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Video of patrons standing for “The Star-Spangled Banner” inside a California eatery sent progressives into a tailspin online, including the person behind the TikTok post who captioned the incident “the most dangerous situation I’ve ever been in.”

Others chimed in, saying the moment would’ve been their “worst nightmare,” “that’s terrifying” and “this feels like a horror movie.”

Commenters included hashtags like #godblessamerica, #getout, #illegal and #whitepeoplethings.

Jeanene Paulino, owner of Rainbow Oaks restaurant in Fallbrook — where the patriotic moment occurred — said the complaints are all just another way of getting attention.

“I feel like, if we take a few minutes out of our day to be grateful for the men and women who have made the sacrifices so that we can stand up and say how we feel and she said how she felt. And I wish she realized that it’s because those men and women who made those sacrifices that she was able to do that,” she told hosts Todd Piro and Ashley Strohmier.

Paulino joined “Fox & Friends First” on Wednesday to weigh in on the reaction pouring in from progressives, saying she wishes they would recognize their freedom of speech comes from those fighting to preserve the right.

The footage that amassed criticism from some shows a number of diners rise and recite the pledge with their hands over their hearts as Old Glory waves on television screens nearby.

Paulino said the complaints posted by progressive patrons online were “privileged” and ungrateful to those who previously served and sacrificed.

“I think maybe they’re not focusing on gratitude,” she continued. “This particular TikToker had seen a local news post, so she probably did it for attention.”

Rainbow Oaks has maintained its tradition of standing for the national anthem daily for years, a tradition established by previous owners that Paulino said she is proud to continue.

“I come from a long line of patriots, so I was thrilled to keep the tradition going. No, we won’t be stopping,” she said.

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The TikToker also took some heat for being hyperbolic with the caption, with Paulino saying they should be grateful the US is so secure that such a benign incident made them feel threatened.

The sight of people standing with their hand over their heart for the National Anthem at a Southern California restaurant appeared to shock and horrify TikTok users.

In a viral video posted to the social media platform last week, about a dozen people are shown standing for the Star-Spangled Banner as it plays on a television screen in the bar area of Rainbow Oaks Restaurant in Fallbrook, California.

One TikTok user who was dining at the establishment posted the video with the caption, “By far the most dangerous situation I’ve ever been in.” She used the hashtags #godblessamerica. #getout, #illegal, and #whitepeoplethings afterwards.

The post garnered over 17,000 comments, with many expressing disgust at the patriotic display.

One TikToker revealed she worked at American restaurant Mission BBQ and had to stand for the anthem every day. “I hated it there so much,” she complained. Another agreed saying she hadn’t been back to that restaurant after experiencing the same thing.

One person said the scene looked like one out of a horror movie.

“Serious question. Is this real? Like people actually do this in real everyday life?” another user responded.

Some from other countries found the tradition bizarre.

“In Spain we dont even hear the national anthem that much, so this would 100% freak me out so much,” another user responded.

Several others called the video, “wild” “scary” and “terrifying.”

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The Southern California restaurant said it plays the anthem every day at noon in a recent social media post. The restaurant has kept this tradition for the past six years, San Diego’s KUSI News reported.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Rainbow Oaks Restaurant for comment on the social media backlash to the anthem.

FALLBROOK, Calif (KGTV) - Family and friends are keeping vigil, after a beloved drag performer was critically injured in a crash, which was believed to be weather-related.

As a fixture in the local drag community, 28-year-old Cody Doyle AKA ‘Ari Mirage,’ is known for dance moves and a brilliant fashion sense.

“Cody would describe himself as fem, gorgeous, loud, creative, and amazing. All those things,” said close friend Hannah Szafranski.

On Monday night, after a gig at a bar in Hillcrest, Doyle headed to his Fallbrook home. Around 2:30 a.m., and not far from home, the CHP says Doyle’s Nissan Sentra slid off Mission Road near Paseo De Lago, and slammed into a tree.

According to the CHP, wet roadways and fog were possible factors. Alcohol and drugs are not suspected.

Doyle suffered a host of broken bones, including a spinal fracture and three skull fractures. A brain bleed required emergency surgery. He remains in a coma in critical condition.

“Emotionally, I mean, it’s been absolutely heartbreaking,” said Szafranski.

Doyle’s family and friends have been at the hospital, praying and waiting.

“No one wants to think about him not waking up, but he's a fighter. If anyone can handle this, it's Cody,” said a tearful Szafranksi.

Doyle, who started performing drag nearly a decade ago, hosts shows in Hillcrest and Carlsbad. Several of those bars are now planning fundraisers, as donations pour into a Gofundme campaign in Doyle's name.

“I think the silver lining is that Cody is beautiful person, and he’s brought us all together,” said Szafranski.

While the prognosis for Doyle isn't clear, Szafranski remains hopeful. The road to recovery will be a long one.

“Our goal is get him back on stage performing. That’s where he belongs … Hopefully, in the next couple years, Cody is back on stage,” said Szafranski, choking back tears.

The CHP says their investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call their Oceanside area office at 760-643-3400.

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Rainbow and Fallbrook water districts are free to join a water system in Riverside County, after a split decision by regional policymakers Monday that would slightly lower costs for ratepayers in those districts but may raise water rates in other areas across San Diego County.

The San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO, which is responsible for approving and managing changes to local jurisdictions, voted 5-3 to authorize Fallbrook Public Utility District and Rainbow Muncipal Water District to separate from the San Diego Water Authority. They plan to join Eastern Municipal Water District, which serves southern Riverside County, said Jack Bebee general manager for the Fallbrook district.

Joining that district would enable them to buy water at lower rates from Metropolitan Water District, which provides wholesale water to much of Southern California. That would lower water bills for both agricultural and residential customers, Bebee said: “This gives us the ability to provide relief to both.”

Under the terms of the split, the two North County districts would pay the water authority $5 million per year for five years to offset its losses from the transition, Bebee said.

Fallbrook and Rainbow ratepayers could see a small cost savings as soon as the change takes effect, and rate cuts of about $20 per month after the five years of payments are over, he said.

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Nick Serrano, deputy chief of staff for San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, said those payouts would not prevent rate increases to some customers in other areas. San Diego city customers are expected pay about $2 more per month if the two districts leave the system, while ratepayers in some rural areas could see water bills rise by as much as $18 per month.

“The city of San Diego was opposed to detachment,” Serrano said. “It’s quite simply because we believe it’s the wrong solution to the challenges presented by the two agencies.”

Voters in the two districts must ratify the commission’s decision in an election. But officials opposed to the change said that process will exclude other water customers throughout the county who will be affected by the change.

“Today’s unprecedented decision by San Diego LAFCO is very disappointing because it will raise water rates for disadvantaged communities, working families, 70 percent of agriculture in the county, small businesses, and everyone else across our region,” Mel Katz, chair of the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors, said in a statement. “We’re deeply concerned that LAFCO decided that water ratepayers across San Diego County don’t get a say in whether Fallbrook and Rainbow can walk away from their bills and shift their costs to the rest of the county.”

The commission also directed staff to do an analysis of the water authority, referred to as a municipal sphere review, to determine whether it’s operating efficiently.

“It’s an under-the-hood look at everything that’s happening in an agency, their financials, their governance and flagging issues that need to be addressed,” Bebee said.

LA JOLLA —

Fallbrook has had some great baseball teams and great players over the years, including major leaguers Mike Leake and Donny Lucy.

But never in the school’s 100-year history have the Warriors won a CIF San Diego Section championship.

Until Saturday night.

Locked in a pitcher’s duel before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,200 at UC San Diego’s Triton Field, No. 2-seeded Fallbrook (22-9-1) broke a 1-1 tie with top-seeded Maranatha Christian, pushing across a run in the sixth for a 2-1 victory and the championship that was a century in the making.

Anthony Thomas doubled to start the inning and held at second on Austen Baker’s groundout. Thomas went to third on a passed ball and scored on Jace Cervantes’ squeeze bunt.

Junior Tyler Allegro started for Fallbrook and went five innings, allowing four hits, a run, walking one, striking out eight.

Tanyon Smith worked the last two innings, setting down all six batters he faced, striking out four.

Fallbrook pitchers retired the last 12 Maranatha Christian batters.

In all, 12 batters struck out for No. 1-seeded Maranatha Christian (24-8).

Hard-throwing Joey Witting, who is committed to Air Force, worked all seven innings for Maranatha Christian. He allowed five hits, two runs — one earned, walked two and fanned 12. On the season, Wittig finished with 94 strikeouts in 64 innings.

Fallbrook broke through first with Will Sherman, who had a one-out single, scoring on Smith’s two-out single in the third.

Maranatha Christian answered in the fourth when Levi Ham was hit by a pitch, Lucas Dawson and Jake Dagan singled to load the bases and Ham scored on Zeke Smith’s groundout.

Fallbrook advances to the Southern California Regionals with the pairings announced this afternoon.

Division 4

Calexico 12, Bishop’s 4: Bishop’s committed seven errors and Calexico took full advantage.

The No. 3-seeded Bulldogs (17-11) scored two runs in the second without aid of an error on an RBI single by Jose Ortega and fielder’s choice RBI by Leo Veliz. After the second, however, No. 1 Bishop’s (15-15) kept handing Calexico gifts.

Three Knights errors led to three Calexico runs in the third with only Manuel Cano driving in a run.

Veliz reached first on an error to start the Calexico fourth and scored on Tony Lopez’s groundout.

After a clean fifth, Bishop’s imploded in the sixth, with three more errors leading to six runs. Calexico had four hits in the inning, including Veliz’s double to center, drew two walks and had two batters hit by a pitch.

Calexico freshman pitcher Jose Ortega was superb after allowing a two-run single to Clyde Kates in the first inning. He retired 13 straight Bishop’s hitters from the first through the fifth before Bishop’s pushed across an unearned run in the sixth.

Ortega went 61/3 innings before he hit the 100-pitch limit, allowing two earned runs. He struck out six and walked one.

Nick Navarro got the final two outs for the Bulldogs.

Calexico rolled through the playoffs with victories over Central Union and Monte Vista before losing to Imperial, then beating Imperial 10-3 in an elimination game.

The Bulldogs advance to the Southern California Regionals with pairings announced this afternoon.

Bishop’s had lost nine games in a row before the start of the playoffs, then outscored Valley Center, Holtville and El Capitan 17-1 with shutouts of Valley Center and El Capitan.

Bishop’s was playing without head coach BK Santy, who had a good excuse: He was getting married.

Division 5

Lincoln 7, St. Joseph 4: Long known as a football-basketball school, Lincoln now has a CIF San Diego Section baseball championship to add to its collection of banners.

The No. 3-seeded Hornets broke open a close game on DH Julio Ojeda’s fifth-inning grand slam and beat No. 4-seeded St. Joseph Academy at UC San Diego’s Triton Ballpark to capture the Division 5 championship — the first baseball title in school history.

With baseball winning, the Hornets completed a big-three trifecta in boys sports, capturing CIF titles in football, basketball and now baseball.

“We lost to Palo Verde Valley in the championship game last season so we had some unfinished business,” said Lincoln coach Jesse De La Torre. “We kept the runner-up patch from last season and used it as motivation.

“We’re all proud of what Lincoln has accomplished in football (including a state championship this season), and basketball, but the other sports are starting to emerge.”

“The lacrosse and soccer teams won a league championship. Badminton did very well. So there is a lot to be proud of at Lincoln.”

The Hornets improved to 22-9 with the victory and advance to the Southern California Regionals with pairings to be announced today.

The big blow for Lincoln was Ojeda’s grand slam.

With Lincoln leading 3-2, Sebastian Sosa drew a one-out walk to get a rally started in the fifth. Damian Moreno and John Savalza were hit by pitches, setting the stage for Ojeda, a left-handed-hitting sophomore.

Looking for a fastball, he got one and drove it over the right-field wall, his first home run of the season.

“I figured he had to throw me a fastball, and it was right in my swing path,” Ojeda said. “I knew I had to drive in some runs, so I was looking to hit a line drive somewhere, anything to help the team. It was an amazing feeling.

“We knew what football and basketball had done, so we wanted to add to that.”

Lincoln scored first when Sebastian Sosa singled in Jesus Padilla, who singled and stole second.

St. Joseph Academy (11-8), making its first championship-game appearance, took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth inning with Andrew Wadds driving in a run with a single and a second scoring on a balk.

Lincoln wrested the lead back with two runs in the bottom of the inning on RBI singles by Giovanni Alvarez and Richard Leon.

St. Joseph Academy scored two in the top of the seventh to make it interesting with Joseph Romero tripling home Sam Romero, who had walked, and James Surritt, who had singled.

But Lincoln’s Alador Herrera got a groundout to second to end the game.

“My plan was to throw strikes, let them put balls in play and trust my defense,” Herrera said. “I’m nothing without my defense.”

Lincoln picked off three St. Joseph Academy runners — two at first, one at second.

“This is a great bunch of guys,” Herrera said. “We play together. Pick each other up.”

Asked about the big-three trifecta, Herrera said, “Yes, that gave us a lot of motivation.

“We didn’t want to get to the championship game and let it get away.

“Next year, let’s win Division 4.”

De La Torre said the Hornets have been hunting the championship since last year’s loss to Palo Verde Valley.

“We started working toward this almost immediately,” De La Torre said. “We played American Legion ball last summer, and it was a huge help. Our kids can’t afford travel ball, but the American Legion allowed us to play as a team with no charge to the kids.

“We struggled some, but it was because we were facing better competition. So we improved by playing up a level or two. And we haven’t stopped working.

“I’m so proud the kids can see that hard work and dedication pays off.”