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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Update: 4 p.m., March 8 North County Fire reported Olive Hill Road was open as of 4 p.m. Original story: FALLBROOK - North County Fire Protection District announced on social media at 2 p.m. Friday, March 8 that North County firefighters were at the location of a fallen tree that blocked the roadway on Olive Hill Road and Aqua Hill. North County Fire expected the road to be closed until 4 p.m....
Update: 4 p.m., March 8 North County Fire reported De Luz Road was open as of 4 p.m. Original story: North County Fire reported just after 1 p.m. that De Luz Road is currently closed due to a downed tree blocking the roadway. Emergency responders are on the scene at De Luz Road and Patton Oaks. Crews will be working on the clearing the roadway with the help of San Diego County Roads....
FALLBROOK - A motorcyclist was gravely injured on Friday, March 8 when a large wind-buffeted tree toppled onto him as he was riding in Fallbrook. The freak traffic accident occurred near the intersection of West Elder Street and South Mission Road in Fallbrook shortly after 2 p.m., according to the North County Fire Protection District. Medics airlifted the man to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido for treatment of life-threatening injuries, NCFPD Capt. John Choi said. Two...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Humane Society held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 8 to celebrate the opening of the Pilar & Chuck Bahde Wildlife Center. The Humane Society expects to use the facility to help rehabilitate roughly 12,000 injured and abandoned animals each year through its Project Wildlife program. Project Wildlife assists thousands of wild animals like squirrels and ducks every year to help them recuperate and, ultimately, survive. The Wildlife Center will serve as a dedicated home for Project...
A Sheriff's helicopter currently circling downtown Fallbrook is searching for a felony subject that allegedly fled from deputies. The subject is described as a white male with a beard, approximately 6-feet tall and 200-pounds. He is also wearing a red and black flannel and jeans. If anyone sees this person, please call 9-1-1....
SAN DIEGO - An international team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Wednesday, March 7 they may have found a new species of killer whale off the southern coast of Chile. The team of researchers, scientists and oceanographers observed the whales in January off Cape Horn. The whales, called Type D, had become a subject of legend after being observed in the southern hemisphere by fisherman and tourists over the years but never in...
FALLBROOK - The Fallbrook Substation of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department issued a notice on Thursday, March 7 via social media requesting the public's help in locating the whereabouts of Rosie, a French Bulldog, that went missing from a Fallbrook residence on Feb. 22. The dog's owners and the Sheriff's Department suspects the dog may have been stolen, possibly by a Hispanic couple driving a silver sedan that appeared to be attempting to steal the dog a day earlier...
DE LUZ - It took emergency crews nearly an hour Wednesday, March 6 to rescue a severely injured motorist whose car veered off a rain-slick rural road in De Luz and plunged about 100 feet down a steep, brushy embankment. The four-door sedan crashed off Sandia Creek Drive north of Rock Mountain Road in De Luz about 3 p.m., said John Choi, a fire captain with North County Fire Protection District. Emergency personnel used ropes to get to the spot where the vehicle came to rest, freed the driver from the wreckage and hoisted the...
LOS ANGELES - Longtime "Jeopardy!'' host Alex Trebek announced on Wednesday, March 6 he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek announced the news himself in a YouTube video, saying he has a "longtime policy of being open and transparent'' with fans of the show, and to prevent people "from reading or hearing some overblown or inaccurate reports regarding my health.'' "Just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,'' the 78-year-old...
SAN DIEGO - Countywide influenza cases hit a season high last week, and three more residents died due to flu complications, county health officials announced. The county's Health and Human Services Agency confirmed a total of 616 flu cases last week, beating last week's season-high of 545 cases. The county has confirmed 6,094 flu cases so far this season, compared to 18,137 a year ago. The county's flu death toll now sits at 45 after two men, ages 44 and 33, and a 101-year-old woman died due to flu complications. The county...
SAN DIEGO - Apple Vice President Kristina Raspe and Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced plans on Wednesday, March 6 for the company to add 20 percent more workers than previously announced at its planned San Diego campus. Apple announced in December that it would expand to several cities nationwide, including Seattle, Culver City, Austin, and San Diego. At that time, Apple said it planned to add roughly 1,000 jobs at each of its new expansion sites in San Diego, Seattle, and Culver City by the end of 2021. The company now plans...
SAN DIEGO - San Juan Capistrano Mayor Brian Maryott announced on Tuesday, March 5 he will try to unseat first-term Rep. Mike Levin, D-Oceanside, next year and return the 49th Congressional District to Republican control. Levin defeated former state Board of Equalization member Diane Harkey in the November mid-term election to flip the seat, which Republican Darrell Issa had held since 2002. Cook Political Report's Partisan Voting Index currently rates California's 49th as a swing district, with the GOP eking out a 3 percent...
SAN DIEGO - The first of two Pacific storm systems is expected to reach San Diego County on Tuesday, March 6, bringing light to moderate rain through the end of the workweek, according to the National Weather Service. The initial cold trough moving in from the west will arrive in late this afternoon and could begin dropping rain tonight, forecasters said. The first storm cell is expected to drop up to a quarter-inch of rain in coastal and inland valley areas through late Wednesday night, anywhere from a half-inch to...
VISTA (CNS) - Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who is awaiting trial on charges of raping two women in Encinitas and raping an unconscious teenage girl, is being held without bail on newly filed misdemeanor charges related to alleged lewd conduct with a 77-year-old woman at a Carlsbad gym. Winslow, who had been out of custody on $2 million bail in connection with his felon case, is accused of touching himself and asking the woman if she liked it on Feb. 13, then groping her while she was in a hot tub at the same gym on...
BONSALL - A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries on Tuesday, March 5 in a multi-vehicle crash involving a box truck in Bonsall. The collision happened shortly before 7:45 a.m. on southbound Interstate 15 north of Gopher Canyon Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The unidentified motorcyclist was taken to Palomar Medical Center with major injuries, he said. CHP officers were investigating the circumstances leading up to the crash....
While some slip and fall cases can be handled on your own in Small Claims Court, most will require the assistance of an experienced attorney. Slip and fall cases are difficult to win in court, because there is no exact method for proving that a property owner (or employee) owes you compensation for an injury that occurred on their property. Property owners often are able to defend slip and fall accidents [especially in Small Claims Court], and if you do not have an...
Members of the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society were still giddy and beaming with excitement after returning home from the world’s largest mineral show in Tucson, Arizona. The local nonprofit organization met Thursday night, Feb. 22, to swap and share stories after their guest speaker, Alfredo Petrov, a worldwide traveler and specialist in rare minerals, unexpectedly fell ill. Popcorn and snacks were passed around as the group settled in to watch a Mineral Explorers episode that covered the Tucson gem show, followed by a s...
What is more characteristic of the California landscape than the majestic oaks that abound throughout our Golden State? They range throughout our state from high desert slopes to the Pacific shores. The relatives of modern oak species contributed to the landscape of prehistoric California more than 20 million years ago, and the state has over 20 species of indigenous oak species. As California’s population has grown, we have moved into territories that were once thick with t...
Murrieta Valley High School's baseball team traveled to Fallbrook for a Feb. 19 game which opened the season for both teams, and the Nighthawks returned home with a 6-0 victory over the Warriors. "Murrieta Valley's very good, and we needed to score some runs," said Fallbrook coach Pat Walker. Senior right-handed pitcher Grant Taylor kept the Warriors scoreless. "They threw a kid that's going to New Mexico State that was very good," Walker said. Last year Murrieta Valley posted a season record of 23-9 including a 1-1 mark in...
