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Articles from the October 27, 2014 edition


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  • Partial Closure of State Route 79 Planned This Week

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    WINCHESTER - Alternating lane closures are planned this week on state Route 79 in Winchester to accommodate crews making repairs along the north-south route. One lane on the southbound side of state Route 79 between Abelia Street and Scott Road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Riverside County Department of Transportation. The outside lanes of both the northbound and southbound sides of the four-lane highway will be closed along the same 1.5-mile stretch between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday,... Full story

  • NEW PHOTOS ADDED: Fallbrook residents capture images of partial solar eclipse

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    Fallbrook residents and Village News readers John Leonelli and Craig Smith have captured great photographs of a partial solar eclipse that occurred on Thurs., October 23, at 4 p.m. Leonelli took the photo from the Peppertree Village area. "We had about 43 percent of the solar disk covered from this location in this eclipse," said Leonelli. "This image shows the moon's disk (dark area), sunspots, and some granular detail on the sun's surface. Leonelli shot the image with a... Full story

  • Sheriff's Dept. warns: Beware of marijuana candies in kids' trick-or-treat bags

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    SAN DIEGO COUNTY: Sweets laced with marijuana are being sold within the county. They look like chocolate bars, cookies, brownies and gummy or jelly candies. Children might mistake them as Halloween goodies, but these treats are not what they seem. Parents are advised to carefully check their children's trick‐or‐treat bags for candies infused with marijuana. THC, the active ingredient in pot, can make a child sick. In California, it is against the law to give a...

  • Sheriff's Dept. announces extra patrols on Halloween Friday, Oct. 31 to address those driving under the influence on Halloween

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    The San Diego County Sheriff's Dept. has announced it will crack down on drunk drivers on Halloween, Friday, October 31 and have scheduled additional patrols to do so. According to a Sheriff's Dept. spokesperson: "While children have a ghoulishly fun time trick or treating on Halloween, Sheriff's Deputies will be busy looking for drunk drivers across San Diego County. Deputies will be conducting additional DUI patrols in communities within the jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Department. The goal is to get drunk drivers off our...

  • Fallbrook's Jr. Midget Warriors go to Pop Warner championships on Nov. 1

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    FALLBROOK - A swarming and overwhelming defensive effort lifted the Fallbrook Pop Warner Jr. Midget Warriors team to victory over Murrieta on Saturday, Oct. 25. Playing on Murrieta's home field did not deter the Warriors from victory. For the fourth time this season, the strong Warrior defense held their opponent scoreless. The Murrieta offense never got inside the 15-yard line. Drew Calloway led the offense with three rushing touchdowns for the Warriors. The Jr. Midget... Full story

  • Marijuana and methamphetamine use continues on upswing with arrestees in San Diego County

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    SAN DIEGO COUNTY - Marijuana use among men and woman arrested in San Diego County last year reached a 14-year high, and methamphetamine use was up for the fifth year in a row among male arrestees, according to a San Diego Association of Governments report released today, Mon., Oct. 27. Researchers compiling the "2013 Adult Arrestee Drug Use in the San Diego Region"' found that 71 percent of arrested men and 69 percent of arrested women tested positive for at least one illicit drug. According to the report, 2013 was the first...

  • Fallbrook's very own Dia De Los Muertos will be at Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery

    Updated Oct 27, 2014

    FALLBROOK – The Masonic Cemetery Association is holding a Dia De Los Muertos event at the Masonic Cemetery, 1177 Santa Margarita Drive, on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A requested $3 donation will benefit the Fallbrook Historical Society The event will be a celebration of life as families can build altars by their loved ones' gravesites or by the Pyramid Monument for a loved one not resting at Masonic Cemetery. A Living Library Cemetery Tour will feature some of the founding personages in Fallbrook dating bac... Full story