Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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A pair of 10-8 losses to league champion Rancho Buena Vista prevented Fallbrook High School from winning the 2024 Valley League boys tennis championship. The Warriors finished the season with a league record of 6-2 while Rancho Buena Vista was 8-0 in league play. Fallbrook was 9-5 overall during the dual match portion of the season. "We played well," said Fallbrook coach Bill Lenaway. A high school tennis match consists of each of a school's three singles players contesting...
Fallbrook High School’s girls basketball team won the Warriors’ third Valley League championship in four years and the reached the semifinals of the CIF San Diego Section Division I playoffs. The Warriors won all 10 of their Valley League games, entered the post-season with a 21-7 overall record, and won two playoff games before losing to top-seeded Cathedral Catholic. “I had really no expectations,” said Fallbrook coach Trae Harrison. Claire Nordeen was Fallbrook’s only senior starter, and the entire team had only three sen...
MGPA Architecture was awarded the Bonsall Unified School District contract for the design of a new playground and shade shelter at Bonsall Elementary School. The BUSD board voted 4-0 Wednesday, Jan. 17, with Michael Gaddis absent, to approve the architectural services contract with the Carlsbad company. MGPA Architecture will be paid $19,800 for the work. “It’s a great thing,” BUSD superintendent Joseph Clevenger said. The existing playground at Bonsall Elementary School will be demolished. The new playground will inclu...
The San Diego Sockers have played home games at what was initially the San Diego Sports Arena and is currently Pechanga Arena, but for 2024-2025, the Sockers will be moving into Frontwave Arena in Oceanside. The final regular-season game at the Grand Old Arena was Saturday, March 30, against the Tacoma Stars, and 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate Chris Toth earned the goalkeeper win for the Stars. “It’s a big deal,” Toth said. “To play here is a special thing.” The Sockers franchise began as the Baltimore Comets in 1974,...
The Vallecitos School District will be adding a new portable classroom building to Vallecitos Elementary School, and the Tuesday, March 12, Vallecitos board meeting approved a design contract for the new classroom. A 3-0 vote, with two vacant seats, approved a contract for architectural and engineering services with MGPA Architecture. The Carlsbad company will be paid $26,200 for the work. “We’re excited to see that one through,” Meliton Sanchez, superintendent of Vallecitos School District and the district’s chief busines...
Cottonwood Elementary School of Aguanga hosted a cross-country meet Thursday, March 14, for the small K-8 elementary schools and middle schools in northern San Diego County and southern Riverside County which participate in athletic tournaments, and Vallecitos Elementary School took first place as a team for both the boys and the girls while Vallecitos seventh-grader Rochelle Hernandez was the first girls individual finisher. "I'm really impressed with how well they did,...
A thunderstorm March 15 canceled Fallbrook High School’s swim meet against Valley Center that afternoon, but the Fallbrook girls began the season with two league victories. The Warriors opened their season March 5 at home against Mission Hills and won that 111-54 meet. The March 7 home win over Pacific Ridge had a 123-41 score. “It was good to see where we’re at and what we can do,” said Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond. A school can enter up to three swimmers or divers in each individual event. Each school can have three q...
Fallbrook High School's girls water polo team reached the CIF Division II quarterfinal. The Warriors won their Feb. 8 first-round match against Del Norte, giving Fallbrook a quarterfinal contest against second-seeded Oceanside. The Pirates prevailed in that Febr. 10 game and eventually advanced to the CIF championship game, which Oceanside lost in overtime. "I'm excited with what we did and how we played," said Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond. The playoff loss finalized Fallbrook...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District will be adding a pump station to transport water from Red Mountain Reservoir to DeLuz, and Ardurra will be performing the design and hydraulic modeling work. During the Feb. 26 FPUD board meeting a 5-0 vote approved a professional services agreement with Ardurra for hydraulic modeling and design services for the DeLuz Pump Station. Ardurra, which is headquartered in Tampa and has offices in Temecula and Poway, will be paid $82,000 for the work. DeLuz is currently hydraulically isolated...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved appropriations and the bid and award process for pedestrian crossing improvements at 21 signalized intersections throughout the unincorporated county including four in Fallbrook. A pair of 4-0 votes March 13, with Joel Anderson absent, approved two actions to appropriate funds and authorize the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of construction contracts for the improvements. One of those actions covered four intersections including the South Mission Road...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District’s Administrative Code stipulates that per diem pay is to be reviewed annually, and any increase is limited to 5%. The per diem pay for FPUD directors had been $127.63, and when a Feb. 26 hearing date for the increase was set at FPUD’s Jan. 22 board meeting, the planned increase was to $134.01. FPUD opted to round that figure down by one cent, so FPUD directors will now be paid $134 for meetings. The FPUD board vote Feb. 26 was 5-0. A recommended increase requires a public hearing to be...
Kay Construction Company, Inc., will be replacing the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s Ross Lake Pipeline. FPUD’s board voted 5-0 Feb. 26 to award the contract to Kay Construction. The Santee company will be paid $902,348 for the work. FPUD staff has created a priority list of replacement projects based on the age of the facilities and past failure incidents. The Ross Lake Pipeline was selected as a priority due to leaks, age, and condition. The pipeline has experienced multiple mainline breaks over the past year. The pro...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a new law enforcement contract between the County of San Diego and the Pala Band of Mission Indians which adds a third deputy Sheriff to patrol the reservation. The supervisors’ 4-0 vote March 12, with Joel Anderson absent, approved a three-year agreement which covers the period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2027. The new contract also increases the coverage from two to three full-time deputies. Pala initially contracted with the county for law enforcement services in 2...
The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in Germany includes local bands who qualify for the metal festival through local and national contests. Woods Witch, which features Fallbrook native Stuart Reeder, qualified for the San Diego regional final. Six San Diego area bands qualified for the regional final through the initial Wacken Metal Battle concerts March 8 and 9 at Brick by Brick. Three bands from each night qualified for the regional final. Woods Witch placed second...
Neither of the Fallbrook projects proposed for 2024-25 Community Development Block Grant funding were awarded any CDBG money. A 4-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote March 12, with Joel Anderson absent, approved the county's 2024-25 annual funding plan for Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Shelter Grant, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs. The proposals for the Don Dussault Park expansion and Elder Street sidewalks were both placed on the list of...
The most recent update of the County of San Diego’s Capital Improvement Needs Assessment was approved at the March 12 San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting. The supervisors' 4-0 vote, with Joel Anderson absent, approved the CINA, which reflects the county's facilities needs. The approval of the needs assessment itself did not include funding for projects on the list, although the supervisors also directed interim Chief Administrative Officer Sarah Aghassi to determine timing and funding mechanisms to implement the ind...
The North County Fire Protection District approved emergency roof repair for the district’s Fleet Service Building. The action Tuesday, Jan. 23, approved a resolution authorizing an emergency purchase procedure rather than the competitive bidding process, and the board also found the repair of an existing facility to be exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review. A four-fifths vote was needed to approve the emergency repair resolution, which was met by the 5-0 vote in favor. “The roof in our shop is fai...
The contract the North County Fire Protection District has for upgrades to the NCFPD administrative building has been amended to include a complete replacement of the parking lot. A 5-0 vote at the NCFPD board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, approved the amendment to the contract with Reed Family Enterprises Inc. The change order will add an estimated $43,029 to the contract, although the board authorized a change order of up to $50,000 in case any unforeseen conditions are encountered. The North County Fire Protection District...
Weather forced Bonsall High School's scheduled March 4 home baseball game against Crawford to be played March 5 at Crawford, and weather along with Bonsall's winter sports boys teams participating in CIF playoffs has limited the Legionnaires' preparation. "It's just a slow start this year," said Bonsall coach Danny Mencias. "We barely started practicing," Mencias said prior to the game at Crawford. "This is kind of like our practice. We haven't had any time to practice at all....
A CWA board vote Thursday, Feb. 22, approved the recommendation of the CWA’s Finance Planning Workgroup. The calendar year 2025 changes include apportioning 40% of the transportation charge as a Transportation Fixed Rate allocated to member agencies by a seven-year rolling average with the current volume-based Transportation Rate designed to recover the remaining 60% of the forecasted annual revenue requirement. The CWA currently allocates its Customer Service Charge, Storage Charge and Supply Reliability Charge based on r...
Fallbrook High School seniors Nic Brockson and Devin Huntington each won two matches at the all-division CIF San Diego Section masters tournament Feb. 16-17 at Southwest High School in El Centro. Brockson wrestled in the 126-pound division at the double-elimination tournament. Huntington was in the 150-pound bracket. Fallbrook freshman Ricky Lopez was in the 108-pound division, although he lost both of his matches. “Bringing three guys to masters is really big,” said Fallbrook coach Tom Brockson. CIF competition div...
A proposed commercial center in the 3000 block of Highway 76 near Via Monserate was brought to the Fallbrook Community Planning Group for input, and the 12 planning group members present Feb. 20 were all opposed to the project as currently proposed. “The community and the planning group are strongly opposed to the project,” said planning group chair Eileen Delaney. “It violates our community plan,” Delaney said. “It does not complement the area. It is truly out of character. The application had numerous flaws in it.” The...
The Vallecitos School District is seeking Trustee Area 1 residents who desire to serve on the school board. Chris Howells, who had been the board member for Trustee Area 1, has moved out of California. Howells submitted his resignation effective Monday, Feb. 12. The Tuesday, Feb. 13, Vallecitos School District board meeting included a 3-0 vote to approve the provisional appointment process for the vacancy. “We’re hoping to fill it,” Vallecitos School District superintendent Meliton Sanchez said. Applications to fill the v...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is now a retail agency of the Eastern Municipal Water District and, as a retail agency of a wholesale agency, FPUD residents will be eligible to vote both for their FPUD division board seat and for their EMWD division seat. A Feb. 21 EMWD board vote placed the FPUD area into Division 2 for EMWD election purposes. The 4-0 vote, with Randy Record absent, adopts a resolution adding FPUD to Division 2. EMWD staff was also authorized to initiate the redistricting process to rebalance the...
San Diego County’s zoning administrator made findings which will allow for a 10.28‑acre parcel in the 3600 block of Linda Vista Drive to be subdivided into four lots. Dahvia Lynch, who is the director of the county’s Department of Planning and Development Services, has the actual authority to approve the parcel split along with a site plan, but the Thursday, Feb. 22, decision of Zoning Administrator Conor McGee found the project to be exempt from further environmental review. The California Environmental Quality Act requi...
