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  • Rainy weather in the offing for San Diego area

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Following last weekend's flashback to summer heat, this week will feature a preview of winter as a cold rainstorm moves through the San Diego area, according to meteorologists. A marked cool-down on Tuesday – sending temperatures dipping about 10 degrees across the county – will usher in the inclement conditions, with showers likely beginning in the evening hours, the National Weather Service reported. More widespread precipitation and even lower thermometer readings are expected Wednesday, the agency adv...

  • Transient sentenced to 5 years for manslaughter in boyfriend's stabbing death

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A homeless man who fatally stabbed his boyfriend in Balboa Park last year was sentenced today to five years in state prison. Damon Crudup, 48, had faced a murder charge prior to pleading guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Aug. 4, 2018, death of Nicholas Turner, who was also homeless. Prosecutors said 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...

  • Study finds San Diego residents concerned about spending on holiday gifts

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Roughly three in 10 San Diego residents expect to spend six months paying off credit card debt racked up during the holidays, according to a study released today by Union Bank. The bank surveyed 1,000 Americans, including 301 San Diego County residents, for the study, which found debt to be central to many Americans' holiday spending plans and concerns. More than three-quarters of survey respondents in San Diego expressed concern about overspending, while 20% of local respondents said to have their credit...

  • Horse injured at Del Mar euthanized after developing acute hoof inflammation

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A race horse injured at the Del Mar Racetrack last week was euthanized today after developing acute laminitis in both hind legs. Princess Dorian suffered a leg fracture at Del Mar on Nov. 10, the same day 3-year-old gelding Ghost Street and 3-year-old colt Prayer Warrior suffered catastrophic injuries at the track. Princess Dorian was taken to the San Luis Rey Equine Hospital, which is adjacent to the San Luis Rey Downs training center. She underwent surgery the following day and her condition appeared to...

  • Death of jail inmate ruled a drug overdose

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An inmate who died at San Diego Central Jail two months ago succumbed to an drug overdose, authorities reported today. Deputies conducting a security check on the night of Sept. 6 found 28-year-old Daniel Pickett unconscious in his cell at the downtown detention center. Paramedics tried in vain to revive Pickett before pronouncing him dead about 11:15 p.m., sheriff's Lt. Michael Blevins said. "Pickett and one other inmate were housed together in the cell, and no evidence of foul play was discovered," the...

  • County awarded $450,000 in funding for homelessness services, programs

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Sen. Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, announced today that the California Department of Housing and Community Development awarded nearly $500,000 to San Diego County for programs that reduce homelessness. The DHCD dispersed the grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund programs and services, including re-housing assistance, emergency shelters and substance abuse treatment. San Diego County received $453,822, according to Bates, who said neighboring Orange County received...

  • Court documents detail harassment prior to Paradise Hills murder-suicide

    City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man who killed his estranged wife and three of his four children in Paradise Hills before turning the gun on himself sent his former romantic partner a picture of a handgun with the message "It's sure happening" about two weeks before the shooting rampage, according to court documents obtained today. In the days leading up to Saturday morning's shooting, Jose Valdivia, 31, repeatedly called and texted Sabrina Rosario, 29, who secured a restraining order against him just one day before she and four of her...

  • Pileup closes part of southbound Mission Road

    Will Fritz, Associate Editor|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    A pileup crash shut down a Fallbrook roadway early Monday afternoon. The collision, which involved three vehicles, was reported around 1:15 p.m. on southbound Mission Road just south of Ammunition Road, according to the North County Fire Protection District. Three people had complaints of pain, but all declined medical assistance and were not hospitalized, North County Fire spokesman John Choi said. Lanes of southbound Mission Road were shut down for about an hour after the...

  • Fire tears through Rancho Santa Fe mansion, home deemed a total loss

    Jacob Sisneros, City News Service|Updated Nov 18, 2019

    RANCHO SANTA FE (CNS) - A blaze gutted a mansion valued at $11 million in an upscale North County neighborhood and caused portions of the roof to collapse, authorities said today. Crews responded shortly after 8:20 p.m. Sunday to a two-story home in the 6800 block of Spyglass Lane, near the Farms Golf Club in the Fairbanks Ranch area, according to the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the back of the home, district spokeswoman Julie Taber said. There was a...

  • Warriors field hockey wins CIF Div. II championship

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Nov 17, 2019

    In a game that was always going to be decided by the slimmest of margins, the Fallbrook Union High School Girls Field Hockey team scored once early in the second half and then tightened up defensively to close out a 1-0 win over San Marcos in the CIF Division II Field Hockey championship match on Saturday, Nov. 16. Entering the tournament as the No. 7 seed, the Warriors peaked at the right time as a team to take down the No. 1-seeded Knights at Serra High School. "It was a...

  • 5 die in apparent murder-suicide in San Diego

    Associated Press|Updated Nov 17, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — Five members of a family, including three young boys, have died and another boy was hospitalized with injuries in an apparent murder-suicide in San Diego. Police received a 911 call early Saturday in which dispatchers heard the sound of arguing in the background, Lt. Matt Dobbs said. As officers headed to the house in the Paradise Hills neighborhood in southeastern San Diego, a relative who lives next door called 911 and reported hearing arguing and what sounded like a nail gun being fired. Dobbs said when o...

  • Secrets to making your home look like you hired a design pro

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    FALLBROOK – Photo spreads in home design magazines can be awe-inspiring. Quite often homeowners wish they could lift the looks right off the pages of magazines and transform their own homes into picture-perfect retreats. It takes an eye for design to pull a room together – even with inspiration – and make it both functional and attractive. While hiring an interior designer is one way to go, homeowners can use some of the tricks and techniques the designers employ to do a rem...

  • Sheriff's Log

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Nov. 1 1100 block Alturas Rd Grand theft 800 block S. Main Ave Vehicle burglary 1700 block Woodlark Ln Petty theft Nov. 3 1100 block Alturas Rd Arrest: Battery 300 block W. Clemmens Ln Armed suspicious person 3300 block Gopher Canyon Rd Vehicle vandalism 300 block Ammunition Rd Vehicle burglary 35400 block Brown Galloway Ln Arrest: Robbery Nov. 4 300 block Ammunition Rd Vehicle burglary 900 block Rice Canyon Rd Spousal abuse 2300 block Clearcrest Ln Violation of court order Pepper Tree Ln @ S. Mission Rd Vehicle theft 200...

  • Real Estate Round-Up: The exodus from California

    Kim Murphy, Murphy and Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Two years in a row, California is losing more residents than it is gaining. In 2018, 38,000 more people left the Golden State than entered, according to the U.S. census. A recent Edelman Trust Barometer survey found 53% of residents and 63% of millennials were considering leaving because of the high cost of living. California used to be a middle-class paradise, with affordable education, a dynamic economy and known as a technological and medical leader. Home prices and...

  • Lake Rancho Viejo celebrates its favorite holiday

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    FALLBROOK – Some people may wonder which neighborhood is the best for trick or treating. Well, it turns out the best neighborhood is right here in Fallbrook. Lake Rancho Viejo is a popular location for trick or treaters. There is a great possibility of collecting a large amount of candy due to the estimated 700 homes. Lake Rancho Viejo's great Halloween spirit made this neighborhood a great location to enjoy some Halloween fun. Resident Mr. Monine expressed his enthusiasm w...

  • Things to watch out for during home inspection

    Elisabeth Lentulo|Updated Nov 15, 2019

    FALLBROOK – Home inspections can be as scary as Halloween. There's nothing more frightening than a home inspector coming into a home and pointing out everything that's wrong with it. That's why it's a good idea to have a general understanding of what to look out for. Water damage Untreated water damage can spread over time and do serious damage to a property. The damage could be from leaking defects from outdated systems or just something that has been unaddressed for way t...

  • Marie DaMassa Joseph

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Marie DaMassa Joseph died Saturday, Nov. 9. She was born and raised in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in a large and loving family. Of her many talents, her beautiful voice was most notable. She sang in local bands, churches and special events. She graduated from Mildred Elley Business School, a private all-girls school. She married Edward Joseph June 20, 1959, and together they embarked on their life's journey through Binghamton, Syracuse, Cicero and Utica in New York;...

  • US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Christopher Sherman, Martha Mendoza and Garance Burke The Associated Press The 3-year-old girl traveled for weeks cradled in her father's arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she won't even look at him. After being forcibly separated at the border by government officials, sexually abused in U.S. foster care and deported, the once bright and beaming girl arrived back in Honduras withdrawn, anxious and angry, convinced her father abandoned her, he said....

  • US tech chief calls China 'Advanced Authoritarian State,' warns against surveillance, censorship

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Bowen Xiao The Epoch Times U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios said the Beijing regime has built an “advanced authoritarian state” and warned against countries “opening their arms” to Chinese companies for key infrastructure such as 5G network technology and artificial intelligence. Kratsios, in his first major international remarks Thursday, Nov. 7, after being confirmed by the Senate in August, spoke about the Trump administration’s efforts to lead in emerging technologies, urging that if they didn’t act now, th...

  • Haley claims Tillerson, Kelly tried to recruit her to undermine Trump

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Jack Phillips The Epoch Times Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said that two of President Donald Trump’s former senior advisers attempted to get her to undermine him. Haley said former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former White House chief of staff John Kelly both tried to get her to work around the president. “Kelly and Tillerson confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren’t being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country,” Haley wrote in a memoir, accordi...

  • Report: Election vendors are 'prime targets,' need oversight

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Christina A. Cassidy The Associated Press The private companies that make voting equipment and build and maintain voter registration databases lack any meaningful federal oversight despite the crucial role they play in U.S. elections, leaving the nation's electoral process vulnerable to attack, according to a new report. The Brennan Center for Justice Tuesday, Nov. 12, issued the report, which calls on Congress to establish a framework for federal certification of election...

  • Impeachment aside, federal budget remains a pressing matter

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Andrew Taylor The Associated Press Impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business. The politically explosive hearings and the possibility of impeachment and a trial create yet another layer of complications for senior lawmakers pressing for an agreement on $1.4 trillion worth of federal agency budgets or finalizing a rewrite of the North American trade rules. Public hearings into...

  • Warrior Rugby to host skills clinic

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School Warrior rugby team will host a skills clinic for all ages at Potter Junior High School, 1743 Reche Road, in Fallbrook Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. The fee is $20 per child, with the fee dropping to $15 per child if more than one child is signed up within a family. The fees will be donated to the Fallbrook High School Warriors rugby team to cover their seasonal game costs. This event is set up to offer training in the f...

  • Lady Warriors dominate in first CIF playoff game

    Updated Nov 15, 2019

    Kate Calhoun Intern Fallbrook High School girls’ field hockey faced off against Mira Mesa High School at home Saturday, Nov. 9, during their first CIF playoff game. The Lady Warriors sent the Marauders home with a score of 5-0 and improved Fallbrook’s overall record to 10 wins and eight losses. The Warriors played aggressively on the offensive end, rarely giving Mira Mesa the opportunity to score. Warriors Jaylen Leeman, Erin Murray, Delana Sehnert, Taylor Sanchez and Audrey Gillcrest each contributed one goal. Varsity coa...

  • Jarvis named to all-league second team

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Nov 15, 2019

    The Valley League girls’ volleyball coaches placed Fallbrook High School senior Sonsi Jarvis on the all-league second team. “It was well deserved,” Fallbrook coach Jason Dale said. “I think she was a great hitter, a very strong athlete, one of the biggest threats in our league.” Jarvis, who played outside hitter for the Warriors, was Fallbrook’s only all-league player. “It was kind of the way it goes,” Dale said. The Valley League has six teams. Fallbrook placed fifth in the final league standings with a 3-7 record. The War...

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