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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Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News Alaska is called the “last frontier” for good reason. The people living there have a hearty spirit, solid sense of personal freedom, and a “don’t even think about gun control” attitude across the population. Guns are used as they were intended. Finding food and self-protection as it turns out, often from that food source. Remember, September is moose season. A fan of shopping at local markets, the only reason I go to Alaska is to visit my daughter. She now lives in... Full story
To Shanika Benson: “Of all those hospitalized currently with COVID, 99.5% are not vaccinated” was described by you as a “Huge lie.” Unless you were raised by wolves, I would like to assume that you know the difference between the truth and a lie. My information was reported in September 2021 by agencies which record and present actual case numbers of hospital patients. Back when I was in junior high, I remember learning about the scientific method and how cause and effect works. Once an experiment is set in motion, results... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Within days of the failed recall of Governor Newsom, with the flick of a pen, the Governor signed three bills that negatively impact neighborhoods in San Diego County. Let’s start with SB 9, a bill I’ve strongly opposed. The bill overrides local control, and the state now requires cities to allow single-family property owners to build an additional house, or one duplex on their currently zoned single family property lot. The bill also allows some homeowners to split a single-family lot to b... Full story
LOYB thanks all our fantastic volunteers who came out last Tuesday and Wednesday in the heat and packed and distributed over 180 bags of food to our families. A special thanks to the Fallbrook United Methodist Church and Patti Johnson for their generous donation to our program. The church’s donation allows our program to provide supplemental nutrition for our 60 families. LOYB appreciates the congregation’s generosity. As we head into fall, we are gearing up for our Thanksgiving gift card drive. LOYB wants to provide eac... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher Fallbrook Union High School District Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez released a video last week showing damage, allegedly related to a September TikTok Challenge, to bathrooms on campus at Fallbrook High School. If I understand correctly, there was damage to all the bathrooms at the school, but damages to one bathroom alone was more than $4,000, according to Supt. Garza-Gonzalez. Most of the bathrooms at the school were being remodeled so that the students could have nice facilities for use on... Full story
Wouldn’t it be great if “yes” really meant “yes”? Many times, “yes” seems to mean “yes” only if it isn’t inconvenient or doesn’t make things more difficult. But “yes” should mean “yes” and “no” should mean “no.” Simple, no discussion, it’s either “yes” or “no.” In real estate, the lines are no less blurred on the “yes” meaning “yes” than in any other part of our lives. I can hear you now, saying, well, when I say “yes” it really means “yes.” Let me share some stories... Full story
The County Board recently voted to adopt ordinance amendments created ostensibly to relieve five marijuana businesses of ‘uncertainty or instability.’ Staff had been directed to write code changes to remove both. However, many think the amendments have gone too far, granting unprecedented privileges to a for-profit private predatory industry. Supervisor Fletcher has no unincorporated land in his district and Supervisors Desmond and Anderson had no part in drafting the ordinance. Nine months ago, Fletcher assured uni... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher Gov. Newsom announced his new vaccine mandate for school children, a group of citizens who have very little risk of dying from COVID. The risk benefits I’ve written about before, so we don’t need to go back over it. But to sum it up, out of tens of millions of children, we’ve had 35 deaths from COVID. In 2018, we had 636 child deaths by car accident and 97,000 injuries in California. Almost all the COVID deaths had other co-morbidities and doctors are saying the school mandate is not based on clini... Full story
This nation's mainstream media apparently wants to move on from the disaster created by our abrupt and seemingly unplanned departure from Afghanistan. Our politicians on both sides of the aisle in congress don't seem to be objecting. Doctor Jim Dobson of the Dobson Family Institute maintains that it would be very unwise to just move on and sweep this disaster under the carpet. His September newsletter gives the following reasons why we the people deserve more: Neither Democrats nor Republicans appear eager to find out why Bag... Full story
SANTA CRUZ – Thousands of Californians Monday, Sept. 27, petitioned Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high (Critical Race Theory) school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101, and the bill now heads to Newsom, who has until Oct. 10 to act on it. Last week, the LA Times editorialized against AB 101 and urged Newsom to veto the bill for the same reasons raised by the petitioners. “Despite new ‘guardrail’ language, AB 101 does not, and by law... Full story
California has the highest gasoline prices in the country, and at 51.1 cents per gallon, our gasoline tax is also the highest. Keep in mind we have the country’s worst poverty rate, with many living just barely above the poverty level, and thousands have real problems just making ends meet. Making matters worse, SB 339 has been signed into law by the Governor. It pilots implementation of a “Road Usage Charge” (RUC), to eventually charge motorists a “per mile driven” tax. We a... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District There is fear among communities throughout San Diego County. Whether you live in rural North County, rural East County, or in any of the region’s 18 cities, your neighborhood could be uprooted by the State of California’s placement of a Sexually Violent Predator. It’s time we address this and, once and for all, stop this! San Diegans should not live in fear of knowing a Sexually Violent Predator could be placed to live in their neighborhoods. On Oct. 5, I will be asking my colleagues at th... Full story
In Sandra's response, she seems sincerely concerned about my COVID health. Thank you Sandra. But I think she actually missed my main points. Which is, what is the better choice? She says, without the vaccination I could suffer death. But with it I’d have a much easier time pulling through. Maybe, published numbers seem to support that. She says this is the reality! Well, realities aren't cut in stone. In time, realities change. Just so you know, I have taken the first two doses. And, I am giving the booster the boot. (Persona... Full story
It’s not that hard to identify the requirements for an environment that supports families – traditional or not; a stable employment environment; a living wage and avenues for advancement – for our working class population. In 1992, the Republican Party made support of traditional family values part of its formal platform. Since then, however, the Republican Party has worked resolutely to create an environment in which traditional families can hardly exist, much less flourish. In times past, America had the requisite envir... Full story
We could not be more divided on an issue than the vaccine mandate. Although we are deeply divided on every single issue nowadays. First lie. "If you are not vaccinated and contract China Flu (COVID) you will most likely die." Truth. I've read anywhere from 99.5% to 99.8% of anybody who contracts the China Flu survives! Yes, it is a horrible virus flu, but more people die (75 and older) of other causes than China Flu. Last year we didn't even count regular flu cases; we just counted them as Covid China Flu. Fact. During the... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher When our founding fathers dreamed of creating a country with freedoms and opportunity, a primary freedom was that anyone could own property regardless of their status in life. They had come from a history of feudal societies where kings owned the land. Portions of the king’s land were managed by a noble class who rented out smaller portions to the peasants, who worked the land and paid them in produce and military service. The nobles, in turn, paid the king. People coming to the U.S. from all over the w... Full story
Typical Liberal who misses the point and then deflects, turns & twists the facts. Of course you've got the election in the bag, you've been stealing our State elections for decades. Nobody said the homeless problem was Newsome's fault, better re-read the opinion I wrote. The MISSED point was they are living on beach front property while the residents get to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in property taxes! Residents get to live with the crime, drugs, and stench which is now their ocean view. I say ship them to Malibu.... Full story
As we head into fall (where did the time go) I wanted to give you some updates at the County of San Diego. We have made a major step in our fight against COVID with the introduction of monoclonal antibody treatment. This treatment prevents the virus from attaching to the cells and replicating or spreading. The one-time treatment typically has people feeling better by 24 hours and studies have shown a reduction of hospitalizations and deaths by 85%! The key is to catch it... Full story
In your Sept. 23, 2021, issue, Lewis K. Shell posed this question in his essay, Vaccine mandates, what to do. He states, "Remember, If I get the vaccine, I can still get Covid-19 and still be contagious to the extent of a super spreader. So how does that help me or you?" Here is your answer: if you are vaccinated and contract Covid, you will recover and probably not even require hospitalization. (That's actual statistical data.) If you are not vaccinated and contract Covid, you will most likely join the majority of those who... Full story
How long does the community of Fallbrook have to suffer with FPUD? Besides high water rates, their employees totally disregard the law. Construction is supposed to start at 7 a.m., Not at 6:30, not at 6:45, Not at 6:52. Your work crews are inconsiderate neighbors in this neighborhood. Nobody, including me, wants to be woken up by backup bells on the trucks at your construction site on Alturas. Shame on you for disregarding construction laws. Jan Scott. A person who detests being woken up by an alarm too ea... Full story
4 was California’s worst year ever for wildfires – 33 people died and 4.2 billion acres burned. This year is on track to be even worse. Thankfully, the Legislature has responded to this crisis with a historic investment in wildfire prevention and response. With $200 million per year in ongoing funding, California’s land managers and firefighters will have the resources to turn the tide against our state’s deadly wildfires. Until recently, this funding was in doubt. The Gov... Full story
Everyone blames poor Joe for the disaster in Afghanistan. Actually it was a success, depending on which party you align with. No one has mentioned that this has Obama’s fingerprints all over it. Let’s get in the time machine and take a look. Barry was “elected” with lots of Muslim brotherhood money, he told us he was a Muslim. He sent a new drone to Iran, landed carefully and refused to hit the self-destruct button. He gave back four top terrorist leaders for one known American Army traitor. Then he had happy talks in the... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 Many can remember recent San Diego wildfire disasters, including the Cedar, Witch, Rice, Cocos, Guejito and Lilac fires which devastated so much of this region. North County Fire Protection District, Valley Center Fire Protection District, and the Rincon Fire Department all serve communities with designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. There is a clear need to support our rural fire agencies. This year, in light of the state’s $38 billion budget surplus, I made three funding r... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News It is moose season in the boreal forest around McGrath, Alaska. The first day of September marks the opening day of the hunt. For 30 days, hunters fly in and out of this wee village in north central Alaska stalking the woods for this gigantic herbivore. But, in order to bag one of these antlered giants, each hunter must individually fly into the village of McGrath, show up in person at the Alaska Fish & Game desk carrying their picture I.D. in time to procure one of an u... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District I’m a huge supporter of activities that promote the health and wellbeing of residents in North County. We are incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful County that has a wide array of outdoor activities, including hiking. The County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation manages hundreds of miles of trails in over 130 parks and preserves across San Diego. If you’re looking for somewhere to go, the San Elijo Lagoon is a great place to start. It’s an easy trail with a natur... Full story
