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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The Fallbrook Public Utility District board approved the purchase of a replacement scrubber for FPUD’s wastewater treatment plant. The 5-0 vote Aug. 26 authorized FPUD staff to enter into a contract with PureAir to purchase a PureAir EGS-8 scrubber for $315,583.13. PureAir, which is in suburban Atlanta, will sell the scrubber for $294,250.00 while FPUD will also pay $21,333.13 in sales tax. “The current unit, it’s past the point of refurbishment,” said FPUD General Manager Jack Bebee. The disinfection system at the water r...
Ahead of peak wildfire season, County Animal Services is offering pet preparedness information to the public and is working with community volunteers who can assist in the event of an emergency. Animal Services staff have participated in three emergency response and preparedness fairs to offer guidance and resources on pet disaster preparedness. Additionally, staff have hosted six comprehensive trainings for a dedicated group of about 70 volunteers. Training covers essential...
When it comes to home repairs and renovations, doing it yourself can be tempting. After all, it could save you money and you won’t have to vet contractors or deal with strangers in your house. Plus, showing off a project you completed can give you bragging rights. It’s not always the right move, though. It can be dangerous, and it also could lead to needing further repairs if done incorrectly, potentially costing more in the long run. If you’ve got home repairs or updat...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California weighed vote for MWD member agencies is based on the assessed valuation of each of MWD’s 26 agencies. The county auditors of the six counties which have MWD member agencies have until Aug. 15 to provide the certified assessed valuation to MWD. MWD does not require board action to update the weighted vote, but MWD staff reports the information during the August board meeting which is held the third Tuesday of August rather than on the n...
SAN DIEGO – With 2,001 animals in care and more than 800 of them ready for new homes, San Diego Humane Society is reducing all adoption fees by 50% during "Clear the Shelters" month now through Sept. 10. The organization will also waive all adoption fees on Sept. 7 for a special "Clear the Shelters" day. These promotions are part of NBC Universal and Telemundo's Clear the Shelters month, aimed at spreading awareness about the importance of adoption. With shelters facing r... Full story
The Bonsall Unified School District operates Vivian Banks Charter School on the Pala Indian Reservation and will be obtaining a portable classroom for that school. A unanimous BUSD board vote Aug. 15 delegated the authority to purchase the portable classroom to BUSD Executive Director of Business and Administrative Services Laura Castro. Castro is authorized to spend up to $114,500 for the portable classroom. “The portable was approved and will be supporting the growing expanded learning opportunities program and after s...
FALLBROOK – Did you know you can buy a property in some counties in Kentucky and Mississippi, but not alcohol? That’s because local prohibition laws are still in effect. Weird, right? You might have heard stories or perhaps experienced it yourself on the daily about some interesting residential rules for neighborhoods under a homeowners association (HOA). But you’ll be even more surprised that around the country, there are way wackier real estate laws in place that will make you scratch your head. Here are some of the littl...
The county’s Zoning Administrator approved a modification to the Minor Use Permit for a wireless communications facility in southern Bonsall. The Aug. 22 decision by Zoning Administrator Connor McGee allows Crown Castle to revise, operate, and maintain an existing wireless facility in the 2100 block of Bautista Avenue. The permit is for a period of 15 years and expires on Aug. 22, 2039, although it could subsequently be extended by a modification. The 2.54-acre property has rural residential RR zoning and a semi-rural r...
Inheriting a property from a loved one can bring with it a lot of complicated emotions and decisions. Do you keep it in the family or sell it? If you choose the latter, there are a number of factors to consider before moving forward. If the property is in probate, there will be a legal proceeding to determine how assets of the estate are handled – and that could take a while. If not, you may be able to move forward with listing the home. Beyond that, you should also take i...
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister is urging delinquent property taxpayers to pay now or incur more penalties. Last week, his office began mailing 27,295 defaulted tax bills, totaling $189,584,845.88 in unpaid taxes, to property owners who have not paid their prior year property taxes. The Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office sent reminder notices to late taxpayers in May, warning them that they will have to pay more if their taxes go into default. The parcels that remained unpaid will rec...
The vacant lots around your neighborhood could be growing fruits and vegetables and making local produce more accessible – while reducing energy needed to transport and distribute the food. Could turning those empty lots into small farms also become opportunities for economic development? To answer this question, a team of researchers from University of California Cooperative Extension in San Diego County are investigating the economic feasibility of growing high-value s...
SACRAMENTO – Continuing to lead the country in emergency management and disaster preparedness, California’s first-in-the-nation Earthquake Early Warning System – launched under Governor Gavin Newsom’s leadership – provided advance notification to millions of Californians. This alert came ahead of the 5.2 magnitude earthquake's shaking that was felt late last night, Aug. 6, throughout Central and Southern California. The epicenter of the Aug. 6 earthquake was in the community of Lamont, California and was felt across large por...
Clayton Critz raised the reserve champion steer of the Ramona Junior Fair. Critz showed Tornado, a Charolais cross who weighed 1,145 pounds when he was placed on the scales July 22. Critz and Tornado also won the senior showmanship competition for beef. "It was a good way to end the summer," Critz said. Critz, who will be a Fallbrook High School senior when school resumes, showed two steers at the San Diego County Fair. Tornado weighed 1,086 pounds at the time and placed...
FALLBROOK – Residents and merchants will notice a difference on Main Avenue for a while. Some potted plants that have enhanced the store fronts of downtown Fallbrook for several years are missing. They are going to rehabilitation or maybe to the greater beyond having given their best for too many years. Save Our Forest/Fallbrook Land Conservancy people have added the care of the pots to their list of working in the community. It fits into our original purpose, that was to e...
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Humane Society's 32nd annual Photo Fundraiser comes at a crucial moment as its shelter locations face unprecedented overcrowding. With 1,950 animals in its care, including 814 dogs and 929 cats, now is an important time to raise at least $125,000 for shelter animals in need – all while making your own pet a star in the organization's 2025 pet calendar. It is easy to participate! Submit your favorite pet photo at https://www.gogophotoco...
The County Office of Military and Veterans Affairs is one of many county departments gearing up for the region's largest annual event for unhoused veterans, the Veterans Village of San Diego's Stand Down. The event is scheduled Aug. 9 to 11. It will include an array of resources and county services for unhoused veterans. Among the services offered, there will be a first of its kind Landlord Hub, where the county, City of San Diego, and other veteran partners hope to encourage...
It's times like these that I look to the Bible. It is 66 books crammed into one, and together they tell of life, love, loss, faith, deceit, weakness, strength, trust and lust. Ecclesiastes 3:4 says there is "A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance." Today's mental meanderings, kind readers, will keep us close to home – my little neighborhood to be precise. Big changes are afoot here. Once we were a cadre of kindred souls, four neighbors close i...
Fallbrook 4-H Club member Alan Morris raised the supreme grand champion market lamb at this year's San Diego County Fair. The June 25-30 market livestock show also included breeding animals as well as market animals, and exhibitors could also enter an animal as a progress animal which is designated for a future show rather than for market at the county fair. Morris raised both the champion crossbreed ewe and the reserve champion crossbreed ewe in the breed sheep competition,...
Two properties totaling four legal parcels currently owned by the Fallbrook Public Utility District have been declared surplus property. The FPUD board voted 3-0 July 22, with Jennifer DeMeo and Don McDougal absent, to declare the two properties as surplus. FPUD will retain easements over the parcels once they are sold. One of the properties is a 4.45-acre parcel on DeLuz Murrieta Road while three adjacent 0.93-acre legal parcels are on Dickey Street which is just west of Green Canyon Road. FPUD and the DeLuz Heights...
The San Diego County Fair’s market livestock show has awards for a pen of three pigs together from the same organization, and Fallbrook High School’s Future Farmers of America chapter took both first and third in the pen of three competition. In addition to the Fallbrook FFA success with the pen of three, four pigs raised by Fallbrook FFA members won their weight class while four others placed second in their weight class. “As a group we were really competitive this year,” said Fallbrook High School agriculture teacher...
Every homeowner needs to make repairs (or to renovate) at some point. Maybe a storm blew down part of your fence, or maybe you want to upgrade your kitchen countertops. No matter what home improvements you’re going to make, you’ll need the money to cover it. And, while credit cards or personal loans could be an option, they typically come with high interest rates that could lead to higher costs. Before going that route, consider one of these lower-cost options instead. · Savi...
Kostadina Angelopoulos was a Fallbrook High School freshman during the 2023-2024 academic year, so she had no previous National FFA Organization experience nor had she previously shown an animal at a fair. The students in Doug Sehnert's agriculture class who desired to raise and show goats for the San Diego County Fair had a lottery to determine who would obtain goats and in which order they would choose their goat. Angelopoulos was the final student to pick a goat, and at...
FALLBROOK – Homeownership, the American dream. You might be wondering what it’s really like and if it’s as great as it sounds. Clever’s recent homeowner study sheds some light on this. They surveyed 1,000 U.S. homeowners and found that 52% were caught off guard by the actual costs of owning a home. In fact, 53% said they would have done things differently if they’d known the real price tag. The silver lining? Despite the unexpected expenses and time demands, they found that 7 out of 8 homeowners still believe that the perks...
San Diego Gas & Electric is planning to replace some ancillary pipes around SDG&E’s Rainbow pressure limiting station. An easement to use land owned by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California was necessary, and the MWD board approved the granting of a permanent easement to SDG&E Tuesday, July 9. The easement area encompasses 1,685 square feet. SDG&E will pay MWD $13,100, which covers $5,100 for the fair market value of the easement and $8,000 for MWD processing of the action. The facility is where the n...
