If you’ve been shopping in Major Market on Main over the last few months, you might have noticed a series of upgrades and remodels. Now the store is celebrating the work that they’ve done to make the store more convenient (including a big redo of the produce section).
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Once again, the Fallbrook Land Conservancy is holding a Go Wild photo contest this summer. Collect your best pix from FLC’s parks and send them in by September 15, 2024 to be considered.
From the south entrance of Los Jilgueros (off Mission), if you head along the western path, you’ll see a meadow full of flags. From Susan Liebes of Fallbrook Land Conservancy:
The flags each mark a native plant that was planted by a 5th grader in our Environmental Education Program this January/February. The flags help us locate each plant as we are weeding the area since the invasive weeds grow faster than the natives at first! This area is one of the last parts of the 46 acre Los Jilgueros Preserve to be restored from degraded farmland to native habitat, so it’s very exciting to see the seedlings starting to grow and bloom!
From the Union-Tribune:
Three years ago, the county launched a pilot program to replace ill-equipped law enforcement officials with mental health experts for those in crisis.
The effort started small with just a handful of professionals responding to calls in North County. But it quickly expanded. Today, there are nearly four dozen Mobile Crisis Response Teams countywide handling hundreds of calls for nonviolent emergencies each month.
And the program continues to grow. Crisis teams are now extending their reach to college campuses, a tribal community and, soon, grade schools and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Though still fairly new, county officials say the program is proving to be one of the county’s most promising models in its effort to overhaul the region’s mental health system, especially at a time when California is working to do the same.
The data also shows that in most cases people are stabilized on-site and do not require more acute services. Bergmann said that suggests that crisis teams have become a community resource for many, not just an emergency service for people who need to be connected to intensive levels of inpatient care.
With all of the spring rain, we’ve had more than the usual quantity of clouds and spectacular sunsets. Here’s a beautiful shot from east Fallbrook.
Photo: Nancy Heins-Glaser
With all of our parks and the Fallbrook Land Conservancy / Save our Forest working hard to build a great treescape, I’m not sure that I agree with this latest report that Fallbrook doesn’t have good access to nature. See for yourself:
From the Washington Post:
Using satellite imagery and data on dozens of factors — including air and noise pollution, park space, open water and tree canopy — NatureQuant has distilled the elements of health-supporting nature into a single variable called NatureScore. Aggregated to the level of Census tracts — roughly the size of a neighborhood — the data provide a high-resolution image of where nature is abundant and where it is lacking across the United States.
Why does nature make us healthy? One answer is the “old friends hypothesis” that our immune systems grow stronger when regularly exposed to the natural pathogens with which we evolved. Or maybe it’s that being in nature nudges us to exercise and socialize.
Click here to read the whole article (paywall)
I entered the address at Fallbrook St and Main to get our NatureScore and it’s not good, we’re rated as Nature Deficient:
The administration building for North County Fire on Main got repaving done a month or two ago and now the landscaping has been redone. A new memorial was added too. Spiffy!
On a recent afternoon, someone abandoned a dog at the library. Animal Control was on the scene, rescuing the poor pup, just before closing. Unfortunately, the Animal Services officer had to come from elsewhere in the county, so it was a 45-minute wait for them to arrive.
If you have an animal emergency and require immediate help, 911 may be the best bet because that connects with the sheriff here in Fallbrook. However you can also call Animal Services (based at the county animal shelter in Carlsbad) directly at 619-767-2675.