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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ESCONDIDO - A two-alarm fire broke out at an Escondido condo complex Sat., Nov. 14, displacing four people and their pets. The Escondido Fire Department received a call shortly after 12:15 p.m. about a roof fire in the 2100 block of E. Valley Parkway. A contractor doing repair work on the roof sent in the initial call, according to department officials. Upon arrival, firefighters found the attic of a two-story condo complex engulfed in flames, with the flames extending into a second unit. Firefighters managed to knock down...
FALLBROOK – In response to drought restrictions, the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation turned off irrigation to two large planting beds this past summer at the Fallbrook Community Center. Out of concern over keeping a natural environment at the facility, the Friends of the Fallbrook Community Center developed a plan to meet the challenge. Friends president and fitness instructor Ann Wade approached San Diego County District Park Manager Jake Enriquez on b... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego-based Sempra Energy reported today third quarter earnings of $248 million, or 99 cents per diluted share -- down from $348 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, in 2014's third quarter -- but its earnings in the first nine months of the year have increased over last year's figures. Sempra's third-quarter earnings reflected $113 million lower earnings at the Southern California Gas Co. due to seasonal factors, compared with the third quarter 2014. SoCalGas has adopted an order by the California Public... Full story
The Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) administration has determined it needs to add more rigor to its core classes as a way to improve students’ academic performance on state assessments. Because of the change from state academic standards to the Common Core standards (CCs), the academic testing has significantly changed. This makes comparing previous academic year’s testing data nearly impossible, according to assistant superintendent Jose Iñiguez. One large focus is the progress in relation to 21st Century skil... Full story
SAN DIEGO - State and local officials dedicated signs today, Mon., October 19, that designate a stretch of Interstate 15 in the North County as the Tony Gwynn Memorial Freeway in honor of the late Padres star. The section of highway stretching around three miles between Scripps Poway Parkway and Camino Del Norte is now named in honor of the Hall of Fame right-fielder, who lived in nearby Poway for many years before his death from cancer in 2014. Gwynn played for the Padres for 20 seasons and was inducted into the National...
SAN DIEGO – Local teen artist Allyse Besne performed in the California Youth Conservatory (CYC) Theatre's production of CATS! recently in San Diego at the Lyceum Theater. Allyse, a student at Fallbrook High School, juggled freshman classes with a busy rehearsal schedule four nights a week for the last two months to prepare for the production. Playing the part of Victoria, the white cat, allowed Allyse to put her singing and dancing skills to the test. She has been taking d...
Fallbrook's Jack Grantham sets up a Fallbrook touchdown during the Warrior's 28-14 win over Escondido on Fri., Oct. 9. Watch for more coverage of Fallbrook football in this Thursday's issue (Oct. 15) of the Village News....
The SANDAG Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday to adopt the final version of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan, a sweeping blueprint for the future that will invest $204 billion into transportation infrastructure projects over the next 35 years. San Diego Forward lays out a strategic vision to address the region’s current and future transportation needs, including specific plans to help realize that vision by investing in transit projects, bikeways, pedestrian improvements, and a Managed Lanes network (lanes the ac...
FALLBROOK – Members of California Retired Teachers, Fallbrook Avocado Division 81 recently attended their Area XI workshop. The primary focus was on strategies for increasing membership. Presenters shared information about the state website and retirement benefits. Anyone interested in learning more about CalRTA and its purpose of protecting teachers’ pensions is invited to attend the division’s brunch meetings held five times a year at the Golf Club of California, Sycam... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously yesterday, Oct. 6, to grant Southern California Edison a 20-year permit for an expanded nuclear waste storage facility at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County. Officials at Rosemead-based Edison, which operates and is the majority owner of the idled nuclear plant, said the current 14-year-old storage area is nearing capacity. SCE estimated that it will need up to 80 more steel-and-concrete-encased canisters, a technology known as...
FALLBROOK – California Retired Teachers Fallbrook Avocado Division’s first meeting of their new year is on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Their new venue is at the Golf Club of California/Sycamore Ranch, 3742 Flowerwood Lane, Fallbrook. Social time begins at 8:45 a.m., followed by a brief meeting. The program is "Opera Kadabra," a performance that will keep everyone guessing! All persons interested in education and pension information are welcome to attend. Reservations can be made by...
SACRAMENTO – On Thursday, Sept. 17, the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions (CALAFCO) announced the recipients of their 2015 annual Achievement Awards. The recipients were honored at the association’s annual conference held in Sacramento Sept. 2 through 4. Each year, CALAFCO honors outstanding achievements by dedicated and committed individuals and organizations from throughout the state who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to advancing the principles and goals of LAFCO. San Diego LAF...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Starting this month, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has begun to transition customers to the new electric rate structure, which was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in July. As a result of this decision, SDG&E customers will begin to see gradual changes to their electric bill over the next five years. A new three-tier electric rate structure has now replaced the previous four-tier structure. In the spring of next year, the changes will continue when the structure will be further r... Full story
OCEANSIDE - Oceanside police today sought a white Ford vehicle suspected in a hit-and-run crash that left a man in critical condition near Guajome County Park in Oceanside. An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer spotted the victim lying as if he was sleeping in the bike lane of westbound state Route 76 near North Santa Fe Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, Oceanside police Sgt. Ignacio Lopez said. It was unclear when the crash occurred and the officer said no vehicles were seen in the area. The severely... Full story
On Aug. 23, the top five finishers in the second race at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club were all San Luis Rey Training Center horses. Miss Big Stuff, who is trained by Peter Miller, won the six-furlong race for two-year-olds who had not previously won a race. Good for It, whose trainer is Clifford Sise, finished second. Sise also trains third-place Storming Candy and fifth-place Too Much Chatter, and Miller is the trainer of fourth-place Shut the Box. "It was fun," Miller said. "It ended up being a good race," Sise said. Miss...
SAN DIEGO - A full-scale replica of the San Salvador, the ship that Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay in 1542, is scheduled to make its first major public appearance today when it leads a parade of tall ships to the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The parade will begin the museum's annual Festival of Sail, a weekend-long program that will include boat tours and mock sea battles. The replica galleon, launched in Chula Vista near the end of July, will lead a dozen sailing ships beginning around 3 p.m., with the... Full story
PERRIS - An Escondido man was arrested on child molestation charges for crimes committed in Riverside and San Diego counties more than a decade ago, Riverside County sheriff's deputies said today. Riverside County detectives in Perris were told on Aug. 6 that a series of child molestations had occurred there between the years 1999 and 2004, said Sgt. Glenn Williams of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. In addition to the crimes alleged in unincorporated Riverside...
SAN DIEGO - Already sweltering temperatures across much of San Diego County are expected to push a few degrees upward today toward their eventual peak at the end of the workweek. On Wednesday, low thermometer readings of 71 degrees in Chula Vista, Escondido and at Oceanside Harbor topped by one degree previous records, set in 1981, 2011 and 1984, respectively, according to the National Weather Service. A low of 69 degrees in Vista equaled the previous Aug. 26 minimum temperature milestone, set in 1988. Forecasters said high...
DEL MAR - A 73-year-old Del Mar man has been confirmed as the first locally-acquired human case of West Nile virus this year, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced today, Mon., Aug. 24. The man was admitted to a local hospital on Aug. 2 after experiencing symptoms of encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that can be caused by viral or bacterial infection. He remains hospitalized. Testing by the California Department of Public Health Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory confirmed late last we...
On July 29, Doug O'Neill set a Del Mar Thoroughbred Club record with five trainer wins in a day and J. Paul Reddam tied a Del Mar record with three owner wins in a day. Vessels Stallion Farm stallion Square Eddie and San Luis Rey Training Center gelding Mr. Zippers helped contribute to those records. "It was a great day for Paul. It was a great day for Doug. And it was a very good day for Square Eddie," said Edward Freeman, who is Mr. Zippers' trainer. "It was kind of a great day all around, and it was a good way for Paul to...
SAN DIEGO - Heroin use among people arrested last year in the region reached its highest level since officials started keeping track in 2000, the San Diego Association of Governments reported yesterday, Aug. 20. The local increase in abuse of the opiate, discovered in a broader study of people arrested in 2014, mirrors a sharp rise nationally that prompted President Barack Obama this week to order a heightened effort to battle heroin trafficking in the Northeast. According to the SANDAG data, 15 percent of women and 13... Full story
UPDATE: Saturday, August 15, 12:45 p.m. CAMP PENDLETON - A fire that has blackened about 1,800 open acres on Camp Pendleton was 80 percent contained today, Saturday, August 15, authorities said. It's not known why the so-called Horno Fire broke out about 1 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Horno Canyon and Basilone roads, Camp Pendleton spokesman Sgt. Christopher Duncan said. The fast-moving blaze had charred about 600 acres by about 2:30 p.m., according to CalFire,...
The 2015 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club summer meet opened July 16, and San Luis Rey Training Center trainer Peter Miller had two wins. "Any time you win a race on Opening Day it's a great feeling. I love winning Opening Day," Miller said. Nextdoorneighbor, an eight-year-old gelding, won the day's sixth race. Del Mar had 10 races during Opening Day, and Miller's two horses in the 10th race entered the stretch in the top two positions before It Is Living Water finished in front and Global Magician finished third. In the meet's firs...
