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  • Smoke from Camp Pendleton fire can been seen in Fallbrook

    Updated Jul 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK -- The smoke that can be seen in parts of Fallbrook this afternoon is from a brush fire on Camp Pendleton, according North County Fire dispatch....

  • Palomar Medical Center Escondido awarded for superior treatment of heart attack patients

    Updated Jul 11, 2018

    ESCONDIDO – Palomar Medical Center Escondido is one of the top hospitals in the nation for treating heart attack patients. The American College of Cardiology bestowed the ACTION Registry Platinum Achievement Award to PMC Escondido for the second consecutive year for achieving the highest standards of patient care as outlined by the College. "As a Platinum Performance Award recipient, Palomar Medical Center Escondido has shown it is a leader in implementing standards of care an...

  • Assessor Dronenburg releases 2018 assessment roll

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    SAN DIEGO – Assessor Ernest Dronenburg Jr. has certified the 2018 property assessment roll listing the value of all taxable property in San Diego County at $543.6 billion. It is an increase of 6.11 percent or $31.3 billion over the 2017 roll. The net assessed value after the deduction of property tax exemptions for homeowners, disabled veterans and charitable organizations is $521.8 billion. Based on Proposition 13’s statutory 1 percent tax rate, it will produce approximately $5.21 billion in tax revenue to fund schools, law...

  • Shotgun Tom Kelly joins Pala Rez Radio booth at fair

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Legendary disc jockey Shotgun Tom Kelly joined the Pala Rez Radio booth, June 13, at the San Diego County Fair. Kelly joined Pala Rez Radio station manager John Fox in the fair booth, 1-5 p.m., that afternoon. "Pretty much every 10 to 20 feet somebody would recognize him, and he would be signing autographs and chatting," Fox said. Kelly was raised in San Diego County and was a San Diego disc jockey for three decades before taking a position at K-Earth 101, KRTH-FM, in Los...

  • Lozzi to recite poetry at Fallbrook Library, July 15

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook resident Craig Lozzi will be presenting a poetry recital 2 p.m., Sunday, July 15, in the community room of the Fallbrook Library. The performance features sacred poetry and live musical accompaniment by violinist Richard Conviser and pianist Bob Freaney, both of Fallbrook. Also joining the program is vocalist Deborah Garrett from Orange County. The poetry explores the human experience of love in a program entitled, "Love and Longing, Longing and B...

  • Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' features at Pechanga, Sept. 21-22

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    TEMECULA – Theatre Royale will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” the Broadway musical, live onstage at the Pechanga Resort Casino theater, 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22. Audiences will step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” an international sensation that has been seen by over 35 million people in 13 different countries. Based on the Academy-Award winning animated feature, the spectacular stage production includes the be...

  • SANDAG asks staff to be 'ambitious' with RTP draft

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Every four years the San Diego Association of Governments updates its Regional Transportation Plan. The next RTP will be adopted in 2019 and will include both a revenue-unconstrained scenario and a revenue-constrained plan. During the June 22 SANDAG meeting, the board suggested that staff be ambitious when preparing a draft plan to begin the upcoming process. The board did not take a vote on a preferred funding scenario but discussed the advantages of being ambitious versus being cautious. Although an ambitious plan may...

  • Real Estate Round-Up: Housing Solutions?

    Kim Murphy, Murphy and Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Last Monday I attended a forum entitled "Exploring Consensus-Driven Solutions to San Diego's Housing Crisis." The panelists were Kevin Falconer, mayor of San Diego; Borre Winckel, president and CEO of the Building Industry Association of San Diego County; Debbie Ruane Sr. executive vice president and chief strategy officer of the San Diego Housing Commission and Colin Parent, executive director and general counsel of Circulate San Diego and La Mesa city council member. The... Full story

  • Lasley wins again at fair

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Viviana Lasley, 13, won the "Best of Show" award for her entry in this year's San Diego County Fair "Original Toy" competition for youths ages 11-17. Lasley, a Fallbrook resident, created a 3-foot tall marionette puppet, entitled "Fairionette," made from repurposed wrappers and containers of cakes, candies and other sweets to represent the fair's theme of "How Sweet It Is." This is the fourth year in a row that Lasley has won the top award for youthful c...

  • Sullivan students win honors at fair

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Two Sullivan Middle School students won Best in Class honors in the San Diego County Fair's Student Showcase art competition. Dacy Denton won Best in Class for seventh-graders in the "3-D: Recycled Art, 80 percent Recycled Materials" category. Cody Lopez received the Best in Class award for seventh-graders who submitted a "Thematic Art: Fair Theme" entry. "I'm really pleased," Sullivan art teacher Melissa Ledri said. "It just made me really happy and excited for both of them...

  • $1.7 million in scholarships awarded to FHS students

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook High School held its annual Senior Awards Ceremony, and $1.7 million in scholarships were awarded to seniors, including those enlisting in the military. Fallbrook High School is proud to announce that 80 percent of seniors are planning to attend college and 6 percent are enlisting in military service. Following is a list of senior scholarships awards and recognitions: Military Enlistees Catrina Bamber – Army Tuscany Barner – Army Christian Lyntton – Army Corey McAdams – Army Sydney Porter – Army Benjamin... Full story

  • Phillips makes dean's list at NEIT

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Dr. Douglas H. Sherman, Jr., senior vice president and provost at New England Institute of Technology, announced that Emmilee Phillips of Fallbrook achieved dean’s list status for the quarter ending June 2. Students must achieve a GPA of 3.6 or higher on a maximum scale of 4.0 to qualify. Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Institute of Technology is a private, nonprofit technical university with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students. For more information, visit www...

  • Harriman, Madden make dean's list at Azusa Pacific

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    AZUSA – Paul Harriman and Michelle Madden of Fallbrook were among the 1,760 students making the academic dean’s list at Azusa Pacific University. The students are honored for a spring 2018 GPA of 3.5 or better. Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical Christian university committed to “God First” and excellence in higher education. With 80 bachelor’s degrees, 51 master’s degrees, 25 certificates, 12 credentials, eight doctoral programs and two associate degrees, the university offers its more than 10,300 students a...

  • Experiencing the Baja 500 with Andre Hanson

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Allen Sargent Special to the Village News Sitting here at the top of El Alamo Mountain, the tallest peak in the area just east of Ensenada about 50 miles, we are supporting the Baja 500 with radio communications. The chatter on the radio is getting quite busy as the race gets underway June 2. My friend and fellow Fallbrook resident Andre Hanson is the operator of this station; I got to ride along as an observer and for a small bit of support. (I get him water, remind him to...

  • Greenwood second, Hanlon fourth in 11-Dive Championship Meet

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    A total of 25 high school divers competed in the 11-Dive Championship Meet at the Fallbrook High School pool May 5 including three Fallbrook High School athletes. "There was some really good diving," said meet organizer Sean Redmond, who is also Fallbrook High School's diving coach. Joseph Greenwood, who was a senior at Oasis High School but competed for Fallbrook High School under the CIF San Diego Section's Multi-School Teams Status policy which allows athletes from certain schools to participate for a specified other...

  • Metts, Murray advance to CIF section finals

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    The Division I athletes with the top nine times or distances in each event at the CIF San Diego Section track and field preliminaries meet, May 19, at Mount Carmel High School advanced to the CIF section finals, May 26, at Mount Carmel, and two of those athletes were Fallbrook High School competitors. Erin Murray advanced to the girls 400-meter finals, and Caiden Metts fared well enough in the boys’ long jump to advance to the section finals. “They performed well,” Fallbrook head coach Marco Arias said. “I was very proud o...

  • Health officials encourage adults to test for HIV, consider PrEP

    Jose A. Alvarez, County of San Diego Communications Office|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    In San Diego County, one in 10 people who are infected with HIV are not aware of it. This means that they are not getting HIV treatment to stay healthy and could infect others. County Health and Human Services Agency officials are encouraging people to get tested and to ask their doctor about getting pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. "Every week, eight people are diagnosed with HIV or AIDS in San Diego. Everyone 18 and over should get tested, whether they think they are at...

  • Changes in tax law aren't helping Medicare

    Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Is Medicare going broke? That scary thought raced through the media a few weeks ago when the program’s trustees issued their annual report to Congress. The media reported the “news” in its predictable fashion; painting a bleak picture of the program some 59 million older and disabled Americans depend on for their health care. Every year the media fail to give the full or nuanced picture of what’s happening, instead opting for dramatic headlines announcing the program is broke. This year is no different. “Medicare is not go...

  • New group offers support to parents of children battling addiction

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    OCEANSIDE – A new support group, Parents of Addicted Loved-ones, now meets 6 p.m. Tuesday evenings at the Salvation Army, 3935 Lake Boulevard, in Oceanside. The group will not meet Sept. 11. Years of working as a substance abuse counselor taught Mike Speakman that overcoming addiction isn’t just about treatment for the individual. It takes support from the family as well. “A good example is diabetes,” Speakman said. “You didn’t cause it, but if your son had it, you might want to learn about it so you could help better.” Speak...

  • Community Collaborative for Health and Wellness seeks input

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Community Collaborative for Health and Wellness (CCHW) is looking for people who are passionate about the well-being of their community. The CCHW meets monthly to share programs and possible concepts, develop new ideas and form partnerships. There are presentations that inspire and educate. People who attend the CCHW have a connection to the health of their community. Anyone interested is welcome to attend – individuals, organizations, healthcare providers, businesses, churches, civic groups. The CCHW is fac...

  • Is your summer vacation really a vacation?

    American Counseling Association, Special to Village News|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    A vacation is a chance to get away from the normal routine of work and demands of daily life. When done right, a vacation should be a period of relaxation, enjoyment and recharging. Research has shown that a vacation with close family and friends is a shared experience that makes everyone happy and continues to do so when they relive the experience afterward. But done badly, summer holidays can produce enough stress that some people need to return to daily life to rest up from that “vacation.” A relaxing summer holiday sim...

  • Pala offers smoke-free casino experience

    Tom Ferrall, Staff Writer|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    Nonsmokers who like to gamble can now try their luck in a smoke-free environment at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. Pala officials celebrated the opening of the property's 15,000-square-foot smoke-free gaming area June 29 and also introduced the new Marquise Bar & Lounge and the expanded Luis Rey's Restaurant, Bar and Patio Lounge. "We really focused on trying to concentrate an area of the casino where guests could actually enter the facility through the hotel lobby, gamble, have di...

  • Small Art By Big Artists: Fallbrook Arts, Inc. holds fundraiser

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Arts, Inc. is pouring out an evening of delight, complete with champagne and hors d'oeuvres, scrumptious food bars, wines and beer, and delectable sweets, Saturday, July 21, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The pinnacle of the evening, in a fabulous private garden in Fallbrook, will be a silent auction of small original artwork by big watercolor artists from Fallbrook Art Center Signature shows. Pianist Reka Parker and vocalist Kasondra Kazanjian will entertain. The c...

  • 'Answering your critics'

    Dr. Rick Koole, Special to the Village News|Updated Jul 9, 2018

    As World War I became more brutal, some young men in Britain found ways to avoid going to war. They were so despised that in August 1914 Admiral Charles Fitzgerald founded “The Order of the White Feather.” The organization encouraged women to give out white feathers to young men who refused to join the British army. Things quickly got out of hand as crowds of young women taunted seemingly eligible men who were dressed in civilian clothes. Then the unthinkable happened. Col... Full story

  • FRHD to award community health contracts, host roundtable on Blue Zones

    Updated Jul 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Regional Health District’s regular board meeting will be held Wednesday, July 11, at the Fallbrook Public Utility District, 990 E. Mission Road, at 6 p.m. Before the regular meeting at 5 p.m., district staff will award the 2018-2019 Community Health Contracts during a reception followed by a roundtable discussion on the “Blue Zones” healthy-living concept. FRHD is a special district covering affordable community health needs for the low- and fixed-income residents of Bonsall, De Luz, Fallbrook and Rai...

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