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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When you read this, I will have been exercising for 73 days. Not the longest period in my history of being on earth while it is the most dedicated. Benefits: hmm, well, I do have a different set of aches. My shoes are loser. Interesting isn’t it that you gain weight in your feet? Next, I started wearing less makeup. That to me is a mixed blessing. Every Friday morning, I meet Kellen at 7 a.m. to review my progress from the previous week. He assesses all concerns and then s...
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District governing board voted Monday, Oct. 7, to approve a $32,000 agreement with a consultant to draft a new mission statement for the district. Ohio-based Battelle for Kids will meet with district employees and community members over the course of the rest of the 2019-2020 school year to determine FUESD’s goals for its students over the nine years of elementary and middle school they spend in its schools for the project, called “Portrait of a Graduate.” “We’ve been talking about cre...
Wrestling season is almost back, and Fallbrook High School’s varsity team is looking forward to it after what coach Cristian Vera called a “very promising” 2018-19 season. “We finished 5-4 in records and won our first four straight, and we came out with a big win against what you would call our league rival, Valley Center,” Vera said. And he said the team has several successful returning players. “We had seven CIF placers at the tournament we hosted last year, and all seven returned this year,” he said. “And we have a young...
Senior residents can eat a tasty, nutritious lunch, Monday through Friday at 11:15 a.m., courtesy of the Fallbrook Senior Center at the Fallbrook Community Center. The lunch Oct. 10 was this month's birthday lunch, recognizing center members born in October. There were only two this month, Freda Shade and Jose Melo Rojas, among the 39 diners. "Happy Birthday" was played on the piano by 99-year-old Bud Roberds. The meal consisted of a green salad, roast beef with gravy, mashed...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Roughly two-thirds of 2018 arrestees in San Diego County have been homeless at some point in their lives, according to a report released today by the San Diego Association of Governments' Criminal Justice Research Division. The analysis of last year's arrestees found that one-third of those surveyed had been homeless in the month prior to being booked in jail, and two-thirds reported experiencing homelessness at some point in their lives. In a similar report in 2007, only 50% of arrestees reported being...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A street performer who sexually assaulted two underage girls on separate occasions while working in Balboa Park pleaded guilty today to felony charges. Luis Haaz-Martinez, 22, faces up to seven years in state prison when he is sentenced Dec. 12. Haaz-Martinez entered his plea to one count each of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual penetration with a foreign object of a minor, and one count of oral copulation of a minor under 16. The teens were sexually assaulted on April 20 and April 28 of this year....
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted sex offender who lacked documentation to be in the U.S. but who had been living in Escondido for 19 years, the agency reported on Thursday. Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Border Patrol agents approached and questioned the 34-year-old Guatemalan man about his immigration status after locating him in an unspecified northern San Diego County community, Border Patrol officials said. The man -- who had previous convictions for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The city of Encinitas announced on Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against multiple companies and parties in the opioid manufacturing industry, arguing that the city is entitled to economic and health and welfare damages due to the ongoing opioid crisis. The parties named in the suit include Teva Pharmaceutical Industries USA Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., the AmerisourceBergen Corporation and the Sackler family, the owners of oxycontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. City officials recently directed the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A homeless man who fatally stabbed his boyfriend in Balboa Park last summer pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter. Damon Crudup, 48, had faced a murder charge in the Aug. 4, 2018, death of Nicholas Turner, who was also homeless. Crudup faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 18. Prosecutors say the stabbing happened during an argument in the morning hours in the 2700 block of Balboa Drive, near Redwood Circle. The nature of the argument and the motive for the stabbing remains...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Humane Society announced today it is seeking homes for 140 rats recently relinquished by their previous owner. A local woman contacted the Humane Society last week to relinquish her pet rat population after it ballooned out of control. The organization's Humane Law Enforcement Department located all the rats over multiple days and brought them to the Humane Society's campuses in San Diego, Oceanside and Escondido. The rats have since received veterinary exams and tests and are ready for...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Detectives are reviewing video footage that corroborates a teenage Syrian refugee's report of being attacked on a San Diego trolley by a man shouting epithets about the victim's ethnicity, a police spokesman said today. The 17-year-old told authorities he was on his way home from school Tuesday afternoon when the assailant approached him on the light-rail tram and asked if he was Mexican. When the teen identified himself as Arabic, the man began shouting anti-Arab and Islamophobic slurs and attacked him,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities today publicly identified a San Diego man who was stricken by an apparent medical emergency and died after getting into a scuffle with railroad security personnel on a train platform at Santa Fe Depot. Angel Zapata Hernandez, 24, died at a hospital after being detained at the Kettner Boulevard train station early Tuesday evening, according to San Diego police. The events that led to Hernandez's arrest began about 6:15 p.m., when a Metropolitan Transit System code-compliance officer saw him...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - SeaWorld San Diego announced today that a bottlenose dolphin calf was born today, the second calf in less than 10 hours. The two dolphin calves, born to 21-year-old Malibu and 16-year-old Maggie, arrived at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday and 1:14 a.m. this morning, according to the theme park. The two mothers and their calves appear to be in good health and have already begun swimming together and bonding. The calves are Malibu's second and Maggie's first, and represent the end of a 12-month gestation. Animal care...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The city of Encinitas announced today that it filed a lawsuit against multiple companies and parties in the opioid manufacturing industry, arguing that the city is entitled to economic and health and welfare damages due to the ongoing opioid crisis. The parties named in the suit include Teva Pharmaceutical Industries USA Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., the AmerisourceBergen Corporation and the Sackler family, the owners of oxycontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. City officials recently directed the city...
Juliet Williams The Associated Press California's top utility regulator blasted Pacific Gas and Electric Monday, Oct. 14, for what she called "failures in execution" during the largest planned power outage in state history to avoid wildfires that she said, "created an unacceptable situation that should never be repeated." The agency ordered a series of corrective actions, including a goal of restoring power within 12 hours, not the utility's current 48-hour goal. "The scope,...
The Associated Press Special to Valley News California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Saturday, Oct. 12, intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas production on protected public land. The measure bars any California leasing authority from allowing pipelines or other oil and gas infrastructure to be built on state property. It makes it difficult for drilling to occur because federally protected areas are adjacent to state-owned land. The law sends...
BONSALL – The Nov. 7 meeting of the Bonsall Woman's Club will have an extraordinary program and lunch. The program will feature Vic Martin, U.S. Navy, Retired, who will speak on the Shelter to Soldier program whose slogan is "Saving Two Lives at a Time." This incredible program will feature the path Martin traveled to combat his own transition, after a service-related traumatic brain injury, from depression, paranoia and isolation, to normalcy with the use of a Shelter Dog. U...
FALLBROOK – There are still a couple of months until 2019 draws to a close, but it’s not too early to make some end-of-the-year financial moves. In fact, it may be a good idea to take some of these steps sooner rather than later. Here are a few suggestions. Boost those 401(k) contributions. Many people might not usually contribute the maximum amount to their 401(k), which, in 2019 is $19,000, or $25,000 if they’re 50 or older. Employees should ask their employer if they can increase their 401(k) contributions in 2019, and i...
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister announced that Fitch Ratings gave its highest rating to the San Diego County investment pool. It marks the 20th year in a row the investment pool has received a "AAA" rating. Fitch Ratings indicated the pool has the highest underlying credit quality or lowest vulnerability to default and a very low sensitivity to market risk. "Our investment pool reached $11.4 billion in public funds last April, thanks to t...
BONSALL – Recent news stories show disturbing videos and photos of cheetah cubs being smuggled out of Somalia by the illegal pet trade. The photos of emaciated tiny cubs show the containers they were stored in. If they survive transit, they become pets and status symbols, and they often do not survive more than a year or two. With less than 7,500 cheetahs in the wild, several organizations are working together to halt the trafficking of cheetahs and to care for the rescued animals. Wild Wonders in Bonsall is hosting a f...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Food Pantry is holding its annual Race to End Hunger Walk and 5K Run Saturday, Nov. 9, at Live Oak Park, 2746 Reche Road, in Fallbrook. Sign-in starts at 8 a.m., the 5K begins at 9 a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m. Awards will be presented at noon. Participants can register at www.fallbrookfoodpantry.org/race-to-end-hunger. Walkers are free; runners are $30 with preregistration or $40 day of event. A health and fitness fair at the park will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with live music, a magician, f...
FALLBROOK – The Beloved Prolife Ministry of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Community invites everyone to a Day at the Movies, Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m. The movie “Unplanned” will be shown in the parish hall, 450 S. Stage Coach Lane. Admission is free. All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she was involved in more than 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman’s right t...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Senior Center is offering the following tours from November to March. See Palm Springs, Death Valley, Joshua Tree and Las Vegas. Travel by deluxe motor coach through California and Nevada’s majestic country sides. Tour highlights include Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Cabot Pueblo Museum, the Coachella Valley Windmill and the cities of Palm Springs and Las Vegas. A professional tour guide will be available to direct travelers to the various exhibits and encourage their exp...
A man unsuccessfully attempted a 100-mile trail run from Big Bear to Idyllwild in support of a memorial fundraiser for his late mother, who had lived in Fallbrook for three decades, last week. The June Lister Memorial Fundraiser supports care teams at UC San Diego Cancer Services and The Elizabeth Hospice, which "were there when June really needed them and do such amazing work for so many people," the fundraiser's GoFundMe page says. Nigel Wilson, the son of June Lister, who...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District’s board of directors voted at its Oct. 8 meeting to increase its own members’ compensation for each meeting and to up the number of meetings that can be held each month. New legislation that was signed by the governor last year and went into effect at the beginning of the year authorizes certain special districts – including health districts specifically – to increase their board members’ pay by a maximum of 5% annually. The same legislation, Assembly Bill 2329, allows special district...
