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The Bonsall Unified School District has renewed its music instruction services agreement with Kai Turley. A 5-0 BUSD board vote Oct. 16 approved a new independent contractor agreement with Turley for drumline learning enrichment courses. The agreement covers the 2024-25 school year from Aug. 14 to June 8, and Turley will be paid $14,400 for that period. “Extracurricular learning, such as our drumline classes, expose students to a variety of arts and activities to enhance the traditional core academics offered during the s...
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS ESTIMATED BALLOTS TO BE PROCESSED: 20,000 NEXT UPDATE: NOV. 27 BY 6 PM VOTER TURNOUT 75.2% Ballots Counted 1,491,078 Mail Ballots 1,271,942 Vote Center Ballots 219,136 Registered Voters 1,983,767 Candidate Name Total Votes Percentage DARRELL E. ISSA (REP) 141,736 59.08% STEPHEN HOULAHAN (DEM) 98,170 40.92% Below are the results as of Tuesday morning 11/12/24. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 48TH DISTRICT (SAN DIEGO PORTION ONLY) (VOTE FOR 1) Darrell... Full story
Fallbrook, CA – Silvergate Fallbrook, the region's premier senior living community, opened its doors to local seniors and prospective residents for a festive "Taste of the Tropics" Luau event on Wednesday, October 17, 2024. The tropical-themed celebration provided attendees with a unique opportunity to experience one of the many events on Silvergate's active social calendar, while discovering how easily social connections are made in a retirement community setting. Numerous s...
In March the CIF San Diego Section Board of Managers approved a change in the football playoff format in which there are no set divisions other than Division V-AA and eight-man. The top 64 teams receive playoff berths with the playoff divisions being based on rankings which utilize strength of schedule as well as win-loss record. Fallbrook High School lost all ten football games during the 2024 regular season including a 35-14 home contest November 1 against Ramona to...
Ben Myers died at home as he wished, attended by his family. Marvelously, the magical appearance of a hummingbird and a sudden brief burst of rain witnessed his passing. The date was Nov. 2, 2024, All Souls Day. He was 47 years old, and he left reluctantly. Ben loved life. He also deeply loved his family and his friends. He followed sports intensely and was passionate about his life's work – sustainability, good foods, coffee. Ben waged what should be considered a s... Full story
FALLBROOK – While planning for the future of the Fallbrook Community Forest, Save Our Forest, a committee of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy looked back on how they started and the need to solicit volunteers to insure the future. Youth was the answer. Choosing to speak to horticultural classes was logical. They could become the caretakers of the future. Jackie Heyneman of Save Our Forest and Roger Boddaert, the Tree man of Fallbrook, teamed up to make a presentation to the h...
4 pm UPDATE: Crews have stopped the forward rate of spread on the Garden Fire and the acreage burned was lowered to 25 acres from 50 acres, according to CalFire. There is currently no structure threat or evacuations. All evacuations have been lifted. A significant amount of resources have been assigned and will work through the night in to tomorrow to strengthen control lines. It is 10% contained, according to NCFPD PIO Capt. John Choi. "There were several fire agencies that... Full story
Although Fallbrook High School’s girls tennis team finished third in the 2024 Valley League standings, the Warriors handed league champion El Camino the Wildcats’ only league loss. Fallbrook and El Camino split their league matches, and the Wildcats won the league title with a 9-1 record in Valley League dual match play. El Camino defeated Valley Center in both matches between those teams while the Jaguars defeated Fallbrook twice and finished with an 8-2 league record. The two losses to Valley Center and the split with El...
Fallbrook High School boys basketball coach Jonathan Terry also has the Blue Wave club, and the high school boys participated in a fall league. For Terry, success wasn’t a matter of the win-loss record in the fall league but of preparing the players for the CIF season. “We did good,” Terry said. The fall league began Sept. 9 and concluded Oct. 20. “It’s about development, competition,” Terry said. “We played higher-level competition.” The 2023-24 Warriors had an overall record of 14-15 including CIF playoff results. Fallbrook...
Each month, Fallbrook comes together to celebrate its students' hard work, dedication, and character through the Student of the Month awards, recognizing those who shine not only in academics but also in their commitment to community and personal growth. With November's focus on gratitude, Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez reminded attendees that appreciation should be a daily habit. "I believe we should be grateful every day," she said, encouraging the students to carry...
Submitted by San Diego County Sheriff's Department The San Diego County Sheriff's Office has released new details about expanding its Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) camera program throughout the region. On Tuesday, October 22, the Sheriff's Office unveiled its plan to install more ALPR cameras in unincorporated areas of San Diego County to the Board of Supervisors. The presentation outlined the proposal to potentially install about 60 new ALPR cameras in key...
The following story is Ivan Patterson's family's side of the story. After an incident on May 1, 2024 in Poet's Square in Fallbrook, Ivan Patterson was arrested and charged with two felony counts of attempted murder and one felony count of kidnapping. He has been in George Bailey Detention Center since that night and has been denied bail three times. Patterson is a 6'4" 250lb, 24-year-old black man with brown eyes and black hair. He attended Fallbrook High School until there...
FVCC donated to "Camarena's Fallbrook Youth Crime Prevention Club" at Fallbrook High School. This Club recruits youth to actively participate and advocate for awareness about the consequences of substance abuse. They engage with the community by setting up resource tables for distribution of informational flyers to parents, students and community members. Donation to "Scarecrow Crew of Fallbrook" to purchase material to build scarecrows for display in Fallbrook during the...
All the scarecrows that entered the contest were stunning and outstanding this year. The scarecrows and fall displays around Fallbrook businesses and residences were high caliber showing the creative and artistic side of our community. It brought about great community spirit and creates Fallbrook as a destination for tourism for the betterment of businesses. There are very talented ladies amongst the ScareCREW that designed and created unique scarecrows this year. Debbie...
The Vallecitos Elementary School boys and the Vikings girls both placed first at the October 24 Vallecitos Soccer Tournament. "I was very happy that we were able to take both boys and girls. Ecstatic about being able to do it two years in a row," said Vallecitos boys coach Ray Hanbeck. In the 2023 tournament the Vikings boys and Vallecitos girls took first place among six schools in each competition. The teams were divided into two pools; each team played each other team in th...
After the loss of the first replacement tree planted in the median on North Main Avenue, perhaps due to extreme heat, a second tree planting took place Saturday, October 19th. Current weather conditions, while still warm, are not so extreme. The Save our Forest team did their due diligence in selecting the tree before the planting crew showed up optimistically ready to do it all again. Each venture into planting a tree requires planning beforehand. Especially one of this...
The county’s Planning Commission has recommended approval of an update to the Fallbrook Sub-Area Plan. A 4-0 vote September 20, with Doug Barnhart and Yolanda Calvo absent and one vacant seat, recommended that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approve the new plan. The recommendation includes that the county supervisors rescind the existing Fallbrook design guidelines and approve the new Fallbrook Design Standards and a Streetscape Plan. The August 2011 update of the county’s general plan included an Env...
Submitted by Fallbrook Union High School District Fallbrook, CA, October 15, 2024 -- Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) received a Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Award for improving the nutritional quality of their school meals. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in collaboration with Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), Fallbrook Union High School District] received the Innovation in the Preparation of School...
The words "First Responders" are two words that are beginning to have a lot of meaning to the Children of the American Revolution. National C.A.R. President Emerson Sites-Byers has put together a significant, foundational program for C.A.R. Societies across the United States, and three local Societies came together to expand their knowledge. On Saturday, October 5th, the Temecula Creek Society, the Red, White, and Blue Society, and the Presidio Hill Society visited with two...
The Bonsall Unified School District board approved an agreement for training of the school district’s kitchen and child nutrition services staff. The 5-0 vote October 16 approved an agreement with Cheffy K & CA, LLC, for the training. The partners in Cheffy K & CA, LLC are Chef Kent Getzin and Chef Laura Bullene Jacobo. “BUSD is committed to supporting our staff by providing ongoing training opportunities to keep our services running as smoothly as possible,” said BUSD superintendent Heather Golly. Chef Laura is from Visal...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – In previous news, it was announced that Graybill Medical Group would be ending its affiliation with Palomar Health Medical Group (PHMG), with Graybill ceasing to provide services to patients in the Murrieta, Temecula, Fallbrook, Vista, Oceanside, San Marcos, El Norte, 2nd Avenue Escondido and Valley Center offices effective Nov. 11. With their patients in mind during this transition, recent discussions have led to a new agreement that prioritizes a seamless continuity of care. With this new agreement, Grayb...
FALLBROOK – Did you know that Fallbrook High School, at 70+ years old, is the county’s second oldest high school? Along with that status comes aging infrastructure. Fallbrookians have the opportunity to invest in the future of Fallbrook this election by voting yes on the BB facility bond. This bond will secure much needed funding to modernize the three local high schools, so that all students are able to reap all the benefits of a high-quality education. Measure BB enables the district to modernize, repair or replace det... Full story
In just a few days, Lucette Moramarco, Editor for the Village Newspaper (VN) will be moving away. Lucette has had two careers. The first as a preschool teacher and the second job spanned the last 18 years – at the newspaper. A celebration was held in her honor on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the office lobby. That said, there was a wee delay caused by a minor calamity. As it happened, the electric tea pots knocked out the breaker that powered the computers during the online t... Full story
One of the greatest benefits of living in this area, one that we seldom think about, is our local fire department and the dedicated first responders who serve us without hesitation each and every day. As Director of North County Fire from 2018-2022, I got to know many of these ‘local heroes’ and I was also able to review the hundreds of customer service surveys turned in by you, the members of this community. Almost without exception, each of you who responded to these surveys spoke of our responders with the highest of pra... Full story
