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  • About 300 students in FUESD pulled from school by parents on 'sit-out'

    Rick Monroe, Village News|Updated Nov 12, 2021

    Opponents to forced COVID-19 mandates for school children -masks and/or vaccinations - across the nation pulled their children from public schools on Monday, Oct. 18. In the Fallbrook Union School District, absences were about 300 above average according to a district spokesperson. "We were disappointed to hear about the planned 'sit-out' that took place across our nation," the spokesman said. "During this school year, we have had on average a daily absence count of around...

  • Kathryn Kopitzke

    Updated Nov 5, 2021

    On October 2, 2021, the world lost a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend when Kathryn Kopitzke of Fallbrook passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was 94 years old. Kathryn was born and raised in Anaheim where she met her future husband, Vern Kopitzke, at Anaheim Union High School, however the romance did not blossom until after graduation. She joined the Kappa Delta sorority at UCLA, graduated in 3 years, and married Vern in 1947. They raised their children Janet (Brugman), Julia (Clifford),...

  • Expanded traffic collision reported, vehicle on it's side blocking traffic

    Julie Reeder, Village News|Updated Oct 20, 2021

    An expanded traffic collision between two vehicles has been reported at 2:45 pm on SR 76 and Thoroughbred. CHP is reporting that one car is "perpendicular blocking two lanes". People are reporting from the scene that a black SUV is overturned and bystanders are helping to get the driver and children out of the vehicle. This is early version information. More will be reported as information is available....

  • Main Ave all clear says NCFPD

    Village Staff|Updated Oct 20, 2021

    As of 1:12 pm Main Ave. between Aviation and Ammunition is clear from the broken gas line. SDG&E and NCFPD have cleared the situation and left the scene. Traffic is normal in both directions with both lanes opened up. NCFPD says "avoid Main Ave between Aviation and Ammunition" There is a 'broken and blowing' gas line North County Fire has responded to a "broken and blowing" gas line at 1092 Main Ave. in Fallbrook between Aviation and Ammunition. "The contractor has clamped the line right now and we're waiting for SDGE to...

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  • Supervisors Update Policy For Placement Of Sexually Violent Predators

    City News Service|Updated Oct 19, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved strengthening the county policy on the placement of sexually violent predators by verifying state compliance and a better communication system. Based on a proposal by Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond, the board: --Directed county departments to review and verify that the Department of State Hospitals - and its conditional release program contractor - comply with all applicable state and local laws, and other requirements when searching for and securing...

  • Valley Center Woman's Body Found in Colorado River, Husband Also Drowned

    City News Service|Updated Oct 19, 2021

    VALLEY CENTER - The body of a 68-year-old Valley Center woman was recovered today from the Colorado River, less than a week after her husband drowned in the same waters. Suzan Weaver's body was located at 1:19 p.m., according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office. She and 75-year-old James Weaver, also of Valley Center, entered the water Thursday near the Topock Gorge, about 15 miles north of Lake Havasu. Officials said Suzan Weaver fell into the water after attempting to retrieve a personal item that fell from a boat they...

  • Husband of missing South Bay woman arrested on murder charge

    City News Service|Updated Oct 19, 2021

    CHULA VISTA - The husband of a South Bay mother of three who went missing nine months ago was arrested today on suspicion of murdering her, despite the fact that investigators have not recovered a body. A SWAT team took 40-year-old Larry Ibarreta Millete into custody late Tuesday morning at the eastern Chula Vista home he had shared with May ``Maya'' Millete, whose whereabouts have been a mystery since early this year, according to police. During an afternoon news conference, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan...

  • NCFPD and SDGE respond to 'broken and blowing' gas line

    Village News|Updated Oct 19, 2021

    NCFPD was dispatched to a broken and blowing natural gas line at 183 Via Floresta in Fallbrook at 3:07 pm. As SDG&E arrived, North County Fire set up a perimeter monitor to detect dangerous gas in the air. According to NCFPD PIO John Choi, there were two homes that needed to be evacuated. Once the gas line was secured the fire department went back into those two homes, checked for any dangerous gases, and repopulated the homes. By 4:30 pm SDG&E had reportedly repaired the...

  • San Diego County Reports 275 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 New Deaths

    City News Service|Updated Oct 19, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego County public health officials reported 275 new cases of COVID-19 and six virus-related deaths in its latest data. Monday's data brought the county's cumulative totals to 364,912 cases and 4,169 fatalities since the pandemic began. The number of COVID patients in county hospitals Monday was 266, an increase of six from Sunday, with 81 of them in intensive care -- one more from Sunday -- according to the latest state figures. A total of 11,469 tests were reported to the county on Monday, and the...