The Riverside County Board of Supervisors members are also the board members of the county’s Housing Authority, and in that capacity the county supervisors gave approval to Section 8 voucher housing assistance for the Hemet Vista apartment complex.The supervisors’ 5-0 vote, Nov. 19, approved the Section 8 Project-based Voucher Program Housing Assistance Payments Contract between the Housing Authority and...
TEMECULA – People move for various reasons. Some have outgrown their existing homes and need something bigger, while others move to downsize.Regardless of why people move, moving occurs more often than you might think. The U.S. Census Bureau said one in nine people relocated in 2015 to a new neighborhood, a new state or even across the country. Relocating,...
TEMECULA – Financial changes are a fact of life. Changes occur at every turn, including when students leave home for the first time, people get married and when families purchase their first home. One of the biggest financial changes occurs when starting a family.Starting a family can come with a measure of sticker shock, particularly for young couples without...
Hemet llama and alpaca owner Barbie Carlson received two grand champion awards at the Llama Association of Southern California banquet, Nov. 2, in Redlands.Carlson was given the Grand Champion Masters Performance award for llamas in that division and the Grand Champion Alpaca Performance award.“These awards are handler awards,” Carlson said. “It’s based on the points that I accumulate over...
TEMECULA – Gingerbread cookies and houses are one of the many symbols of the holiday season, alongside Christmas trees and twinkling lights. In fact, few confections symbolize the holidays more so than gingerbread.Many a child, or a child at heart, has spent hours carefully trying to create decorative gingerbread houses. Although gingerbread recipes span various cultures, gingerbread houses originated...
As dusk descends on the Anza Valley, insistent “whhooo, whooos!” can be heard echoing through the still air. These are the haunting calls of the male Great Horned Owl.According to the Audubon Society, “The Great Horned Owl is in many ways the quintessential owl. Picture an owl in your head, and you’ve probably imagined the Great Horned. It is...
A divided Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a limited “Good Neighbor Policy” that establishes criteria for gauging the compatibility of future logistics center projects with the unincorporated communities where they’re intended to be built and sets operational standards that may or may not be applied.In a 3-2 vote, Tuesday, Nov. 19, with Supervisors Kevin Jeffries and Chuck Washington...
FOOTBALL
No. 16 Auburn upends No. 5 Alabama's playoff hopes, 48-45
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Shaun Shivers scored on an 11-yard run with 8:08 left to put No. 16 Auburn ahead and another failed field goal by Alabama in the Iron Bowl wiped away the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide's playoff hopes in a wild 48-45 victory for the Tigers on Saturday.
Auburn (9-3,...
DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODY
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — James Daly is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the lengthy line outside and legally start selling recreational pot for the first time in the Midwest.
"We've worked very hard to be prepared," said Daly, who owns...