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VISTA – A 22-year-old man who was found mortally wounded in Vista Saturday night, Dec. 24, was identified as 22 year-old Fallbrook resident Tyler Branon by the Medical Examiner's Office today, Dec. 26. The shooting was reported at 7:53 p.m. on Dec. 24 in the 1300 block of Morning Glory Lane, according to San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Kenneth Nelson. Deputies from the Vista Patrol Station found the victim sitting in a car with apparent gunshot wounds to his torso, Nelson said. Deputies immediately began to render first aid a...
Tahnee Laine Brotherton died December 5, 2016. She was born July 13, 1987 in Anaheim, then moved to Big Bear Lake with her parents, Brent and Christi; her big sister, Tiffany and her older brother, Taylor. The Brotherton family moved to Temecula in 1989, and the family grew by three more siblings – Tanner, Roman and Tatiana. As a child, Tahnee attended church activities with her family and went to Christian school. While living in Temecula, Tahnee attended school though the 1...
Jack Story Special to the Village News On your way out of town going east on Reche Road, you will pass by Valley Oaks Park mobile home park on the right, about a half-mile before turning onto Old Highway 395. Back in the days when FDR was the president of the United States, this was a location for a California Conservation Core site among the beautiful oak trees, but my first remembrance of the site was when it became a school for girls run by Emily Duffy. On my hall wall at...
FALLBROOK – Fourth-graders from Fallbrook schools put pens, crayons and watercolors to paper to color the best and brightest water-conservation posters. But of the 200 posters colored, only 14 made it into the final product: the 2017 “Be Water Smart” calendar. Twelve of those winning images appear inside the calendar – one for each of the 12 months of the year; another image is printed on the cover and the other is for January of 2018. The calendars are now available free at...
FALLBROOK – Detectives and deputies from the Crime Suppression Team at the Sheriff's Fallbrook Substation served a search warrant on a home in the 900 block of E. Mission Road the morning of Dec. 14 and arrested Angel Mendoza, 19, for two counts of robbery, two counts of conspiracy, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon, Sgt. Patrick Yates reported. Later that day, a 16-year-old juvenile was arrested for two counts of robbery and two counts of conspiracy. It is believed that Mendoza and the 16-year old committed t...
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office warns consumers about common online scams that often increase during the holiday shopping season, including email phishing schemes that trick the public into providing financial information by posing as legitimate businesses. Fraudsters purporting to be from Amazon and PayPal, for example, send email messages to unsuspecting victims by warning them that there is a problem processing their order at Amazon or that the user’s account has been limited at PayPal due t...
The Bonsall man who was killed in a three vehicle crash at the intersection of Green Canyon Road and South Mission Road in Fallbrook Dec. 15 was identified as 73-year-old Patrick Joseph Germon by the Medical Examiner's office. The Medical Examiner's report said Germon died of blunt-force injuries. Germon, driving a 2008 GMC Sierra, was in the second of three cars waiting at the intersection's stop sign at a little after 9:30 a.m. that morning. According to CHP officer Jim Bettencourt, witnesses said the accident occurred...
FAYETTE, IOWA – Upper Iowa University announced that Kevin Sheehan of Fallbrook graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in financial management in October. Honors qualifications are as follows: summa cum laude is awarded to those with at least a 3.9 GPA; magna cum laude (3.7-3.9 GPA), and cum laude (3.5-3.7 GPA). A total of 60 graded semester credits must be earned at Upper Iowa University before magna cum laude or summa cum laude honors may be granted. Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, n...
FALLBROOK – Six mentors from the Fallbrook American Association of University Women (AAUW) and 12 Fallbrook High School girls boarded the Coaster in Oceanside on Nov. 21 to visit San Diego as part of AAUW’s Mentor/Mentee program. The purpose was to enjoy the cultural and educational ambiance offered by Old Town, and to continue to build mentor/mentee relationships. For the past 20 years, Fallbrook’s AAUW has provided mentors (through their Mentorship Program) to Fallb...
FALLBROOK – 'Oldies but Goodies' pertains to many things: music, cars, people, and… recipes. In 1954, the Culinary Arts Institute in Chicago, Illinois published a small treasure trove of recipes in what they called, The Holiday Cookbook. That small, 70-page recipe collection included a trio of eggnog recipes. Among the three choices, one is bound to be perfect for any group. Or, for a large party, why not offer an eggnog buffet? Adventuresome guests can try all three var...
FALLBROOK – Conventional wisdom suggests buying a home makes more financial sense than renting. In many cases, this is true. However, renting is sometimes a smarter approach than buying. As with any financial decision, all of the options and circumstances need to be weighed before jumping in. Making a major purchase requires doing some homework. The following are some reasons why renting can be more beneficial than buying. Youth The National Association of Realtors says the t...
A 36-30 home triumph Dec. 8 against the Guajome Park Academy Frogs gave the Fallbrook High School wrestling team the Warriors' first victory of the season while also giving Lawrence Jones his first win as Fallbrook's head coach. "It was a good feeling," Jones said. Wrestling has both individual scores for specific matches and team scores which award three points for a victory by decision, four points for a major decision (a margin of at least eight points), five points for a technical fall (awarded if one wrestler is ahead...
Fallbrook High School's girls cross-country team placed 15th among the 17 Division II schools in the CIF San Diego Section meet Nov. 19 at Morley Field in San Diego. The Warriors' team score, which is based on the finishing positions of the fastest five runners, was 392 points. Oceanside placed 14th with 374 points and Hilltop had 393 points for 16th place. "They did okay," said Fallbrook coach Tim Hauck. "It went about the way I expected." Although Fallbrook's first...
Fallbrook High School's boys cross country team placed 15th among the 19 Division I teams at the CIF San Diego Section cross country meet Nov. 19 on the Morley Field course in San Diego. Fallbrook had 361 team points, which are based on the positions of a school's first five finishers. Granite Hills placed 14th with 349 points and Orange Glen was 16th with 436 points. "It wasn't as well as I thought we were going to do," said Fallbrook head coach Marco Arias. Fallbrook was...
Bonsall Fallbrook Little League's (BFLL) Juniors team, the Athletics, went 9-2 during the fall season, becoming the league's first Juniors team to compile a winning record in many, many years. "To my knowledge, it's been at least 15 years since we had a winning season in Majors or Juniors," said manager Lance McAuley, who coached the Juniors team with the help of former major league pitcher Troy Cate, a Fallbrook High School product who hurled in 14 games for the St. Louis...
FALLBROOK – In the November 2016 general election, voters selected two new board members for Rainbow Municipal Water District. Hayden Hamilton was elected to serve the constituents of the district’s Division 2, which is in the western portion of the district. Michael Mack was elected to serve the constituents of the district’s Division 5, which serves the northern portion of the district in the Rainbow area. Hamilton has resided in north San Diego County since 1984 with the l...
San Diego CA – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it now provides eligibility determinations for burial in a VA national cemetery prior to the time of need. Pre-need eligibility determinations will streamline access to burial benefits that veterans have earned through military service for themselves and their eligible family members. Pre-need eligibility determinations will help veterans and their families with pre-need burial planning. “A pre-need burial eligibility determination will confirm an ind...
Ian Murdock Special to the Village News Having seen the clips for Allied – yet another film centered around WW2 and efforts to stop the Germans – I had pretty high hopes, considering it starred Brad Pitt, as well as a refreshing new face (at least to me), Marion Cotillard. With a spy theme as the backdrop, terrible graphic violence was not something I was overly concerned about – and the story did not disappoint in that vein. However, though I consider myself far more patient than most in allowing a plot to develop, the w...
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FALLBROOK – Homeowners can employ many different design techniques to create one-of-a-kind properties. Adding a water feature to a landscape is one such technique. Water gardens, koi ponds or fountains have been home landscaping trends for the past several years. Although water features can add an element of relaxation to landscapes, such features require maintenance to keep them attractive and running properly. The right design Homeowners should create a water feature d...
FALLBROOK – The Association of California Healthcare Districts (ACHD) presented ACHD certification to Fallbrook Healthcare District (FHD) on Dec. 14. As public entities, healthcare districts have well defined obligations for conducting business in a manner that is open and transparent. To assist ACHD members in demonstrating compliance with these obligations, the ACHD Governance Committee has developed a core set of standards referred to as Best Practices in Governance. H...
The total of local lab-confirmed influenza cases in San Diego County is outpacing the numbers reported at this time last year, the County Health and Human Services Agency recently announced. Through Dec. 10, a total of 291 cases of influenza had been reported in the county, 113 more than at the same time last season, when 178 had been reported. That is why County health officials are encouraging all San Diegans to get vaccinated before the worst of the flu season gets here....