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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County of San Diego Communications Office The County Board of Supervisors approved funding for four satellite voting locations for the March 2020 Primary Election during a special board meeting Monday, Nov. 18. Traditional polling places will remain in place, but the satellite voting locations will act as offshoots of the Registrar’s office. They will open three days before Election Day and be staffed by Registrar employees. The move came after the recent passage of state Senate Bill 72, which requires the Registrar to a...
LifePointe Church The news on everyone’s mind 210 years ago was Napoleon and the French army sweeping across Europe. It was 1809, and the fall of the mighty Austrian Empire was imminent. Nobody seemed to care about the babies being born that year. But they should have taken notice as William Gladstone in Liverpool, Alfred Lord Tennyson in Lincolnshire, Oliver Wendell Holmes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Edgar Allen Poe in Boston, as well as Charles Darwin in England were b...
The San Diego County Water Authority has asked for a countywide vote in case San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission approves the prior steps for the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District to detach from the SDCWA and become part of the Eastern Municipal Water District. The CWA board voted to request a countywide public vote Nov. 21. The term “countywide” applies only to residents within the CWA boundaries, which does not include the entirety of San Diego County. “It is some...
Banning Cantarini Special to Village News Culture is a funny thing. As it progresses through the motions of change and growth the new ideals and trends that sprout up can leave its inhabitants with two options: adapt or be left behind. And the reality is nobody wants to be left behind. They want to be integrated, trendy or "woke." What if you didn't have the option to stay relevant? What if you were born into a world that would never be accessible to you? It might be...
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Pastor Bradley Griswold from The Place donates a check for holiday meals to Dana McCarthy, VFW senior vice president Auxiliary Post 1924. The VFW hosts Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners every year at no charge. Donations are accepted year-round....
What would be cooler: getting to be Santa's helper, or putting a holiday smile on the face of a less fortunate child here in San Diego County? The County can help you do both! Just drop off a new, unwrapped toy in one of the annual Toys for Tots donation boxes at one of four County of San Diego airports: McClellan Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Fallbrook Airpark in Fallbrook, or Ramona Airport in Ramona. Or if you'd prefer, you can donate your toy...
FALLBROOK – Silvergate Fallbrook, a senior living retirement community, celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday with fanfare every year, and this year is no exception. The community launched a “30 Days of Thanks” Challenge at the beginning of November before the onset of the community’s holiday parties, gatherings and outings began. Silvergate Fallbrook executive director Patty Martinez invited residents and their family members, as well as guests visiting the community, to turn their memories of loved ones past and present...
FALLBROOK – A Mahjong class will be offered at the Fallbrook Community Center Mondays, 12-3 p.m., starting Dec. 2. Mahjong is a tile game that arrived in the U.S. from China in the 1920s. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of the game and get an instruction booklet; intermediate players will continue learning through fun and friendly rounds of games. For cost, registration and more details, contact the community center (760) 728-1671, 341 Heald Lane. Submitted by Gina Abdelrahman....
FALLBROOK – The County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 16 to accept a donation from Fallbrook Skatepark Inc. in the amount of $20,000 toward the construction of a skatepark in a county planned multi-use park. The check was presented Nov. 21 to Megan Jackson-Croft, Community Center Events Coordinator, by FSI President Sean O'Callaghan and FSI Secretary/Treasurer Michelle Albanna. Since San Diego County Department of Parks & Recreation announced in 2018 that they were spearheadi...
The intersection of Old Highway 395 and Rainbow Glen Road has been placed on the San Diego County’s Traffic Signal Priority List. A 5-0 board of supervisors vote, Wednesday, Nov. 20, placed the intersection on the Traffic Signal Priority List. Normally priority points rather than the length of time an intersection has been on the list will determine the next intersection to be signalized once funding permits, but design readiness issues may allow a lower-ranked intersection to be signalized first as can grant funding for a s...
North County Fire Protection District officials again pushed back the timeline for when results may be available for the district's special election for Proposition A, Nov. 22. The fire district initially said the outcome of the election – a referendum on a new tax of $5 per month, per parcel of owned property, to pay for construction, maintenance and improvements to fire stations – would be known by the beginning of November. Fire officials announced Nov. 1 that it was taking...
The Fallbrook Land Conservancy, the Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA and the Fallbrook Center for the Arts were given Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grants during the Nov. 19 San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote allocated $50,000 to the Fallbrook Land Conservancy, $20,000 for the Armed Services YMCA and $15,000 to the Fallbrook Center for the Arts. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funding was from the District Five budget of Supervisor Jim Desmond. Each county supervisor has an...
A post made on social media Saturday, Nov. 23, alleged that a staff member of a local church had engaged in inappropriate conversations with what was portrayed to be a 14-year-old boy and later went to meet the boy but was instead met by a regional vigilante group that works in anonymity to catch sexual predators and expose them on the internet. Late Saturday afternoon, Kristine Almada, a pastoral associate with St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Parish in Fallbrook, announced in a statement that the church has suspended youth mi...
Two local veterans were honored for their military service by Quilts of Valor and Rainbow Valley Grange, Nov. 10. Both William Hitt and Ernest Gale are Rainbow residents who served during World War II. Organized by Grange member Jonnie Fox and the Rancho Bernardo Chapter No. 582 of QOV, the presentation of the quilts took seven months of planning and was appropriately scheduled for the day before Veterans Day. Hitt, a longtime member of Rainbow Valley Grange, enlisted in the...
The Fallbrook Regional Health District voted to make changes to its election process for board members, switch a school currently paying to use the site of the district’s future Fallbrook Wellness Center to a month-to-month lease and redesignate a district-owned property so that it can potentially be sold in the future at its Nov. 13. The health district began voluntarily exploring the possibility of moving from an at-large election system to a zone-based election system earlier this year. At its November meeting, the d...
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Bonsall High School student earlier this week after being told by school administrators that the student had a firearm on campus, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday, Nov. 14. School officials reported a male student possibly in possession of a gun to the sheriff’s department around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to sheriff’s Lt. Ricardo Lopez. Deputies who responded to the school obtained further information “that the suspect had made specific threats to commit a shooting...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Pony Club announced the certification of Hannah Bauer, 10, at D1, Devon Davis, 11, at D2 and Shelby Murray, 14, at C2 at a testing Oct. 13, at Fallbrook Riders field. These Pony Club members have worked hard to achieve their new certification levels and to move on to the next stage in their Pony Club curriculum. The pony club also had Jane Oatman and Julie Murray, two of its adult horse masters, also receive their D2 rating that same weekend. To earn t...
A pileup crash partially shut down a Fallbrook roadway early Monday afternoon, Nov. 18. The collision, which involved three vehicles, was reported around 1:15 p.m. on southbound Mission Road just south of Ammunition Road, according to the North County Fire Protection District. Three people complained of pain, but all declined medical assistance and were not hospitalized, North County Fire spokesman John Choi said. Mission Road was shut down for about an hour after the...
Staff from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Fallbrook substation met with members of the community in the evening Nov. 13, to discuss various public safety issues on residents' minds. Vehicle break-ins, 911 call response times and gang activity were all topics Fallbrook locals came to the substation to talk about with Lt. Rick Lopez, who oversees the substation, and Sheriff's Department Crime Prevention Specialist Jake Kruger. Fallbrook resident Jan Scott told sheriff...
Andy Tolley San Diego County Communications Office San Diego County offers a variety of resources to assist active duty military, veterans and their families. One of these services is Courage to Call, a free, 24/7 help line that provides information, guidance, and referrals to service members and their loved ones. Courage to Call is dedicated to improving mental wellness for members of the military, veterans and their families. The help line is staffed by veterans and military spouses, providing callers with a peer-to-peer...
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The Fallbrook Public Utility District Board of Directors voted Friday to move forward with a proposal to form a Community Benefit Program that would promote, coordinate and oversee funding for community projects in town. Because Fallbrook is unincorporated, local nonprofit organizations are currently responsible for many local projects and facilities. The nonprofit Fallbrook Village Association and other organizations like the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce, Fallbrook Historical Society and others have been in talks with the...
More than just an average vintage car show, the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club hosted an Antique Automobile Club of America Western Fall Nationals event over four days from Nov. 6-9, and concluding with judging at Pala Mesa Resort Saturday, Nov. 9. The event brought judges from all over the country and even one car all the way from Florida to participate in two days of events and tours of the Fallbrook area, including a visit to Myrtle Creek Botanical Garden, Fallbrook wineries an...
