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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Assemblymember Marie Waldron District 75 May 27 was the “House of Origin Deadline,” the final day for bills to pass out from the legislative house in which they were first introduced. Since this is the end of a two-year session, any bills that failed to pass by the deadline have died. I’m very happy two more of my bills made it through the process. During recent wildfires, we all became more aware of the tremendous contributions made by tribal fire departments in our rural district and in many areas throughout the state... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher On this Memorial Day it's good to remember that our country was created with the radical ideas that we each had individual rights and then that the government would exist to protect those rights, rather than the people existing to serve an ever increasing and controlling government. Those rights included to live free, the pursuit of happiness, the ability to protect yourself and even enjoy personal property rights. I believe we have to keep reminding ourselves of this and teaching it to our kids.... Full story
In the article on the FUESD Teachers of the Year and Employees of the Year, published May 19, Stephanie Gaddis was incorrectly listed as a special education teacher. She is a speech language pathologist at Stem Academy. Village News apologizes for the error.... Full story
Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, we can all agree that our representatives in Congress shouldn’t be able to use their elected office to gain an unfair advantage and enrich themselves. Unfortunately, our existing laws don’t do enough to stop members of Congress from engaging in insider trading or prevent conflicts of interest between their responsibility to the public and their personal financial gain. That’s why our representatives must act to ban buying and selling stocks altogether while in office. Seventy... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last week, we passed two important board items that will help the lives of San Diegans. The first item dealt with seniors. Seniors are the fastest-growing population in North County and we must do all we can to help them by bringing resources directly to senior centers. I have partnered with Supervisor Anderson to bring county staff to senior centers that will provide information on special programs and services that can help seniors. If passed, the initiative will implement a one-year... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News Years ago, while I was still married to the children’s father, we lived in “The Valley.” That’s the San Fernando Valley for the uninformed. The cool thing about living in Woodland Hills then was it’s tucked behind the exclusive celebrated enclave-of-wealth known as Hidden Hills, close to Thousand Oaks and across the 101 from Calabasas. I lived in the heart of Hollywood’s television stars who littered the freeways regardless of one’s driving direction. Naturally, th... Full story
Evolution resulted in human females having the potential to become pregnant at any time of the year: a superior survival trait. And God, or Mother Nature, has been lavish in provisions to make it easy for women to get pregnant. But it’s been left to the woman to figure out how to not get pregnant or how to get un-pregnant. At the beginning of an average young woman's fertile years, she has about one million immature oocytes (eggs). Every lunar month, one or two eggs mature and are made available for fertilization, except f... Full story
As a subscriber and dedicated reader of the Village News, I want to encourage our residents to support the excellent and superior reporting that we are so fortunate to enjoy! Julie's editorials are a credit to her integrity and attention to truth. She is fair and balanced in the opinion page in allowing diverse views. Please help us keep our "hometown" paper. It is such an important part of our community. The real estate section is complete and informative, as is the entertainment portion and human interest stories – just a... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last week, a group called Let's Go San Diego submitted signatures with hopes of getting a half-cent sales tax on the November 2022 ballot. This would help fund SANDAG's $160 billion transit plan. The group that brought this forward is primarily made up by the unions, which have been promised all the jobs for SANDAG’s plan. With inflation at record highs, this is not the time for more taxes. San Diegans are struggling to pay electricity bills, groceries, gas, and now SANDAG and the unions wa... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher On Friday, May 20, the Wall Street Journal editorial board published a piece on the Durham-Sussman trial titled “Hillary Clinton Did It” labeling the Russia-Trump collusion as the “dirty trick for the ages.” The editorial was in response to Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook directly implicating her in court, testifying that Clinton herself gave the green light to give the disinformation to the media which linked Trump to Russia through an alleged secret back channel with Alpha Bank. In other wor... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District Last year, I introduced an effort at the Board of Supervisors to waive youth sports fees in San Diego County. Kids have suffered greatly over the last two years, from virtual learning to not being able to play the sports they love. Youth sports participation is down in San Diego County, and I don’t want money to be the reason. Through the action, the board made the decision to allocate $2 million towards a grant program for youth sports and youth camp tuitions. Managed by the County of S... Full story
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News The tell is in the arch of the swing. It signifies the lightning quick lift off of a majestic Hooded Oriole male as he springs from the hummingbird feeder into flight back to his mate. We are blessed to enjoy two, yes, two breeding pairs of Hooded Orioles in our garden. They have returned faithfully to nest and raise their young for about eight years. The males fly in first to scout locations usually in mid-March. They are followed by the dainty ladies a few weeks... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher Now that Big Pharma is firmly in bed with the Food and Drug Administration, children’s COVID vaccines don't need to hit even the low 50% efficacy targets anymore. The FDA’s de facto regulator-in-chief Peter Marks suggested this when he spoke to Congress in a May 6 briefing. Marks told Congress they would probably authorize the vaccines anyway, despite the fact that in pediatric vaccine trials, both Pfizer and Moderna appear not to have cleared even the 50% bar which is the FDA’s minimum efficacy stand... Full story
I attended the Joint Town Hall Meeting hosted by Fallbrook Public Utilities District and Rainbow Municipal Water District May 2. The purpose of the meeting was for district staff to meet with residents to explain and garner support for a proposal whereby both districts would sever their membership with San Diego County Water Authority and join Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County as water purveyor for Fallbrook and surrounding areas. I appreciate that our county Supervisor, Jim Desmond, was in attendance to... Full story
Mr. Parmenter, as an acknowledged young person, should be encouraged to participate in public discussions, but in a civil manner. I hope that he appreciates how fortunate he is to have the Village News print his letter. My objective here is to offer some thoughts to Mr. Parmenter on how not to respond to a person that you don't know, who has a differing opinion about a subject. In particular, it is your personal attack on Ms. Benson's character, over 'transgender rights.' In time, you'll come to see that the... Full story
Rarely do things stay the same. They either get better or they get worse. The reliability of our water supply is getting worse and something needs to be done, something other than telling us to use less and less. There is no good end game for that approach. The idea that we are again facing more draconian water restrictions is a result of politicians refusing to focus on the problem. A reliable water supply is directly related to the health, safety, and welfare of the constituents they have pledged to serve. Billions of gallo... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron District 75 California has 12% of the nation’s population, yet we have 30% of the nation’s homeless. This administration has spent $17 billion on the problem, but the homeless population has surged. Californians are fed up. There are solutions available, but current leadership won’t consider them. One thing is certain – throwing money at homelessness hasn’t worked. Take a look at San Francisco’s program to provide permanent supportive housing for the homeless. The city spent $160 million, bu... Full story
American Field Service has been a leader in the field of student exchange for more than 60 years. Each year we like to place one or more students in Fallbrook, who will attend Fallbrook High. We are receiving applications now for students, who will be arriving in mid-August for the either fall semester or for the next school year. We have some outstanding candidates with varied interests and many countries of origin. I would like to talk to any families that might be interested in hosting. We also are interested in talking... Full story
To Mr. Zajic, please re-read my letter April 21 addressed to you and Mr. Terrell. So when I am addressing Mr. Terrell you have mistaken it for you. I believe I asked why we can't live with all the resources God has given us including fossil fuels. The far left wants to eliminate it completely. While I agree with renewable energy, common sense tells me we can incorporate it into our way of life. However, I am not for eliminating what resources we already have and use to appease the left's claims we only have 8-12 years left he... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District I wanted to give you the latest news as gas prices continue to rise across San Diego County. Last month, Supervisor Joel Anderson and I initiated action, unanimously approved by the board, to send a letter to state lawmakers for a one-year suspension of the state gas tax. We also voted to support a rebate program and encourage the state to find a mechanism to ensure the savings are passed down to the consumers, not oil companies. The state projects a budget surplus of more than $45... Full story
The bomb-shell leak of Judge Alito’s draft opinion shows SCOTUS’s true colors: flaming, far right red. It is 98 pages of assumptions, misinterpretations of U.S. history, and irrelevances. That’s just the good part; it goes downhill from there. Alito’s first sentence is true: “Abortion presents a profound moral issue in which Americans hold sharply conflicting views.” The fact that abortion is a moral issue, not a legal one, is why it should not be addressed in a court of law in the first place. John Adams put it this way: ... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher The California Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-0 to allow minors to be vaccinated without parental consent or knowledge on May 5. The legislation, (SB) 866 as it’s known, introduced by Democratic Senator Scott Wiener, now moves forward. After the hearing, the San Francisco Senator tweeted, “Teens should be able to protect their own health with vaccines – whether against COVID, flu, measles, or polio – even if their parents refuse or can’t take them to get the shot.” The problem is that whoever is... Full story
Come gather ‘round people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone It your time to you is worth saving Then you better start swimming’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times, they are a-changin’ Bob Dylan, 1964 Over the past two years we have repeatedly been asked, how long will this boom last? How high will prices go? Well, there are many indications that we are starting to see the end of th... Full story
It certainly was a “grand night for singing,” while enjoying the story of Fallbrook Joe and his Magic Caboose! Congratulations to the Fallbrook Chorale and all the friends and neighbors at the SonRise church who, on Saturday May 7, presented this original story in dramatic musical fashion to a great gathering of Fallbrook dinner guests. I do hope this will not be the only presentation of this dramatic story. I know the cast practiced for more than a year and endured several Covid delays. But the real live show was pitch-and-w... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron District 75 The cost of gasoline continues to spiral out of control. Gas prices rose by 38% last year, fueling overall inflation, which rose by 7.9%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that was the highest inflation rate in 40 years, and unfortunately, there is no end in sight. Californians need relief now. One immediate step would be suspension of the state’s 51.1 cent per gallon gas tax, the nation’s highest. There is no need to wait for future rebates; we’d all get relief every time... Full story
