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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Authorities converged on a Fallbrook property Tuesday, Aug. 3, where the body of 56-year-old Robert Berry Pierce (also known as Bobby Berry Pierce), believed to be from Murrieta, was found July 14. Nicholas "Nick" Burg, age 29, who lived at the property, was taken into custody Friday, July 16, by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department on suspicion of murder in the first degree after the discovery of the Pierce's remains. Burg was on a 5150 mental health hold in the days...
The family of Elena Roy is asking for volunteers to come and help their mom, Elena Roy, who turned 84 this week, and is still missing after reportedly walking away from her home Wednesday, Nov. 3. According to homicide detective Lt. Seiver, "This case has been transferred to the homicide division, which is typical after 30 days. With this case, the Fallbrook station put so many assets into this case that we were able to do it sooner." Roy, who suffers from undiagnosed dementia...
UPDATE: Lilian Lewis was found safe tonight near her home, according to the Sheriff's Department about 7:40 pm. According to Lt. Ladieu a deputy found her near the top of a hill near her home. More information will be reported as it becomes available. __________________________________________________________________________ Original Story: ASTREA Helicopter looking for 92-year-old woman with dementia About 6 pm tonight the Sheriff's Department received a report of a...
San Diego County Republican Senator Brian Jones represents over a million constituents, from Lemon Grove to Borrego Springs to Fallbrook and all the way to the Riverside County line. He agreed to come in and talk with Village News about what he's been up to as our representative. Jones, as a minority party representative, was able to get six board ballot initiatives on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk to support not only San Diego County proper, but the unincorporated areas as...
A Bonsall vegetation fire was reported today at 11:39 am. "Initially it was a smoke check and then multiple calls started coming in that there was smoke coming from the riverbed area and there was an actual fire starting and flames could be seen," said NCFPD PIO John Choi. The forward rate of spread was stopped at 12:12 pm. The location was Old River Rd and Dentro de Lomas area with a medium to heavy fuel load and the fire was one acre in size. Several agencies assisted,...
A female victim was transported to Palomar Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a rollover and small fire early this morning, Oct. 15. The fire was extinguished by a resident at East Mission and Live Oak Park Road at about 3:51 a.m. as North County Fire rolled on the scene. “A bush was on fire,” said NCFPD PIO Choi. “It was a 10’ x 10’ spot put out by the property owners, but as the firefighters were observing the area, they saw wreckage in a fence, a sign knoc...
An expanded traffic collision between two vehicles has been reported at 2:45 pm on SR 76 and Thoroughbred. CHP is reporting that one car is "perpendicular blocking two lanes". People are reporting from the scene that a black SUV is overturned and bystanders are helping to get the driver and children out of the vehicle. This is early version information. More will be reported as information is available....
A driver in a Toyota Tacoma hit a power pole this morning at 725 Burma Rd. knocking the pole over and causing a power outage in the area. It was a non-injury accident, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. The downed pole caused power outages in the area but was isolated off the roadway. "Firefighters assessed for injuries of the driver, assessed for fire, and the priority was to build a safe perimeter around the power lines, which were draped over fences. Homes in the immediate...
There is a fire burning at 4650 Gopher Canyon. An outbuilding was completely engulfed and spread into a vegetation fire. According to NCFPD PIO John Choi the fire is about a quarter acre. It is a Cal Fire incident, but North County Fire Protection District is assisting, as well as Vista, Oceanside, Deer Springs and water tenders." PIO John Choi said, "People near Bonsall and Camino del Rey area are probably seeing smoke. Houses in the area are likely not in danger at this...
NCFPD and Camp Pendleton Fire had a fire under control quickly during the night. East Mission Road at Convertible Lane was closed temporarily at about 2 am due to the fire at 705 Convertible Lane. The NCFPD had a supply hose to the hydrant blocking the road. A shed was on fire with three vehicles, which was reported at 1:52 am. The fire was under control by 2:11 am According to NCFPD PIO John Choi, Camp Pendleton also assisted on the fire. On Facebook, Jessica Anderson said,...
This is an early report - More information will be reported as it becomes available. A distressed male was arrested this morning for being in the roadway on the I-15 freeway near Mission Rd. in Fallbrook. The details are unclear, but it appears from the CHP log that it was first reported as a traffic accident at about 6:40 am with a person still inside a silver Chrysler 300 that was reported to have swerved across all 4 lanes and hit the center divide but then it was reported...
At 5:57 am this morning a collision was reported between a semi-truck and trailer and a red sedan on southbound I-15 just south of SR 76. According to NCFPD John Choi, it was reported that the sedan side-swiped the semi. "The patient, a young adult male, self-extricated and was taken to Palomar via ground ambulance for non-life-threatening injuries." Both vehicles were pulled over to the righthand shoulder and there was a fire engine blocking lane #4 because a small part of...
A Blue Tundra rollover occurred in the 2000 block of East Mission producing one minor injuries, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. The person with minor injuries was checked out by NCF and released. No one was transported to area hospitals. There was a young man and woman in the truck with a child properly restrained in the back seat....
A vegetation fire, suspected to be started by fireworks, was held to a 20' x 20' spot at 472 W. Aviation Rd. early this morning at 1:03 am. "A hot smoking fireworks canister was found with a lighter on the scene," according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. "It is being dusted for fingerprints." "If people are using fireworks it's probable they will start a fire and they can be prosecuted," he added. North County Fire was assisted by Camp Pendleton. The fire was contained by 1:15 am....
UPDATE: A resident reported that LtCol. J.P. Norman was driving back from church and saw the fire. He ran into the flames, helped the woman out of the house, and then put out the fire with a fire extinguisher before the North County Fire arrived. According to Captain John Choi, Norman was not on scene when firefighters arrived. They were told about Norman who "apparently used an extinguisher and extinguished some fire but did not fully extinguish all the fire. Crews had to ext...
UPDATE: The two-story commercial fire at 616 E. Alvarado is fully contained and and limited to half of the building according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. The commercial fire was called in at 4:05 am. Crews arrived on scene to find flames shooting through the roof, according to Choi. There were no injuries to report and the cause is under investigation. Brandon and East Alvarado are still closed as of 8 am. The owner of the building and at least one renter has been reported to be...
UPDATE: The area where the electrical fire was is clear since about 7:15 am. An electrical fire has Winterhaven and Brooke closed. It appears from North County Fire, that the incident is right in the curve where Winterhaven turns into Brooke St., possibly near the nursery operation. According to NCFPD PIO Choi, there was a fire on an electrical pole, possibly a transformer caught fire. SDGE has to survey the situation. At 4:45 am the electrical fire was reported. Drivers...
In addition to the road closures at Brooke and Winterhaven this morning, there are three traffic collisions that have snarled morning traffic. There is a crash at Main and Alvarado that is still being cleaned up involving a red van vs. white truck, creating backup in all directions. It was reported at 7:50 am. East Mission and Santa Margarita there was a crash at 7:25 am At 7:34 am there was an accident on East Mission and Industrial way involving a motorcyclist that has...
North County Fire Protection District responded to a two-vehicle minor damage fender bender collision on South Mission Road and Clemmens Lane at 10:28 pm Saturday night Aug. 11. The only injury reported was the passenger in the car that was rear-ended had minor pain," said NCFPD PIO John Choi. However, one vehicle caught fire due to the accident, he added. Choi said a San Diego County Sheriff's (SDSO) deputy placed his car behind the accident to block traffic. "The SDSO...
A male driver, 56, died this morning and his male passenger, 28, had major injuries after their Nissan sedan hit an I-15 southbound right-hand shoulder metal guardrail, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. The solo vehicle accident was reported at 1:20 am, Sept. 12, on I-15 near Stewart Canyon and shut down all southbound lanes south of Mission Rd. at Stewart Canyon in order to land the air ambulance. Mercy Air 5 transported both patients to Palomar Medical Center, but the...
SDGE arrived on scene at 1332 E. Fallbrook St. and mitigated a residential gas leak that was reported to North County Fire Protection District at 9:54 am. "Houses in the immediate area were evacuated," according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. "A house construction crew severed a 3/4 inch polyline while digging." The Fire dept. was asking people to avoid the area. The address was technically an E. Fallbrook address, but it was on an easement road named Via Margarita. Only houses on...
The Aruba Fire 90% contained and remains at 54 acres. Firefighters still have some work to do, finishing up the control line, removing hose, and cleaning up, according to NCFPD Twitter page. UPDATE: 9-6-21, 7 pm Containment on the Aruba Fire in Rainbow is 60% as of Monday evening, according to Capt. Frank LoCoco of Cal Fire San Diego and the unified fire command. ``We'll be out there working today and possibly tomorrow, but it's looking good,'' LoCoco said. UPDATE: 9-6-21,...
The male driver who died after veering off the I-15 onto Dulin Road below was Danilo Benjamin Samayoa, age 36, was from Perris, California. UPDATE: Driver dies after truck flies off freeway onto Dulin Rd. below This morning, Saturday, July 24, a young man, possibly in his 30s has passed away from injuries he sustained after driving his box truck off the I-15 southbound freeway overpass onto Dulin Road below. "At 2:24 am this morning a box truck flew off the freeway onto Dulin...
Why can’t we just follow the science? What are we following? We put up with lockdowns and distancing, masks and experimental jabs. Now our politicians are encouraging students and pregnant women to take a shot that clearly has a high rate of negative incidents, health issues, miscarriages and deaths as proven by the government VAERS database. Why are we masking our children when they have almost a zero chance of getting the virus or passing it? Three recent studies out of t...
Publisher’s Note: I am using this piece below as a response to those who have written to me that CRT is not being taught in schools and that it’s another conspiracy theory. My response to them was “It’s another conspiracy theory until you figure out that it’s not.” Critical Race Theory is real and now the NEA has decided to proudly fight for it with their $350,000 annual budget. I believe they are out of step with many of their members as they have been for decades. I’ve obser...
