Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

Plans revealed by Undersheriff Kelly Martinez last week about the county negotiating property at Hwy. 76 and I-15 for a new substation are very preliminary.

Lt. Aldo Hernandez, commander of the Fallbrook substation, said he had heard about the possibility of a move, but didn’t know any details.

Chief Keith McReynolds of the North County Fire Protection District had a little more information.

“I understand it’s 18 acres near the southeast quadrant of the interchange,” he said in a phone interview. He explained that Caltrans owns the property...