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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FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Youth Rugby kicked off their opening season games at their home field at Potter Jr. High, Jan. 11 and Jan. 18. The young athletes, from ages 5-13, have been practicing since early December to take the fields. Fallbrook Youth Rugby has one U8 team, which plays flag rugby; one U10 team, which starting learning tackling; one U12 team and one U14 team. All teams are coed at this level. Fallbrook Youth Rugby games run until the last weekend in March, and the l...
If you needed to evacuate for an emergency, could you just get in your car and go? For some residents, the answer may be “no” because they lack transportation, need additional help with medical equipment or gathering items in their home. Studies have shown that during a disaster, older adults or people with disabilities, or access and functional needs have added challenges when faced with evacuation. This information inspired the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services to come up with the Neighborhood Evacuation Team pr...
Dear Ms. Voges, Since you do not know me, your accusations of my motives are based on absolutely nothing other than the fact that I am a licensed real estate broker. That would be akin to accusing a dentist of opposing a new law that prevented thousands of patients from receiving adequate dental care, as self-serving. The facts of Measure A were accurately spelled out in my article, so I will not reiterate them, except to restate that the people who will suffer the most if Measure A were to pass are middle class workforce...
Fallbrook Climate Action Team joins the Sierra Club San Diego Chapter and Climate Action Campaign in endorsing Measure A. Living in unincorporated San Diego County, we know firsthand the danger of building sprawl developments in the back country. Some people lost their homes in the Lilac Fire. Others had to evacuate. This time we all made it, but in Paradise people died on the narrow roads. We know too well the congestion on Highways 15, 76, 78 and 5. We are aware that San Diego County has not decreased greenhouse gas...
I am disappointed by the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District’s 4-1 decision Jan. 21, to not separate agenda item V.2. Action: Salary Increase for Management, Confidential and Unrepresented Employees into separate items for voting. Having done so would have provided the transparency and accountability required to make the fiscally and ethically responsible decisions these items deserve. The manner in which this decision was made is very concerning. As a result, our superintendent was given yet another salary increase o...
Homelessness in California is at extremely high levels and San Diego, while better than San Francisco and Los Angeles, has a steadily rising homeless population. Last week, I partnered with Supervisor Jacob on addressing the homeless population in San Diego’s unincorporated area. In our Board Letter, I’ve asked county staff to take a look at existing buildings, which could be used for transitional housing. Also, the county will be adding four additional deputies to the HART program. The value of human life must always be a f...
Fallbrook Union High School’s Varsity Girls Basketball head coach Jessica Ramirez has the Warriors in third place in the Valley League with a 2-2 record and 13-8 record on the season. Last week was a tough one for the Warriors, however, as they suffered two league losses after starting the Valley League season 2-0. The Warriors took an early 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter on the road against Mission Vista on Friday, Jan. 24, but the Warriors’ offense sputtered the rest of the way, falling 65-42. That loss cam...
Fallbrook High School’s varsity girls’ water polo team will face it’s biggest challenge of the season starting Thursday, Jan. 30, with eight games over the next seven days, many of which will determine how the Warriors are ranked in the upcoming playoffs. The Warriors, currently in first place (4-0) in the Valley League and ranked No. 7 in the Division I power rankings with a 17-3 overall record, will play in the San Diego Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “That’d be five games in three days,” Head Coach Sean Redmond sai...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital and Southwest Healthcare System, which includes Rancho Springs Medical Center and Inland Valley Medical Center, is hosting its annual educational community event, a Women's Health Expo, Thursday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pechanga Resort Casino. The event will feature heart and brain health, nutrition and diabetes education for women. The event costs $10 to attend and lunch will be provided. Registration is required and can be co...
The CIF San Diego Section approved an affiliate membership classification. A unanimous CIF Board of Managers vote Jan. 22, created the affiliate member classification for schools with fewer than 100 students. “I think it’s a positive step,” CIF assistant commissioner John Labeta said. “The whole issue is to get them to grow.” The CIF San Diego Section currently includes 125 public, charter and private high schools. New CIF members are expected to abide by the CIF rules and regulations and promote values, character and leaders...
I am writing to thank Fallbrook residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors in Fallbrook and across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoebox gifts in 2019. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2019, the ministry is now sending 10,569,405 shoebox gifts to children worldwide. Through shoeboxes – packed with fun toys, school supplies and...
FALLBROOK – When Laurel Lozzi joined her father Craig Lozzi's massage practice almost four years ago, the idea was that he would do his best to share his decades of experience in the field of bodywork with her and that she could gleam some nuggets to add to her already expanding skill set. That has been the case, and yet there have been some perhaps unexpected outcomes from this father-daughter team at Transcendent Touch. "Experience in any given field is always valuable," Cra...
MURRIETA – The TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, team at Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta performed its 100th procedure Monday, Dec. 30, nearly a year after launching the program and giving the gift of time to Lake Elsinore resident Helen Monteleone. Monteleone had experienced shortness of breath for over 10 years and had a diagnosed heart murmur, but that had not stopped her from maintaining an active lifestyle, including regular workouts at her...
FALLBROOK – When Laurel Lozzi joined her father Craig Lozzi's massage practice almost four years ago, the idea was that he would do his best to share his decades of experience in the field of bodywork with her and that she could gleam some nuggets to add to her already expanding skill set. That has been the case, and yet there have been some perhaps unexpected outcomes from this father-daughter team at Transcendent Touch. "Experience in any given field is always valuable," Cra...
Dr. John Chang Senior Medical Director UnitedHealthcare of California When health issues crop up, people often have to decide where best to seek medical attention, with urgent care and the emergency room being potential destinations. But for more and more Californians, their smartphone is now the preferred way to see and talk to a doctor. Telemedicine visits, also known as virtual care, typically last less than 20 minutes, often cost less than $50 and enable people to connect 24/7 with a health care provider via a...
Hair loss can be embarrassing, concerning and even a sign of a health problem. Hair might start to show up on the pillow, more on the hairbrush, in the shower drain and, in some cases, small bald spots may become noticeable. A possible cause of this excess hair loss could be from a condition called alopecia areata, which is an autoimmune disorder. This type of hair loss can also be called spot baldness. In this case, the immune system has started to attack the hair follicles....
Thirty-two San Diegans have died from influenza this season, compared to 24 at this time last season, and cases increased again last week, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced recently. The county reported 12 new influenza deaths last week, including a 34-year-old woman from east county who died from influenza A and had underlying medical conditions. Also, 2,292 local lab-confirmed cases were recorded last week. In comparison, 487 cases were reported in the county during the same week last year, and...
Midwinter in Southern California is the time of year when gardeners should be taking care of their fruit trees to enjoy summer fruit for their table. With such diverse climatic zones in California, the vast array of fruit trees can produce an abundant amount of fruit for months on end with proper planning. But in order to obtain the fruit, there are some stewardship items to take into consideration, and one of them is winter pruning. The first question is, do I have the right...
InfraTerra Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide seismic vulnerability assessments and repair time estimates for San Diego County Water Authority pipelines. A unanimous SDCWA board vote, Jan. 23, authorized the award of a $724,939 contract for InfraTerra to perform the work. The study is expected to be complete during summer 2021. The CWA has five large-diameter pipelines with prestressed concrete cylinder, reinforced concrete and welded steel pipe. The most recent major seismic vulnerability study on the CWA pipelines...
ENCINITAS – Join Solana Center for Environmental Innovation at the Ramona Public Library for a free technical assistance workshop for farmers and ranchers to apply for up to $100,000 in state grant funding. Assistance is provided from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Healthy Soils Program for farmers to implement best management practices. HSP is accepting applications from farmers to implement on-farm healthy soils practices. In 2019, all five applicants that worked with Solana Center were awarded fun...
SACRAMENTO – A wildfire suppression plan adopted Dec. 30 by the California Board of Forestry could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars but will do very little to actually reduce fire risk for communities throughout the state. Proposed by Cal Fire, the state’s fire management agency, the new Vegetation Treatment Program is expected to be ineffectual against wind-driven fires. The state’s massive financial commitment to this program is puzzling, as it is wind-driven wildfires that caused the devastating loss of li...
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District voted at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, to approve a new two-year contract with its classified employees’ union granting them a 4% raise – and also voted to give the superintendent and other administrators a similar pay boost. The union contract passed unanimously, but the administrative salary increase had one dissenter: board member Caron Lieber. “My position is the superintendent has already received her raise in July, it’s a 5% raise,” Lieber said at Tuesday’s board meeti...
Two separate San Diego County Board of Supervisors actions, Jan. 15, added approximately 39 acres to the future San Luis Rey River Park. One 5-0 vote approved the purchase of approximately 37 acres from North American Resort Properties Inc., for the appraised value of $1,673,000. The other 5-0 vote approved an exchange of land in which 2.11 county-owned acres not contiguous to the planned active recreation area will be transferred to the San Diego County Water Authority and 2.11 acres of California Department of...
The Fallbrook Community Planning Group voted in its 2020 officers and discussed items including repairs in downtown Fallbrook at its Jan. 20 meeting. The meeting was opened with a moment of silence for Planning Group Chairman Jim Russell, who died Jan. 17. Planning group members unanimously voted to make Jack Wood the group’s chairman for 2020. Group members also unanimously elected Eileen Delaney as first vice chair, Roy Moosa as second vice chair and Jerry Kalman as secretary. Michael Aguilar from the San Diego County D...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District Board of Directors unanimously voted Monday, Jan. 27, to partially refund a ratepayer who says he was billed for dozens of gallons of water he never used. Ron Harlan, an eight-year resident of Fallbrook, said the problem arose after he returned from a vacation in August. Harlan said he pre-paid about $220 before leaving, then informed FPUD that he may not be back in time to pay whatever bill may remain. He said he was told it would be no problem to pay the bill the next month. Harlan was...
