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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FALLBROOK – Anna Alcorn and her daughter, Hazel, 7, are among other local dancers appearing in this year's production of "The Nutcracker Ballet." North County Academy of Dance will present the holiday classic at the Bob Burton Center at Fallbrook High School Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.northcountyacademyofdance.com or by calling (760) 703-4958. Submitted by Carmen Willar... Full story
Special to Village News Many families are facing the important issue of having one or more aging parents reaching the point where they can no longer care for themselves as they once did. Understanding and accepting that point in life is difficult for most people regardless of their age. It’s not easy to admit that one’s physical abilities have deteriorated with age and that many of the seemingly simple activities of daily life are slipping past one’s capabilities. It is a time when family members usually have to step in, b...
SAN DIEGO – Every day, 3.6 million people in San Diego and southern Orange counties depend on San Diego Gas and Electric to power their homes and businesses. In recognition of SDG&E’s performance in delivering clean, safe and reliable energy to its customers, PA Consulting has honored the company with the inaugural national Community Safety Award for wildfire safety innovations and a regional ReliabilityOne Award for being the best in the West. “Our 4,200 employees take a tremendous amount of pride in delivering best-...
The completion of the emergency repair to the San Diego County Water Authority’s Pipeline 4 in Moosa Canyon led the SDCWA board to approve notices of completion which will release funds to the contractors, and the CWA board also ratified the final change order for the repair work. The Nov. 21 CWA board action accepts the emergency repair work by J.F. Shea Construction Inc. and the carbon fiber repair work by Fibrwrap Construction Services Inc. as complete while also ratifying a $200,000 change order in the emergency c...
San Diego County recently experienced a second round of rainstorms, but if residents haven't picked up some free sandbags yet there's still time to do it. The county and Cal Fire are providing free sand and bags to residents in unincorporated areas at numerous fire stations around the county. Rain can cause flooding and erosion, particularly in areas that aren't covered by plants, landscaping, grass and trees and that includes areas covered by concrete or laid bare by drought...
America Counts Staff Special to Village News Counting every person in the United States in a census every 10 years is a challenge. But counting every infant and toddler in the country may be one of the most challenging parts of the job. Parents and adults with young children often don’t realize they need to include all children who live with them fulltime or at least most of the time. In the 2010 census, nearly 1 million children or 4.6% of children under the age of 5 were not counted, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District last month made a move that could result in the sale of the district-owned MedPlus Urgent Care to its current operator. According to FRHD Executive Director Rachel Mason, the doctor who runs the clinic, Dr. Graydon Skeoch, has expressed interest in making a “long-term commitment at the location” and purchasing the property. At its Nov. 13 meeting, the health district’s board took the first step in potentially opening up the urgent care property at 617 E. Alvarado St. for sale by decla...
The cities and unincorporated communities along the border between Southwest Riverside County and North San Diego County include 10 separate school districts. The smallest district in the region serves a little more than 2,000 students. The largest has nearly 30,000 students. Administrators in all of these districts make salaries in the six figures. But their salaries don’t always reflect the size of the districts they serve. In 2018, the superintendent of Fallbrook Union High School District, who was terminated with s...
Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) – California Rep. Duncan Hunter gave up his yearlong fight against federal corruption charges and pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 3, to misusing his campaign funds, paving the way for the six-term Republican to step down. Hunter changed his not guilty plea at a federal hearing in San Diego Tuesday in a dramatic reversal. For more than a year, Hunter had insisted that criminal charges against him and his wife were the result of a conspi...
Special to The Village News Heart throb Eric Martsolf, who plays Brady Black on "Days of Our Lives," warms the stage at The Welk Resort in December. In this new show written specifically for him and The Welk Resort, the audience gets to be part of the "Eric Martsolf's T.V. Christmas Show" rehearsal. It's a takeoff on the old Dean Martin show featuring leggy, sexy dancers, slinky female singers and plenty of smooth chatter under a set of dreamy, sleepy eyes. There is lots of...
The San Diego County Water Authority has asked for a countywide vote in case San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission approves the prior steps for the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District to detach from the SDCWA and become part of the Eastern Municipal Water District. The CWA board voted to request a countywide public vote Nov. 21. The term “countywide” applies only to residents within the CWA boundaries, which does not include the entirety of San Diego County. “It is some...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa and Resort announced Dwight Yoakam is coming to the Pala Events Center Friday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time nominated, multiple Grammy Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and nine platinum or multi-platinum albums, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard, with 14 peaking in the Top 10. Yoakam is a recip...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook School of the Arts will add to local festivities with its first major holiday art sale Saturday, Dec. 7. All together the sale will present work by more than 25 artists who teach or study at the school. The sale will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 310 Alvarado St. east of Main Avenue in downtown Fallbrook. In addition to ceramics, featured media will for the first time include glass, jewelry, baskets, painting and digital art. This event encompasses the school’s larger purpose of giving more res...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library will host many free events in December including its annual Winterfest, holiday concerts and many teen and tween events. Tuesdays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17, at 4 p.m. – Teen Time: Teens ages 12 to 17 are invited to enjoy fun holiday activities. Create string art, Dec. 3; make pine cone wood art, Dec. 10 and create Orbeez ornaments, Dec. 17. Friday, Dec. 6, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. – Palomar Health will be doing free flu vaccinations. Get a flu shot and keep the virus away. Saturdays, Dec. 7 and 14, a...
By expressing their love and admiration for the country in which they live, the winners of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay Contests were awarded scholarships at an awards dinner Nov. 21. Sean O. Daly, Jr. won the high school contest, the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest, and Margaret M. Nasry won the middle school contest, called the Patriots Pen Essay Contest. Daly took home a $...
SAN MARCOS – As soon as next fall, Marines at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will be able to articulate their classroom time in U.S. Marine Corps Sergeants School into Palomar College credit, thanks to a $499,643 grant from the California Apprenticeship Initiative. The new program, known as the Military Leadership Apprenticeship will also secure for each Marine who enrolls 2,000 on-the-job training hours for their time in Sergeants School. According to Jack Kahn, Palomar’s assistant superintendent and vice pre...
FALLBROOK – Chiara Curnow, a senior at Fallbrook High School, has been named a semifinalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation selected 1,928 high school seniors as semifinalists from a pool of 93,075 submitted applications from across the country based on their academic excellence, leadership and service demonstrated in school and community activities. The semifinalists are in the running for 150 college scholarships worth $20,000. Curnow moves to the next round of the s...
WASHINGTON – When FBI investigators find a jumble of code or an unfamiliar gang tattoo, they ask forensic examiners like Deneen Hernandez to make sense of the symbols so they can crack the case. Hernandez is one of two Native American forensic examiners in the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, and she estimates she’s one of only about four in the United States. That’s something she’s working to change. This past summer, Hernandez welcomed a group of Native American high school students participating in a science, technol...
FALLBROOK – With another Nov. 11 passing, Bonsall Middle School teacher Rachel Janikowski said, "It is important to remind and educate our youth to take a moment to say thank you to our veterans." The Sullivan language arts teachers gave their students a lesson on letter writing, with the challenge to write a letter of gratitude to a U.S. veteran. Out of 160 letters, one stood out. Emilie Butterworth, age 11, wrote a letter that expressed her appreciation for the future she w...
Jacob Sisneros City News Service Special to Village News An SUV struck and killed a pedestrian on a Fallbrook street, authorities said. The collision was reported shortly after 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, on South Mission Road, just north of Rocky Crest Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The victim, a man in his 70s, was crossing South Mission Road in front of the Rodeway Inn when a full-sized SUV struck him, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Paramedics took the injured man to Temecula Valley...
Nov. 20 300 block N. Main Ave Arrest: Burglary 300 block E. Mission Rd Burglary 400 block Beavercreek Ln Burglary 3200 block S. Old Highway 395 Burglary Nov. 21 1100 block Old Stage Rd Petty theft 1500 block S. Mission Road Petty theft 600 block E. Alvarado St Burglary 5400 block Rainbow Heights Rd Arrest: Domestic abuse Nov. 22 2300 block E. Mission Rd Arrest: Driving without a license 2100 block S. Mission Rd Arrest: Possession of controlled substance paraphernalia 900 block E. Mission Rd Petty theft Nov. 23 900 block...
Oftentimes, success brings more challenges to a high school sports program, it also comes with more expectations. Such is the case with the Fallbrook Union High School Girls Varsity Water Polo team. “After placing second in Div. 2 last year and moving up to Div. 1, we are looking to be competitive within the division,” eight year head coach Sean Redmond said. “We are also looking to challenge for the Valley League championship this year.” So far, he said, the team is off to a great start. “Our practices have been very prod...
