Jeff Pack
Staff WriterFans of Santa Claus, young and old, were thrilled to see the big man make a stop at Ponte Winery for a special event at the winery on Sunday, Dec. 8. Visitors could enjoy refreshments and cookies while waiting their turn to be photographed with Santa — mom and dad could sneak a glass or two, also. When the...
Jeff Pack
Staff WriterWhat’s better than an ugly sweater party? An Ugly Sweater Beer Crawl hosted by some of Old Town Temecula’s best craft breweries.“This is a very joyful event,” Kirk D. Medeiros, President of Craft Brewing Company, said. “This will bring business to Old Town Temecula, last year it was a huge success just to see the expressions on...
Jeff Pack
Staff WriterJonathan Hawkins is a regular with the Temecula Valley Symphony, often called upon to bolster the music with vocals, taking the songs to new heights. As a tenor, he is also called to several other projects throughout the year, and recently, he apologized for his lack of availability due to a performance at Buckingham Palace with Bravo Amici.“It’s...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California secretary of state's office conducted a random drawing Thursday to determine the order in which presidential candidates will appear on the March 3 primary ballot.
Each Assembly district will have a different ballot, with the names of the presidential candidates rotating per district. That means each candidate will have a chance at the top of...
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — More than 130,000 people have purchased health insurance through California's state-run marketplace for the first time, a 16% increase from last year now that the state is offering more money to help people pay their monthly premiums and will begin taxing people next year who refuse to buy insurance.
Covered California released the numbers...
BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is bringing back special labels to help users identify accounts and tweets from U.S. political candidates.
The company, which first used such labels for the midterm elections last year, said it is trying to provide users with original sources of information and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling voters.
Many political...
ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
GERVAIS, Ore. (AP) — It was nighttime when Pedro Lucas came home, clutching receipts showing he had paid a funeral home to have the bodies of three immigrant laborers returned to Guatemala from Oregon.
The three, including two of Lucas' cousins, were killed when a pickup truck slammed into a van carrying them and 10 other Guatemalans...
PHILIP MARCELO
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon bomber's lawyers urged a federal court to overturn their client's death sentence, arguing Thursday that intense media coverage and signs of juror bias led to an unfair trial.
The three-judge panel for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn't render a decision on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sentence but devoted a significant...
MAE ANDERSON
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health.
Once it's implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help, similar to calling 911 for emergencies or...