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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It is an interesting time in real estate. Like everything else, it is in flux. Buyers seem to be cautiously reappearing. Sellers seem to be opening to the idea of showing their homes. When you add the general unrest over the protests and rioting across the nation, it's no wonder things are in flux. Let's go back to basics. There are homes to sell and there are buyers who are buying, so let's talk strategy. I mentioned in my article two weeks ago that many of the buyers are...
Winifred Lodes, 103, a longtime resident of Fallbrook, graduated from Fallbrook High School in 1936 with a class of 32 students. For many years she worked as a bookkeeper for Fallbrook lumber company. Winnie was still driving her car until age 98. From her porch, she kept track of the dog walking activity in her neighborhood; she knew all the dogs' and owners' names. Winnie was preceded in death by husband George Lodes, brother Carroll Husher, sister Florence Patten. She is...
This is response to Mr. Lawrence Coonradt's nice letter below. A professor of women’s studies at Wellesley College by the name of Peggy McIntosh, a white woman, came up with the theory and term “white privilege” in the 80s. It is the opinion of Brandon Tatum, a black man, white privilege is something that “woke” people talk about to make themselves feel better than other people. He believes, “White privilege is an attempt by the left to divide Americans by race.” In a...
Megan Janikowski will continue her soccer career at Eastern New Mexico University. The lifelong Fallbrook resident, who played soccer for three years on the Cathedral Catholic High School varsity before graduating this spring, signed a letter of intent to play for the Greyhounds Nov. 13. She received both an athletic scholarship and an academic scholarship. “I’m super excited to play,” Janikowski said. Eastern New Mexico University is in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and is a member of the Lone...
City News Service Special to Village News A local timeshare company has agreed to pay up to $5.4 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit alleging false promises were made to customers during sales presentations, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, June 4. Welk Resorts will pay $2 million in penalties and up to $3.4 million in restitution to timeshare purchasers who were told various things during presentations held between Jan. 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, according to prosecutors, i...
CARLSBAD – Harcourts Advantage real estate agent Keri Cook, with more than 20 years as a Realtor, has successfully completed the National Association of Realtors' e-PRO certification program and has been awarded the e-PRO certification, the official technology certification program offered by the National Association of Realtors. A Fallbrook resident, Cook joins nearly 40,000 real estate professionals who have earned NAR's e-PRO certification and dedicated their time and effor...
Eventually the San Diego County Water Authority will develop and implement a long-term fix for the vulnerability of the three SDCWA pipelines in Moosa Canyon, but the short-term fix for Pipeline 5 is now complete. A unanimous CWA board vote, Thursday, May 28, ratified four contracts approved administratively by CWA general manager Sandra Kerl and authorized Kerl to accept the work as complete. “Earlier this month, in May, we shut down Pipeline 5 to remove the bulkheads and we resumed normal operations on May 8,” Neena Kuzmich...
The April meeting of the Rainbow Municipal Water District board included an out-of-agency service agreement for Rainbow to serve Pardee Homes’ Meadowood development, which is currently within the boundaries of the Valley Center Municipal Water District. The May 26 Rainbow board meeting included a 4-0 vote, with Helene Brazier not able to participate in the meeting, to submit an application to annex the Meadowood area. The motion directed Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy to prepare and submit an application to San Diego C...
In March, the California legislature recessed due to the COVID-19 emergency. This recess was unprecedented in our history and underscored a critical problem. While California lawmakers continued to work from their districts, they cannot vote on legislation when they are unable to meet in Sacramento. When it comes to technology, our legislature is stuck in the past. The recent recess and current social unrest have shown that it can be unsafe for members, their staff and the...
Dear Julie, Thank you for such an excellent response to those who wish to keep their heads in the sand or elsewhere. They really believe that “why can’t we all get along?” really means “why can’t you all agree with me?” They really believe they are middle of the road and have no bias. I’m glad you realized pictures of bake sales and 3-foot checks to the Girl Scouts do not make a vibrant, important paper. Anyone who disregards their government’s actions and world influences on those actions deserves what they get, but I don...
When COVID-19 first hit the United States, we had no idea how bad it would turn out. By mid-March, it became evident that we needed to shut down our gym until we learned more about the virus. I started Fit by Design with one mission in mind – to help people in their quest to improve their health and well-being. I would not for any amount of money risk anyone’s health, not my trainers and certainly not my clients. Now that we have entered the third month with no income and fixed overhead costs still rising, we have had to make...
At this point, dear Village News publisher, just own up to your political views. There is not a reader of the Village News that is unaware of your point of view. I am saddened that you choose a divisive bias, then explain that you attempt fair and balanced reporting. Your words are disingenuous and dishonest. Fallbrook deserves better. How about reprinting the James Mattis opinion article published in The Atlantic? I know there is not a chance you would do that. You have my permission to publish this in the opinion section...
Throughout our battle against COVID-19, my goal has always been to open more businesses and continue our momentum while keeping people safe, especially protecting those that are vulnerable. Over the last two weeks, we’ve seen our restaurants, retail businesses, hair salons and barbershops open safely, without any major spikes in coronavirus cases or capacity issues in hospitals. While our testing has increased, the percentages of positive tests have gone down and continues to...
Good day Ms. Reeder, I found your editorial to be well written and articulate on the topic of the ongoing global demonstrations and protests in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. I think that you raise and note some very important points and shed light on some of the events good and bad that have so far occurred. Thank you for that. With that being said however, and I state the following as a 65-year-old white male, I do take exception to some of your words. My caution to...
Thank you, Julie Reeder, and those in the Village News who covered the peaceful demonstrations in Fallbrook and Temecula. Your coverage and the words of those participants who were interviewed showed compassion for George Floyd, a fellow human being, who suffered terrible injustice at the hands of another human being and solidarity with black Americans. One of the protester’s signs read, “Racism isn’t greater, it’s filmed.” This thought brought me back to my youth when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a large group of black...
I subscribe to the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News because the newspaper brings specific information about my community to my home and for no other reason. Nowhere else can I find gardening tips for the Fallbrook general area and event announcements for schools, art galleries and musical performances. I like reading about a new local business opening, a food drive and honors achieved by neighborhood children and adults. Last week I drove down Main Avenue to see which businesses were open. Even that information enhances the...
SAN DIEGO – There is a new wave of scammers targeting our customers, and they are using the same old tactic: they threaten to turn off your power unless you offer up immediate payment for a past-due bill. The uptick we are seeing is troubling because some of the scammers are targeting elderly SDG&E customers who are especially vulnerable, such as those who require electricity to meet critical medical needs. The current tactics used by scammers include impersonating SDG&E’s billing department and asking for payment using Gre...
When the eighth graders at Potter Jr. High School began their final school year before entering high school, it's likely none of them could have imagined they would be sent home in March never to return to the school as a student. On Friday, May 29, Potter released its Eighth Grade Commencement video online with Principal Edie Powers giving the opening speech, recorded previously, of course. "Although our year was cut short, we had a great year full of many memories," Powers...
San Diego's County's Local Agency Formation Commission approved a committee to review issues regarding the proposed detachment of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District from the San Diego County Water Authority. An 8-0 LAFCO board vote June 1 approved the composition of the committee, although LAFCO executive officer Keene Simonds will appoint the specific members and the list of tasks for the committee. "We have agreement with the County Water Authority, Rainbow and Fallbrook," said...
Tim and Margaret O'Leary Special to Village News Over the course of her 90 years, Helen Whisnand has lived a life of service to her community, church and schools. She has, in ways large and small, exemplified a personal and professional dedication to others. Whisnand has been sidelined for now by the novel coronavirus pandemic, but she expects to return to service when the virus poses less of a threat to vulnerable volunteers. "I've always been a multi-tasker," she said in a...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Regional Health District is celebrating its 70th anniversary June 12. Following is a brief history of the district and its medical services. In the late 1930s, Fallbrook Hospital began in a small, pale blue house on Main Street. In the early 1940s, medical care was expanded to include obstetrics, minor surgery, emergency surgery and general medical care. When the patient load got down to two or three, the nurse on the evening shift also assumed dietary r...
City News Service Special to Village News One motorist was killed and a woman was injured when their vehicle ran over the side of Interstate 15, authorities said. At 10:41 a.m. Sunday, June 7, a vehicle drove off the freeway and fell 150 feet below, rolling over several times, Capt. John Choi of North County Fire said. Fire crews used a rope system to rescue the woman, who was taken to Palomar Medical Center and expected to survive her injuries. An unidentified person was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, Choi said....
A motorist suffered serious injuries Friday, June 5, in a fiery rollover crash on a rural road near the San Diego-Riverside county line, authorities said. The solo-vehicle crash was reported around 6:40 a.m. on Carancho Road near De Luz Road, west of Temecula and northeast of De Luz, Capt. Thomas Shoots of Cal Fire San Diego said. A vehicle went off the side of the roadway and overturned, causing a brush fire which grew to around 50 feet before firefighters stopped the forward rate of spread a short time later, Shoots said....
Fallbrook now has the seventh-lowest per capita rate of coronavirus cases in San Diego County, up a couple slots from the ninth-lowest rate last week. There were 36 reported coronavirus cases in Fallbrook’s 92028 zip code, up from 30 a week ago. Bonsall is still reporting seven cases, the same number as a week ago. 92028 – which also covers Rainbow and De Luz – now has 74.6 coronavirus cases per 100,000. The zip codes with lower per capita coronavirus cases than Fallbrook at press time are: ● 92130 (Carmel Valley), 74.0 ca...
EL CAJON – As the state and region continue the march toward summer and critical burn conditions, Cal Fire San Diego is suspending all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of San Diego and Imperial counties. This suspension took effect Tuesday, June 8, and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves. Since Jan. 1 of this year, Cal Fire and firefighters across the state have responded to over 1,700 wildfires, outpacing the 1,013 fires over t...
