The Nike Cross Nationals is the
ultimate cross-country experience, and when runners from all over the
nation took to the course Saturday, Dec. 7, in Portland, Oregon, all
eyes were on Great Oak and Newbury Park high schools.This year marked
the 16th anniversary of the event and included individual and club
qualifiers from eight regional championships that came together to
compete to be crowned...
The Southern Section offices of the California Interscholastic Federation recently announced the names for the top student athletes that made the All-CIF teams from the boys’ water polo fall season. Presented by the LA84 Foundation, as selected by the Southern California Water Polo Coaches’ Association, the list included two local student athletes who were awarded the honor of being...
Dozens of the top-ranked mixed martial
arts fighters grabbed their gym bags and fight gloves and headed to
Toyota Arena in Ontario Sunday, Dec. 8, in hopes of walking away with
a win in the King of the Cage “Hard Drive” event. Overall 19
bouts took place in the octagon with much of the excitement centered
on undefeated featherweight fighters Michael Green and Gabriel...
The high school winter sports season is
in full preseason swing and the updated rankings show quite a few
local teams getting great exposure in their perspective divisions as
the seasons get underway. The latest CIF Southern Section polls were
released Monday, Dec. 16, as we bring you some of the local area
teams that have cracked the rankings:Boys’ BasketballDIVISION 1No. 6...
TEMECULA – The Temecula Community
Services Department announced the winners of the ‘Twas the Lights
Before Christmas home decorating contest. To view all entries, see
the interactive map on the city website: www.TemeculaCA.gov.Award categories
and winners are as follows: Debatable Inflatables: 45955 Hunter Lodge
Lane; Clark Griswold: 33099 Sage Court; Neighborhood: Corrigan Place;
Norman Rockwell: 41810 Rio Grande Drive; Reason for the Season: 43125
Corte...
MENIFEE – The Rotary Club of Menifee honored Dr. Jeremy Brown, the interim vice president of instruction at Mt. San Jacinto College with its Vocational Service Award.The award, given at the club’s annual “Mayor’s Ball” in October, recognizes non-Rotarian individuals who have made a significant impact using their vocation to promote ethics and service in the community.When Brown arrived at...
TEMECULA – Expenses for the average
household can pile up quickly. One of the easiest ways to keep a
budget in check is to focus on how much is being spent on food.
Chances are grocery bills can be reduced dramatically without
upsetting daily routines.A 2012 Gallup Poll found the average
American family spends $151 a week on food. Cutting food costs often
involves...
TEMECULA
– Kwanzaa is an opportunity for families to gather and celebrate
their rich cultural heritage. Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration from
Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 that was the brainchild of Dr. Maulana
Karenga, a professor and chairman of Black studies at California
State University Long Beach in 1966. At a time when rioting was
prevalent near where Karenga lived and worked, he thought...
Residential rental costs in the
Riverside metropolitan area jumped almost 50% over the past decade,
trending in line with neighboring urban locations, according to
figures released today by a real estate tracking firm.Seattle-based Zillow crunched data on
lease costs borne by residents in 50 large metro areas nationwide,
all of which recorded double-digit percentage increases in rents paid
between the start of 2010 and...
Businesses small or large in California classify their workers either as full time, part time, temporary or independent contractors. Worker classification can be tricky, and employers must know how to navigate in the maze of legislations to stay out of trouble.Part-time workers are employees working less than 32 hours a week and not eligible for benefits such as health,...