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February 12, 2015

Caltrans provides update on SR76 project

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Volume 19, Issue 7

Lady Warriors outmaneuver Orange Glen, 39-32

Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent During her presentation at the California Department of Transportation media day event Feb. 5, Caltrans District 11 director Laurie Berman noted that the widening of State Route 76 from two lanes to four between South Mission Road and Interstate 15 will be one of Caltrans’ major projects for 2015. “The State Route 76 East project is just getting under way,” Berman said.

see CALTRANS, page A-10

FPUD opens negotiations with employees Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The current agreement between the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Fallbrook Public Utility District Employees Association expires June 30, so representatives from the administrative and labor ends have begun work on a new contract. The Jan. 26 FPUD board meeting included negotiations in closed session which began the process. “It is now the time and place to start negotiations,” said FPUD general manager Brian Brady.

see FPUD, page A-4

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Lady Warrior Jaycee Ruvalcava plans her route around an Orange Glen defender in Fallbrook’s 39-32 win on February 6. See more photos on page A-12

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Village News launches newlyredesigned website FALLBROOK - The Village News is excited to announce the launch of its newly-redesigned website. With a new, enhanced look and streamlined menus, VillageNews.com now offers ease of access for all users. The launch coincides with Village News, Inc.’s launch of its other newspaper websites, MyValleyNews.com and AnzaValleyOutlook.com. “The new websites have a more modern design and include updated code that will help us with search engine optimization,: said publisher Julie Reeder. “We also have better reports that are available to us and our advertisers

showing geographically where the readers are coming from, and demographically who is reading our stories online.” Reeder said that while the company was pleased with the performance of its former websites, upgrading to the newer sites will offer ease of use for readers and give advertisers new and exciting platforms to promote their businesses. “We have been very happy with the performance of our websites over the last 17 years, but we’re excited about the future of our

see WEBSITE, page A-10

N.C. Fire receives certificate of occupancy for new Station 5

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Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent On the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 30, the County of San Diego provided North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) with a certificate of occupancy which allows habitation and visitors for the new NCFPD Station 5. “They signed off on the facility,” said NCFPD deputy fire chief Ed Sprague. “We completed our final inspection on Friday afternoon.” The certificate of occupancy was granted after county inspectors deemed all of the county requirements to have been met. “The next thing is to work through the process of accepting the facility as complete from the builder,” Sprague said. “We’re going through that punch list right now with Keeton Construction.” Keeton Construction of Temecula was awarded the

see FIRE, page A-4 North County Fire’s new Station 5 in Bonsall is located near the intersection of State Route 76 and Olive Hill Road.

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