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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Just before heading back to class with virtual learning for the 2020-21 school year, student-athletes in Fallbrook and Bonsall found out when they can get back on the courts, fields, and pools to compete this year. Fingers crossed. The California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section (CIF-SDS) released Friday, Aug. 14, the Master Calendar for the 2020-2021 Seasons of Sport, as well as the temporary adjustments to state and section bylaws 600-605 by the board of...
FALLBROOK (CNS) - A 47-year-old Fallbrook woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI after allegedly crashing head-on into a pickup in Fallbrook, killing the truck's driver, authorities said Tuesday, Aug. 25. The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. Monday on East Mission Road west of Red Mountain Dam Drive, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said. A 47-year-old woman was driving a Ford Mustang westbound when she allowed the vehicle to veer left into the opposite lane of...
FALLBROOK (CNS) - One person was killed this afternoon in a head-on collision on a rural road in Fallbrook on Monday, Aug. 24, authorities reported. The crash involving a car and a pickup truck took place in the 3500 block of East Mission Road in Fallbrook about 1:15 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident left the roadway blocked at Red Mountain Dam Drive for several hours, the CHP reported....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Even as the COVID-19 numbers continue to improve in San Diego County, with 187 new infections and no deaths reported Monday, Aug. 24, local officials said there remains no guidance from the state as far as a framework toward reopening the county -- leaving many people in limbo. ``We still have not yet received clarity,'' said County Supervisor Greg Cox. ``We do not yet know when we will get these guidelines.'' Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said the county was...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - SeaWorld San Diego, which has been closed to the public for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen on a limited-capacity basis for a several-weekend program called ``Zoo Days Bayside BBQ & Brews,'' it was announced Monday, Aug. 24. SeaWorld described the program -- which will run Fridays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Aug. 28 through Sept. 27, plus Labor Day -- as an opportunity to explore 40 acres of the park while enjoying...
JASON KUROSU City News Service SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband -- former Rep. Duncan Hunter -- to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal purposes, was sentenced Monday, Aug. 24 to eight months of home confinement, slated to begin immediately, and three years probation. The former congressman's wife, who also acted as his campaign manager during much of the time the pair improperly spent...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly handed part of his authority to his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, and some close aides, South Korea's spy agency said on Aug. 20. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said during a closed-door briefing to South Korean lawmakers Thursday that the dictator is delegating responsibilities to officials including his sister, who is now involved in leading dealings with Washington and Seoul. "Currently, Kim Yo Jong, the first vice...
North County Fire reported that the department was responding to a traffic collision on southbound Interstate 15 Monday, Aug. 24 that was caused by a chair in traffic lanes. The crash has closed lane No. 1 just north of Mission Road. The department said delays can be expected. There was no report of injuries or the number of vehicles involved....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The record-setting heat wave that gripped the region last week is over, but temperatures are expected to remain warm throughout San Diego County this week, according to the National Weather Service. High pressure will continue over the southwestern United States and keep high temperatures in the mid-to-high 90s in most areas through Wednesday, forecasters said. High temperatures today are forecast to reach 83 degrees near the coast, 89 inland, 93 in the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As San Diego County awaits guidance on the effects of its removal from the state's coronavirus watchlist, public health officials reported 291 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths Saturday, Aug. 22, raising the region's totals to 36,203 cases and 660 deaths. Locally, Bonsall has reported 38 cases, Pala reported four more cases for a total of 64, and Fallbrook added four more for a total of 411 cases. Four women and four men died, officials said...
PALA (CNS) - A man died after he was believed to have been in a fight in the parking lot at Pala Casino Spa & Resort, San Diego County Sheriff's officials said Saturday, Aug. 22. The man was taken by ambulance from the 4700 block of State Route 76 to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. Friday. Upon further investigation, the victim was believed to have been in a fight with another man in the parking lot of the casino at about 6:30 a.m., according to...
DEL MAR (CNS) - Maximum Security is the even-money favorite in Saturday, Aug. 22's Grade 1 $500,000 TVG Pacific Classic, Del Mar's richest and most prestigious race. The 2019 male 3-year-old Eclipse Award winner has won five consecutive races, including the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap July 25 at Del Mar by a nose over Midcourt, the third choice in the Pacific Classic at 7-2. Maximum Security is best remembered for being disqualified for interference after crossing the finish...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Tony Krvaric, chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party, is attacking a television station for reporting about a video from the early 1990s that features him with an image of Adolf Hitler by calling the report a "smear.'' The KPBS report on Friday, Aug. 21 said the video shows an image of Hitler floating between photos of three young men, among them an image of a young Krvaric wearing dark shades. The video was produced by a group called Fairlight that was founded during the late 1980s in Sweden,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego-based Navy SEAL appeared in a military courtroom Friday, Aug. 21 on charges that he sexually assaulted a female sailor in Iraq last year. Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel A. Enayat is accused of committing the assault following a Fourth of July barbecue on base and is facing sexual assault, aggravated assault and battery charges. The charging sheet alleges Enayat sexually assaulted, choked and bit the victim at Al Assad Air Base in Iraq on July 4, 2019. Navy spokesman Brian O' Rourke...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - High pressure will continue to weaken this weekend, bringing cooling to San Diego County, although it will continue to feel hot and humid, the National Weather Service said Saturday, Aug. 22. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will occur mainly in the mountains and deserts each afternoon through Monday, forecasters said. ``Mostly dry weather is expected through much of the work week as the ridge axis moves into Baja, and monsoon flow is shut off,'' the NWS said. ``A slight warmup is in store Tuesday...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A coalition of activists led by MoveOn.org have declared today a ``day of action'' aimed at saving the U.S. Postal system, with nearly 700 rallies planned nationwide -- including many in the San Diego area. The rallies are set for 11 a.m. local time outside various postal facilities. ``... we will show up at local post offices across the country for ``Save the Post Office Saturday" to save the post office from (President Donald) Trump and declare that Postmas...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As San Diego County awaits guidance on the effects of its removal from the state's coronavirus watchlist, public health officials reported 304 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths Friday, Aug. 21, raising the region's totals to 35,912 cases and 652 deaths. Two women and six men died. Their ages ranged from early 50s to late 80s. At least seven had underlying medical conditions while it is unknown if the eighth did as well. Locally, Bonsall has...
PALA (CNS) - Emergency crews responding to a report of a car crash on a rural highway about a mile northwest of Casino Pauma Friday, Aug. 21 rescued two members of an Oceanside family from a deep roadside ravine and recovered the body of a third. The 30-year-old man who had been driving the Subaru sedan made an emergency call about 6:15 a.m. to report that he had gotten into an accident during the night on State Route 76, but was unsure where because he had been knocked unconscious during the wreck, according to the Californi...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Superior Court announced Thursday, Aug. 20 that it is forming a committee tasked with ensuring local court proceedings are conducted without bias. The Committee on Bias will sponsor educational programs aimed at recognizing and eliminating bias, and develop an informal procedure for receiving bias complaints related to the courtroom, according to a Superior Court statement. Bias complaints the committee will oversee will include those involving bias based on disability, gender, race, religion,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As San Diego County continues to await guidance on the effects of its removal from the state's coronavirus watchlist, public health officials reported 232 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths, raising the region's totals to 35,608 cases and 644 deaths. Of the 9,865 tests reported Wednesday, 2% returned positive, lowering the 14-day rolling average to 4%, well below the state's 8% guideline. The 7- day rolling average of tests is 8,061 daily. Of the...
A win by Do Not Swipe Left in the 11th race Aug. 9, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club gave trainer Joe Herrick his first victory at Del Mar since Herrick was burned in the December 2017 Lilac Fire. The race was also the first for Do Not Swipe Left in 11 months. The 4-year-old won the seven-furlong dirt race in 1:23.49 and defeated second-place Leprino by a nose. "He ran his eyeballs out," Herrick said. "He ran the race of his life." Do Not Swipe Left was foaled in Kentucky...
San Diego County will be leasing a portion of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection telecommunications site at Cal Fire’s Red Mountain lookout station. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote, Aug. 4, authorized the director of the county’s Department of General Services to execute the lease agreement, authorized the Department of General Services director to amend the lease as needed for future equipment configuration modifications and found the lease categorically exempt from California Env...
San Diego County’s Air Pollution Control District selected projects from 49 organizations to receive $21.3 million in grants for projects designed to keep 692 tons of greenhouse gas and pollution out of the skies. The grants, part of the county’s Clean Air for All campaign, will reimburse the selected businesses, local governments, schools and utilities for swapping out high-polluting, heavy-duty equipment for low-polluting or zero-polluting vehicles, boats and machinery. The district has notified all the organizations tha...
San Diego resident Robert DeLaurentis, an aviator and former Navy officer, described his unique journey Wednesday, Aug. 12, after completing a nine-month circumnavigation from the South Pole to the North Pole to spread a message of peace. The 26,000-mile trip took DeLaurentis to 22 countries and six continents and was originally intended to last just five months. The coronavirus pandemic changed his plans. “When things get difficult, you’ve got to go back to fundamentals,” DeLaurentis told City News Service. “Fund...
A 61-year-old Alpine man is the first person in San Diego County to test positive for West Nile virus this year, local health officials said. The man, whose name was withheld, was hospitalized and has recovered. The California Department of Public Health confirmed his WNV diagnosis Tuesday, Aug. 11. The man said he had traveled to Yuma, Arizona, where it is believed he contracted the virus, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Since Jan. 1, there have been two West Nile virus positive...