The halfway point has come and gone for many of the local high school fall sports programs and many of them saw some great movement this week. The action in the water, on the fields and on the girls’ volleyball and tennis courts is heating up as playoffs get close. The updated polls show quite a few local teams...
Brandon Jantz, the owner of Temecula FC, is just a soccer person; he is no businessman, he said.But to own a professional soccer team, is – by default – to be a businessman. Make that team a minor league club in Temecula Valley struggling to draw interest in the community while unsuccessfully attempting to partner with other local clubs,...
The president of the American Federation of Speedball Waleid Hanna recently connected with Murrieta Mesa High School as the sponsor of the school’s new Speedball Club. The sport of speedball is being introduced to America by Hanna as the U.S. founder. The game is essentially a combination of tether ball and tennis, requiring the mastery of both hand and eye...
Last year Perris Auto Speedway initiated its four-cylinder Mini Stocks class during the middle of the season, so there was no season championship. This year the Mini Stocks ran a full season, and Michael Hartfield was the division champion.“I’m still kind of excited about this whole win,” Hartfield said. “It’s a blessing.”Hartfield, a 2008 Paloma Valley High School graduate...
The Temecula Mountain Lions Rugby Club hosted a men’s rugby tournament Sept. 21, to benefit local resident Dave Romero, who recently received news of his stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis of a non-smoking lung cancer that has spread to his spinal column. As a father of six, a grandfather of five and a husband of 37 years Romero and...
The Great Oak High School Wolfpack took out the competition Thursday, Oct. 3, at the most recent Southwestern League cluster, despite Murrieta Mesa’s Cole Havins taking the top spot for the boys with a time of 14 minutes 59.4 seconds. The rest of the field for the top 5 played out like this for the boys’ three-mile run: Joshua...
It was the first ever tournament the ladies of Great Oak High School hosted Saturday, Sept. 30. Held at Temecula Creek Inn, and consisting of both 18-hole courses, nine schools joined in on the inaugural R. Murphy Classic, also dubbed “The Murph.”Temecula Valley, Murrieta Mesa, Glendora, Elsinore, Sage Creek, Temescal Canyon, La Habra and Villa Park high schools all...
The next two weeks’ weather forecast looks like southwest Riverside County is back to a period of more normal temperatures for this time of year, but Santa Ana winds could show up anytime now. Gardeners should make sure to check their irrigation system if they haven’t after the heat of summer. Roses should be actively recovering from the light...
California is adopting nearly two dozen laws aimed at preventing and fighting the devastating wildfires that have charred large swaths of the state in recent years and killed scores of people.Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, Oct. 2, that he had signed the 22 bills, saying several also will help the state meet its clean energy goals.The measures largely...
Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric and other power companies throughout California will be shutting down power to fire-prone areas when there is potentially dangerous weather conditions, the utility groups recently announced.“During these events, we will proactively turn off power in high fire risk areas to reduce the threat of wildfires. Turning off our customers’ power is...