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Fallbrook doesn’t often make the evening news on San Diego television stations. In fact, some people complain that Fallbrook’s high and low temperatures aren’t displayed frequently enough on the weather maps during newscasts. Things have been different lately, however, as twice in a span of 29 days stations went “live” to Fallbrook to report on a pair of dangerous situations – a SWAT standoff at a Fallbrook apartment on Alturas Road, and a lockdown at Fallbrook High School after a student brought a gun on campus. Both incidents had peaceful and successful endings, with no one getting hurt and suspects being taken into custody. Lt. Pat Gardner, who took over as commander of the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation Jan. 6, said “teamwork” was the key to success in both events. The SWAT standoff occurred the afternoon of March 6 when a wanted man believed to be armed and dangerous ran into an apartment unit on the 900 block of Alturas after realizing that San Diego Fugitive Task Force officers had tracked him down. The 22-year-old suspect, Joshua Villegas, holed up in the apartment for nearly 2 1/2 hours before surrendering. The Fallbrook substation had notified the task force, which is coordinated by the U.S. Marshals Service, that Villegas, named in a
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SR 76 now has two westbound lanes from I-15 to I-5
Two lanes are now available from I-15 to I-5 for motorists traveling westbound on State Route 76. Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent State Route 76 now has two westbound lanes from Interstate 15 to Interstate 5. A switchover the night of Tuesday, March 7, brought westbound traffic from the northern portion of what will become the two eastbound lanes to the newly-completed westbound portion. “By Wednesday morning (March 8) everybody was switched over,” said California Department of Transportation senior construction engineer Dave Cortez. The new westbound lanes cover the area from Old Highway 395 to Via Monserate. “We opened about five miles of
two lanes going westbound,” said Cortez. “Effectively what that does is create at least two lanes going west all the way to the 5. We have completed that stretch.” The eastbound portion of State Route 76 east of South Mission Road is still one lane. “That’s our next step,” said Cortez. “We’re currently working on that.” Cortez expects two eastbound travel lanes by early spring. “We’re ahead of schedule,” said Cortez. “That doesn’t mean the project will be complete.” Planting and other activities not affecting travel lanes are still to come. “Overall it’s going really good,” said Cortez. The uncompleted work also
includes the park-and-ride at the northwest corner of Highway 76 and Old Highway 395. That parkand-ride is being enlarged and the improvements also include flattening the grade, adding truck parking and a bus terminal, lighting, and charging stations for electric vehicles. “We still need to finish paving and planting and striping,” Cortez said. “There’s quite a bid of work.” Concurrent work includes widening Old Highway 395 along the frontage of the park-and-ride. “We’re almost done,” said Cortez. “We’re almost to the end.”
Miguel Gasca is the newest member of the Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD) board. A 4-0 board vote Feb. 28 selected Gasca to fill the Division 3 seat vacated after Tory Walker moved to Murrieta and resigned from the board. Gasca will fill the remainder of Walker’s term, which expires in December 2018. “I’m glad to have the opportunity to serve the community,” said Gasca. “He’ll be a good addition to the board,” said Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy.
Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
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Gasca chosen for Rainbow MWD board vacancy Division 3 is the central part of the RMWD service area and includes the Gird Valley and Pala Mesa. Gasca has lived on Wilt Road since 2011 but previously lived in San Bernardino County and served two four-year terms on the Running Springs Water District board. “He brings experience from serving on a board,” Kennedy said. “He brings some understanding of water districts.” Gasca was born in Los Angeles and attended Saint Francis High School in La Canada. In 1974 he received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Loyola Marymount University; his field
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of concentration was water supply and waste treatment. Gasca lived in Running Springs, which is at the junction of State Route 330 and State Route 18, from 1974 to 1987. He was on the board of the Running Springs Water District from 1979 to 1987, including three years as the board president, and he was also a board member and the programs chairman of the San Bernardino County Association of Independent Special Districts. The Running Springs Water District has not only water and sewer latent powers but also has
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The Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) board of trustees has voted to publish a request for proposals (RFP) for “lease-lease back” services for the Bonsall High School Capital Improvement program, in accordance with recently enacted AB2316. This would be a method that could potentially allow for the school district to fund the high school on its Gird Road site by leasing the land to a developer, who would build the campus and, in turn, lease it back to the district. A component of AB2316 provides for board adoption and approval of the guidelines and requirements for selection of the lease-leaseback firm on a best value basis. This includes the approval of the evaluation process set forth in the RFP that is to be used for the selection of the successful “best value” lease-lease back firm. According to Bonsall district superintendent Justin Cunningham, the leaseback agreement is written loosely so that contractors may apply, indicating how they may be able to fulfill the basic tenants of the contract. “We’ve used a lease-lease back for three schools: Bonsall West, Bonsall Elementary and the two high school buildings,” said Cunningham. “Contractors are not necessarily signing a contract for building. Different contractors will show how they will meet your criteria – some will use more sub-contactors, or others will have more focus on a project manager. There are different ways that contractors build schools, and they show how they would set the parameters.” “You have an arrangement that lets you have a guaranteed cap on construction costs,” continued Cunningham. “We then select the best value, not just the lowest bid that will end up charging us for every little extra thing, which would have us lose control of the bottom line. We are able to find a contractor that could build within the budget, and offer the services we need within those parameters.” Though the process has begun
Julie Reeder photo Valerie Long looks at a 1951 Delahaye 235 Cabriolet, a new postwar design, unveiled at the 1951 Paris Auto Salon, now on display at the Petersen Car Museum. More photos on page B-1.
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