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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According to SDGE a goose hit a power line causing an outage to 74 homes in Rancho Monserate mobile home park, Pala Mesa Village and other homes in Bonsall. SDGE estimates that the power will be restored by 10pm tonight.... Full story
Toby Salas, 16, earns high school community service time while cleaning kitchen equipment and participating in the Fallbrook VFW volunteer cleanup day event. See more photos on page A-X...
SACRAMENTO – Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) announced Feb. 12 that she has introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 12 to designate a portion of State Route 15 near the community of Rainbow in San Diego County as the “Cal Fire Chief William R. Clayton Memorial Highway.” Chief Clayton, who passed away in 2018 at his home in Carlsbad, helped rescue hundreds of people during his career and twice received California’s highest honor for valor. Senator Bates introduced SCR 12 on behalf of his family to help ensure his leg...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 in favor of supporting a set of policies intended to improve access and “social equity” in the cannabis industry. If you’re like me, you’re asking yourself, what in the world does “social equity” have to do with cannabis? Let’s start with the Wikipedia definition of “social equity.” Social equity is concerned with justice and fairness of social policy. Since the 1960s, the concept of social equity has been used in a va...
The number of new coronavirus cases is continuing to drop in San Diego County, though the county was facing a vaccine shortage as of press time Feb. 15 due to a delayed Moderna shipment. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported 13,700 tests Sunday, Feb. 14. The 14-day rolling average of positive tests was 4%. The total number of cases was reported to be 252,250 on Feb. 14 and the death toll rose to 3,037. Eight community outbreaks were reported Feb. 14, bringing the total over the past week to 62. There...
A variety of produce and other products can be found at the Fallbrook Main Avenue Farmers Market every Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Alvarado Street....
One person was seriously hurt in a crash on South Mission Road in Fallbrook Saturday morning, Feb. 13. A full-size van and a minivan struck each other in a partial head-on collision a little before 9:15 a.m. on South Mission Road at Green Canyon Road, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesperson Capt. John Choi. One of the vehicles sustained "major damage" in the crash, and one of the drivers had to be taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido with injuries that were described as "not life threatening,...
FALLBROOK – While only 10% of the general public in the United States has received a first-round COVID-19 vaccine shot, 93% of the residents, caregivers and staff at Silvergate Retirement Residence, operator of three senior living communities in north county San Diego, now have successfully received both rounds of the Pfizer vaccination. “When you’re a local operator, you can take more decisive action to protect your residents and employees,” said David Petree, chief executive officer of AmeriCare Health & Retirem...
The Fallbrook Community Garden, located at 1717 Alturas Road, has been providing residents of Fallbrook, Bonsall, and Rainbow an area to grow various crops and meet with other gardening lovers since 2007. The Fallbrook Community Garden was initiated in 2007 by Mission Resource Conservation District District Manager Judy Mitchell and Roger Boddaert, a local award-winning arborist and landscape designer. This property was donated by the Fallbrook Public Utility District, and...
FALLBROOK – The Wildlife Sculpture Garden in Fallbrook has been redesigned and replanted with the help of several local business owners, generous donors and volunteers in the community. The effort was kicked off last summer under the direction of Beverly Tucker, a longtime Fallbrook Land Conservancy volunteer and supporter, who recognized the need to refresh the garden, which is located on a corner of the 1.5-acre Palomares House and Park on Stage Coach Lane. The unique garden...
Fog rolls in as the sun starts to set as seen from the East Mission Road area of Fallbrook, Feb. 3. Village News/Lori Atkins photo...
From Jan. 25 through 29, Fallbrook STEM Academy students in grades K-6 participated in The Great Kindness Challenge with "The Club" senior daycare clients at the Foundation For Senior Care. According to Lauren Marsh, the Adult Day Care Administrator, the Great Kindness Challenge started in Carlsbad and is now worldwide. Foundation for Senior Care Director Patty Sargent said, "The Fallbrook STEM Academy asked us to participate in this unique program that is designed to create...
Three Fallbrook teens are looking forward to joining the hundreds of young women around the nation who will be honored this year as members of the inaugural class of Female Eagle Scouts. Ashley Schlumpberger, Becka Seefried and Muriel "Mimi" Meacham are members of Troop 700, the only all-female Scouts BSA troop in North County San Diego, headquartered at the Elks Lodge in Oceanside. On Jan. 28, each girl passed a "board of review," completing all requirements for Eagle Rank...
Being a buyer in this low inventory marketplace can be frustrating to say the least. Unless you are a buyer shopping above the $1,500,000 price range, you will be competing against many other hopeful buyers who want the same home as you. Homes that are priced correctly, are sold within a few days, often for over the list price. Currently we have less than a half month's supply of homes under $1,000,000. Over $1,000,000, we only have a three months' supply. There are only 64...
The current wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be ebbing in San Diego County, with new infections down locally and countywide, and hospitalizations declining as well. A total of 926 new cases reported on Feb. 2 broke a 63-day streak with more than 1,000 cases, though the number edged back up above 1,000 to come in at 1,598 new cases two days later on Feb. 4. Another 1,230 new cases were reported on Feb. 7. Feb. 7’s report pushed the aggregate coronavirus numbers in the county to 246,564 cases and 2,821 deaths from t...
FALLBROOK – Last fall, the nonprofit Fallbrook Blanket Project responded to a request from Project Touch and donated 15 sets of hats, scarves and fingerless gloves to them. Fallbrook Blanket Project also recently donated seven twin sized blankets to Project Touch. Project Touch in Fallbrook provides formerly homeless men with a home and some independence in its mission to transform lives. Bonnie and Blaine Vice provide management, support and guidance for Project Touch and c...
Last year was a challenging time for this community and everyone in the U.S. as we faced the Coronavirus pandemic and all of the struggles that accompanied it. However, one of the organizations in Fallbrook that has worked to serve the community and assist families in any way possible during this time is the Welcome Back Foundation. The Welcome Back Foundation is a nonprofit organization that was established in October 2019 by veteran and longtime Fallbrook resident Dawn...
The Advisory Committee on the Fallbrook/Rainbow Detachment convened by San Diego’s Local Agency Formation Commission met Feb. 1, and by the next advisory committee meeting scheduled for April 5, consultant Michael Hanemann will have a recommendation on the supply reliability issue associated with the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District plans to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and annex into the Eastern Municipal Water District. Hanemann will receive supply reliability i...
A fire that tore through a house in De Luz late Thursday night, Feb. 4, left one person without a home to safely go back to, a North County Fire Protection District spokesperson said Friday, Feb. 5. The blaze was reported a little after 10:45 p.m. at a two-story house in the 41000 block of Gavilan Road, North County Fire Capt. John Choi said. Firefighters arrived about 15 minutes later to find "extensive fire conditions," and while they were able to contain the fire to the...
Fallbrook VFW Commander Chris Ingraham and Fallbrook American Legion Commander Marti Sonniksen cook hamburger patties for customers during the VFW's fundraising Hamburger Night, Jan. 25. The 1/2 pound patties were donated to the post to cook during the event....
A new “Vaccination Super Station” has opened in North County at California State University San Marcos while the San Diego region continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. The Super Station opened on Jan. 31 and has the capability to vaccinate up to 5,000 people per day, according to county officials, although anyone who wishes to be vaccinated at the facility must make an appointment online at www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com. Hospitalizations are declining in the region; as of Saturday, Jan. 30, there were 1,3...
Washington, D.C. – The House Republican Steering Committee selected Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) to serve on the powerful House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Jan. 27, Issa released the following statement: “I am honored to return to service as a Senior Member of the Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees this Congress. These committees stand at the forefront of our nation’s great challenges: protecting free speech, securing our border, reforming immigration, combating globa...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors began the process of developing a more lenient ordinance for the zoning of marijuana cultivation and sales, Jan. 27. A 4-1 vote, with Jim Desmond opposed, directed the development of Zoning Ordinance and Regulatory Code amendments which would repeal the existing ordinance restricting medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries and cultivation, allow the sale of edible and drinkable as well as smokable cannabis products and allow cannabis retail sales in areas with commercial and i...
Some Fallbrook residents are sounding the alarm about speeding problems in their area. Neighbors along Gum Tree Lane say they have been concerned for years, but their worries were realized with a dangerous crash on New Year's Day. The crash was "exactly at the spot we thought it would happen," said Tom Winter. "Gum Tree and Autumn Rose." The crash, he said, happened when a speeding driver who was coming over a hill in the area – and thus blind to the road conditions ahead ...
FALLBROOK – To begin the new year, the Student of the Month Committee has selected and honored four district seniors, nominated by Fallbrook Union High School District staff members. January Students of the Month from Fallbrook High School included Analiese Sandoval Dalton, Elliot Chisholm-Reyes and Elizabeth Riley, and Ivy High School selected Jonathan Fierro. In place of the community recognition breakfast, the students were celebrated with a caravan of staff, a...
