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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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A small single-engine plane crashed near the Fallbrook Airpark Wednesday morning, leaving the pilot with injuries. The crash was reported at 9:51 a.m. near the airpark along South Mission Road, according to North County Fire Capt. John Choi. The plane was having mechanical issues and came down for an emergency landing, but ran out of runway space and went into an open field, according to information from Choi. The plane did not catch fire, and the single occupant was taken to...
Tom Metzger, the white supremacist who lived in Fallbrook for decades, died earlier this month. According to Metzger’s White Aryan Resistance webpage, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard died Nov. 4 in Hemet at the age of 82. A short obituary to Metzger that ran in the San Diego Union-Tribune Nov. 10 stated he lived in Fallbrook for 40 years; he worked as a television repairman during his time in town. Metzger later returned to his hometown in Indiana, then came back to California in the years before his death, according t...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials revealed a sharp increase in fentanyl overdose deaths Tuesday, Nov. 10, with such fatalities rising by 126% in the first six months of 2020 over a comparable period in 2019. The Medical Examiner's Office released both mid-year statistics comparing the first six months of 2020 to 2019 and its 2019 annual report on Tuesday, showing an increase in the number of unexpected, non-hospital deaths. ``By releasing this level of data, we hope people can study risk factors and... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As expected, San Diego County fell back to the most restrictive purple tier of state's coronavirus tracking system Tuesday, Nov. 10, meaning indoor restaurants will have to move to outdoor service only, retail businesses will have to further limit capacity and schools will be unable to shift to in-person learning. The county's demotion from the less-restrictive red tier is the result of two weeks of case rates that exceeded the threshold of 7 per 100,000... Full story
FALLBROOK (CNS) - A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Tuesday, Nov. 10 in a crash with pickup on Interstate 15 in Fallbrook. A Ford F-150 driver called 911 shortly after 5:40 a.m. to report that he had been involved in a crash with a motorcyclist on southbound Interstate 15, south of state Route 76, according to the California Highway Patrol. The pickup driver told a dispatcher that he slammed on his brakes because the vehicle in front of him slowed down suddenly, then the motorcycle hit his pickup, the CHP reported....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials reported 401 new COVID-19 infections Monday, Nov. 9, raising the region's total to 60,570 cases as health officials await data from the state Tuesday which could send the county into the most restrictive ''purple'' tier of its four-tiered reopening plan. Local officials will find out Tuesday whether the county will sink into that purple tier as state officials reported Wednesday that San Diego County had an unadjusted new... Full story
Nov 09, 2020 1:28 PM Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results that nevertheless brought a big burst of optimism to a world desperate for the means to finally bring the catastrophic outbreak under control. The announcement came less than a week after an election seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump's handling of the scourge, which has killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two Cal State San Marcos professors were awarded a three-year, $830,000 grant from the National Institute of Health for a research project intended to help families support students intent on being science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors and increase diversity in STEM fields, it was announced Monday, Nov. 9. The grant, part of the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will fund Families for STEM Success. The project is intended to blend mathematics professor Kamel Haddad's vis...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County reported 513 new COVID-19 infections and no new deaths today, raising the region's total to 60,169 cases with the death toll remaining at 908. Local officials will find out Tuesday whether the county will sink into the most restrictive purple tier of the state's four-tiered COVID-19 reopening plan. State officials reported Wednesday that San Diego County had an unadjusted new daily coronavirus case rate of 8.7 per 100,000. The adjusted case...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar on Sunday conceded the race for the vacant 50th Congressional District seat and congratulated his opponent, former Rep. Darrell Issa. "To Darrell Issa, I congratulate him on a hard-fought campaign, and look forward to working with him in service of the district I love," Campa-Najjar said in a statement released Saturday. Issa was leading Friday, 53.3% to 46.7%, or 159,864 votes to 139,973 votes, according to results from the...
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, along with several news networks declared victory in the 2020 election on Nov. 7, a declaration disputed by President Donald Trump. Trump issued a statement minutes afterwards claiming that networks were helping Biden "falsely" pose as the winner and promising to fight the results in court. "We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County leaders reacted Saturday, Nov. 7 to projections by multiple media outlets declaring Vice President Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election. At around 8:30 a.m. PST, reports surfaced that Biden would win Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 needed to win the presidency. Biden issued a statement shortly afterward declaring victory. ``I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris. In the face of...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The first storm of the season was expected to bring widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms to San Diego County Saturday, Nov. 7, with heavy snow in the mountains. The second of two fast-moving storms will arrive Sunday, with both storms keeping temperatures well below average and bringing strong, gusty winds to the mountains and deserts, according to the National Weather Service. High temperatures in coastal areas Saturday were expected to be 60-65...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 480 new COVID-19 infections and three new deaths related to the illness Friday, Nov. 6, raising the region's total to 59,116 cases and 907 deaths as the county continues to await news Tuesday on whether it will sink into the dreaded purple tier of the state's four-tiered COVID-19 reopening plan. Two men and one woman died between Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. Their ages ranged from the early 70s to the early 90s. All had... Full story
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County health officials Friday, Nov. 6 reported 400 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and two additional deaths. The aggregate number of virus infections recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March rose to 70,696, compared to 70,309 on Thursday, and the death toll stands at 1,333, according to the Riverside University Health System. The RUHS reported 208 COVID-positive hospitalizations, up seven from a day ago. That number includes 54 ICU patients -- down three from... Full story
