MENIFEE – Mediacom Communications announced it will open the doors to its new Menifee-area customer service center Monday, Nov. 18. The company also announced new, extended service hours so that customers can receive in-store assistance from 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. weekdays.Mediacom’s new customer service center will occupy retail space at the Shops at Scott shopping area on the south side...
Julie Reeder, publisher of the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News, had a decision to make Oct. 20, 2000.A group of local weekly newspapers including the Rancho News had been purchased and assimilated into the daily Press Enterprise and southwest Riverside County had lost their community papers. The corporate management laid off the Rancho News staff.Reeder raised some capital from her stockholders...
Brick and mortar store fronts are becoming a thing of the past. You’ve heard the chatter; you’ve seen major retailers like Macy’s, Dress Barn, Pier One Imports and Walgreens shutter stores. But is brick and mortar really dying, or just evolving into something new?Cheyenne Robinson, an account executive with Buxton, a leader in customer analytics which provides in-depth analysis...
SACRAMENTO – Assembly member Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, released a statement following the California Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling regarding President Donald Trump’s tax returns being a requirement for the March 3 primary election.“Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of SB 27 was clearly a political stunt to suppress the speech of millions of Californians at a time when he should be focusing...
California has many powerful state agencies that impact the lives of millions. One of the most powerful, but perhaps less known or understood, is the California Public Utilities Commission.The CPUC was created in 1911 after a constitutional amendment was approved by voters to reorganize the Railroad Commission, which was established decades earlier to regulate the state’s powerful railroad industry....
TEMECULA – There are many ways to avoid infection, but few might be as simultaneously simple and effective as handwashing.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps a person can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. While skeptics might question just how big an...
RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A national lottery group rocked by an insider's jackpot-rigging conspiracy said Monday it has settled a lawsuit brought by an Iowa grandfather who alleged that a $9 million prize he won in 2011 should have been nearly three times as big.
The Multi-State Lottery Association and Larry Dawson informed a judge...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell normally spends his days in the marble halls of Washington, meeting with senators and Fed economists.
On Monday, he learned about the job market from an 18-year-old named Jasmine.
A recent high school graduate, Jasmine Ayala explained to Powell how she has just landed a good job...
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military dog that played a starring role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seemed oblivious to the praise that President Donald Trump heaped on it Monday at the White House.
Conan, a Belgian Malinois, seemed much more interested in the head scratches it was getting from Mike...
GARY FIELDS
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise worldwide, schools should take steps to teach empathy as an antidote to racism and religious hatred, several rabbis attending an international conference said.
The religious leaders praised a pilot project in El Paso, Texas, that requires students to pause each day to consider...