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For hundreds of thousands of high school athletes in the State of California, they finally have an answer as to when they can begin competing at local high schools during the 2020-21 school year. For now. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), along with the help of the 10 regional sections, announced on Monday, July 20, that there will be a modified sports season schedule for the upcoming school year that breaks the sports into two groups — fall and spring — ins...
According to Fallbrook Union High School athletic director Patrick Walker, no concrete decisions have been made as to when summer athletic training will resume in advance of the CIF Fall Season. Given the fluid nature of county and state mandates being issued because of the coronavirus pandemic, you could say that school officials are dealing with a playing field with constantly moving goalposts. “We are looking at both the CIF guidelines, recommendations from the State Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, and our North C...
For hundreds of thousands of high school athletes in the State of California, they finally have an answer as to when they can begin competing at local high schools during the 2020-21 school year. For now. The California Interscholastic Federation, along with the help of the 10 regional sections, announced Monday, July 20, that there will be a modified sports season schedule for the upcoming school year that breaks the sports into two groups – fall and spring – instead of the...
According to Fallbrook Union High School athletic director Patrick Walker, no concrete decisions have been made as to when summer athletic training will resume in advance of the CIF Fall Season. Given the fluid nature of county and state mandates being issued because of the coronavirus pandemic, you could say that school officials are dealing with a playing field with constantly moving goalposts. “We are looking at both the CIF guidelines, recommendations from the State Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, and our North C...
Stephen J. Abbott, chief and CEO of the North County Fire Protection District, presented NCFPD board members with a presentation, an economic report and varying ways the district could recoup funding potentially lost by the failure of Proposition A in November 2019. “When Prop. A failed, we had mentioned a variety of other means of exploring alternative revenue sources, which of course are potential consequences of Prop. A failure,” Abbott told the board during its Tuesday, July 28, telephonic meeting. “And then those include...
During the Monday, July 27, Fallbrook Union High School District special board meeting, the board of trustees voted 4-0 to renew the district's contract with Apex for the upcoming school year. Trustee Lee De Meo was unable to attend the meeting and did not vote on the issue. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mandate from Gov. Gavin Newsom for districts to begin the school year with distance learning, the district has expanded its license from the 250-student license it...
In a video presentation shared with students and parents at Fallbrook Union High School Friday, July 24, Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez, superintendent of FUHSD, outlined what school at Fallbrook Oasis and Ivy high schools will look like when school starts in August. On July 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered schools within the state of California located in counties on the COVID-19 watch list – and San Diego County is one of those counties – to begin the school year with distance lea...
At the Fallbrook Union High School District board of trustees' meeting Monday, July 13, district superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez said that the framework for returning to school could change on a dime. "What's in place today may change next week, may change in August, may change again in October," she said. She was right. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, July 17, ordered all school campuses to remain closed when the academic year begins in counties on the state's monitoring...
Originally scheduled for Hell's Kitchen Motorsports Bar & Grill in Lake Elsinore, the Freedom Protest Rally 2020 went off without a hitch on Saturday, July 18 at Hawk Ranch in Murrieta. The protest, which Hell's Kitchen owner Frank Opp said was forced to move due to warnings from state and law enforcement officials, drew a large crowd to the ranch in temperatures that reached into the low 90s. The event, which was billed as a protest rally to address current issues in the...
Originally scheduled for Hell's Kitchen Motorsports Bar & Grill in Lake Elsinore, the Freedom Protest Rally 2020 went off without a hitch on Saturday, July 18 at Hawk Ranch in Murrieta. The protest, which Hell's Kitchen owner Frank Opp said was forced to move due to warnings from state and law enforcement officials, drew a large crowd to the ranch in temperatures that reached into the low 90s. The event, which was billed as a protest rally to address current issues in the...
When two of the largest school districts in the state announced Monday, July 13, that they would begin the 2020-21 school year with online learning only in schools – two of the biggest dominoes fell pertaining to whether high school athletics will return with fall competition in late August. More and more, it is looking likely that the California Interscholastic Federation will decide July 20 to push fall sports back to at least January. If they do so, it would likely c...
On a warm summer day, similar to the days we have been enjoying recently, a walk through Live Oak Park can be a transformative experience. The gentle breezes flowing through the branches and leaves make a sound that many Fallbrookians would say soothes the soul. When it's quiet and few people are around, you can get lost in the natural beauty that surrounds you – from the babbling creek to the thick, twisting trunks of the more than 100 Coastal Live Oak trees that are the s...
Michelle's Place Cancer Resource Center celebrated the opening of its satellite office in Fallbrook, located at the Fallbrook Regional Health District offices, Tuesday, July 7. "Michelle's Place is thrilled to open their first satellite office and we look forward to better serving the community of Fallbrook," Kim Gerrish, executive director of Michelle's Place, which is based in Temecula, said. "Michelle's Place has provided resources to Fallbrook and surrounding areas for...
According to chef Daniel Elliot, it was just time for him to open his own restaurant. Elliot has been a chef in and around San Diego for about 15 years, working at places such as Rancho Valencia Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, later taking over at Local Tap House in Oceanside. "With COVID-19 and all that stuff going on, I was grinding over there and doing everything, and I just said, 'You know what, I can do this on my own if I find a place,'" he said. "I looked at it just as a...
It's a good problem to have at the Santa Margarita River Preserve if they are being honest. But it is no doubt a problem. The Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve, which is owned and managed by The Wildlands Conservancy, and the Santa Margarita Preserve, owned and operated by the county of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, has been experiencing large crowds flocking to the area since the preserve reopened May 9. That's the good part – they want people to enjoy the n...
Off-campus, non-school related training has reportedly begun for high school-aged athletes hoping to compete for Fallbrook Union High School in the fall when and if sports resume as previously scheduled. Last week, Fallbrook High girls cross country head coach Vickie Knox announced that summer conditioning would begin Tuesday, June 30, through Martial Arts Concepts in Fallbrook and all athletes would be required to sign a waiver with the business to participate. “They will be training under our studio and not Fallbrook H...
The California Highway Patrol Temecula office continues an investigation into a bomb threat that was called into the Temecula office of the California Department of Motor Vehicles Thursday morning, July 2, causing the office to be evacuated for more than two hours. According to Officer Mike Lassig, CHP officers were dispatched to the location on Diaz Road in Temecula and arrived on the scene at 10:27 a.m. Officers immediately evacuated the building of all employees and visitor...
A U.S. Air Force pilot from Temecula who was killed during a training mission on the East Coast was saluted Friday, July 3, by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ordered flags statewide to be flown at half-staff in memory of the aviator. U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, died Tuesday, June 30, when the F-16C Fighting Falcon he was flying crashed at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. Schmitz was on a night training flight, but few details were available regarding...
The California Highway Patrol Temecula office continues an investigation into a bomb threat that was called into the Temecula office of the California Department of Motor Vehicles Thursday morning, July 2, causing the office to be evacuated for more than two hours. According to Officer Mike Lassig, CHP officers were dispatched to the location on Diaz Road in Temecula and arrived on the scene at 10:27 a.m. Officers immediately evacuated the building of all employees and visitors and conducted an internal and exterior search...
If all goes well and a surge of new coronavirus cases hitting the county calms down, some downtown Fallbrook businesses could have the opportunity to spread out a little in hopes of bringing more business to the area. According to Lila MacDonald, CEO of Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce, Main Street will be closed from 4-8 p.m. Fridays allowing businesses on the route to expand out into the street. The road will be closed from Hawthorn to Fig streets with Alvarado Street...
Bonsall ballerina, Keliah Peterson, 14, said she hopes to fulfill her dream of studying full time at the Royal Ballet School in England. Her mother, Hope Peterson, isn't quite ready for that just yet, however. "If you had told my husband and me that we would be considering allowing a minor child to move away from home, let alone move across the ocean, we would have told you that you were crazy," Hope Peterson said. "It's only because in the very specific career is that she is...
In case you were wondering, Scott Anders knows all about the restaurant business. "I've been in restaurants my whole life," Anders said. "I'm 45, so, since high school. My parents had one. When I was in grade school, my grandparents owned one franchise, Lum's, that used to be popular back in the 60s, 70s and 80s. I have many, many friends from the restaurant business that have their own back in St. Louis and in L.A. I've done everything from fast food management to fine dining...
Michael Mazzotta called into the Village News excited about everything happening down at Heritage Hall in Fallbrook. In a phone interview with Mazzotta and property owner Henry Belkin, the duo explained some of the additions Belkin had made to the property and what they hope the five-parcel segment of downtown Fallbrook can become. "Our goal is a very holistic focused environment," Mazzotta said. "We're hoping to bring in craft beer, places for families to go. Henry has a...
According to organizers, the postponed Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival set for Sept. 25-27, at Lake Skinner Recreation Area has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and concerns regarding a potential fall resurgence. Organizers said in a news release that the orders came down from top Riverside County Public Health officer, Dr. Cameron Kaiser. "This order is issued based on concerns of a fall resurgence of COVID-19 both within the county of Riverside and...
Craig Pinnell, who along with his wife Marin, founded Fallbrook Girls Rugby Club in 2007, announced Friday, June 19, that he was stepping down from the club in an email to players and parents. Just two days before Father's Day, Craig said he wanted to spend more time with his family to watch his daughter grow up. "I have decided to step out of coaching and running the club," Craig said in the email. "After spending this time with my family, I realize how much I have been...
