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A vehicle fire was reported through 911 on Saturday, March 18 at 10:21 a.m. on SB-15 just north of SR-76. North County Fire Protection District was dispatched at 10:22 a.m. and arrived at 10:31 a.m. On arrival, units located a fully engulfed foodliner semi with an attached tanker that had been carrying liquid sugar. Firefighters were quickly able to extinguish the fire and contain it to just the truck itself. A HAZMAT crew from San Diego was called to help with runoff. Two saddle tanks had ruptured, dumping fuel. “San Diego Fire-Rescue HAZMAT assisted with containment and disposal of the diesel fuel spill,” said NCFPD PIO John Choi. “Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the truck. The trailer normally carries liquid sugar, but was empty at the time of the fire,” said Choi. At around 11 a.m. a sig alert was issued due to the heavy traffic and emergency vehicles that were on the scene, as the truck needed to be towed and HAZMAT was still on the scene. Lanes 3 and 4 were impacted. There were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is unknown. Choi said it is under investigation and there is no additional information at this time.
Diane A. Rhodes Special to Valley News The regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency on March 14 was brief and brisk as consent calendar items 1-9 were passed unanimously, as were Successor Agency Consent Calendar items 10-12. see page A-4
Business Local schools, districts seeking to fill over 650 openings at education recruitment event
RIVERSIDE – From Murrieta to Blythe, Lake Elsinore to Palm Springs and nearly every district in-between, recruiters from Riverside County’s public school system will be seeking to fill more than 650 positions at the 2023 Countywide Education Recruitment Fair set for Saturday, March 25, at the Riverside County Office of Education Conference Center, 4280 Brockton Ave., in Riverside. The event is free and will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. see page B-7
National News FBI, DOJ investigating TikTok over surveillance of Americans Laurel Duggan Daily Caller News Foundation The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are investigating Chinese company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, for surveilling Americans, according to Forbes. see page D-5
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The truck was fully engulfed when crews arrived, but they were able to contain the fire to just the truck. Valley News/NCFPD photo
Community leaders honored by San Jacinto Rotary Diane A. Rhodes Special to Valley News
The San Jacinto Rotary Community Foundation held its 14th annual community recognition dinner at a filled-to-capacity dining room at Emilio’s Restaurant in San Jacinto on March 13. Rotary President Vince Record said the awards are the club’s way of saying thank you to those who make outstanding contributions to the community. Those honored were San Jacinto High School Coach Aric Galliano, San Jacinto Unified School District Classified Employee Valentin Sanchez, Sheriff’s Deputy Dennis Postle, Firefighter Richard Tovar, Nonprofit Soboba Foundation and its president Dondi Silvas, Business of the Year Arrow Printing and owner Kevin Walker and Citizen of the Year Debra Willis. Each honoree was introduced and presented with a plaque. Willis will have her name added to the perpetual plaque that is displayed see ROTARY, page A-4
Honorees at the San Jacinto Rotary’s annual community recognition dinner are, from left, Dondi Silvas, Valentin Sanchez, Debra Willis, Dennis Postle, Kevin Walker, Aric Galliano and Richard Tovar. Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photo
Darell Farnbach, Vail Ranch Headquarters restoration champion, dies at age 80
Rebecca Marshall Farnbach Special to Valley News
Darell Farnbach, who oversaw the restoration of Vail Ranch Headquarters in Temecula, died Tuesday, March 14, at the age 80. Farnbach was a fourth-generation Californian who had lived in the mountains, in the desert and in the city in this state. He experienced life in California as far south as Temecula to near the northern border in Alturas. Darell Joe Farnbach’s story begins when the two men who would become his grandfathers began working on the Red Line in Los Angeles in the early 1900s. Albert Cash, who was a New Englander from Nantucket Island and worked as a motorman on the Red Line, began to homestead some land in the San Gabriel Mountains near Wrightwood in 1916 but found it was too much
work for him. He offered to split the land with his coworker Joe Farnbach, a first-generation German born in America who was a conductor on the Red Line if he would help him with the mandatory improvements on the homestead. The teamwork made the two families grow close. After their children Alberta Cash and Gerald Farnbach met as children, their friendship grew into love. Gerald and Alberta attended Life Bible College in Los Angeles, founded by the famous female evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. They were joined in marriage in 1929 in a double wedding ceremony performed by McPherson. Three children were born to Gerald and Alberta, with Darell coming last at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles on April 14, 1942. For a while, the family lived in Los
Angeles and then they moved to the family homestead, the rustic Wrightwood Lazy B-J-F Ranch. After a while, the Farnbachs’ marriage dissolved, and Darell went to live with his father, stepmother and stepsiblings Sheila and David Brooks in Ukiah, where they soon welcomed Darell’s baby brother Bob. Later, Darell lived with his grandmother and grandfather Farnbach in Auburn. Darell wanted to live with his mother, and after some persuasion, he got his way. He lived with her on the Lockhart Ranch near Barstow, where she was a cook. His mother eventually married a cowboy named Cliff Johnson who gave Darell an extended family with aunts and uncles and cousins. Darell moved with the Johnsons to see FARNBACH, page A-5
Temecula resident Darell Farnbach, who died at home Tuesday, March 14 following a long illness, was instrumental in the restoration of Vail Headquarters with his wife Rebecca Marshall Farnbach. Valley News/Rebecca Marshall Farnbach photo