Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Where there is smoke there must be a fire. This time the smoke in Murrieta had firemen downtown for a five-alarm barbecue. Local firefighters showed off their culinary skills as they served up 1900 pounds of beef, slow cooked in a deep pit for 24 hours at the Murrieta Fire Departments 64th annual barbecue. The secret recipe and unique cooking process created a one-of-a-kind tender, smoky barbecue-flavored meal for more than a thousand visitors. Citizens came from around the...
The third annual Taxed Enough Already Tea Party Rally was held last Saturday at the Duck Pond in Temecula from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ed and Dotti Toumanian of Temecula felt the fair turnout was due to a late receipt of invitations from organizers. The couple stood on the southeast corner of Rancho California and Ynez roads with about 20 other people, who supported the Tea Party rally, around noon. More people came and went throughout the day. The Toumanians – who have been b...
FALLBROOK – Valley and Village News are kicking off the beginning of summer with another Soul Roll Expo, set for May 14, 11 a.m. to 9 pm. This all-ages event promises to provide a great time with live bands, food from Trupiano‘s, demonstrations, free caricature drawings, an over-21 beer garden, and product raffles and giveaways. “We will continue to bring positive vibes all day to Main Street with several bands, some returning, and some playing for the first time in Fal...
Stalled plans to bring the first new freeway interchange to the so-called “Twin Cities” of southwest Riverside County is expected to shift gears soon and accelerate out of the slow lane, officials said. But officials acknowledge that a series of steps must be taken before work can begin on the first phase of a $200 million project would be unprecedented for the area. “There are a lot of moving parts,” Greg Butler, Temecula’s public works director, said following a meeting l...
A fundraiser for a breast cancer resource center in Murrieta had reality television stars racing through the southwest Riverside County area on a “Fun for Funds” scavenger hunt. Reality Rally was held last Saturday in Temecula as a benefit for Michelle’s Place, a nonprofit that supports those living with breast cancer concerns. The million dollar question on everyone’s mind according to Kim Goodough, executive director of Michelle’s Place, is how much money Reality Rally rai...
Some days go not as we have planned, Sometimes we slip and fall. We have to learn from our mistakes, The most proving lesson of all. Sometimes it’s better to learn alone, To teach yourself to stand. So you don’t live your entire life, Being fed by hand. When you fall, stand back up, Get on the road again. Push yourself and don’t look back, To places you have been. Days of hardship soon will pass, Troubled times will cease. So stand and finish up life’s race, And you will be at peace. Though you may feel your time is up, And...
In the midst of a field, Gorgeous wild flowers grow, Who wave at me as I pass, Fluttering in the wind to-and-fro. Cascading down from the mountainside, Sparkling water flows, I hear the sound of the waterfall crashing, Into the lake below. Beneath my feet, the grass looks so soft, A place where you can rest, The perfect picnic area to sit and eat, Probably the best. The sky is like a sapphire, With bits of drifting clouds, I could gaze for hours, At the wonders I have found. As the wind blows, My hair flies all around, I...
I recently heard a story about a pastor who was participating as a guest minister at a church. While standing at the entrance to the church with one of the head elders, he noticed a beat up car pull up and park and watched a frazzled lady get out of it. The pastor could tell by the look on her face that she didn’t normally attend church, and by the look of her clothes she has had a very difficult life. As she approached the door to enter the church, the head elder said to her, “Miss, we dress up for God here.” The woman...
On April 14, at about 5:45 p.m., officers from the Temecula Police Department responded to a robbery at the US Bank Vons Office located at 29530 Rancho California Road in Temecula. A black male gave the teller a note, which stated this was a robbery and demanded the teller to give him cash. The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect then fled the store on foot with the cash. No weapons were seen, and no customers or bank employees were injured...
A Blue Alert is issued to the public when a law enforcement officer has been killed, suffers serious bodily injury, or is assaulted with a deadly weapon, and the suspect has fled the scene of the offense. It is intended to not only alert the public about dangerous or violent suspects who pose a threat to public safety but also to solicit the public’s assistance in the apprehension of the suspect. The Blue Alert system was enacted into California law with the passage of S...
MURRIETA - Pretrial motions was slated to be heard Thursday for the retrial of a Nuevo man accused of gunning down a repair shop owner over payment for what the defendant believed was shoddy work. The attorney for Saul Villa Avalos informed Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer Monday that he would be ready to begin proceedings before the end of the week. Deputy District Attorney Greg Garrison has previously indicated he’s prepared to move forward with the case. Avalos remains held without bail at the Southwest...
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County Superior Court judge Tuesday scheduled a trial for a Riverside man accused of fatally shooting his 15-year- old girlfriend for mid-June. Benjamin James Boatman, 23, could get 50 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations of using a gun and causing great bodily harm. Rebecca Marth was fatally shot in the head on March 18, 2010. Boatman, jailed on $1 million bail, also is charged with possessing an outlawed gun and selling pot. Lawyers...
RIVERSIDE - A South Korean man suspected of perpetrating a multimillion-dollar scam in his homeland and trying to hide out in Riverside County was returned to South Korea, authorities said Wednesday. Kyochung Lee, 55, was transported by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents to Seoul on Tuesday, where the fugitive was turned over to officers with the Korean National Police, according to ICE officials. Lee was arrested at his Temecula apartment in January, nearly a year after the Seoul Central Public Prosecutor’s O...
MURRIETA - A woman who allowed her three young children to ride without seatbelts in a pickup truck that turned over while being towed pleaded guilty last Thursday to misdemeanor charges. Maura Padilla Garcia, 37, admitted negligence in the April 3 accident on state Route 74 that left two of her children with minor injuries. Garcia reached a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office that spared her jail time for three counts of child endangerment and one count of delaying or obstructing a peace o...
On Sunday, April 17, about 1 a.m., officers were dispatched to a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Wesley Street. The driver, identified as Hernan Menchaca, 19, of Murrieta, was found trapped inside the vehicle. Fire personnel had to extricate Hernan from the vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital. Preliminary investigation indicates Hernan was driving south on Grand Avenue at a high rate of speed and lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle rolled over and...
MURRIETA - A single-engine airplane that ran into engine trouble crashed last Thursday near Murrieta as the pilot, who suffered minor injuries, attempted to make an emergency landing. The accident occurred around 9:40 a.m. in an open field near the intersection of Washington Street and Benton Road, about two miles northeast of French Valley Airport. According to Riverside County sheriff’s Cpl. Courtney Donowho, the aviator had just departed the air field in his Zenith CH750 when it began losing power. “He said he tried to...
In a telephone interview May 3, Clark Murphy, the brother of 19-year-old Conrad Murphy of Fallbrook who sustained life-threatening injuries in a head-on collision on State Route 76 the morning of April 23, said although his sibling remains in a coma at Palomar Hospital, he is now considered to be in stable condition. "He's been showing great signs," said Clark. "He's healthy and strong; he has his age going for him." Clark, a Fallbrook High graduate recruited to Major League...
County-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day scheduled for Saturday April 30, 2011 from 10am to 2pm. Fallbrook area and Camp Pendleton residents will have an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted prescription medications at several locations. No questions are asked, and the medication will be disposed of according to State and Federal laws. The Take-Back event will be: Saturday April 30, 2011, 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at the Sheriff's Fallbrook Station at 388 East Alvarado St ., Fallbrook; MCB Camp Pendleton - Military...
MURRIETA – Tri-Valley Medical Group recently relocated to the to the Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta and will provide unprecedented convenience to patience receiving care at the brand new state-of-the-art medical center. “We are very proud to be affiliated with Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta,” says Jonathan Dinh, MD, a board-certified internal medicine specialist. Tri-Valley has the only primary care doctors with offices on the new campus. “This will make it easier for us to see our patie...
TEMECULA – An advancement in current information (IT) skills is key to beating the competition in the job market. Technical computer training schools, like The Computer Training Academy located in Temecula, are becoming more flexible in their training and instructions. The Computer Training Academy, a Microsoft IT Academy, offers top-notch all-inclusive training and support that goes way above the required certification needed to enter into this industry, with as little as four hours a week in class. Students are given...
April, Fiore, and other pets are available from Sun City K-9 Adoptions, 26510 Murrieta Road, Menifee. All dogs are altered and microchipped. They are available every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Menifee PETCO. For more information, call (951) 679-6444 or visit www.sck9adoptions.org....
RIVERSIDE - A handful of residents assisted a cat stuck on a pole and now his foster parent wants to reunite the acrobatic feline with his rightful owner. Marilyn Floore of Riverside is fostering the 4-year-old cat at her home. She said she believes the cat has an owner because he was wearing a collar when he scaled a utility pole near her property. The cat somehow ended up on the top of a utility pole on Thursday, April 14. When Floore and residents discovered the cat was...
LAKE ELSINORE – This year is Lake Elsinore Storm’s 18th season, and they celebrated Century Night April 9 commemorating the 100th former Storm player to reach the major leagues. Cedric Hunter, who played for the Storm in 2008, opened the 2011 season on the San Diego Padres’ 25-man roster. He made his major league debut in the Padres’ season opener March 31 in St. Louis, entering the game as a pinch-runner in the top of the 11th inning. Hunter subsequently scored the second run of the inning and remained in the game...
A local resident has recently started using rapid transit with his new off-road lizard. Southwest Boulder & Stone President Mike McLeod recently added a dune buggy to his company’s motorsports team. After years of collecting rocks in the desert, McLeod has started an off-road race team and is now racing around the desert trying to figure out the sport. Comprised of employees of Southwest Boulder & Stone along with other local residents, the team is making quite a splash for a...
Southwest Riverside County brides-to-be, collectors, and others will have their eyes fixed on what Kate Middleton will be wearing when she marries Prince William of Wales on April 29 in Westminster Abbey, London. Karolin Di Cristina of Belle Mariée Bridal – a full-service bridal boutique which has locations in Murrieta and Riverside – said she will likely receive requests from clients inspired by Middleton’s wedding gown. “It will depend on what the bride is look...
