with three skunks. Rounding out the top five were Sharon Fly, DeForest Mayo and Bill McGinness. The next mat... Full story
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FALLBROOK – Live Oak Elementary hosted its first Family Fun Reading Night and the event was a huge success. Over 200 parents showed up to learn how to engage their children with fun reading activities. Make it and take it activities were done for grades k-6 where students worked on reading comprehension, phonics letters and sounds and literary analysis. All lessons were based on focus standards in English language arts. Parents also visited the computer lab and learned... Full story
FALLBROOK – Distraction, balancing, supporting, reasoning, active listening, and asking for help are techniques that a diverse group of seventh and eighth grade Potter Junior High School students learned during a two-day Safe School Ambassador training on Sept. 12 and 13. Students are empowered to use these tools when they are interacting with their fellow classmates to stop mistreatment and create a positive school climate. Potter Junior High is in their second...
It’s late afternoon at Rosa’s Mexican Restaurant and there’s a lot of dipping and scooping going on. Diners pick up the freshly made tortilla chips – dip them gingerly in a light green sauce or scoop up pico de gallo with gusto – trailing some of the sauce across the table. Amid the light conversation a cacophony of crunching can be heard. This fascination with Rosa’s chips and sauces did not happen by accident. Leonor Vazquez, who has owned the establi... Full story
FALLBROOK – On Oct. 14, a plaque honoring the late Monty Voigt was dedicated and affixed to the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club’s (FVCC) Marvin ‘Marv’ Van Voorst memorial bench located at 120 S. Main Ave. The memorial bench was established in 2011 with the passing of Fallbrook notable Marvin Van Voorst as a means for the FVCC to honor past members who gave their time and dedication to help others and to make Fallbrook a better place to live. Monty passed away on July 24 at...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook area residents can take an opportunity to recycle e-waste and have documents shredded to benefit local Boy Scout Troop 739. While the main event will take place on Monday, Nov. 11, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fry’s Electronics in San Diego (9825 Stonecrest Boulevard, San Diego, 92123), Fallbrook area residents can drop off items locally on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 1405 E. Fallbrook Street. All-Green Recycling w...
FALLBROOK – All are invited to join the Fallbrook, Fallbrook Village and Bonsall Rotary clubs for the first “What Can Rotary Do for Me?” breakfast. This free event will be held Oct. 30 at 8 a.m. at Café de Artiste, 103 S. Main in Fallbrook. Come hear about the great work these clubs do in this community and learn about the benefits of Rotary membership. Rotary Clubs are located in over 200 countries with over 1.2 million members worldwide. Rotarians come together to create positive, lasting change in their comm... Full story
The San Diego County Water Authority adopted its 2013 Integrated Regional Water Management plan, and the same unanimous board vote September 26 authorized the SDCWA’s general manager to enter into contracts to distribute $7.9 million from a Proposition 84 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) grant including $436,500 for a nutrient management project for the Santa Margarita River watershed. Proposition 84, which was approved by the state’s voters in November 2006, authorized $1 billion for integrated water man...
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The County of San Diego’s acceptance of grants for the Sheriff’s Department included one from the San Diego County Law Enforcement Foundation which will allow the county to purchase a ballistic shield and a tactical backpack kit for the Fallbrook substation. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote Oct. 8 accepted the $7,878 from the San Diego County Law Enforcement Foundation while also establishing appropriations of the money. The grant will pay for the $1,554 ballistic shield a...
Dacy Denton took first place in the Oceanside Harbor Days children’s fishing derby September 28. The eight-year-old Fallbrook resident, who is in third grade at Bonsall Elementary School, caught an eight-ounce spotfin which was the largest catch of the day. Places in the derby for children 13 and under are determined by the weight of the largest fish caught rather than the number of fish caught. Parents are allowed to accompany their children and to provide advice, although t... Full story
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On Monday, Oct. 21, Judge Jacqueline Stern declared a mistrial in the case of Allyn vs. Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD) at Vista Superior Court, citing that the proceeds would exceed the time limit previously established for the trial. The trial had just begun its seventh day out of the 10 days slated for it. Allyn, the district’s former information technology director and an employee of 18 years, claimed she was wrongfully terminated by administrators in 2012 in an act of retaliation and that the d...
After having his water meter and water backflow device stolen in the middle of the evening, a Rainbow resident warns others living in the rural parts of the Fallbrook community to guard their own devices. Michael Varga was washing his dishes at home on October 3 when the water stopped. “I only had half an inch of water in the sink when it just trickled to a stop. My meter is close to others, so I thought someone had accidentally turned it off,” he said. “I drove down and saw the water had washed out the road.” The fire de...
A 60-year-old male pedestrian was hit and killed by a motorcyclist on Thursday, Oct. 10 while attempting to cross South Mission Road near Clemmens Lane in Fallbrook. Luis Nelasco Pedro of Bonsall was struck at about 6:45 p.m. that evening by 1977 BMW R100 being driven by a 62-year-old Fallbrook man. California Highway Patrol public information officer Jim Bettencourt said the motorcyclist was traveling at about 45 miles per hour at the time the pedestrian was attempting to cross South Mission Road. “It took place in a dark a...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District exceeded its water and wastewater fund balance goals, and the difference will be transferred from the operating fund into the capital fund. A 5-0 FPUD board vote Sept. 23 transferred $870,000 of water operating division balance to the water capital fund while transferring $600,000 of the recycled operating division fund balance to the recycled water capital improvement fund. The other $40,000 of the recycled water balance remained in the operating fund to cover a $37,000 deficit which is...
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SAN DIEGO - Four Tasmanian devils brought in from Australia are scheduled to make their public debut at the San Diego Zoo this morning. Bradley, Bixby, De-Vos, and Usmar arrived at the zoo last month and were placed into a mandatory 30-day quarantine. They came from the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Australia. The zoo, the only one in the U.S. to have the endangered species, will house the animals in its Australian Outback exhibit. Usmar is female, the rest are males. Tasmanian devils, native to the island state of Tasmania,...
