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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A call came in at 3:38 pm today of a truck on fire near DeLuz Rd and W. Doherty St. NCFPD responded and was able to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries....
SAN DIEGO - Two men pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from a human smuggling attempt in a boat that stalled off the coast of La Jolla, leading to the drowning death of one of the vessel's occupants. The boat's captain, Victor Alfonso Soto Aguilar, and another man who acted as a refueler -- Jose Ramon Geraldo Romero -- entered guilty pleas Wednesday in connection with the capsizing of a panga boat on May 20. Both men told authorities that they agreed to pilot the vessel in lieu of paying smuggling fees to enter...
"Fallbrook Sheriff deputies responded to a report of a fight about 7 am this morning in the parking lot in front of Albertson's," according to San Diego County Sheriff Lt. Lawrence. One of the men was reported to have a firearm. The deputies attempted to detain the man with a firearm who fled. He was caught a short distance later and arrested," according to Lt. Lawrence. The incident is still under investigation. This is an early version story. More information will be...
Tonight, Aug 7, there were two accidents about one hour apart at 3950 S. Mission that involved DUI drivers, according to CHP Officer Juan Escobar. THe driver was cited and transported to Palomar Hospital. The first collision was a single-vehicle accident at 8:11 pm, "with minor injury and the driver was DUI," said Officer Escobar. The second accident at 9:19 pm at the same location was between two vehicles. "The second collision there were no injuries, but the driver of one...
At 3:40 am on Aug 7, a water emergency was reported at 1043 E. Mission Rd. North County Fire Protection District was on scene as well as Fallbrook Public Utility District. This is a story in progress. More will be reported as information is available....
SR 76 is open in both directions and water has been mitigated, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. A 10-inch water line was broken and spraying water on SR 76 at I-15 northbound. Rainbow Water responded. People were being asked to avoid the area if possible. NCFPD PIO John Choi said the water was spraying all the vehicles on the eastbound side of 76 near the fruit stand and while cars could pass through the spray, they were asking drivers to avoid the area if possible. It still...
At 10:44 am Sunday, North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) was called after a woman in her 30s fell from her horse on a trail in Bonsall near SR 76 and Montellano. The trail was uphill and surrounded by vegetation. According to NCFPD PIO John Choi the woman wasn't able to get up and walk or move, so they had to use a board to carefully lift her. Then they moved her onto a Stokes basket. "They had to use a Stokes basket and a Stokes basket wheel to move the patient from...
AT 4:04 pm today, Saturday, July 31, a Ford Explorer was engulfed in fire on northbound I-15, south of the Lilac bridge, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. The vehicle was on the right-hand shoulder and North County Fire arrived on the scene at 4:11 pm. They were able to keep the fire contained to the vehicle with no spread to vegetation. Cause of the fire is under investigation....
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. Despite aggressive resuscitation efforts, he was pronounced dead at Palomar Medical Center on 7/24/21. It is still unknown why Samayoa's truck left the freeway, tumbling onto Dulin Road below. California Highway Patrol Border Communications Center (BCC) received a call of a collision on I-15 northbound, south of Dulin Road. Samayoa was...
The body that was found buried on a property on Ridge Dr. in Fallbrook on July 14, 2021 has been identified by the County Medical Examiner's Office as fifty-six-year-old Robert Berry Pierce (Also known as Bobby Berry Pierce). The next of kin has been notified, according the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. It appears Pierce was from Murrieta. More will be reported as the information becomes available. Sheriff's Homicide detectives identified twenty-nine-year-old Nicolas...
At 5:38 pm tonight, a car reportedly veered off the southbound I-15 freeway after being "bumped" by a semi-truck, just south of SR 76. A woman, who was driving the car, was able to drive down the steep west embankment. North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) made access and walked the patient out and transported her to Temecula Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. Onlookers were commenting how she was able to keep control of the...
A single-vehicle rollover involving a fatality was reported at 3:24 am early Saturday morning north of Mission Road, according to North County Fire Protection District PIO Rich Berry. PIO Berry stated, "Two people were ejected from the vehicle resulting in one fatality and one male being transported to Palomar Hospital with critical injuries." California Highway Patrol shut down freeway traffic for the death investigation. "Traffic is being diverted off the southbound freeway...
A semi-truck and trailer has flipped over on the I-15 one-half mile north of Rancho California Rd. causing delays. This is a breaking story and will be updated as soon as information is available....
The eastbound lanes of Highway 76 at Pala Road in Fallbrook were opened at about 1:43 am, according to North County Fire Protection District, after a head-on traffic collision on eastbound Highway 76 at Pala Road happened at 12:29 am in Fallbrook. The eastbound lanes were closed and NCFPD was recommending that motorists use alternate routes. THis is an early version story. More will be reported as information becomes available....
SAN DIEGO - Authorities today publicly identified a 54-year old man who died this week in a suspected DUI crash in northern San Diego County. Timothy Campbell of Oceanside was a passenger in an eastbound 1996 Cadillac Seville that veered off a curving stretch of roadway in the 1900 block of East Alvarado Street in Fallbrook, struck a tree and overturned shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol and county Medical Examiner's Office....
A fire that was reported at 3:33 am this morning, Saturday, July 3, was confined y firefighters to just the barn. On scene was North County Fire Protection District, Vista Fire and CalFire San Diego. This is an early version story. More will be reported as it becomes available....
SAN DIEGO - Father Joe Carroll, the legendary San Diego priest who built a nationally known nonprofit organization to help the homeless, died at the age of 80 after a battle with diabetes, Father Joe's Villages said today. Carroll died Saturday morning at his home, surrounded by friends and family, according to the homeless organization that was named in his honor. ``Father Joe was a constant source of inspiration, hope and light,'' said Deacon Jim Vargas, president and CEO of Father Joe's Villages during a Sunday afternoon...
A car accident between two vehicles left one flipped on it's roof at about 2:45 pm today. North County Fire and the Sheriffs are on scene. Early Version story. More will be reported as information is available....
BONSALL - A 77-year-old man who went missing after walking away from his Bonsall home was found dead today in the unincorporated area. A resident reported finding a person down in the 6900 block of West Lilac Road early Monday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Firefighters responded and found a dead man, later identified as Gary Sokol, according to sheriff's officials. Sokol was reported missing at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, about a day after he was last...
Fallbrook resident Ricardo (Ricky) Magaña caught Manny Machado's HR ball at the Padre's game on Wednesday night against the Dogers. It was Machado's 12th home run. He was 2 for 4 with the solo home run, another run and a strikeout. Padres beat the Dodgers 5-3....
PALA MESA (CNS) - A wildfire that scorched 350 acres near Pala Casino was 10% contained today, according to Cal Fire. The blaze erupted for unknown reasons shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday off state Route 76, about a mile west of Pala Temecula Road in Pala Mesa, according to the fire department. As firefighters worked to corral the blaze, which was moving ``with a dangerous rate of spread,'' authorities shut down the state highway between Horse Ranch Creek Road and the casino...
There is a vegetation fire burning on Camp Pendleton on the 409 Range, closer to Fallbrook, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. "It is currently 1 to 2 acres and has the possibility of expanding to 5 to 10 acres. People in Fallbrook will probably start seeing some smoke." This is a developing story. We will report more as information is available....
A vehicle fire was reported Sunday, 4:36 pm at 3801 Sumac summit in Fallbrook. North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) PIO John Choi said, "The BMW sedan was being driven up a steep hill, started smoking and the engine caught fire. There was a vegetation response as a cautionary, because of the proximity of the vehicle to vegetation." He said it was fully extinguished at 4:52 pm....
At 3:30 am this morning, Friday, a vegetation fire was reported in the 7200 block of Rainbow Heights Road in a remote area near a nursery, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. He said fire crews had to hike into the area. The fires were in 2 spots, 10' x 10' and 20' x 20'. There were three supporting agencies including North County Fire Protection District, Cal Fire and Pala Fire. The area affected is a SRA State Responsibility Area (SRA), so CalFire is responsible for...
The smoke in the air over Fallbrook and Bonsall is from two fires, according to NCFPD PIO John Choi. One is a 1/4 acre fire which has been stopped in the 2500 block of Wilt. There is still a vehicle le on fire however as of 12:20 pm. The other source of smoke is coming from controlled burns on Camp Pendleton....
