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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Rorick "Rory" Luepton is looking for landlords. No, he is not moving, nor does he need a new place to live. Luepton is the landlord liaison with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency's Housing and Community Development Services, and he is looking for landlords willing to rent to veterans and other people experiencing homelessness. The majority are veterans who have received a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher from the Housing Authority of San Diego...
Amelia Smith Amelia Smith & Associates Ding. Ding. Ding. You have successfully negotiated the residential purchase agreement to buy or sell a home. Both parties have reached accord, and the property is in escrow. Is that the end of negotiations? Or should homebuyers expect a second round? During the early stages of a real estate sales transaction, there will likely be an inspection made of the property being sold. It is commonly referred to as a home inspection and typically...
FALLBROOK- Perhaps no day is more synonymous with a certain dish than Thanksgiving is with turkey. As tasty as turkey can be, this flavorful fowl doesn't find its way onto many families' dinner tables unless it's Thanksgiving day. Secret family turkey recipes may reign supreme in some households, but holiday hosts with no such resources can consider this unique recipe for Holiday Turkey from Andrew Schloss' "Cooking Slow," published by Chronicle Books. By slow cooking the...
Alana Milton ASB director of Fallbrook High School The Outstanding Senior Boy and Outstanding Senior Girl awards are given to seniors who embrace Fallbrook High School's commitment to academic excellence and school traditions and who represent the school in the community. Students apply for the award and are chosen by an anonymous group of staff members. The winners receive $500 scholarships. The Outstanding Senior Boy award was started as a way of recognizing young men at...
American Legion Post 149 Boys State chairperson Desirae Smidt presents Fallbrook resident Brendan Alan Voges, Oct. 19, with a certificate for being a delegate at the weeklong 2018 Boys State conference in Sacramento this past June. Brendan attends the Classical Academy High School in Escondido and is the first student ever to be chosen from Classical Academy High School to attend this prestigious delegation....
Four Fallbrook Girl Scout Cadettes from Troop 4231 have earned the Silver Award for their project on the history of Girl Scouts in Fallbrook. They were a part of one of the three troops that have now been chosen to form the new Senior White Rose Troop 7 as of Oct. 1. Kayla Hedrick, Naomi Schumann, Marissa Romero, and Cassidy MacMillian worked on their project for about three months and presented four large scrapbooks and a power point presentation at the Fallbrook Historical...
It is official. The holidays are inching nearer. Should residents wish to do something fun with their friends and family this season, here is a list of shows to consider. Opening locally is "A Wonderful Life. A Radio Play," Dec. 7, in Fallbrook. To snag tickets for this live radio show performances, call (760) 468-6302 or visit www.curtaincallcompany.org. Nearby is "Mamma Mia" at The Welk Resort. It is a terrific production. Plus, people can get a chance to win two free ticket...
FALLBROOK – Local performers gave a free concert at Silvergate Retirement Residence Nov. 3. Residents and friends gathered on that Saturday for a free concert of piano and vocal selections from "The Music Man," "Porgy and Bess," "Kiss Me Kate," "The King and I," "Guys and Dolls," "My Fair Lady" and from composers like Burt Bacharach, The Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel, Waldteufel, Gershwin, Godard and inspirational gems. Submitted by Natasha Ragland....
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Music Society invites music lovers to a one-of-a-kind concert experience, "Inspiration and Contrast," Sunday, Nov. 25, featuring a local favorite, Vania Pimentel. The 3 p.m. concert will be held in the Community Room of the Fallbrook Public Library and is free to the general public. No tickets are required. "If you have never seen Vania perform, she is thrilling," Ann Murray, executive director of Fallbrook Music Society, said. Born in Rio de Janeiro, P...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa and Resort will host a Paint and Sip art event from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, in the underground wine cave. Tickets, $40 per person, are available at the Pala box office, by calling (877) 946-7252, or by visiting www.startickets.com. To charge by phone, call (800) 585-3737. The ticket price includes all art materials including paint, brushes and a canvas so participants can duplicate the featured painting, “City Lights.” Selected wines will be available at the Happy Hour price per glass...
Twelve years ago, James and Julie Harvey of Fallbrook adopted two young children, a brother and sister, from Kaliningrad, Russia. Benjamin was a month short of his third birthday, his sister, Grace, 10 months younger. Due to early childhood trauma and neglect, Benjamin now requires intensive mental health intervention from professionals. Julie Harvey said Benjamin was born to a 16 year old girl and removed from her care due to neglect and poor living conditions after his...
The topic for the Nov. 1 Woman of Wellness program was "Staying Healthy During the Holidays" presented by certified nutrition consultant Michelle Verdugo at the Fallbrook Wellness Center. Verdugo encourages her clients to make eating healthy a part of their daily life for a healthy life. "With high health, we are available for high life and for healthy holidays," she said. As a certified personal trainer, 15 years ago, she coached people with diabetes who wanted to do a...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – The community is invited to Light Up a Life, a special candle-lighting ceremony to celebrate the people whose lives have warmed hearts and whose memories illuminate their lives. The family-friendly event will be hosted by The Elizabeth Hospice Sunday, Dec. 2, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the California Center for the Arts, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Light Up a Life blends inspirational messages, music and a memorial ceremony to uplift hearts touched by loss, illness or sorrow. Admission and parking are free. The E...
FALLBROOK – Honey is nature's sweet nectar. While honey certainly can add flavor to various recipes or be enjoyed straight out of the jar, it has many other surprising benefits as well. Used since ancient times as both a food and for medicinal purposes, honey can make for a versatile addition to anyone's diet. Substitute honey for refined sugar. Refined sugar offers little to no nutritional value and is full of empty calories. According to Heathline, honey has bioactive p...
FALLBROOK – The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and urgently needs blood and platelet donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically needed to prevent the shortage from worsening this winter. During September and October, the Red Cross collected over 21,000 fewer blood and platelet donations than what hospitals needed. Blood donors of all blood types, especially type O, and p...
FALLBROOK – Rancho Family Medical Group announced they have moved into a larger, upgraded office. They started seeing patients in the new office Sept. 24, at 521 E. Elder St., Suite 105. The new space is 4,500 square feet and boasts 10 exam rooms. Those with questions or who would like to switch to Rancho Family Medical Group, feel free to give them a call at (951) 225-6807. For those patients who haven't been in recently, there is a new family nurse practitioner at the F...
SAN DIEGO - A low-pressure system sweeping into Southern California could produce light rain throughout San Diego County tonight and continue into Thanksgiving Day, according to the National Weather Service. NWS meteorologists said a trough of low pressure is set to reach Southern California tonight and contains enough moisture to generate precipitation into Thursday morning. Light rainfall could reach the region this evening, but the majority of the rainfall is expected late tonight and early Thursday morning, according to...
SACRAMENTO – Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally one of the busiest travel times in America, can also be one of the deadliest on the roadways. To help motorists avoid tragedies, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will have all available officers on patrol during this Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP). The MEP begins at 6:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25. During the MEP, CHP officers will educate motorists and enforce traffic safety laws throughout the state to ensure everyone...
FALLBROOK - A motorcyclist was killed in the afternoon on Monday, Nov. 19 in a freeway accident in Fallbrook. The 46-year-old Temecula man was "splitting lanes,'' or riding between slower-moving vehicles when he crashed his two-wheeler on northbound Interstate 15 near East Mission Road shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. After tumbling onto the pavement, the rider was run over by a box truck, CHP public affairs Officer Mark Latulippe said. The victim died at the scene of the accident. His...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego area will experience a cooling trend this week, a period marked by a deepening marine layer along the coast, increasing winds inland and a chance of Thanksgiving rain, forecasters advised. A low-pressure system moving over the county is expected to usher in a mild dip in local temperatures through Friday, with thermometer readings falling from the low 70s to the mid-60s, according to the National Weather Service. Light precipitation will be possible Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon,...
SAN DIEGO - Controller Betty Yee announced on Monday, Nov. 19 that the state government is holding more than 48 million unclaimed properties totaling $9.3 billion, and urged Californians, including San Diego County residents, to check an online database to see if they should submit a claim for long-lost money or valuables. Businesses like banks and insurance companies are required by law to transfer property to the state controller's office if it goes unclaimed for a certain period of time, generally three years. Unclaimed...
After she graduated from Fallbrook High School in 2000, Holly Hartzell played water polo for San Diego State University, where she earned NCAA All-American recognition for all four of her collegiate seasons and set the SDSU record for goals scored. On Oct. 12, Hartzell was inducted into the SDSU athletic Hall of Fame. "I'm extremely grateful to be honored and humbled by it," Hartzell said. "I think it's a once in a lifetime opportunity and I've been trying to soak up all the...
Less than a week after making history at the 2018 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, Bonsall-based trainer Peter Miller celebrated opening day of Del Mar's Fall Racing Festival by saddling two winners at the seaside track Nov. 9. Miller, who in 2017 at Del Mar earned his first Breeders' Cup victories when Stormy Liberal won the $1 million Turf Sprint and Roy H captured the $1.5 million Sprint, saw those two runners repeat in those...
Only three players from last year’s Fallbrook High School boys’ varsity water polo team played on this year’s team. None were starters last year, so the Warriors’ 2-3 Valley League record which gave Fallbrook fourth place in the league standings wasn’t a matter of the Warriors underperforming. “I wouldn’t call it disappointed,” Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson said of his sentiments. “You come into the season, and you’re hopeful. I was hopeful to get second or third this year, but it just wasn’t in the cards for us.” San Pasqu...
The Valley League girls tennis tournament was contested Oct. 29-31 at San Pasqual High School, and Fallbrook players Makena Larson and Alexa Guadarrama both reached the semifinals. The semifinal losses pitted Larson and Guadarrama against each other in the third-place match. Larson's win gave her third place and Guadarrama fourth place for the league tournament. Dual match competition for Fallbrook concluded with a first-round loss in the CIF Division III playoffs Oct. 23 at University City. The Centurions advanced to the...
