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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The simple definition of disclosure is “the action of making new or secret information known.” The antonym is equally simple and profound, “concealment.” In California real estate, the Transfer Disclosure Statement is something sellers are required to provide to the buyers when they transfer or sell their property. A second disclosure is the Seller Property Questionnaire which provides a more in-depth disclosure about the structure, the parcel, the neighborhood, etc. Both form... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher With all the concern over critical theory possibly being taught in our local high school, I requested the curriculum and teaching aids used by FUHSD relating to unconscious bias, critical race theory and other related topics. I spent hours going through it and I appreciate the high school providing it to me in a timely manner. From what I was given, and from what I could see, there was a lot that was helpful to teach young people. We want to teach them to be thoughtful and kind, no matter who they are... Full story
I have been a licensed Realtor since 1997 and Chris Murphy and I have been selling real estate in North San Diego County since 1998. We have loved our profession and most all the clients we have represented over the years. The rewards of this profession are found mostly in the relationships we’ve created, built on trust and mutual respect. Occasionally, a client is worth memorializing in one of my columns. I have shared the stories of many wonderful clients who hired us to h... Full story
As a resident of Fallbrook since 1988, I have been an FPUD rate payer for 33 years. The current effort to detach the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District from the San Diego Water Authority is of great importance to our community. Serious business. Since 1944, San Diego County has been joined in a common approach to water quality and availability. I am a big fan of such collaborative efforts when all concerned receive value in proportion to contribution. The collaboration must stand the... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News Here is my limerick to the humble brown paper grocery bag. For most of my life, it was the standard carrying device for food purchased at a grocery store. It even evolved to include a useful handle. There once was a tote, I recall, That carried our stuff big and small, Just a humble brown bag Without a price tag, Thus, making them free to us all. For decades, in spite of its unassuming appearance, this simple democratic paper bag graced home kitchens without a nod to... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 The crisis at the Employment Development Department (EDD) is continuing. Many claimants had to wait months for their benefits, thousands have had their finances devastated, while others filed phony claims that reportedly defrauded the state of over $30 billion. The executive branch administers state agencies but has taken no significant steps toward reforming EDD. The Legislative Branch has stepped into the breech, and I’m very happy that my office has been able to help thousands of c... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District The number of COVID-19 cases has risen dramatically over the last month. Unfortunately, one of the main reasons is due to the growing prevalence of the Delta variant. According to our County Public Health Officials, the Delta variant is more contagious. There is some good news, thankfully hospitalizations and the need for ICU beds remain well within the capacities of our local healthcare system to handle and manage. A main reason for this is because more than two-thirds of San Diego County... Full story
I have a dream. Yes, I have a dream that our land will once again be a land of liberty and justice for all. That the Bible and the Ten Commandments will once again be taught in our schools and not critical race theory which divides us and teaches us to hate each other. That will be a thing of the past. God hates Critical Race Theory. Proverbs 8:16 has this to say: The seven things God hates A proud look A lying tongue Hands that shed innocent blood A heart that devises wicked imaginations, Feet that are swift in running to... Full story
Droughts are a fact of life in California and shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Yet somehow we don't seem capable of preparing for them. We are now in the second year of severe drought, and much of California's agriculture, especially in the Central Valley, is facing devastation. The State Water Resources Control Board will soon vote on an "emergency curtailment" order that will prevent thousands of the state's farmers from using major rivers and streams to irrigate thei... Full story
The subject letter was carefully crafted and certainly would be worthy of consideration – if entered in a fiction writing contest. Now as to factual errors in the letter. The entire letter is a fiction, but here are some of its most egregious faults. Note: I will refer to the subject letter’s author as “the author.” The author says all things “identifying the Democratic Party’s direct connection to slavery, their resistance to abolishing slavery, and their opposition to emancipation and reconstruction are being removed and... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Watching the news or reading the headlines, one might think that life is pretty bleak. I often use the comparison that watching the news is like eating junk food. It might be fun while you’re doing it, but you’ll feel sick after it’s over. There’s a reason for the old news cliché, “If it bleeds, it leads.” Many studies back this up, with bad news being more memorable than good news. But is the coverage warranted? Is life as a whole getting better or worse? From 1990 to 2015, almost 130,0... Full story
Jennifer DeMeo and Hayden Hamilton We’d like to set the record straight in response to the recent guest commentary in the Village News titled: “San Diego County must not suffer if Fallbrook and Rainbow leave Water Authority” by San Diego County Water Authority board members Mel Katz and Keith Lewinger. First, it is the ratepayers of Fallbrook and Rainbow who have been suffering – over the past 10 years, they have overpaid nearly $50 million to the Water Authority compared to the benefits they’ve received. In essence,... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report July 30 stating, “In July 2021, following multiple large public events in a Barnstable County, Massachusetts, town, 469 COVID-19 cases were identified among Massachusetts residents who had traveled to the town during July 3–17; 346 (74%) occurred in fully vaccinated persons. Five individuals were hospitalized, including four who were fully vaccinated. No deaths were reported. It continued to address the Delta variant in particular, “Te... Full story
Kim Murphy Murphy & Murphy Southern California Realty This is an incredible time to be a seller. The average price of a detached home in Fallbrook has increased $182,500 since January making June’s average selling price $827,500. The median price of a detached home has increased from $729,283 to $858,153, a $128,850 increase. Over 2/3 of all home sales are selling above list price. These kinds of numbers remind me of 2005 and 2006, but much is different from then. Many people tell us they are waiting for the market to a... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th Assembly District The CA 2021/22 budget passed last month, but a series of “trailer bills” to fund specific programs passed on July 15. Many of these were policy priorities for myself and for my caucus. Programs receiving funding ranged from foster youth to childcare and development programs, to housing and homelessness. Specifically, we passed legislation to begin consolidation of California’s fractured rate structure for childcare and preschool programs. With the $2.6 Billion alloc... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District The preamble of the constitution begins with “We the People.” Not we the government, but we the people. While the last 16 months has been difficult for kids, businesses and so many more, it’s also been a wakeup call. It’s been a wakeup call to many that feel their elected official isn’t representing them. It’s been a wakeup call to those who realize how much power one politician has. And it’s been a wakeup call to realize that the government can shut your business down, crush your liveliho... Full story
Today, my mom and I were at Starbucks in line for our "regular order of'' Caffe Mocha's and there was a beautiful blue Ford Ranger Pick up ahead of us in the line. I commented that the truck was really pretty, but that I was disappointed that Ford did not make the old smaller pick-up anymore....just small talk. The young man in the pickup truck moved along and got his order and left. When we went to the window to pick up our order, we were informed that the man in the pickup ahead of us had paid for our order! Well, just go... Full story
If the Socialist Party of Great Britain is an authority on such things, it is official: in light of recent anti-communist protests and civil unrest, Cuba has been demoted to “Not Real Socialism” and reclassified, along with the USSR and other failed socialist experiments, as “actually state capitalism.” La Revolucion, it appears, is moving into the last stage of what we might call the Niemietz Cycle in honor of Kristian Niemietz’s excellent-and-downloadable-for-$0 book “Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies.” The first s... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman Westphal Special to the Village News With each passing decade I am more and more inclined to disregard the “Hints from Heloise” columns. As the years fade, I often recall my dogged dedication to her columns. I read “Hints from Heloise” because like me, she was an Air Force officer’s wife. Who better to emulate than a successful military wife? Or so I thought when I was a young naïve bride. It is only now that I see the error of my ways. If I could, I would change the whole course of my life. Had I not foll... Full story
Last week, the State of California Department of Public Health released new guidance stating the mandate will continue for all students in California to wear masks for in-person schooling. This came the same day the federal government (Center for Disease Control) released new guidelines saying vaccinated students and teachers no longer need to wear masks in the classrooms. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard ‘follow the science,’ but now the state has decided to not follo... Full story
Christina Metzler Miller “You knit me together in my mother’s womb” I begin, reading from Psalm 139. “Munandiumba ndisanadwe ine,” Thoko Nzunga reads from the Chichewa Bible. Her version translates closer to “You knew me before I was born,” which is no surprise, considering that Chichewa words for reproductive organs are considered so vulgar that Christians should never say them. More than 60 school-aged young women and 40 married ladies filled the church. I know that talking about women’s health is taboo in many villages,... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th Assembly District Access to the internet has become a critical part of everyday life, something many Californians take for granted. But usable broadband service has been unavailable for many. Over 670,000 Californians do not have access to a high-speed broadband connection, including 30% of rural households and 24% of homes located on tribal lands. My district is one of those. That’s why my caucus and I have long supported efforts to close the digital divide statewide. I’m happy to rep... Full story
Keith Lewinger and Mel Katz With nearly 100 years of combined experience working on important regional issues across San Diego County, we wanted to share some observations about a proposal currently pending among our region’s water providers. The Fallbrook Public Utility District and Rainbow Municipal Water District have filed applications to leave the San Diego County Water Authority and instead get their water from an agency in Riverside County. First and foremost, this is a regional decision that has regional i... Full story
For the last several decades, most Americans have been busy living their lives embracing the expectations of our traditional values derived from our love of God, country, and family. These traditional axioms have been the impetus that has united and inspired Americans irrespective of our ethnic, religious, or political backgrounds. But today’s Democratic Party openly expresses their hatred and contempt for our shared traditional values. These emblematic values trace our heritage and shape and retrace our collective story a... Full story
For brevity, I will refer to the author of the subject letter as “you.” You should know by now that just because you say something is true doesn’t make it so. You make a number of allegations but provide no evidence. I provide citations for my allegations: you provide none. I do not accept Rufo’s definition of CRT. According to Rufo, any mention of racism is CRT. I will not accept that. CRT has already been defined. You ask: “Please explain to me why so many people, including now informed parents, are against these racist te... Full story
