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 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....
WWII veteran Betty Gilby celebrated her 102nd birthday May 31 at a drive-thru birthday party in the parking lot of the Fallbrook Woman's Club. In attendance were many well-wishers from the woman's club as well as members of the Fallbrook AAUW, of which Betty is a member. Also celebrating with her was her son, Joe Gilby III, and her grandson, Joe Gilby IV, from Michigan; her daughter, Elaine Gilby, and her husband, Charlie Pavitt, from Maryland, and daughter Joanne Gilby from...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County Water Authority officials say the region has sufficient supplies to meet the needs of the region through 2045 – even through multiple dry years. On Monday, May 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency declaration from Sonoma and Mendocino counties to 41 counties in northern and central California. “Governor Newsom's latest drought emergency declaration is a grim reminder of the growing water supply challenges across California – and of the value of three decades of our collective d...
SAN DIEGO - Returning onshore flow will spread cooling and higher humidity to inland San Diego County this weekend, with a return of coastal low clouds and fog tonight and Sunday morning, the National Weather Service said. A Pacific storm system will move through Southern California late Sunday night through Monday night and bring occasional rain and snow in the mountains, with a slight chance of thunderstorms, forecasters said. Dry but chilly weather will return Tuesday,...
If you're looking for a casual, fun place to enjoy sports and good food, you've come to the right place. Harry's Sports Bar and Grill, located at 125 S. Main Ave., is a spot dedicated to sports fans alike. Owner Scott Little first purchased the Fallbrook business in July 2017 and had intended to keep it open from the start, but after realizing it needed work done, it closed. They reopened their doors four weeks later. "I just decided after I retired, I got bored and so I said...
A gastro-style pub by definition, 127 West Social House has far from traditional bar food, but instead serves up artisan, elevated cuisine. Located at 127 W. Elder Street in Fallbrook, 127 West was first established in 2014. Faro Trupiano, owner of 127 West and Trupiano's Italian Bistro in Fallbrook, first established Trupiano's before considering the idea of 127 West. "I felt like I was kind of taking a chance," Trupiano said. "I had such a great following for Trupiano's,...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Monday, Aug. 10, received an overview of the $6.4 billion, fiscal year 2020-21 budget and also heard from residents on spending priorities. During the teleconference hearing, more than 20 residents who called in asked supervisors to consider defunding the Sheriff's Department, increasing rental assistance, and strengthening a newly created Office of Equity and Racial Justice. The COVID-19 public health crisis pushed back the formal budget approval, which normally happens in June....
FALLBROOK – Rotary Club of Fallbrook saw the hardships and need the coronavirus pandemic has brought to several of the Village’s charity organizations. and organized a non-event fundraiser. In eight weeks, Rotary raised over $13,000 in support. Checks for over $4,000 were delivered to three of the Village’s nonprofits, including The Boys & Girls Club of Fallbrook, the Fallbrook Food Pantry and the Senior Foundation of Fallbrook. Rotary Club president Jim Mendleson thanked the many people who donated, including many club...
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron with Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton made history by becoming a flying squadron for the first time in the unit's existence. The Marines and sailors of H&HS took ownership of a UC-12W Huron aircraft July 31, and took the plane on its first flight with the squadron four days later. With this addition to MCAS Camp Pendleton, every air station housing aircraft from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing now has operational support airlift...
Last week I wrote about AB 1253, an Assembly Bill that would raise taxes on the wealthiest residents in California. AB 1253 would affect the tax returns of only 0.5% of those who filed in 2018, according to data compiled by the state Franchise Tax Board. But those taxpayers already account for 40% of all income tax revenue collected that year. The next time someone says the rich don’t pay their fair share, remember this statistic: 0.5% of the residents in California pay 40% o...
The Fallbrook Union High School District Board of Trustees on Monday, Aug. 10 approved unanimously a resolution to implement a comprehensive solar project for the district's facilities. Jeff Prosswimmer of Johnson Controls presented the board via Zoom with multiple options to consider regarding how to finance the project, which would include solar carports installed in the school parking lot and more grounded solar units in an open space of property near the district offices....
A former investigator with the Department of Homeland Security was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison for taking drug money seized during his work as a federal agent, then laundering the funds that he used for personal expenses. Tyrone Cedric Duren, 50, who pleaded guilty to nearly 20 federal counts in 2019, was sentenced to 130 months in custody, plus three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge John Houston also ordered the forfeiture of Duren’s Bonsall home, a $275,000 money judgment and r...
Fallbrook’s coronavirus infection rate has inched up again in the last week. The 92028 ZIP code, which also includes the communities of De Luz and Rainbow, now has 349 total coronavirus cases as of Aug. 10, and about seven-tenths of 1% of the area’s population has tested positive for the virus. That’s an increase of 45 new cases since last week, when 92028 had recorded 304 cases, or an infection rate of 620.3 cases per 100,000. The area, previously one of the least affected by the virus, began recording an uptick in infection...
FALLBROOK – Another small park has grown up on Alvarado Street. This parkette actually came from a problem, which is often the case in life, causing a resident to take action. Located at the Fallbrook Arts Inc. property at 310 E. Alvarado St., the problem was erupting asphalt due to the tree seeking surface moisture and poor drainage in other paved areas. Trees do need deep watering or else this issue occurs, a lesson well learned. Repaving and root pruning was the answer. P...
San Diego County’s public health officer has announced guidance for local school districts that may opt to participate in the waiver process that could allow some TK-6 schools to reopen in counties on the statewide coronavirus monitoring list Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on July 17 that schools in counties that have been on the state’s coronavirus monitoring list may operate through distance learning only until the county has been off the state’s list for at least 14 days. In counties on the list, California Department of Pu...
Originally scheduled for Hell's Kitchen Motorsports Bar & Grill in Lake Elsinore, the Freedom Protest Rally 2020 went off without a hitch on Saturday, July 18 at Hawk Ranch in Murrieta. The protest, which Hell's Kitchen owner Frank Opp said was forced to move due to warnings from state and law enforcement officials, drew a large crowd to the ranch in temperatures that reached into the low 90s. The event, which was billed as a protest rally to address current issues in the...
FALLBROOK – Albertsons in Fallbrook is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Monday, Feb. 24, from noon to 5 p.m. Albertsons is located at 1133 S. Mission Road, and the blood drive will take place in the parking lot. Anyone 17 and older, who weighs at least 114 pounds and is in good health, may be eligible to donate blood. A good meal and plenty of fluids are recommended before donation. All donors must show picture identification. Donors are encouraged to schedule an appointment to donate, but w...
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District voted at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, to approve a new two-year contract with its classified employees’ union granting them a 4 percent raise — and also voted to give the superintendent and other administrators a similar pay boost. The union contract passed unanimously, but the administrative salary increase had one dissenter: Board Member Caron Lieber. “My position is the superintendent has already received her raise in July,...
While 2019 seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, there were many notable happenings in Fallbrook and Bonsall during those 12 months. Weather-wise, the year started out much the same way as it ended, wet and cold. More streets flooded in February than in recent storms which affected several holiday events. The biggest crime story of the year was the trial of Charles Merritt for the killing of the McStay family. While the trial took place in San Bernardino, the family was from Fallbrook and went missing almost 10 years ago....
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FALLBROOK – The boards of directors of the Rainbow Municipal Water District and Fallbrook Public Utilities District have each adopted Resolutions of Application to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and annex into the Eastern Municipal Water District, Metropolitan Water District’s wholesaler. Virtually all of the water used by both agencies comes from MWD’s Skinner Water Treatment Plant in southwest Riverside County via MWD’s aqueduct. RMWD and FPUD are the only two water agencies in San Diego County with direct...
The Dec. 10 meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors included the allocation of Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grants to the North County Fire Protection District and the North County Community Emergency Response Team. The supervisors' 4-0 vote, with Kristin Gaspar absent, allocated $35,486 to the fire district for firefighter workout equipment and $15,613 to North County CERT for training materials and equipment. Each county supervisor has an annual $2 million discretionary Neighborhood Reinvestment Program...
Jacob Sisneros City News Service Special to Village News An SUV struck and killed a pedestrian on a Fallbrook street, authorities said. The collision was reported shortly after 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, on South Mission Road, just north of Rocky Crest Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The victim, a man in his 70s, was crossing South Mission Road in front of the Rodeway Inn when a full-sized SUV struck him, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Paramedics took the injured man to Temecula Valley...
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A woman died after the vehicle she was riding in slammed into the back of an ambulance that was already at the scene of a crash on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook amid stormy weather Thanksgiving morning. Dispatchers first received word at 10:10 a.m. of a southbound Ford Mustang that had spun out into the center divide on the rain-slicked freeway just south of Mission Road, according to information from North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi and the California...
