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Articles from the October 24, 2016 edition


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  • Dara Denton wins children's fishing derby

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    Dara Denton won the children's fishing derby, which is part of Oceanside Harbor Days, for the first time in seven years. Denton caught a 12-ounce striped croaker Sept. 24 to break her sister's reign of three consecutive first-place catches. The fishing derby is for children 13 and under, and since Denton turns 14 on Nov. 18, the 2016 children's fishing derby was her last competition. Places in the fishing derby at Oceanside Pier are determined by the weight of the largest fish caught rather than the number of fish caught....

  • Consumers get extra protection to ensure adequate fire insurance coverage

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 1302, sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, was signed into law by Governor Brown on Sept. 23. Authored by Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) the new law improves consumer awareness of their options when cancelled or non-renewed by their insurance company. Commissioner Jones and the Department of Insurance have been very active in helping Californians impacted by the spate of catastrophic fires in our state, most prominently with the Valley and Butte fires in 2015, which caused more than $...

  • NCFPD accepts SAFER award for volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    The North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) will receive a grant to help recruit and retain volunteer firefighters. A 5-0 NCFPD board vote Sept. 27 accepted a Staffing for Adequate Firefighting and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant which will provide the district with $945,149 over a four-year period and created the administrative captain job description associated with the grant. "This is really exciting," said NCFPD fire chief Steve Abbott. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's U.S. Fire Administration has an... Full story

  • Legendary rock band Styx to perform Jan. 21 at Pala

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    PALA – Styx, the legendary rockers who combined hard and pop rock into an international music genre, will perform Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Events Center at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Styx flashed on the rock scene in the 1970s and has had five consecutive albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and 16 Top 40 singles. The band is best known for smash hits “Lady,” “Come Sail Away,” “Babe,” “The Best of Times,” “Too M...

  • NCFPD approves Fallbrook Healthcare District grant for EKG and chest compression device

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    The North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) board voted 5-0 Sept. 27 to approve a grant agreement with the Fallbrook Healthcare District which will provide the fire district with an electrocardiogram (EKG) defibrillator and a chest compression device. The healthcare district awarded the $29,839 grant at its June 8 meeting. "It just took us a while to execute the contract," said NCFPD fire chief Steve Abbott. On June 28, the NCFPD board voted 5-0 to approve the sole-source purchase of a refurbished Physio-Control...

  • Warrior girls fourth in first league cross country cluster

    Updated Oct 24, 2016

    Last year Fallbrook High School's girls cross country team won both league cluster meets and the league championship meet. This year the Warriors began Valley League competition with a fourth-place showing Sept. 30 on the Guajome Park course. "We'll improve," said Fallbrook head coach Tim Hauck. "It just takes one or two people moving up a little bit." The positions of a school's first five finishers are added to obtain the team score. A team's sixth and seventh runners are not scored but can add points to opponents' scores....