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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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – When it comes to our yards, school grounds, parks and other living landscapes, you don't have to be big to make a big difference – even during a global pandemic. School is back in session soon at school or virtually for many, and the TurfMutt Foundation is offering tips to inspire students and their families to take care of the green spaces around them – and get outside and enjoy them. Tip 1: Get outside. Fall is a great time to explore nature all aroun...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Most people want to do the right thing when it comes to recycling, but confusing messages make it difficult to remember the basics. The recycling system throughout San Diego County works when everyone does their part, keeping the right materials in the blue bin and the wrong ones out. Residents make decisions to "Recycle Right" every day when faced with a greasy pizza box, a dirty takeout container or a used single-use coffee cup from a favorite coffee r...
Planning out how to arrange furniture in your home – or plants in your garden – used to involve a pencil, graph paper, a measuring tape and a lot of imagination. The process has gotten easier – and way more streamlined – thanks to a burgeoning selection of home and garden apps. Furniture companies, interior design firms and even landscapers have been rolling out a new generation of apps and online programs to make the process more foolproof for novices and pros alike, often u...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – When it comes to our yards, school grounds, parks and other living landscapes, you don’t have to be big to make a big difference – even during a global pandemic. School is back in session soon at school or virtually for many, and the TurfMutt Foundation is offering tips to inspire students and their families to take care of the green spaces around them – and get outside and enjoy them. Tip 1: Get outside. Fall is a great time to explore nature all around you. After spending a long day inside at school... Full story
Moving to this area for the birth of my husband’s first grandson was the first of our many adjustments between Central and Southern California. The second was the difference in landscaping. Lodi has a lush growing season with deep fertile soil, allowing one to stick anything in the ground and wait for it to sprout. Preparing to redesign our half-acre yard, we spent several years exploring the Fallbrook Garden Club’s annual Home Garden Tour. The beautiful homes surrounding tow...
SACRAMENTO – In a key step to improve stewardship of California’s forests, the Newsom administration and the U.S. Forest Service announced a new joint state-federal initiative to reduce wildfire risks, restore watersheds, protect habitat and biological diversity and help the state meet its climate objectives. The Agreement for Shared Stewardship of California’s Forest and Rangelands includes a commitment by the federal government to match California’s goal of reducing wildfire risks on 500,000 acres of forest land per yea...
Lariece Reyna lived in Pala until she was 12 and attended Vivian Banks Charter School and Sullivan Middle School before her family moved to Escondido. She attended Hidden Valley Middle School and Escondido High School, and she was a member of Escondido High School's National FFA Organization chapter. This year, the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation associated with the San Diego County Fair awarded Reyna both a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship and a FFA Scholarship. "I'm...
The replacement of the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s Martin Tank will be complemented by additional landscaping. A 5-0 FPUD board vote, July 27, approved an additional $45,000 for landscaping expenses. The full amount allows the planned landscaping to proceed if expenses exceed the estimated $38,974 for 19 trees and irrigation infrastructure. “The board felt it was a reasonable step to invest in the landscaping,” Jack Bebee, general manager of FPUD, said. The Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project will inclu...
When the Fallbrook Public Utility District approved FPUD’s 2020-2021 budget $500,000 was appropriated for the district’s valve replacement program. The July 27 FPUD board meeting reallocated some of that amount for the purchase of backflow prevention devices. “It’s just a project to maintain and upgrade some of the backflow devices,” Jack Bebee, general manager of FPUD, said. The specific 5-0 board vote was to approve the purchase of 260 backflow prevention devices totaling $109,892.93 including sales tax. The plan is to rea...
Fast forward from Nov. 2, 2019, when the "Take A Seat" art bench auction was held at Vince Ross Village Square, the artists who painted their creations and the buyers who lovingly placed them in their yards said they have found it a challenge to stay healthy and positive. The art bench auction was started to raise funds to support Save Our Forest's environmental education programs through chair Jackie Heyneman and retired Fallbrook elementary school teacher Jean Dooley who,...
SCW Contracting Corporation was awarded the Rainbow Municipal Water District contract for the first phase of the North River Road Land Outfall pipeline repairs. The July 28 Rainbow board meeting included a 5-0 vote to award the work to SCW, which is based in the town of Rainbow. The contract will be for $474,000. “It’s the same contractor who did the previous work for us,” Tom Kennedy, general manager of RMWD, said “They’re very qualified.” The North River Road Land Outfall conveys wastewater to Oceanside’s San Luis Rey Wate...
The Fallbrook Beautification Alliance is seeking a $5,000 grant from the American Society of Landscape Architects to improve the South Mission Road medians, and the grant application requires two letters of support from community organizations. The Fallbrook Public Utility District board approved one of those letters of support. A 5-0 vote Tuesday, July 28, authorized a letter to be signed by Ken Endter, the FPUD board president. "Our board's been supportive of the efforts...
When the hot summer months start to ramp up the thermometer out in the garden, nature decides to bring gardeners some exotic bulbous plants that excite their landscape settings, and I say, "Wow, where did that come from?" Bulbous plants in summer have a specific internal time clock. When the hot months of July, August and September arrive, here they come, and a botanical surprise occurs in the garden when least expected. I am mesmerized by bulbs from South Africa and the...
FALLBROOK – Contractors for Fallbrook Public Utility District will be doing night construction work for the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project, a local river project. To minimize traffic impacts, FPUD contractors will be working nights to install the pipeline on South Mission Road between Almond Street and Old Stage Road the week of July 26. Beginning that Sunday night, the work will run from 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Normal day shift hours will resume the following Monday, Aug. 3, one week later. Local water will be c...
The San Diego County Water Authority has an annual Aqueduct Operating Plan, and the SDCWA’s 2020-2021 plan was presented at the Thursday, July 23, CWA board meeting as a non-voting item. The 2020-2021 plan includes shutdowns due to planned maintenance, and Fallbrook Public Utility District and Rainbow Municipal Water District turnouts will be impacted by a November shutdown to Pipelines 1 and 2 and a March 2021 shutdown to Pipeline 5. The shutdown of Pipelines 1 and 2 will allow for the removal of the bulkheads which were i...
ENCINITAS – The fifth annual Zero Waste Fair hosted by I Love A Clean San Diego and the city of Encinitas will help create a roadmap for people interested in living a waste-free lifestyle. Free online registration is open now at http://www.CleanSD.org for the virtual event set for Saturday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is required to attend the day’s live interactive webinar and is open to anyone in or outside Encinitas. “No matter where you live in San Diego County or beyond, everyone is welcome to join us fo...
The National Fire Protection Association released its annual “U.S. Firefighter Fatalities in the United States” report, which showed fewer than 50 U.S. firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2019, reflecting the lowest number of deaths reported since NFPA began conducting this study in 1977. In addition, there were no multiple-fatality incidents, which also represents a first for the report. Other important achievements include the lowest number of deaths of volunteer firefighters, deaths in road vehicle crashes and car...
Madison Causey was notified June 24, that she would be receiving a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship from the San Diego County Fair, and the 2020 Fallbrook High School graduate was also notified that day that she would be one of the final four exhibitors for the market goat supreme grand champion and supreme reserve champion honors. "It was a perfect day for a really good ending of the year for me," Causey said. Causey, who is now 18, was 9 when she joined Fallbrook 4-H....
Jonathan Vespa U.S. Census Bureau It should come as no surprise that older Americans overwhelmingly want to stay in their home as they age. But are their homes ready for them to stay? For millions of older Americans, home is where they raised a family, hosted holidays and told bedtime stories to their children and grandchildren. It is often their nest egg as well as an anchor to their community. But older homes don't always meet the needs of older Americans, according to a...
The state’s Department of Water Resources has a grant program for Integrated Regional Water Management projects, and the most recent award of grants includes $687,500 to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for an indirect potable reuse pilot project. DWR officially awarded $15 million in grant funds to the San Diego County Water Authority, July 8. The SDCWA will use $1,440,000 for regional water use efficiency programs, and $920,180 will be used by the CWA to administer the grants. The funding for the other six grants w...
When it feels as though Mother Nature is out to get gardeners living in the Temecula Valley and other regions that predictably experience hot summers and the wind parches our skin, people have the luxury of going indoors. Meanwhile, their roses have to just stay put. Roses don't like intense heat any more than most people do. Their priority is to live. The plant will conserve its resources for roots, canes, leaves and bloom – in that order. When it's hot, roses want lots of wa...
Every year, the North County Fire Protection District inspects thousands of properties in Fallbrook to ensure owners are creating defensible spaces around their homes and taking other steps to reduce the risk of fires in populated areas. It’s a task that is especially important in Fallbrook which, surrounded by wildlands, remains one of the most fire-prone areas in San Diego County. NCFPD Fire Marshal Dominic Fieri said the fire district inspects 5,914 individual properties in its local responsibility area in central F...
Mari Shields MLS Interiors As people live with the coronavirus pandemic, their stay at home status impels them to update, redesign or renovate their home environments. So, what are the color trends as homeowners move forward in 2020 and into 2021? The Pantone Color of the year for 2020 is Classic Blue. Trends in the grays, layered grays and whites have held the spotlight in the past seven years. Classic Blue is a well-suited match with the grays and creates a soothing cool... Full story
SAN DIEGO – San Diego supervisors Kristin Gaspar and Jim Desmond and County Parks and Recreation staff unveiled the "Tour Our Trails" challenge, July 1. It is designed to encourage county residents to visit county parks and explore different trails. The challenge was launched before the July Fourth holiday weekend to encourage safe, socially distant, outdoor recreation. There are 15 trails that range from easy, moderate, to tough and can be accessed on foot, bike and on horseb...
Mary Jo Dempsey-Bacik Special to Village News So I'm a seed saver. That can be a good thing or a bad. This year, for me, it was a little bit of both. The good, or benefit, is that I collect seeds each year from the plants I let flower, such as cilantro, parsley, arugula and dill. If I don't harvest the seeds soon enough some will fall to the ground and plant themselves. That too can be good or bad, because although I appreciate the help, they don't always choose the location...
