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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FALLBROOK – Leaders from the Fallbrook and Rainbow water districts participated in this week's initial meeting of a committee that will advise the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission on the two districts' desire to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and join a nearby water district where they can purchase water at a big savings to ratepayers. "This was a good, productive first meeting," said Jack Bebee, general manager of the Fallbrook Public U...
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Superintendent Candace Singh updated FUESD’s governing board and parents in the district on plans for how to reopen schools this fall. Singh told the board that at this point, while many things can change in the coming months, the district is continuing to work on two plans for classes in the coming school year: an in-person option with “considerable” safety protocols, as well as an online-only option for parents who are not comfortable having their children return to physical class...
On the same day that California’s two largest school districts announced they would be online-only in the fall, Fallbrook Union High School District’s superintendent presented the district’s plan on how to safely resume in-person classes, though she acknowledged there was no guarantee of what the situation will actually be when classes are set to begin again next month. “What’s in place today may change next week, may change in August, may change again in October,” Fallbrook Union High School District Superintend...
The Rainbow Municipal Water District will be rehabilitating its North River Road Land Outfall pipeline, and Hoch Consulting will be preparing the bidding documents and providing engineering support to the Rainbow district. A 5-0 Rainbow board vote, June 23, approved a $151,180 contract with Hoch Consulting, which is headquartered in San Diego. The contract does not have a specific end period, although construction is anticipated to begin in early 2021 and take approximately eight weeks. “It’s an important project to mai...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spent time in the hospital this week for a possible infection, said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesions on her liver and that she will continue chemotherapy sessions every two weeks. "I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain fully able to do that," Gin...
FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID CRARY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami area authorities began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement — echoing efforts in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. In California, military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists were being deployed to eight hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking case numbers. In Houston, an 86-p...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After a four-day battle against a raging fire, the blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego is believed to be fully extinguished, but crews are working today to verify that no fires are still burning. As of early Thursday afternoon, ``all known fires'' on the 27,565-ton warship were out, Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck announced. ``Our fire teams are investigating every space to verify the absence of fire,'' Sobeck said. He said that process must be complete prior to the start of an official...
BONSALL – Coldwell Banker Village Properties has announced its top agents for the month of June. The top listing honor was achieved by three agents, Tom Van Wie, Janice Shannon and Don Bennetts. Van Wie and Bennetts were also named top selling agents as well as top producing agents along with Geri Sides. For more information, visit www.CBVillageProperties.com or call 760-728-8000. Submitted by Coldwell Banker Village Properties....
Longtime Fallbrook locals Sharon Robinson and her husband, Derek Bickett, recently became the new owners of The Spoiled Avocado, a home goods store offering a variety of products April 1. "My husband and I purchased it as something that we could do together as a family in Fallbrook," Robinson said. "The business was going to go out of business, and they were having a going out of business sale," Robinson said. "I was a longtime customer and I didn't really want to see it go...
A crowd of about two dozen members of the Fallbrook community were at the corner of Mission Road and Fallbrook Street Friday, July 10, to bring attention to the death of 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was allegedly murdered by a fellow soldier at Ford Hood, Texas, where she was stationed. “We wanted to get some justice for Vanessa Guillén and her family,” Albert Escudero, one of the demonstrators in Fallbrook, said. “It was a tragedy what happened and we want to...
MATHER – During the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudsters are using this opportunity to create fear amongst residents across California. Many traditional financial crimes and schemes are now orchestrated through electronics. Now, more than ever people of all ages, including older adults can be victimized by these criminals. The newest plot line in these online crimes include California’s contact tracers. What is a contact tracer? To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched “California Connected,” the state’s...
Integrity is a noun that means the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and moral uprightness, such as “he is known to be a man of integrity.” It’s synonyms include honesty, uprightness, probity, rectitude, honor, honorableness, upstandingness, good character, principles, ethics, morals, righteousness, morality, nobility, high-mindedness, right-mindedness, noble-mindedness, virtue, decency, fairness, scrupulousness, sincerity, truthfulness and trust...
While we continue to make things more just, we need to make sure we are working with all the same facts and data and are not allowing people with false narratives to spin us into emotionally dangerous wars between people. I received a lot of emails, questions and comments questioning the police shooting statistics from a previous editorial. People also sent me websites presenting the same statistics I used, but the way the statistics were presented was definitely pushing a...
I know that the last three months have been extremely difficult for small businesses and nonprofits. While I’ve advocated to open up businesses in a safe manner, there is still a 15% unemployment rate, and that will rise with the latest round of closures in early July. In order to cope with these difficult times, San Diego County has created a small business/nonprofit stimulus grant fund. The purpose of this fund is to provide economic assistance to help small businesses a...
I think we all should perhaps rethink the Democrat Party’s political machine stranglehold of America’s urban cities and school districts in which their power has become monopolistic and unchecked for five or six decades. The Democrat Party’s unrelenting agenda of undermining our individual constitutional freedoms while pitting American versus American based on race, class, creed and origin has reached a breaking point in our country. Democrats have used this divide and conquer political strategy since the early 19th centu...
In California, opioid and heroin use is a major threat to public health and is the leading cause of death for those under 50. It’s a major cause of crime and contributes directly to high recidivism rates in our prison system. That’s why I’ve introduced Assembly Bill 1304, co-written by state Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, which will provide medication-assisted treatment for eligible parolees who volunteer to participate. Medication-assisted treatment is an innovative treat...
On June 25, 2020, after I had submitted my previous letter, the Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to void the Affordable Care Act. The date for the subsequent presentations has not been specified but expected before the presidential election. News analysts have noted that there is no “Plan B.” If the ACA were voided, some 20 million more people would be without coverage because the Republican Party has no alternative available. For those who believe the foregoing is an acceptable situation, I offer my max...
In late October 1962, my classmates and I were in route to our high school water polo match. Our coach, an Ivy League graduate, of Irish descent, and a proud and staunch Kennedy supporter, stood at the front of the bus stone-faced and teary-eyed. Seemingly he was agonizing over recent world events unfolding with the Soviet's looming Cuban Missile Crisis. Convinced that the standoff between the Soviets and the United States would result in a nuclear holocaust, he declared the world was coming to an end. Well, fortunately for...
A private committal will be held in Riverside National Cemetery for Genevieve Nancy Sparks who passed away June 29, 2020, in Santa Cruz, at the age of 94. Born March 31, 1926, in Altadena, California, Genevieve graduated from George Washington High School in Los Angeles in 1942 and received degrees in English and philosophy from the University of Southern California, where she was president of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Gamma. She married Lt. Col William Franklin Sparks in...
Isn't it interesting, now that the Left has found a new way to control our lives, global warming is no longer a problem! Ed Dollins...
Oscar L. Escudero passed away peacefully June 20, 2020. He was 93. He was born Aug. 10. 1926 in a small town high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Oscar's radiant smile and charisma will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his daughters, Eileen and Maryann, son James, daughter-in-law Roxy and grandchildren Ricky, Emery Anais and Joshua. For more information, go to berry-bellandhall.com....
The Fallbrook Public Utility District will adopt its calendar year 2021 rates in December, but the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget has been approved. A 5-0 FPUD board vote, June 22, approved the 2020-2021 budget. The budget will be used as the base for the 2021 rates and charges when the board considers those during its final scheduled meeting of 2020. “We managed to hold our operating costs fairly flat,” Jack Bebee, general manager of FPUD, said. “The increase in the wholesale cost of water is really the driver.” FPUD project...
FALLBROOK – The newest statue erected in Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery is called the Queen of Angels Guardian of Children statue. It is located within the newest section of the cemetery, Hiram Gardens, in a lovely park-like setting. The garden offers a single pillar for one interment, the companion boulder is ideal for two interments and the multi-niche option for a family memorial. The cemetery gardens provide peaceful resting places as well as a place for family and friends to remember and reflect for generations to come. Over...
Starting at midnight July 14, indoor operations at various businesses throughout San Diego County were ordered to cease in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 cases. Following Gov. Gavin Newsom's updated health order July 13, all indoor operations were ordered to halt at midnight Tuesday in gyms, houses of worship, noncritical office businesses, hair salons and barber shops, indoor malls and personal care services, such as massage businesses and tattoo parlors. County health officials reported 419 new positive COVID-19...
