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  • Bonsall Woman's Club installs new officers

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    Bonsall Woman’s Club installs new officers...

  • How to stop pickpockets

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – To avoid losing items to pickpockets, Sheriff’s Dept. crime prevention specialist John McLelland recommends that men put a rubber band around their wallet to make it difficult for a pickpocket to steal it. His advice to women, he said is “always carry your purse between your arm and your body. Always pay attention to your surroundings to avoid potential trouble.” He also encourages people to report any suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Department....

  • San Luis Rey Training Center faring well at Del Mar

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    The Bonsall racehorse training facility which was once known as the San Luis Rey Downs Thoroughbred Training Center is now the San Luis Rey Training Center. It was closed for renovations from June 2013 to January 2014 before re-opening in January with the new name and upgraded facilities. During the first six days of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club meet San Luis Rey trainer Peter Miller had three wins, four second-place finishes, and three third-place results. The San Luis Rey horses trained by John Sadler had three wins, one...

  • PUBLIC MEETING Aug. 18 regarding potential Avocado Half Marathon for 2015; County, FCPG seek input

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    County pushes Avocado Half Marathon to public meeting, gives residents opportunity to comment on proposed plan Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor Prior to giving the organizers of this year’s Avocado Half Marathon final approval to hold the event again in 2015, the County of San Diego has required that the proposed plan for the event go in front of the public for comment at a Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) meeting. That meeting will take place on Monday, Aug. 18. ...

  • Community rallies around injured Marine; volunteers help with finishing tasks on Homes for Our Troops project

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    Community rallies around injured Marine See Gallery (10)...

  • FHS cheer gears up at summer camp

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – All Fallbrook High School cheer squads were in attendance for a two day summer cheer camp, July 18 and 19, at Rancho Community School in Temecula. The cheerleaders were up early and began their day at 8 a.m. and concluded it at 5 p.m. Day one of camp consisted of all squads learning a dance, cheer and chant. They worked in new stunts and worked on jumps. On day two, cheerleaders practiced what they had learned from day one and also had to learn a new dance,...

  • Sheriff Blotter, July 31, 2014

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    July 9 300 block W. Clemmens Lane : Child taken into protective custody July 14 3500 S. Mission Rd. : Death July 15 500 block Ammunition Rd. : Petty theft from building July 16 300 block E. Alvarado St. : Found narcotic; narcotic seizure July 18 7300 block W. Lilac Rd. : Commercial burglary 6900 block Via Mariposa Sur : Grand theft July 20 3200 block Via Altamira : Found property July 21 Pala Rd. @ Via Monserate : Simple battery 700 block W. Fallbrook St. : Expired registration 500 block W. Fallbrook St. : Grand theft from...

  • Reynolds earns B.A. from University of Dallas

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    IRVING, TEXAS – Hayley Reynolds of Fallbrook graduated from the University of Dallas in May with a bachelor of arts degree in education. Reynolds was one of approximately 250 students to receive a degree from the university during its spring 2014 commencement ceremony. The University of Dallas is a Catholic university that offers individual undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in the liberal arts, business and ministry....

  • Di Bacco, Straeter named to CLU Dean's List

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. – Two Fallbrook residents were among 745 students who made the Dean’s List at California Lutheran University for the spring semester. Gianna Di Bacco is an undeclared major and Brooke Straeter is a communication major. Students qualify for the Dean’s List by maintaining a 3.6 grade point average in their academic subjects. CLU, a selective university with an enrollment of 4,300 students, offers undergraduate and graduate programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management, Gra...

  • Coffee Chat offers info on homeschooling

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – For anyone interested in homeschooling, Fallbrook Homeschool Academy is now enrolling. To find out more information on its Classic 5 Day Online program for kindergarten through eighth grade and its CORE program kindergarten through sixth grade, parents can come to a Coffee Chat on Aug. 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. at 400 W. Elder Street at the Maie Ellis Educational Center. Contact Kate at (760)731-5400 or [email protected] to reserve a space. Childcare will be provided....

  • Doctors Treister graduate

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – The Treister family recently celebrated the graduations of Andy and Joe Treister. Andy Treister, Fallbrook High School class of 2005, graduated from University of California, Irvine School of Medicine May 31. He has begun an internship in internal medicine at UCI Medical Center to be followed by a three-year neurology residency at University of California at San Diego. Joe Treister, a 2011 graduate of UCI School of Medicine, completed his pediatric residency...

  • Does seating impact behavior and learning?

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – The first day of school brings many changes. Students must acclimate themselves to a new routine and curriculum, while teachers must acquaint themselves with an entirely new crop of students. The first few weeks of school are a time to ease into the coursework and get to know everyone’s strengths, weaknesses and personality traits. On the first day of school, students may be seated in alphabetical order, but over time seating assignments may change as the teacher quickly learns who is friends with whom, w...

  • Art camp students show their work

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

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  • Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation announces recipients

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    CAMP PENDLETON – The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation held an announcement ceremony at the Pacific View Events Center on Camp Pendleton on July 24 for this year’s awards. Military parents make legendary sacrifices every day for the greater good of this country and having the ability to send their children to college should not be one of them. However, as military families continue to work to provide for their family, college tuition continues to outpace the income of the average military family with college costs h...

  • Sycamore Ranch plan still in progress - Time extension granted for development's infrastructure

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    The San Diego County Board of Supervisors granted a time extension to complete the infrastructure of four approved subdivision maps, including the Sycamore Ranch development in Fallbrook. Sycamore Ranch is located off Gird Road via Knottwood Way. The supervisors’ 4-0 vote July 9, with Greg Cox absent due to California Coastal Commission activity, extends the date by which the Sycamore Ranch infrastructure must be completed, in the absence of a subsequent time extension, to J...

  • Coldwell Banker names members of President's Club

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    Coldwell Banker names members of President’s Club...

  • Fantasy competition series 'The Quest' to premiere tonight on ABC

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    MURRIETA - Ashley Guerrero, a 35-year-old horse trainer from Murrieta, is among a dozen contestants on ''The Quest,'' a 10-episode competition series aimed at fans of fantasy and fairytales premiering at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC. Guerrero is also skilled in trick riding, archery and boxing. The initial field of contestants was chosen through open calls and video submissions, with producers seeking fantasy enthusiasts seeking ''to go on the epic journey of a lifetime,'' according...

  • Equestrian, residential property owners: free assistance with resource concerns

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK/BONSALL – Owners and managers of residential and/or equestrian properties in the San Luis Rey watershed are invited to participate in Mission Resource Conservation District’s (RCD) Residential and Equestrian Property Outreach Program. This program is free and will assist property owners or managers with addressing natural resource and residential or equestrian-related concerns on their properties. Resource concerns on properties can include (but are not l...

  • Higbee joins Real Living Lifestyles Fallbrook office

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Real Living Lifestyles Fallbrook branch welcomes Lisa Higbee to the team. A native of Fallbrook, Higbee’s family history goes back many years to her maternal grandfather, Joe Diamond, who was a well-known Fallbrook avocado ranch manager responsible for developing many of the original, local avocado and citrus groves decades ago. While perfecting her real estate career in Oregon for the past 20 years, Higbee served as president, executive board member, c...

  • Sheriff's Dept. needs help in identifying victim of cold case homicide

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    The Sheriff's Dept. issued a call for help from the public today (Thurs., July 31) to assist in identifying a woman who was the victim of what is now a cold case homicide. "San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Detail continue to look for leads to help identify Jane Doe," authorities said. "On October 1, 1986, the decomposed body of a female was discovered over an embankment at the 4.5 mile marker of Old Temecula Road on the P...

  • Trial to begin for trio accused in violent home invasion

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    MURRIETA - Jury selection is slated to get underway today in the trial of a woman and two men accused of committing a San Jacinto home invasion robbery that involved severely beating a man tied to a chair. Quadrea Lee Jackson, 24, John George Kiriakos, 39, and Sandi Faith Salah, 26, all from the San Jacinto Valley, could face more than 20 years in prison if convicted of multiple felony counts, including kidnapping to commit a robbery, torture and assault with a deadly weapon. A fourth defendant, 34-year-old Shabock Novel...

  • CSLB warns consumers about deceptive home improvement offers, contract cancellation rights

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    SACRAMENTO – The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is urging consumers to be aware of home improvement offers by individuals who use unethical business practices to gain entry into their homes, and then use illegal, high-pressure sales or scare tactics to up-sell unneeded services or equipment. “Service advertisements are common from the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning industry, especially during hot or cold weather,” said CSLB registrar Steve Sands. “We’re noticing a significant number of con...

  • Prevent tipping furniture from injuring children

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    WASHINGTON — The nation’s emergency physicians handle tragic situations too often, but few things are more upsetting than the sudden death of a child – killed by a piece of a furniture, appliance or a television falling on them. “It can happen in a matter of seconds probably in anyone’s home,” said Dr. Alex Rosenau, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians. “Every parent or guardian of a young child should look around their homes and imagine w...

  • Pregnancy Resource Center to host Chocolate for Your Soul

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – On Oct. 18, Fallbrook Pregnancy Resource Center will host Chocolate for Your Soul, a high noon fun and fanciful tea and silent auction to benefit their body of worth programs which empowers young women through education and supportive relationships. In 2014-15 over 1,000 educational classes will be offered to young moms where time spent earns them free resources such as diapers, formula, baby furniture, strollers, high chairs, etc. Special speaker for...

  • Murphy & Murphy launch Real Estate Professional Intern program

    Updated Jul 31, 2014

    FALLBROOK – Murphy & Murphy Southern California Realty is proud to introduce the first graduate from their Real Estate Professional Intern program. Born and raised in Fallbrook, “Kaz Egan is the first of a new generation of Realtors that we’re training and developing,” said Chris Murphy. “We currently have three more interns in the program and we’re looking for more candidates.” “The life blood and future of our local real estate depends on our youth after they’ve finis...

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