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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With Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Governing Board members Siegrid Stillman and Lisa Masten not running for reelection that leaves two vacancies on the board this November. And while Stillman and Masten were elected to their seats at-large – that is, representing the entire district – 2020 will be the first year in which FUESD elects its board members on a trustee area system. The seats in trustee areas 2 and 3 are the ones up for election this year. Suzanne Lundi...
Interview with Supervisor Jim Desmond and Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/around-the-county-with-supervisor-jim-desmond/id1456405094#episodeGuid=96aa6d0b-d90c-4b54-87e2-538898d0b3e6 "Three of the world's top epidemiologists published a short treatise advocating opening up societies across the globe immediately. Over 510,263 people including about 28,113 medical and public health scientists and 10,290 medical practitioners have signe...
There are eight seats up for election on the Fallbrook Community Planning Group and 11 candidates vying to fill them. There are 15 seats in the group with odd-numbered seats up for reelection. Incumbents Bill O'Connor and Karel Hanson chose not to run. Those incumbents who are running are Jerry Kalman, Roy Moosa, Stephani Baxter, Jack Wood, Lee DeMeo and Jim Loge. The candidates were all sent four questions to answer, but Loge did not respond by press time. His answers will ru...
FALLBROOK – The Bonsall Woman's Club's September meeting normally kicks off the new club year with a special program. It is during this initial meeting, the incoming board, headed by the new president, Peggy Durling, sets the tempo for the coming year. And the updated 2020-2021 yearbooks are usually distributed to the membership. However, COVID restrictions prompted a virtual meeting, so the special program was presented via video conferencing. Program chairperson Laurie C...
After the Nov. 3 election, Oscar E. Caralampio will be seated in the District 4 seat of the Fallbrook Union High School District due to the fact that he's running unopposed as is Eddie Jones in District 5. Each of the candidates were sent questions by Village News so that readers could get a little more insight into the candidates that will be filling FUHSD Board of Trustees seats in the near future. Jones did not respond to the questions prior to the press deadline, but his a...
David Kennedy had a good reason to narrowly miss a deadline with Village News to submit his Q&A answers to the paper prior to our print press deadline - he was fighting fires in Northern California. The veteran Vista fire captain is one of two on the ballot to serve on the North County Fire Protection District Board of Directors in District 1 - the other candidate being Lee J. De Meo, who most recently has served as a trustee on the Fallbrook Union High School District Board...
Voter booklets are out. Ballots are out. It's time to get serious about the propositions on November's ballot. There are three that potentially impact real estate and your property values. The first one is Proposition 15. It has a title that is very misleading. It makes you think that it is all about funding our schools. The revenue created, if Prop 15 were to pass, would largely go to the schools but at the cost of commercial property owners across the state. It would change...
For the last six years, Lee J. De Meo has served as a trustee on the Fallbrook Union High School District Board of Trustees, now he wants to become a director in District 1 on the North County Fire Protection District Board of Directors. De Meo, along with his opponent David Kennedy, were sent questions by Village News so that readers could get a little more insight into each of the candidates and their priorities. Kennedy did not respond to the questions prior to the press de...
Two Rainbow Municipal Water District board seats will have contested elections this year. Hayden Hamilton was unopposed for a second term in the Division 2 seat. Helene Brazier is retiring as the Division 1 director and Rainbow committee members Julie Johnson and Pam Moss are seeking that seat. Current Division 5 board member Michael Mack is being challenged by current Vallecitos School District board member Kathy McSorley. Division 1 includes Morro Hills, Bonsall, and Vista Valley while Division 5 is in Rainbow and also...
A new security agreement for the planned Bonsall Oaks subdivision releases the lien contract on 16 of the lots. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0, Sept.16, to replace the lien contract with security bonds and also to provide a time extension for when the infrastructure must be completed. The agreement covers completion of road, water, sewer, and other infrastructure improvements but does not require completion of the homes or other lot improvements themselves. Bonsall Oaks, LLC, which currently owns the...
The County of San Diego's new Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk's Office & Archive building in Santee has a new record to file – 2020 Orchid award winner for outstanding architecture. The ARCC Office was one of 14 projects honored with a coveted "Orchid" award last week by the San Diego Architectural Foundation at its yearly "Orchids and Onions" gala. The event honors the best and worst in local architecture, historic preservation, interior design, urban planning and landscape a...
Trump, upon his return to the White House from Walter Reed Hospital, said: "Don't be afraid of the coronavirus [COVID-19], don't let it dominate your lives." To see video: Google (or other browser): "Trump tells supporters 'don't be afraid of coronavirus in new video" This is absolutely beyond the pale. From the start, Trump has flouted the recommendations of the CDC and continues to set a horrible example for his followers. Thanks to his failure to lead, there are now more than 200,000 Americans who don’t have to ...
What’s the big deal of having Supreme Court justices who base their decisions on the Constitution? Your rights are protected by the Supreme Court. Not the politicians. The Founding Fathers had seen tyrannical governments and that’s why they created our freedoms as God given, not granted by politicians who are concerned with their own power. You have the right of peaceful assembly which is essential to the other rights but stands alone. You have the right to free speech, fre...
“We the People,” just three words boldly written by our founders in the Constitution defining us, reminding us of our shared national origin. A people of many faces from many places but ultimately bound together by our shared ideals. For the first time in history, government's power is restricted and emanates from the governed's consent. Never before had individual rights been so coveted and cherished with absolute preference over government decrees and edicts, indeed a unique experiment of epic proportions. With unp...
Life is about managing risks. Every time we leave our house, there is some risk involved. Unfortunately, accidents happen all the time and can devastate families. However, every day we weigh different options and outcomes based on the risks. This leads me to our current situation. COVID-19 isn’t going away any time soon, so we are left with two options, stay inside, or learn to live with the virus. As I wrote about last week, vaccines usually take years to develop and even i...
In 2016, my wife and I happened to be taking a drive across the country in our 35 foot fifth wheel trailer. Our destination was to visit our daughter and her family in Michigan. While traveling in this manner, you have occasion to meet a variety of folks from other parts of America. Mainly we stayed in both recreational vehicle parks and state or national parks. It’s a great way to really see and hear how people live and what they think about the country. Well, we got an earful as we talked and shared a laugh or a beer w...
Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly offering to a select group of riders for the past year. The service launches to the general public Thursday. The vehicles, which will have no backup drivers behind the wheel to take over in sticky situations, will serve an area of 50 square miles. There won't be anyone watching remotely who can take over in an emergency and drive the...
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett declared Monday, Oct. 12, that Americans "deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written," encapsulating her conservative approach to the law that has Republicans excited about the prospect of her taking the place of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day. Barrett spoke about her judicial philosophy, her experience and her large family at the end of the f...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau is working with tribal leaders to encourage American Indian and Alaska Native communities to participate in the 2020 Census before time runs out. In the 2010 Census, the American Indians and Alaska Native population living on reservations was undercounted by 4.9% – one of the highest undercounts of any group. To collect responses, census takers are making a final effort, visiting reservation areas where allowed and calling households to help individuals with responding to the 2020 Cen...
The state released new guidance Oct. 9 that allows private gatherings of up to three households. The new guidance went into effect in San Diego County Saturday, Oct. 10. The gatherings must take place outdoors. If at someone’s home, guests may go inside to use a bathroom. Any interaction with others increases the risk of transmitting COVID-19. The smaller the gathering, the lower the risk. The new guidance recommends keeping the households you gather with stable over time. Participants in a gathering need to stay at least 6...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may cost the region's economy more than $12.4 billion in 2020, according to a report released Thursday, Oct. 15 from the San Diego Association of Governments. According to the SANDAG report, which looks at the first six months following stay-at-home orders, $4.8 billion in wages were lost and more than 176,000 people in San Diego County lost their jobs. The report also found that a disproportionate impact of job losses landed on women, minorities, lower-income earners and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A viral video showing a massive daytime party that took place in the College Area on Oct. 10 has sparked a response from San Diego State University, it was reported Thursday, Oct. 15. The video posted on Twitter by user @sharky_marky17, whose name is Mark-yves Guanin, shows more than 100 maskless students, crammed into a backyard with music blasting, CBS8 reported. SDSU replied to the tweet saying they were aware of the incident. ``This situation has been formally reported to SDSU and the university is...
A little salt for taste is almost second nature for many people. It is sitting right there on the dining room table. Extra flavor makes the meal that much better. Fries without salt, chips without salt or sushi without soy sauce seems unreasonable. Soups are filled with it, and anything teriyaki is appealing. Sodium gets a bad rap and for good cause. Don't be misled: our bodies do need sodium. However, most folks have trouble sticking to the amount they are supposed to not exc...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital has acquired the Olympus EBUS Solution to perform endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration. The latest American College of Chest Physicians Lung Cancer Guidelines recognizes EBUS-TBNA as the best first test for lung cancer diagnosis. Up until now, the gold standard for lung cancer staging was a surgical procedure. Now EBUS-TBNA offers a minimally invasive solution that delivers equally reliable sample collection in the o...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson's Support Group meet virtually, Friday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m. via Zoom. The speaker will be Kindra French, CAPS, SHSS, and she will talk about “Neutralizing the Danger Zones.” French is a certified aging-in-place specialist and senior home safety specialist. In 2015, she and her husband Gary opened their business, 101 Mobility of San Diego, to help people to live safely and independently at home. She currently serves as president of the San Diego Chapter of the National Aging in Place Counc...
