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SAN MARCOS – Palomar College was ranked 17th out of hundreds of colleges and universities in the state of California by the website EDsmart.org, according to an article posted to the site in late May. The article, "21 Best Colleges & Universities in California," compiled data from the National Center for Education Statistics and College Scorecard for some 278 four-year, degree-granting institutions and 247 year-year junior or community colleges in the state. According to E...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Water Authority said today it has adopted a $1.7 billion budget for the next two fiscal years and will keep its spending steady compared with the current budget. What the agency calls the ``all-in'' water rate -- which is what it charges customers like the city of San Diego -- will rise by 3.6% for treated water and 3.3% for untreated water in the calendar year 2022. The water authority said the increases reflect several factors, including rate hikes by the Metropolitan Water District of South...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County's environmental health department closed the San Diego Tijuana Slough shoreline in southern San Diego County today, cautioning people against coming into contact with the ocean water. The Tijuana River enters San Diego County from Mexico and flows through the southernmost part of the county before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. Sewage-contaminated runoff that enters the river in Mexico may be moving north along the San Diego County shoreline, according to a statement Thursday from the San...
SAN DIEGO - Authorities today released the name of a 68-year-old Los Angeles-area man who died last weekend during an outing with a volunteer group counting bighorn sheep amid scorching heat in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. A hiker found Donald White of Culver City in medical distress in the area of Borrego Palm Canyon Trail shortly after noon Saturday and made a 911 call to report the emergency, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Paramedics arrived to find White unconscious and unresponsive....
New North County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Keith McReynolds gets his badge pinned to his uniform by his wife, Erin, during a pinning ceremony at Station #1 in Fallbrook, June 16....
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District board held a special afternoon meeting Friday, June 11; Board President Caron Lieber said she was asked not to attend. The purpose of the closed session was to discuss potential litigation, but no action by the board was announced. However, the board – sans Lieber – voted to take away Lieber’s position as president. The board met for its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 21, and the new board president was Suzanne Lundin. Leiber let the board know she wasn’t very pleased...
The Fallbrook Homeless Advocacy is a nonprofit organization that was established by Brad Fox to serve the homeless population in Fallbrook and surrounding areas. This organization currently runs two different transitional houses for homeless men, the Jesus House and the Refuge House. Fox has a long history of working with people in need. For many years, he has been leading the SonRise youth group on mission trips to Mexico and San Diego to assist homeless people. During one...
The Boys & Girls Club is reopening its summer program which includes swim lessons and all-day camps. With smaller group sizes and more staff, this summer is sure to be a blast. Swim lessons this summer are already starting, with session times from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. These two-week-long, 30 minute sessions have class sizes ranging from generally two children to an instructor in the morning to a maximum of five as the day gets hotter. Regulations currently state that lifeguard...
Saturday morning, June 19, was sunny but not too warm, making it good weather for a family outing the day before Father's Day. The occasion was "Hope Walks," a fundraiser for Hope Clinic for Women which was held at The Vineyard 1924 on East Mission Road. More than 70 participants of all ages took part in the walk and activities in the gathering space at the vineyard. There were two walking courses to choose from – one went up and down in between rows of grape vines while t...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Climate Action Team will present a talk about recycling on Tuesday, June 29 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. The speaker, Bob Hill, is the recycling director at EDCO Waste Reduction. This talk will be helpful for anyone who is confused about what can and can't be recycled. They will also find out what is wishcycling. Spoiler alert: Wishcycling is the process of placing discards into the recycling bin even when there's little to no chance for their recovery. Initiall...
VISTA – Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland is holding a cruise raffle fundraiser. Raffle tickets are $20, available from any club member. The prize is a Cruise for Two in Balcony Stateroom. Ticket sales end Sept. 16 and drawing will be held on Sept. 23. Entrants need not be present to win. Proceeds benefit women and girls. For more information visit soroptimistvista.org or email [email protected]. Submitted by Soroptimist International of Vista and North County I...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union High School District's board meeting has been changed from Monday, June 28 to Tuesday, June 29. It will be a virtual Zoom meeting with a closed session beginning at 3:30 p.m. and regular session beginning at 5 p.m. The link for the meeting will be in the agenda which will be posted to https://www.fuhsd.net/ on Thursday, June 24 (go to Board, then to Board meetings). Submitted by Fallbrook Union High School District....
The two new owners of Joe's Hardware – now known as Fallbrook Ace Hardware – have a very similar franchise in Kauai, Hawaii. Not only are the stories of each purchase parallel, but Mark Schulein said in an interview that these two locations have more in common. "They are both super isolated," said the Newport Beach businessman," and residents seem to really love their community and don't want to live anywhere else." Yes, Fallbrook has the Aloha Spirit! Schulein and Matt Fal...
The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce presents Fallbrook Land Conservancy with a check consisting of the funds collected during the Avocado Open Golf Tournament May 7 at Pala Mesa Resort, from left, chamber ambassadors Deborah Bottomley and Anne Klentz, FLC Chairman Susan Liebes, FLC Executive Director Karla Standridge, chamber CEO Lila MacDonald and Chamber membership director Jackie Toppin....
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a contract to remove and replace damaged concrete road infrastructure including sidewalks, curbs, gutters. The supervisors' 5-0 vote June 9 authorized the director of the county's Department of Purchasing and Contracting to take the necessary actions to advertise and award a contract while designating the director of the county's Department of Public Works as the county officer responsible for administering the contract....
SAN DIEGO – The unemployment rate in San Diego County decreased to 6.4% in May, down from a revised 6.7% in April – but well below the year-ago rate of 15.6% as the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic were becoming clear – according to figures released June 18 by the state Employment Development Department. Statewide, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 7.5% in May, down from 8.1% in April. The country posted a 5.5% unemployment rate in the same time period, down from 5.7% in April. Between April and May,...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District is recommending the approval of instructional materials in grades TK-8 in English Language Arts. 1. Benchmark Education Advance/Adelante, TK - 5th grade 2. McGraw-Hill’s StudySync, 6th - 8th grade The recommended curriculum has been reviewed and approved by a selection committee which was comprised of teachers in grades TK-8 as well as site and district level administration. The materials are available for public preview until June 25, at the FUESD office, 321 Iow...
Fallbrook High School Dance Teacher Anna Haskell has received permission from the Fallbrook Union High School District to take 19 of her students to the Pro Action Dance Camp in Mission Viejo. The overnight stay required approval by the FUHSD board who voted 5-0 June 14 to allow Haskell and her students to participate in the dance camp which will be held July 31 and Aug. 1. Pro Action Prep is a two-day intensive dance camp where the dancers will learn routines from some of the premier professional and college choreographers...
BETHLEHEM, Penn. – Dean's List status, which is awarded to students at Lehigh University who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses, has been granted to James Johnson of Fallbrook in the spring 2021 semester. Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Business degree with Honors from Lehigh University in Spring 2021. During Commencement ceremonies on May 24, Lehigh University conferred 1,295 bachelor's degrees, 549 master's degrees a...
Trustees of the Fallbrook Union Elementary Board considered passing a resolution supporting safe gun storage at its June 7 meeting. However, after a brief board discussion, FUESD Board President Caron Lieber said she didn’t feel it was a board concern and suggested it be tabled. Still, board member Susan Liebes made a motion to support the resolution and it was seconded by board member Ricardo Favela. The motion did not carry, with Liebes the only one voting yes. Lieber and Suzanne Lundin voted no, and Favela abstained. B...
PORTALES, N.M. – James Thomas of Fallbrook graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in spring 2021. An in-person commencement ceremony was held at Greyhound Stadium on May 15. ENMU is a state institution offering associate, bachelor's and master's degree options. Submitted by Eastern New Mexico University....
Although the Carlsbad Flower Fields aren't in bloom, local theatre is certainly regaining its feet. From New Village Arts, "Beehive – The 60s Musical" is what's currently playing in the fields, and the performers are blossoming! The gorgeous flower fields provided a wonderful backdrop for a great performance, and for those who've been missing live theatre, "Beehive" is an incredible opportunity to support local performers. Taking the audience through the '60's – from the start...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Art Center welcomes the public to the 10th annual Artist Guild Show, now open in the Janice Griffiths Gallery through July 11. This juried exhibition and sale features over 110 works in a broad variety of mediums and disciplines including painting, printmaking, fine art jewelry, sculpture, textile arts, photography, mixed media, and more. Open daily through July 11, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays, noon-3 p.m., admission is $6, f...
FALLBROOK – Several Fallbrook performers will be taking the stage Friday night, July 9, for a live concert featuring headline act, Kelly Bowlin & The Beale Street Players, and opening act Anthony Cullins, aka "The Fallbrook Kid," at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, Suite C, San Juan Capistrano. Kelly Bowlin & The Beale Street Players is an alt-country band which has won several regional music awards including Best Alt-Country for The Southern California Music A...
Expectations are always high when attending a performance at Vista's renowned outdoor venue the Moonlight Amphitheatre. Under the stars on a pleasant opening night, the maskless crowd enthusiastically welcomed the first production of its 40th season, "Once on this Island, The Musical." First produced in 1990, originally a 90-minute-one-act play, "Once on this Island, The Musical" opened off-Broadway and ran for 60 performances. Over the years other performances followed...
