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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Now I have your attention! What I am going to talk about today is an IRC 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange. Used by most experienced real estate investors at some point in their investment cycle, it is a way to pay later (defer) taxes on real estate gains. There are some guidelines to follow in order to take advantage of this process in your transaction. Basically, you need to buy for equal to or greater cost, use all the cash proceeds you receive from the property you sold, and...
Fallbrook High School's girls water polo team played 13 games between Nov. 28 and Dec. 16 before taking nearly four weeks off from competition. The Warriors' four games between Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 included three victories, two of which were obtained in Fallbrook's first two Valley League matches of the season. The Warriors had an overall season record of 8-9 after the team's first 17 games of the 2017-18 season despite the 2-0 league record, although Fallbrook head coach Sean...
Homeowners or renters affected by the Lilac Fire are encouraged to register for a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that can help cover temporary housing assistance, essential home repairs and uninsured or underinsured personal property losses. Residents and business owners can also apply for a low interest loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Residents who suffered these kinds of property losses in the fire or who have other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance may apply online at...
It’s a new year and you are resolved. Maybe you’ve already decided to exercise more, spend less, read more or learn a new skill. Well, here’s a goal you might not have thought of that is easy to accomplish and could make the world a better place. Cut back on wasting food! That’s right, food waste is a huge problem – a problem you can help change. Consider these statistics from the National Resources Defense Council. • Every year, 40 percent of all the food in the U.S. is wasted, most often by being tossed out as trash into...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Community Center is offering Spring Break Camp, a week of learning outside the box, from March 26-30, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The camp is for children age 5 to 12 who will explore topics in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Campers will complete hands-on, mind-enhancing projects. Other plans include a field trip, healthy cooking, arts and crafts, movies, games, snacks and sports. Activities are planned and led by community center staff. Children should bring a nutritious m...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook is paradise for the seasoned gardener and the ideal place to learn for a novice. Chuck and Mary Jo Bacik moved to Fallbrook with little experience in growing their own fruits and vegetables. Joining the Fallbrook Garden Club, they participated in study groups and attended monthly meetings, and took advantage of free seminars hosted by local farm and garden supplier, Grangettos. After a few successes and an equal number of flops, they have found the way t...
QUINCY, MA – A rise in active shooter incidents and the escalating impact of hostile events has prompted the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to process NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events as a provisional standard, which means it would be available for use as early as April. As part of the standards process, NFPA 3000 is now open for input until Feb. 23. This marks only the second time in NFPA’s 121-year history that provisional standard status has been aut...
The holidays are clearly over. Things did not go as hoped, again. Divorce is now clearly on people’s minds. Someone is asking themselves how will a divorce affect their home, their mortgage and their taxes? How can they make these critical decisions easier? Neutral, third-party information can help people make logical, rather than emotional decisions. Divorce is a tough situation which opens up many emotional and financial issues which need to be solved. One of the most important decisions is what to do about the house. In t...
Anne Atkins held an open house Jan. 20 at her ranch to let people know about the benefits of building homes with straw bales, a subject she is passionate about. She first learned about straw bale building from an article in an Orange County newspaper. Atkins lived in Huntington Beach at the time and had been saving pages from magazines with ideas for her dream home. The benefits of constructing a house with straw appealed to her and she researched the subject, going as far as...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Center proudly presents the 9th annual Signature American International Watermedia Exhibition in The Janice Griffiths Gallery. The show features an expanded presentation of 120 paintings, all created by Signature Member Artists who hail from across the United States, Malaysia and Singapore-a true representation of the 'best of the best' selected from over 398 entries by Illinois based juror Ratindra Das (AWS-DF, NWS). This show is the only one of i...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Food Pantry named Ted Zimmerman its 2017 Volunteer of the Year. He was nominated by board member Young Milton who said, "Ted is a hard worker. He volunteers here every day and his enthusiastic, positive attitude is infectious. We are fortunate, and grateful, to have Ted as part of our volunteer family." Zimmerman noted that, "I enjoy helping out at the food pantry because I am making a difference. I love seeing the pantry's clients smile when they r...
FALLBROOK – The Rotary Club of Fallbrook, which recognizes Students of the Month at different schools in the Fallbrook Elementary School District, honored students from Maie Ellis Elementary School in January. Maie Ellis principal Dr. Edie Powers presented students Ellie Putnam and Aundrea Prefontaine as the January Students of the Month to the Rotary Club at a recent weekly luncheon. Maie Ellis is a dual-immersion (English and Spanish) magnet school and Putnam and P...
QUINCY, MA – Keeping sufficiently warm during the winter months can prove challenging, particularly when frigid temperatures persist, as they have recently for much of the country. While portable space heaters can help generate heat, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reminding the public that they do present potential fire hazards and must be used with caution. According to NFPA’s latest U.S. Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment report, which was released Jan. 9, heating equipment is the second-leading caus...
Officials at the San Luis Rey Training Center in Bonsall are getting ready to welcome back horses in early February. Kevin Habell, general manager of the training center that had eight of its barns destroyed in the Dec. 7 Lilac fire, said demolition and cleanup of those barns was expected to be completed by the end of January. Six barns that were not burned in the firestorm have been cleaned up and can accommodate 200 horses. Although those barns have been ready for occupancy...
Sheriff's Log for Fallbrook from January 11 to 21, 2018...
RAINBOW – At least one sheriff's deputy opened fire Jan. 19 on an auto-theft suspect – missing the parolee – during a pursuit through the far northern reaches of San Diego County and southern Temecula, authorities reported. The suspect was later identified as Cody Atchley, 31, said San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Williams. The meandering two-county chase, which ended with the fleeing man's arrest, began about 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19, when Carlsbad police officers in an unmarked car spotted a stolen Honda Civic near Pala Casin...
The County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 23 to continue the county-wide local emergency proclamation for the Lilac fire due to ongoing debris and erosion control tasks as well as cost recovery efforts from state and federal agencies. A month after the fire, county officials also updated the board on the progress of those efforts. The Lilac fire began in the Bonsall area on Dec. 7 during extreme Santa Ana conditions. Supervisors ratified a proclamation of local emergency on Dec. 11. During a presentation Jan. 9, county...
FALLBROOK – It’s an almost weekly occurrence across the country. Either a nursing home or a hospital faces accusations or lawsuits over patients who develop severe bedsores that lead to extreme suffering or, in some cases, death. One week it’s a now-closed nursing home in California dealing with its third such lawsuit. Another week it’s a San Francisco hospital facing allegations that staff cuts led to an uptick in the number of fragile patients suffering from bedsores. And on yet another occasion it’s a New Jersey nursing h...
