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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Chloe Shaver Writer Intern Vallecitos Elementary school has reintroduced the Everyone a Reader program, which was put on hold in March 2020 due to virtual learning and Covid concerns. The program supports students who need support in reading and reading comprehension. Additionally, the district is working with FootSteps2Brilliance to increase access to reading for all Rainbow children through their app. Currently, the Everyone a Reader program has partnered eight volunteers...
We can learn a lot from reviewing the records kept at a nearby general store 155 years ago. In 1867, Louis Wolf was postmaster in Warner Springs and a partner with Thomas Brady in a general store there. Copies of the ledger from the Wolf and Brady store dated December 1867 through July 1868 give insight into the local economy. Viewing the daily accounts, it appears that customers were not just shopping, but many stopped by to smoke, chew, drink alcohol, and gamble on card game...
SAN DIEGO – There are few consumer products as ubiquitous as the mobile phone. According to Pew Research Center, more than 97% of adults own some type of mobile device and more than 85% own a smartphone. As mobile phones have exploded in popularity over the past three decades, landline phone ownership has declined sharply. According to data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, the percentage of households with only a landline (and no wireless) was 15.5% in early 2009, while the share of households with bot...
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The San Diego County Board of Supervisors received a report on the feasibility of placing additional Heli-Hydrant water tanks in San Diego County. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote Jan. 25 approved the report on the feasibility of additional Heli-Hydrants. Several locations were identified, and additional planning and outreach were also addressed. “I certainly appreciate this work and look forward to continued movement on this topic,” said Board of Supervisors chair Nathan Fletcher. “I’m...
Shelby Ramsey Special to the Village News When getting ready to have surgery, a patient is normally briefed by the surgeon, the nursing staff, and the anesthesiologist as to what will take place during the operation and what they can expect afterward. But, have you ever wondered what's really going on with your body while you're asleep under anesthesia? Dr. Bryan Marascalchi, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Last month, the Fallbrook Regional Health District gave away 450 COVID-19 home tests to area residents. The next four Thursdays, beginning Feb. 17, they will provide free PCR tests performed at the Community Health and Wellness Center at 1636 E. Mission Road. The health district is partnering with Fallbrook Family Health Center to offer the highly accurate tests, which involve a nose swab being sent to a laboratory and the results emailed to the person tested. The FFHC administers the...
Dr. Damanpreet Jamara Special to the Village News February is American Heart Month, a good time to focus on everyone's heart health, including learning common symptoms of a heart attack for both men and women, and what to do if one strikes. Heart disease is often thought to be more of a health issue affecting men. However, it's the most common cause of death for women in the United States, causing about 300,000 deaths annually. Because symptoms in women can differ from those i...
STAMFORD, Conn. – To meet the increasing mental health needs for post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members, and military families throughout the nation, Cohen Veterans Network just announced that it will open two additional clinics in California in 2022, one in Oceanside and another in Los Angeles. These will be the second and third Cohen Clinics in the state; a San Diego clinic opened in 2019. This effort is another step toward CVN meeting the $275M commitment set forth by financier-philanthropist Steven A. Cohen to h...
VISTA – After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland held its 16th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Walk and Event Jan. 29 in Vista as part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month. "Last January, we had to settle for holding a virtual event, so it's great to be able to gather in person again," said Soroptimist member Kaye Van Nevel, who has chaired the Walk every year since 2006. Walkers gathered outside on the g...
Frank Brines Master Rosarian In southern California winter is usually short and sometimes confusing. Winter for some plant life is a time of withdrawal that precedes renewal. For roses, it is necessary to help them in that process. Now is the time to perform a few procedures to help reset the hormonal clock and get them ready for a great year of rose blooms. That's the main purpose for pruning. According to experienced rosarians, the proper time for the major annual pruning...
CARLSBAD – The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch are primed to add a pop of color to the rolling hills of Northern San Diego County with over 70 million flowers set to begin blooming Tuesday, March 1. The Flower Fields feature nearly 50 acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus, a flower renowned for its large, double-petaled blooms that sit atop tall, straight stems. The Southern California attraction's 2022 theme of "Escape into Color" is fitting as the seemingly endless rows of c...
Ching Lee California Farm Bureau Impacts of California's Proposition 12 – which sets minimum spacing requirements for breeding pigs, egg-laying hens and veal calves – have rippled from farms to fairs this year, as young people who raise project animals for exhibition grapple with implications of the new law. The biggest impact is expected to be felt by people raising hogs as the state implements the final phase of Proposition 12, approved by California voters in 2018. Specific requirements for veal calves and egg-laying hen...
Yvette Urrea Moe County of San Diego Communications Office A new Youth Transition Campus, designed to be less like an outdated correctional facility and more like a therapeutic, rehabilitative campus, is complete in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego. The Youth Transition Campus supports young people with longer stays in custody and has been designed to reflect national best practices that promote positive youth development and staff well-being. The standards reflect the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ commitment to p...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association's Gallery has moved to 300 N. Brandon Road, in the Old Town Fallbrook complex. The new location will provide more space to display members' art in monthly shows and special events. FAA general member meetings are held each month at the Fallbrook Women's Club, 238 W. Mission Road. General meetings are always free and open to the public, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Same day workshops start at 1 p.m. On Feb. 19, Fallbrook Art Association will w...
Yvette Urrea Moe County of San Diego Communications Office Explore the fun of more than 45 San Diego museums and all the arts, history and culture they contain for half the price in February. And, "check it out," passes to get the museum discount are available at all public libraries in San Diego County, including 33 county library branches. As part of San Diego Museum Month, participating museums will give anyone with a pass 50% off the regular cost of admission. If you...
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News Temecula Valley Players have done it again! They've brought laughter back to town with a night of family fun. To enjoy this thriller as much as I did, be sure to take your funny bone. After all, 'It was a dark and stormy night,' in Washington D.C., 1954. As lightning flashes and thunder rolls around the foreboding, yet beautiful, Boddy Manor, the curtain lifts as the doorbell rings. "On this very evening in 1954, six...
FALLBROOK – The Mission Theater is offering a full line-up of old movies and comedy this month. "Casablanca" with Humphry Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will be shown Friday, Feb. 11. These film events are not open to the general public, (only to those on the theater's email list and their guests); anyone not on the list can sign up by emailing [email protected]. To attend the movie, send an email and let them know which event and how many are coming. A special Valentine's weekend 'Nite of Comedy' Saturday, Feb. 1...
FALLBROOK – After four years of operation on Batali Ranch in Fallbrook, D'Vine Path has purchased a new property to allow for the expansion of the program. On Dec. 30, D'Vine Path purchased an eight acre property on Olive Hill Road in Fallbrook, approximately one minute away from Batali Ranch. This new property was featured on television, from 2005-2008 when actress Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, leased this property as the location for their reality tv s...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Rainbow Municipal Water District held a public hearing on new boundaries for director divisions Jan. 25. The hearing was a nonvoting item, although Rainbow’s Feb. 22 meeting will likely include a vote on the new boundaries. “You have to have two meetings for that,” said Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy. The Rainbow Municipal Water District has five divisions with one board member from each division. The 2020 census requires adjustment of the division boundaries to ensure that each...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The North County Fire Protection District approved a purchase agreement for a new Pierce Type 1 fire engine. The NCFPD board voted 5-0 Jan. 25 to purchase the engine from South Coast Fire Equipment, Inc. The cost, including sales tax and fees, will be $773,234.12. “That will replace a 2008 front line Pierce engine which will go into reserve,” said NCFPD fire chief Keith McReynolds. Type 1 trucks are designed to support urban, rural, and suburban fire departments and carry all required Nat...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter A nonvoting item at the Jan. 25 North County Fire Protection District meeting was a presentation on standards of cover analysis. Terry Lewis from Matrix Consulting Group provided the NCFPD board and audience with an overview on the findings of their analysis. The June 2021 NCFPD board meeting included consideration of a scope of work for a long-range master plan and a strategic plan, and in August 2021 the NCFPD board selected Matrix Consulting Group, which is headquartered in San Mateo and...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Fallbrook Public Utility District has set a Feb. 28 hearing for a 5% increase in the per diem pay board members receive. The FPUD board was to set a hearing to consider the increase, and that occurred Jan. 25 with a 5-0 vote. The proposed 5% increase would change the amount directors receive for attending meetings from $115.76 to $121.55. FPUD's Administrative Code stipulates that per diem pay is to be reviewed annually, and any increase is limited to 5%. A recommended increase requires a...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Three Fallbrook High School teachers – Omar Muro, Virgilio Meo and Pauline Woolson – made presentations to the school board at the Jan. 24 meeting of the Fallbrook Union High School District. Each of the teachers are part of the Teacher on Special Assignment program at the school. Muro’s assignment is the Multi-Tiered System of Support, with a focus on helping new teachers. Part of that involves reading the book “Grading for Equity” by Joe Feldman. He conducts discussion meetings...
FALLBROOK – A new exhibit of young artists' work is up for viewing in the Homework Center of the Fallbrook Public Library. These artists have studied in Art Expressions classes with Marilee Ragland at the Fallbrook School of the Arts. Katelyn Mathewson took her first class at the Fallbrook School of the Arts when she was in Kindergarten. At that time she won first place in the Junior Wildlife Art Show for her pastel drawing of a duck swimming in a pond. Since that time she h...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School Marching Warriors will be in the Disney spotlight Friday, Feb. 18, when they march down the iconic Main Street parade route at Disneyland. The students are led by Band Director Derek Lee, who said, "Fallbrook has a longstanding tradition of excellence that we have taken to Disneyland since the days of Bud Roberds and Marc Davis, and we are proud to continue that tradition in our return to live music in 2022." This unique experience is m...