The Murrieta-Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and the city of Murrieta are inviting job-seekers and potential employers to a job fair next month.The job fair, scheduled from 3-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Murrieta Spectrum Center on Madison Avenue, will feature employers from a wide range of fields, including office, retail, hospitality, medicine, customer service, security, food service, care...

WASHINGTON – Child Care Aware of America recently released its 13th annual “The U.S. and The High Price of Child Care: An Examination of a Broken System” which found that child care is unaffordable in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. For 30 years, Child Care Aware of America has been the leading voice for quality, affordable child care in...

“The road less traveled” is an iconic idiom that has bounced around for decades, but sadly, not enough young people are taking it as they head into adulthood.Paraphrased from a line in the Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken,” the road less traveled conjures the image of a young person acting independently, freeing themselves from conformity and perhaps making bold...

The state Legislature returns Jan. 6, to complete the 2019-2020 session. The 80 Assemblymembers and 40 Senators will gather in the state Capitol to begin work on some of the most consequential issues that have ever faced California.It’s likely that around 3,000 bills will be introduced over the next few weeks. All legislation must be submitted to the Office...

Editor’s note: Each week Valley News wants to know what readers think about everything from day to day living to the politically charged environment that we live in today. In an effort to hear what our community has to say, Valley News is introducing “Word on the Street,” a new column designed to do just that. Check back each...

JILL DOBSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Salma Hayek said the new comedy "Like a Boss" created an opportunity for her to work with more female actors than usual compared to previous films. Hayek called filming with the predominantly-led female cast that included Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish a "breath of fresh air." She said having the openly gay Billy...

NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Buried under about 10 feet (3 meters) of snow after an avalanche this week at an Idaho ski resort, Bill Fuzak made peace with his predicament and prepared for death. "I had already relegated myself to the inevitable as I knew the air would not last long,'' Fuzak, 62, wrote on a public Facebook page for...

KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) — Billionaire Tom Steyer qualified Thursday for next week's Democratic presidential debate, putting him on stage in Iowa alongside five other candidates. "This campaign has a fair bit of momentum right now," he said while campaigning in New Hampshire after learning he'd qualified. He'll join former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste and agreed to a $5 million fine, federal prosecutors said. The waste was produced by filtering arsenic out of Sierra Nevada spring water at CG Roxane LLC's facility in Owens Valley, authorities said. The company entered the pleas...

ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buck Henry, "The Graduate" co-writer who as screenwriter, character actor, "Saturday Night Live" host and cherished talk-show and party guest became an all-around cultural superstar of the 1960s and 70s, has died. He was 89. Henry's wife, Irene Ramp, told The Washington Post that his death Wednesday in Los Angeles was due to...