Growing up, Great Oak High School
graduate Rochelle Berwick always dreamed of being a ballerina. But
after realizing that dream as a professional, she discovered it
wasn’t for her.Instead, she looked to the sky.“After working professionally for a couple of years, I realized that was not what I wanted most in life.” Berwick said. “I love the performing arts, so...
The Hemet City Council conducted their
annual reorganization and named councilmember Russ Brown as the new
mayor at the Dec. 10 meeting and honored police Chief Rob Webb for
his long service to the city before his upcoming retirement.Regular business resulted in the
council recommending approval in hiring Interim City Manager
Christopher Lopez as the city’s new city manager with a request to
investigate...
Lake Elsinore City Council at its Dec.
10 meeting approved an application from one of the owners of the Lake
Elsinore Casino for a development agreement and a conditional use
permit to open a new cannabis facility in the city.The planning commission unanimously
approved the application from Ted Kingston at a meeting Dec. 3,
sending it to the city council for a final vote.The...
Hundreds of fans of craft beers took to
the streets of Old Town Temecula Saturday, Dec. 14, while
participating in the Ugly Sweater Beer Crawl.Participants enjoyed the latest releases from each of the breweries that participated – Craft Brewing Company, Stone Church Brewing and Ironfire Brewing – and dining on offerings from Crush and Brew as well as enjoying the beers...
Kirk Madeiros isn’t a very good gift
giver. Or is he?As the story goes, he gifted his son a
spruce tree for the yard at his house, but less than a year later,
the owner of Craft Brewing Company was back to take half of the tree
away.However, it was for a good cause –
the brewery recently released its Oh, Christmas...
Sadly, Dick Clark has left us. So,
there’s really no good reason to be lazy by staying home and skip
ringing in the New Year with fellow southwest Riverside County
cohorts.OK, there are a few – but – don’t
these New Year’s Eve events and parties seem like a lot of fun?1909These events are listed alphabetically,
but really, we love the idea that...
“Queen and Slim”
came in fourth place at the weekend box office. It’s not hard to
see why the film finished so low; it’s playing on fewer than half
the screens of higher-ranking holdovers “Frozen II,” “Knives
Out” and “Ford v Ferrari.” But I can also see why it finished
so high despite playing on fewer screens than the fifth- through
ninth-place finishers. Most of...
TEMECULA ─ The Old Town Temecula
Community Theater invites audiences to experience Temecula Presents’
2019-2020 Classical Music Series.Temecula Theater’s 15th season of
Classical music launches Saturday, Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m. with the
return of world-renowned concert pianist and lecturer, Jeffery
Siegel: Keyboard Conversations.Siegel’s popular and lively
commentary has been captivating audiences for decades, making musical
masterpieces more accessible and meaningful for all. Each...
‘Tis the season for the Southern
Section offices of the California Interscholastic Federation to
announce the names for those top student athletes that made the
All-CIF teams for their prospective programs. As selected by the
Girls’ Volleyball Coaches’ Selection Committee and presented by
the LA84 Foundation, this list represents the athletes that were
awarded the honor of being a First Team selection from the fall
sports...