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Local hospitals are finally starting to show clear, consistent declines in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, though coronavirus patients still make up a significant percentage of those hospitalized in Riverside and San Diego counties. While some local hospitals showed declines in coronavirus hospitalizations in data from two weeks ago, others showed slight increases. The data released by federal health officials Feb. 1 is the first time coronavirus hospi...
It’s little surprise: while COVID-19 hospitalizations are down at some local hospitals, they rose at others in the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and coronavirus patients continue to make up an extraordinary percentage of those hospitalized in Riverside and San Diego counties. Coronavirus patients are in fact a majority of patients at all Southwest Riverside County hospitals except one, as well as at Palomar Medical Center Escondido, the closest San Diego County hospital to F...
Area residents and firefighters turned out Sunday morning, Jan. 24, to honor 54-year-old Temecula resident and Rancho Santa Fe Fire Capt. Chris Mertz, who died Jan. 20, from complications related to COVID-19. Mertz's family and Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District personnel were present at Temecula Valley Hospital as his body was transferred to a waiting hearse, which they followed in a procession escorted by the California Highway Patrol to Miller-Jones Mortuary in...
As the current wave of the coronavirus pandemic drags on, hospitals are still seeing markedly high levels of COVID-19-infected patients. At all southwest Riverside County hospitals and Fallbrook’s nearest San Diego County hospital, a majority of hospitalized patients were coronavirus-positive, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Sunday, Jan. 17; per that data, 55% of patients at Temecula Valley Hospital; 59% of patients at Southwest Healthcare System, which includes Inland Valley a...
Local hospitals are continuing to see high levels of coronavirus patients, with two out of three Southwest Riverside County medical centers reporting increases in patients testing positive for COVID-19 in the latest data from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, though the nearest San Diego County hospital to Fallbrook showed a slight drop in COVID-19-positive patients. According to HHS data released Jan. 10, 56% of patients at Temecula Valley Hospital, 57% of patients at Southwest Healthcare System...
Local hospitals in North County and Southwest Riverside County hospitals are nearly full, and intensive care units are slammed with patients as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, according to the latest data from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Per data released on Jan. 3, 51% of patients at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, the closest San Diego County hospital to Fallbrook, were positive for COVID-19. In addition, 45% of patients at Temecula Valley Hospital, 53% of patients at...
There's really no other way to put it: 2020 has been a crazy year. From elections, to the wildfires that are an ever-present danger here in Southern California, to the raging pandemic that has upended all of our lives, there has simply been a lot of news to cover. There is not nearly enough room in this newspaper to do all of it justice, and indeed, it has often felt like there was not enough time to cover it all. All of that said, I have put together some thoughts on six of w...
As San Diego County and the rest of Southern California continues to trend upward in coronavirus cases, new data released by the federal Department of Health and Human Services last week painted a clearer picture of just how full hospitals are locally and across the country. The HHS released detailed data Tuesday, Dec. 8, on hospitals’ number of occupied beds, ICU capacity, number of confirmed and suspected coronavirus patients and more. In North San Diego County and Southwest Riverside County, the data show hospitals are c...
FALLBROOK – The 15th annual Foundation for Senior Care Fall Benefit went virtual this year. The signature event, titled "Reach Out," was attended via Zoom and followed by a weeklong silent auction. Reach Out attracted several hundred participants and raised over $125,000 to support program services, Foundation for Senior Care officials announced. Each year the Foundation for Senior Care holds its annual gala to fundraise for its essential services that benefit local seniors a...
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car just after midnight Sunday, Nov. 1, in Fallbrook. The deadly crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. on South Mission Road near Peppertree Lane. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe, a 53-year-old Fallbrook man was crossing South Mission from the east side of the roadway when he ran into the path of a northbound Toyota Camry driven by a 58-year-old man, also from Fallbrook. The Camry struck the pedestrian, who was then taken to Temecula Valley Hospital in...
FALLBROOK - A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car just after midnight Sunday, Nov. 1, in Fallbrook. The deadly crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. on South Mission Road near Peppertree Lane. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe, a 53-year-old Fallbrook man was crossing South Mission from the east side of the roadway when he ran into the path of a northbound Toyota Camry driven by a 58-year-old man, also from Fallbrook. The Camry struck the pedestrian, who was then taken to Temecula Valley...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital has acquired the Olympus EBUS Solution to perform endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration. The latest American College of Chest Physicians Lung Cancer Guidelines recognizes EBUS-TBNA as the best first test for lung cancer diagnosis. Up until now, the gold standard for lung cancer staging was a surgical procedure. Now EBUS-TBNA offers a minimally invasive solution that delivers equally reliable sample collection in the o...
A $10 million claim was filed Thursday, Sept. 24, against Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula on behalf of a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted in March by an employee who took advantage of her because she was intoxicated. A Pechanga representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the claim, the precursor to a lawsuit. The woman’s attorney, Gloria Allred, identified her client as “Michele” during a Los Angeles news conference in which both were sharply critical of the Riverside County District At...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital welcomes Dave Lawson as the new chief operating officer. Lawson will oversee laboratory, pharmacy, cardiac services, radiology and surgical services at Temecula Valley Hospital. Most recently, Lawson served as associate administrator of Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he helped plan and complete multiple capital projects including a 36-bed medical/surgical and oncology unit expansion, labor and delivery, n...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital has received two awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, highlighting heart and stroke care. The Lifeline Silver Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award is for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, the d...
Several employees in the Capitol and two Assembly members tested positive for COVID-19 in June which stopped our work in its tracks. This week marks the start of a short, final month for the 2019-2020 session. Public safety is a priority, and I am very proud to join Assembly members Cooper, Bonta and Gonzalez to co-write Assembly Bill 664. The March 4 state of emergency declaration requires all peace officers, firefighters and health care workers to remain on the job – for our protection. Since this order places them at h... Full story
Nancy Heins Glaser Special to Village News Save Our Forest's "Take A Seat" project along with the buying patrons' and artists' lives have changed significantly since the amazing art benches were auctioned off November 2019. We wanted to follow the benches during this transition. Artist Leslie Sweetland's, of The Green Art House, created "Take A Seat in The Meadow" which is a vibrantly painted canvas attached as a full sling back which features iconic California poppies dotted...
FALLBROOK – Longtime Fallbrook resident Lougene Williams was elected as the latest addition to the 14-member board of directors for the Foundation for Senior Care, foundation president Dr. Robert Pace announced Friday, July 10. Three new officers were also named, joining Pace and Mark Haskell, secretary, as officers of the nonprofit that serves the senior community in the region. Before joining the board, Williams was a senior manufacturing executive in the medical device i...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital is hosting its first Drive-Thru Health Fair, Wednesday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to noon. The Drive-Thru Health Fair will take place in Temecula Valley Hospital’s parking lot and along the perimeter of the hospital. This event is free to the community and participants can attend the entire event all from the safety of their vehicle. Drivers will pull up and follow a map to the different stations along the Health Fair route. Everyone in the car will be able to participate in the drive-thru, so... Full story
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital is hosting its first Drive-Thru Health Fair, Wednesday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to noon. The Drive-Thru Health Fair will take place in Temecula Valley Hospital’s parking lot and along the perimeter of the hospital. This event is free to the community and participants can attend the entire event all from the safety of their vehicle. Drivers will pull up and follow a map to the different stations along the Health Fair route. Everyone in the car will be able to participate in the drive-thru, so...
I am a registered nurse with a little over two years of emergency room experience. After hearing the grim news about how hard New York was hit by the virus, I wanted to help but wasn’t sure how. I had just started a new job, and I had a family to care for. I was also clear on the other side of the United States in Southern California. One morning on my way to work, I found myself overwhelmed by my desire to help and called my husband and asked, “Would you think I’m crazy if I went to New York to help out with the COVID crisi... Full story
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital was awarded an “A” in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Temecula Valley Hospital’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The safety grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients. “As t...
TEMECULA – "I couldn't even make it up the stairs. I'd stop halfway up. I couldn't breathe and felt a squeezing on my heart," Tom James, local resident and Temecula Valley Hospital patient, said. "I went like that for over a month. I wasn't going anywhere, let alone a hospital, during the COVID-19 quarantine." The pain continued to get worse. James' wife of 45 years, Laurie James knew he needed to get into the hospital for a procedure for his heart. With a history of heart c...
