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Articles from the July 14, 2016 edition


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  • Local groups given Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funds

    Updated Jul 14, 2016

    Each county supervisor has an annual $2 million Neighborhood Reinvestment Program budget, and the final $664,081 of Supervisor Bill Horn's 2015-16 budget was appropriated June 28. The county supervisors recommend the allocation of their Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funds, although those allocations must be approved by a majority of the board. The supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the District 5 grants which include $20,000 to Devil Pups Youth Program for America, $20,000 to the Pauma Valley Community Association, $18,500...

  • Several Greater Fallbrook groups allocated TOT funding

    Updated Jul 14, 2016

    The June 28 passage of the County of San Diego's 2016-17 budget included the allocation of Community Enhancement funds from the County of San Diego's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenue, and several Greater Fallbrook organizations will receive funding from the Community Enhancement program. Each county supervisor had a $974,000 Community Enhancement budget along with whatever previous year funding was cancelled or returned (in the case of Supervisor Bill Horn's Fifth District, that additional amount was $2,335) and decided...

  • Bebee, Kennedy elected to LAFCO's Special Districts Advisory Committee

    Updated Jul 14, 2016

    San Diego County's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) has a Special Districts Advisory Committee which makes recommendations for the LAFCO board to consider and consists of 16 members in the absence of vacancies. This year, the county's independent (voter-elected) special districts selected board members for eight of those seats. Four members were re-elected and the four new members include Fallbrook Public Utility District assistant general manager Jack Bebee and Rainbow Municipal Utility District general manager Tom...

  • Driver involved in Vista street race suffered fatal injuries

    Updated Jul 14, 2016

    VISTA – A 20-year-old driver involved in an alcohol-fueled, head-on collision during a street race in Vista earlier this week has died, authorities said today. Jose Zamora of Oceanside was behind the wheel of a Ford Focus that was seen racing another vehicle on East Bobier Drive at speeds of up to 100 mph shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday. He lost control of the car near Heidi Circle and it traveled over the median and into oncoming traffic, according to the sheriff's department and the county medical examiner's office. The F...

  • Fallbrook, Temecula connect on specialized senior services

    Updated Jul 14, 2016

    A new link – perhaps the first of its kind for the two communities – has connected Fallbrook and Temecula. This connection hinges on a key service that a Fallbrook nonprofit group provides area seniors. Temecula residents can now access this specialized adult day care service, and the Fallbrook group can mine a fast-growing market for new clients and public exposure. “We have more capacity than we are able to fill in Fallbrook,” said Rachel A. Mason, executive directo...