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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Christal Gaines-Emory and Stefanie Puerta Special to the Village News On Sunday, Jan. 16, 19-year-old Fallbrook resident Esmeralda Ramirez Resendiz passed away from cardiac arrest in the hospital. Resendiz had been admitted on Tuesday, Jan. 11, after feeling sick. Doctors ran diagnostics for two days and on Thursday Jan. 13, she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a disorder that causes blood clots to block the flow of...
Christal Gaines-Emory Special to the Village News The "One Frame at a Time: Art, Life & Community" exhibit created by artist, speaker, and author Joel Anderson will be presented in the Fallbrook Library until Jan. 3, highlighting many of Anderson's collaborative works. Anderson has been expressing himself through art for many years and he has gained experience through organizations such as the Fallbrook Art Association, D'Vine Path, Autism Tree Project Foundation and Mainly...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer On Saturday, July 24, the Smokin Bird BBQ restaurant surprised Fallbrook residents by announcing their imminent closing through social media. Restaurant owner Daniel Pundik announced on Instagram that the Smokin Bird BBQ restaurant would be open on Sunday, July. 25 until selling out their remaining food, then the restaurant would officially be closed. "We closed the Smokin Bird restaurant because our landlord put our building up for sale and...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer In 2020, Fallbrook High school MCJROTC students Michael Rios and Joel Perez began designing and painting a large mural on the side of the MCJROTC classroom. After a year of delays due to COVID-19, the mural has been completed. Rios designed the mural and painted it with help from Perez, as well as a few other artists including Audrey Gillcrist, Alexia Byrnes, and Erin Rios. The goal of the mural was to inspire other students at Fallbrook High...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer On Tuesday, Aug. 3, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Fallbrook Substation hosted National Night Out, an annual event promoting partnerships between law enforcement and the community. This event allows community members to meet and interact with Fallbrook law enforcement and learn about keeping the community safe. This is also an opportunity to provide feedback to the members of law enforcement in Fallbrook. The National Night Out Campaign...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer Fallbrook resident and active Fallbrook Art Association member Joel Anderson will be one of the 42 artists representing America in the 20th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition. The art show will take place in the Chiba City Museum of Art in Japan Aug. 3-8 highlighting talented artists from all over the world. Anderson is an artist and public speaker with autism, and this will be his second time as a featured artist in this exhibit. His piec...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer Isabel Amayrani Rhodes was born and raised in Fallbrook until she was in her early 20's when she had the opportunity to study abroad in Spain. Rhodes studied psychology at Palomar College and Mira Costa College before transferring to California State University, San Marcos. Although she grew up in Fallbrook, Rhodes will be representing the city of San Marcos as Miss San Marcos in the Miss California USA Pageant. This will be her first state...
On Wednesday, July 21, two transient women began arguing on South Pico Avenue, also known as the Pico Promenade, leading to one woman pulling out a knife and attempting to attack the other woman. The attacker did not make contact with the other woman, so the victim was able to escape the attack and call the authorities. The San Diego Sheriff's Department responded to the call at approximately 4:05 p.m. "The two women had a disagreement which led to one of the women jabbing...
Fallbrook residents, supporters, and spectators flooded into the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center to watch the 84th annual Miss Fallbrook and Miss Teen Fallbrook pageants on July 17. Before beginning the pageants, the 13 contestants and the 2020 Miss Fallbrook and Miss Teen Fallbrook Court participated in a choreographed dance to start off the night and release their nerves. Then, the pageants began. The event consisted of three categories: personality wear, evening wear,...
On July 17, Live Oak Park celebrated turning 101 years old. During the celebration, longtime Fallbrook resident and Save Our Forest founder Jackie Heyneman was announced as San Diego County's Parks and Recreation Volunteer of the Year. Village News/Christal Gaines-Emory photo...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer On July 7, a Netflix documentary called "Cat People" featured one of Fallbrook's very own felines, Maverick, a surfing cat. Nick Liam Heaney, Kayla Tabish and their Bengal cat Maverick moved to Fallbrook in March 2020. They had been living in Los Angeles but, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, they feared for their safety and decided to move to a less populated area. When they moved to Fallbrook, Heaney said that they immediately fell in love with the...
Christal Gaines-Emory Writer On June 29, Girl Scouts Grace Bell, Veronica Romero, Carley Jones, and Jenna Jedlicki from Troop 4042 walked across the historic San Luis Rey Bridge, symbolizing their growth and transformation into adults. For Girl Scouts, this process is called "bridging" and it is an important step in growing up and moving forward. Bridging occurs at every level of Girl Scouts. Some Girl Scouts begin as Daisies, then bridge to Brownies, and Brownies bridge to...
On July 10, the new Ross Lake Lavender Farm hosted an intimate open house in preparation for the official opening of the Lavender Farm in 2022. Attendees were able to tour the farm, pick fresh flowers, take photos, and enjoy picnics on the property, all for free. In 1959, Ross and Helen Daily bought 2,000 acres of land in De Luz, named it "De Luz Heights'' and also created "Ross Lake,' a large man-made lake on the property. They originally grew avocados, then lime trees. On...
Christ the King's King Players will be presenting "Bye-Bye Birdie" featuring cast members ages 8-18 beginning July 23 at 7:30 p.m. This production of "Bye-Bye Birdie" is directed by Mary Fry along with Assistant Director Robyn Dahlson, and there are 29 cast members in total. After noticing a need for performing arts in Fallbrook during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fry was inspired to bring young members of the community together through the production of "Bye-Bye Birdie." "Bye-Bye...
On Tuesday, June 29, John Barous and his daughter, Helena Barous, returned to their car after a shopping trip to find that her new laptop had been stolen. In 2003, John Barous and his wife Lucia Barous traveled to Fallbrook and decided that someday, they would move here and start a family. Lucia got pregnant with their daughter Helena, but Lucia suffered a fatal brain aneurysm and Helena was born premature. “Fallbrook is where we wanted to come and raise our family together,” said John. “So, my daughter Helena and I moved...
As the Fourth of July approaches, many Fallbrook residents have noticed an increase in the usage of illegal fireworks, also known as pyrotechnics. According to Patrol Sergeant William Munsch with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, complaints about illegal fireworks are more prominent around holidays. "We typically receive more complaints about illegal fireworks closer to the Fourth of July, but we also receive many complaints around New Year's," said Munsch. With 16...
On June 26, the Fallbrook Art Association hosted the 'Faces on the Streets of San Diego' art exhibit along with a meet and greet with the artist, Kyle Denning. This exhibit features 27 portraits of homeless people Denning met as he walked along the streets of San Diego. The meet and greet portion of this event allowed the attendees to ask Denning questions about his experiences painting each portrait and getting to know the subjects of his paintings. Denning has enjoyed...
The Fallbrook Homeless Advocacy is a nonprofit organization that was established by Brad Fox to serve the homeless population in Fallbrook and surrounding areas. This organization currently runs two different transitional houses for homeless men, the Jesus House and the Refuge House. Fox has a long history of working with people in need. For many years, he has been leading the SonRise youth group on mission trips to Mexico and San Diego to assist homeless people. During one...
In 2009, Nita Kurmins Gilson began a program called CropSwap to combat homegrown food being wasted. After noticing a severe need in San Diego County in 2014, Gilson partnered with Alexandra White and Jerilyn White to create a larger, more impactful version of CropSwap called ProduceGood, a nonprofit organization that harvests and donates unused produce to the hungry. ProduceGood encourages farmers to donate their unused produce, and the organization also volunteers to go...
This year, the Fallbrook High School Valedictorian was Lianna Arnold, and the Salutatorian was Grace Bell. Both graduates have lived in Fallbrook their whole lives, and they said they felt very grateful to be recognized for their consistent, hard work over the years. During high school, Arnold achieved a GPA of 4.46, and Bell achieved a GPA of 4.36. They have both taken multiple Advanced Placement courses at Fallbrook High School, and Arnold was also enrolled at Mira Costa...
The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to students who participate in activities at the Del Mar Fair, such as showing livestock. One of the Don Diego Scholarship winners this year is Sydney Breese, 2020-2021 Fallbrook FFA vice president. Breese was active in FFA all four years of high school, and she showed consistent leadership skills and dedication to the program. She has raised five market lambs, a market steer, and she...
The Valley Center Crime Suppression team conducted a raid at The New Life Wellness CBD Supercenter, reported to be an illegal marijuana dispensary in Pauma Valley off of Highway 76 June 2. After receiving multiple citizen complaints, the suppression team conducted a thorough investigation and were granted a search warrant. According to Sergeant Mike Davis with the Valley Center substation of the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the warrant was served on June 2 at 11:05 a.m....
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, 72 year old Elena Shuldiner was inspired to go back to school and finish getting her degree after waiting 50 years. Shuldiner said that she always knew that she wanted to go back to school, but the time was never right. She had previously completed 45 credits towards her degree 50 years ago, but she dropped out due to personal reasons. "I was the only one in my family without a college education, and I just kept putting off going back to...
An apartment building in Vista suffered a large fire that is currently under investigation, May 29. One of the families affected was the Chrisholms. Jamie Chrisholm had been a Fallbrook resident for 39 years before relocating to Vista last month, but her family has been a part of the community for over 60 years. She has two children, Anthony, 14, and Elliot, 18, who graduated from Fallbrook High on June 3. At 12:30 a.m., the family was awakened suddenly to a neighbor knocking on their door and warning them about the fire on...
The Fallbrook High School film department held their inaugural Rodarte Film Festival on May 24, honoring the many films the students were able to create during the 2020-2021 school year. The Rodarte Film Festival was named after film student Adam Rodarte because of his dedication in reinstating the program and because of his passion for film. When he was in his sophomore year of high school, Rodarte wanted to be able to continue pursuing his passion for film at school, but...
