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 – Three local Spanish churches – Iglesia Mas Que Vencedores, El Alfarero, and Centro Cristiano de Victoria – will be taking part in a worldwide movement called "One World" Oct. 1-8. The first week of October, Christian churches around the world team up in volunteer work to take the love of God from the churches into the community, the homes, and the personal lives of people. For two years now, on the first week of October, these Fallbrook churches have walked aroun...
The Avocado Half Marathon and 5K, held in Fallbrook in 2014 and 2015, will have its third running in Murrieta on Feb. 25, 2017. Andrew Pettersen, CEO of race organizer GMP Marketing, announced the city of Murrieta as the new host of the event in an email to runners on Sept. 23. Pettersen had planned to run the race in Fallbrook in 2016 – it was originally scheduled for May and then postponed until September – but announced Sept. 13 that he was moving the race out of San Diego County because he no longer wanted to work with th...
Communities have Insurance Service Office (ISO) ratings which assess fire damage risk and are used as a factor in fire insurance premiums, and the first-ever ISO rating for the San Diego County Regional Fire Authority (SDCRFA) was discussed during the Sept. 13 meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The official Board of Supervisors action was to receive the Public Protection Classification summary report and presentation. Supervisor Ron Roberts was at the American Public Transportation Association annual...
The San Diego County Fair has a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship program, and one of the 2016 recipients was Fallbrook 4-H member Lindley Mason. "It was a great honor and I congratulate all my fellow recipients," said Mason, one of twelve 2015-16 high school seniors to receive a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship. The Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship program works with the San Diego County Fair but is a separate organization with 501(c)(3) non-profit status. Most of...
FALLBROOK – Seniors Helping Seniors and Regency Fallbrook teamed up to honor local fire departments and members of the Senior Volunteer Patrol on Sept.14. Regency Fallbrook’s executive chef prepared a delicious barbeque for all that attended. “It was a great opportunity to meet and thank such a fine group that does so much for our community,” said Seniors Helping Seniors CEO Matt Obermueller of the event. “We were so delighted to host such a professional and caring group of...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will continue its Free Event series in October featuring the 60+ Club at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays; the underground wine CAVE and Luis Rey’s on weekends, and tribute concerts at 8 p.m. on Saturdays in the Infinity Showroom. The free October entertainment schedule includes: Tribute Concerts, 8 p.m., Saturdays, Infinity Showroom - 1, The Long Run, a tribute to The Eagles, followed by Club Infinity with DJ Jay - 8, ThePettybreakers, a tribute to Tom Petty and The Hea...
FALLBROOK – This year, Ingold Sports Park is celebrating 16 years of promoting healthy lifestyles and enriching lives in the community by facilitating sports and a variety of fun, family-oriented activities. Today, the park hosts about 3,000 weekly visitors, making it one of the busiest places in town. Tournaments bring many visitors to Fallbrook for the first time. In recent years, the park has hosted teams from Northern and Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and New M...
Anthem Blue Cross Dental Director SACRAMENTO – For many teens, their first exposure to prescription painkillers is when they have their wisdom teeth pulled. This rite of passage and the painkillers prescribed to manage the post-surgery discomfort may be the gateway to other problems such as the addiction potential of opioids. Morphine, OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet or codeine are some of the opioids commonly prescribed to relieve pain after wisdom teeth are extracted. While opioids can be effective at relieving pain, they are...
FALLBROOK – A parasite is a common organism that feeds off other organisms. It derives its food, shelter, and nutrition by living in or on another organism. These scavengers consume nutrients from their hosts as well as consume other live organisms. Although many people assume parasitic infections in humans are only a problem in underdeveloped countries, they also pose a serious problem in the United States. There are, in fact, many species of parasites that show no socioeconomic boundaries and can be found in all c...
The top 40 finishers in each race at the Laguna Hills Cross-Country Invitational meet received medals, and four of the 14 Fallbrook High School boys who ran in the Sept. 10 meet were among the medalists. "They did well," said Fallbrook coach Marco Arias. Two of the Fallbrook medalists achieved their positions in the freshmen race. Joshua Hernandez finished tenth with a time of 17:48 on the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course and Michael Lopez had a time of 18:44 for 30th place. "I was very pleased as far as where they came in,"...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook resident Kathleen Cordes recently returned from Indiana University (IU) with fond memories – she was saluted on the football field – and the I Association's Leanne Grotke Award. The I Association is made up of letter-winning IU alumni. Cordes played varsity tennis at IU and now serves on the alumni board for its School of Public Health. The Leanne Grotke Award is bestowed on living persons whose service has made exceptionally outstanding contr...
Senate Bill 927, which allows the Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) to change its method of electing directors from at-large seats to by territorial unit, is now law. Governor Brown signed SB 927 into law on Aug. 22 following a 77-0 State Assembly vote Aug. 4 which was the final step for passage in the state legislature. Because the bill was introduced as emergency legislation, it took effect immediately and allows FPUD to begin elections by division with the three seats up for election in November 2016. "We...
