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Verle Ray Brown, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and longtime resident of Fallbrook, died March 14. He was a faithful man who was devoted to God and his family. Ray was born in Cooper, Oklahoma, Sept. 9, 1929. After high school graduation, he found employment at Western Supply in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended Tulsa University. Ray later enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to Columbus Air Force Base, in Columbus, Mississippi, for training. It was...
An early morning warrant sweep on April 6 resulted in 50 arrests, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Beginning at 6 a.m., authorities conducted the sweep throughout North County including the unincorporated area of Fallbrook and the cities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Carlsbad and Escondido. There were 28 misdemeanor arrests, 8 felony arrests and 1 juvenile arrest, authorities said. Of those, five were arrested in Fallbrook, including one juvenile. The warrants for Fallbrook were largely for driving under t...
San Diego County Crime Stoppers along with investigators from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's are asking the public for help in identifying and locating two unknown suspects who have defrauded local residents. Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in this case. Throughout March 2019, elderly Hispanic women shopping at local grocery stores were approached by an unknown female. The unknown female, who in...
UPDATE at 5:22 p.m.: According to North County Fire Protection District PIO John Choi, "The accident on S. Mission was a minor fender bender." He added that it was a non-injury and the roadway is now clear. Early story: Just after 3:30 pm today a traffic collision was reported at 2500 S. Mission Rd. near Olive Hill Rd. The accident involved a grey Toyota Tacoma and a white Jeep, according to County Highway Patrol. Fire trucks and CHP are on the scene....
Most comics take place in large cities: “Superman” is headquartered in Metropolis, “Batman and Robin” operate out of Gotham City and the actual New York City is used for “Spider-Man” and the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” There are exceptions. The “X-Men” are in a New York City suburb. “Jughead and Archie” are in a small town. Bruce Banner operates out of a university setting if his anger doesn’t bring “The Incredible Hulk” lead character into a more urban environment. San Diego Comic Fest included a March 8 session ti...
The National Grocers Association conference at the San Diego Convention Center included a presentation on marketing to Latino shoppers. Lilly Rocha is the president of the Latino Food Industry Association. Her talk “Attracting Today’s Latino Customer: Tips and Trends” noted that marketing and merchandising to Hispanic potential customers should not be a “one size fits all” approach. “Latinos are very diverse,” Rocha said. “You can't just use a single approach.” Hispanics include first-generation immigrants and descendants o...
FALLBROOK – Residential ratepayers in the San Diego Gas & Electric utility territory will be experiencing a drastic change in billing this year. Beginning March 1, San Diego Gas & Electric started phasing its residential customers to a new form of billing for electricity: time-of-use. Currently, most SDG&E residential utility customers are familiar with the tiered billing structure which is based on how much the customer uses; the more energy a customer uses, the more money they pay. In a time-of-use billing structure, c...
During the National Grocers Association conference at the San Diego Convention Center, the experience of a Milwaukee-area chain which discontinued circular advertising but returned to the circular nearly a decade later was discussed. Ted Balistreri, who is the co-owner of the Sendik’s Food Markets chain his grandfather founded as a single store in 1926, gave a presentation called “Is the Circular Dead?” in which he noted that replacing circular mailings or newspaper inserts with digital alternatives reduced cost but also...
In many cases seasonal merchandise for grocery stores focuses on candy or other food, and grocery stores which sell greeting cards also address seasonal demand. The National Grocers Association conference at the San Diego Convention Center invited Regent Products Corporation sales manager Ken Soens to give a presentation on adding Halloween costumes, decorations and other accessories to grocery store merchandise. A year-round planning of holidays, including those associated with barbecues rather than decorations, other than t...
SACRAMENTO – To protect Californians from future attempts to tax text messages, Sen. Brian Jones released the latest video in his popular “Are You Kidding Me?” series which highlights Assemblyman Kevin Kiley’s Assembly Bill 162 that Jones has co-written. This bill would prohibit the California Public Utilities Commission from collecting any revenue on communications classified as an information service by the Federal Communications Commission like text messages, voicemail and email. The “Are You Kidding Me?” video serie...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District announced the Potter Jr. High School advanced band of 64 students participated in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association festival at Temecula Valley High School, March 23. The festival performance of three prepared pieces was judged by three adjudicators against a standard of "Superior," "Excellent," "Good," "Fair" or "Poor" in the following categories: tone quality, blend and balance, i...
LARAMIE, Wyo. – The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from California at the completion of the 2018 fall semester: Bonsall resident Caymen J. Perrault earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering and Fallbrook resident Chet Curtis earned a Bachelor of Science. The University of Wyoming offers 200 areas of study and an environment for success. A low student to faculty ratio allows for individual instruction and attention, and undergraduates often participate in cutting-edge res...
TROY, Ala. – Dylan Large of Fallbrook graduated from Troy University during Term 3 of the 2017-2018 academic year. Large graduated with a master’s degree in international while attending Troy Online. Term 3 includes students at Troy’s campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, Alabama, along with teaching sites outside of Alabama and online. Troy University is a public, historic, international university with 22,500 students and 154,000 alumni. Students choose Troy University for its quality academic programs, reaso...
FALLBROOK – Pastel artist Linda Reyes will be the demonstrator for the Fallbrook Art Association meeting, Saturday, April 20, at the Fallbrook Woman's Club, 238 W. Mission Road. It begins at 8:45 a.m. with a 9:15 critique session done by the guest artist, members are encouraged to bring one piece of their artwork to be critiqued by the guest artist. A 10:15 a.m. business meeting is followed by the guest artist demonstration, 10:30 a.m. to noon, a lunch break and a workshop from 1-4 p.m. for those interested. The public is i...
BONSALL – The Bonsall Chamber of Commerce presents a benefit concert featuring Daring Greatly, Friday, April 12, at the Historic Mission Theatre at 200 N. Main Ave. in Fallbrook. Ray of Sunshine Equestrian Therapy of Fallbrook is the chamber’s charity partner for this event, and 20 percent of all ticket sales will be donated to Ray of Sunshine. Doors open up at 7 p.m. for the lobby area where guests can enjoy food prepared by Brooktown Cafe and their choice of beer, wine or margaritas. Tickets are $60 each for the 50 ava...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library will host many free events this month including concerts, a gardening lecture, a movie and more. Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. – Acoustic Showcase: The Vulcan Mt. Boys bring bluegrass from the Olympic heights of Leucadia; the best of high energy Bill Monroe, Stanleys, Flatt & Scruggs and the most tasteful contemporary artists. Sponsored by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library. Monday, April 8 at 1 p.m. – The Insight Book Club will meet to discuss the novel Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder...
FALLBROOK – The Club Fallbrook Adult Day Care Center recently added two activity assistants – Steve Warren and Robert Tappendorf – to its staff of caregivers to assist clients with crafts and activities. "These two gifted gentlemen offer special insights to our male club clients," Susan Crivello, the center administrator, said. "Robert and Steve have 'old soul' hearts and interact very well with all of our seniors, especially our male club clients. All our clients have said...
Fallbrook High School’s boys swim team began Valley League competition with home wins March 14 against Classical Academy and March 19 against Ramona. The Warriors defeated Classical Academy by a 110-60 score and had the first-place individual finish in nine of the eleven events. “We didn’t know what to expect from Classical,” Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson said. “They’ve made huge leaps in improvement.” Depth aided Fallbrook’s score. A school may enter up to three swimmers in each individual race and position points...
The Fallbrook High School and Classical Academy girls swim teams opened Valley League competition against each other March 14 at Fallbrook with Classical Academy prevailing, but Fallbrook defeated Ramona High School in a March 19 meet in Fallbrook. Classical Academy took a 94-66 victory over the Warriors. “I think for right now they’re probably the team to beat,” Redmond said. Fallbrook took first place in three events against the Caimans: freshman Jocelyn Jones had winning times of 1:00.46 in the 100-yard butterfly and 5...
The Fallbrook Sheriff's Substation held "Coffee with the Community" Wednesday, March 27, at Brooktown Kitchen and Coffee. The meeting which began at 5:30 p.m. was attended by local community members and merchants. "This is an opportunity for us to hear from you," Jake Kruger, Fallbrook Sheriff's crime prevention specialist, said. Lt. Ricardo Lopez, who has served as Fallbrook Sheriff's Substation commander for eight months, was also there answering questions and hearing...
Delays in the murder trial of Charles "Chase" Ray Merritt, who is accused of killing the McStay family, Joseph, Summer and their two young boys who lived in the Lake Rancho Viejo housing development east of Interstate 15 in Fallbrook, has created large gaps in testimony, slowing the trial to a near standstill in San Bernardino. After nearly a week off from the courtroom, a six-minute-long hearing was held Tuesday, March 26, that dealt with Merritt's defense's response to...
Hearings to form a Community Facilities District for Pardee Homes’ Meadowood development will be part of the April 10 and May 1 San Diego County Board of Supervisors meetings. The supervisors set the hearing dates Feb. 27, on a 5-0 vote, and since the county supervisors are also the board members of the San Diego County Flood Control District that vote on behalf of the flood control district approved a Joint Community Facilities Agreement which will be part of the CFD and which had previously been approved by the North C...
Jim Fisher is now Fallbrook High School’s head football coach. Fisher was offered the position March 12 and began with the spring practice and recruiting Fallbrook students March 18. “It’s a big hire,” Fallbrook athletic director Patrick Walker said. “This is up there with the best.” Although the Fallbrook tenure will be Fisher’s first high school coaching experience, he has 12 years of assistant coaching including recruiting specialization at the college level. “He is highly qualified,” Walker said. “For me it’s his leaders...
I believe I can present a more realistic view of California than that presented in the subject letter. First, there is no “spiraling demise of the state;” in fact, there’s quite the opposite. California’s economy has grown rapidly under former Gov. Jerry Brown’s governance. In 2017 the state’s gross domestic product was $2.747 trillion. That would make it the world’s fifth largest economy, moving it just above the United Kingdom. Second, while California does carry a large debt, it is not “heavily” in debt, because it also h...
California is the world’s tech capitol. Some of the most technologically advanced companies like Uber, Facebook and Apple were born in Silicon Valley. While our private sector can master startups and see them flourish, almost every IT project the state tries to implement is over budget, past due and outdated. We should be able to access our government, increase public transparency for legislation and government documents, create efficiencies and save taxpayer dollars. Even d...