French Valley Airport is slated to receive $2.24 million in federal funds for resurfacing work on the taxiway and runway; it was announced Monday, Sept. 23.The Riverside County-owned airfield was among 354 recipients of grants totaling $986 million under the Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program.“This significant investment in airport improvements in California will fund construction and rehabilitation projects...
The attacks on President Donald Trump’s character could actually help his reelection and not because of a backlash or by diverting the Democrats from campaigning on substantive issues.In the 2016 election, the combined vote total for Trump and Gary Johnson exceeded the votes for Hillary Clinton and Jill Stein combined. Trump carried 30 states, and in four others the...
I attended the Temecula City Council meeting, Sept. 3, to comment on the “balanced energy” resolution on the consent calendar. This idea sounds like a good one since the verbiage included local control over energy sources as part of this proposal. This plan is just what the formation of Community Choice Aggregates provides.However, I was notified by my colleagues...
Millions of people were outraged in 2015 when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a 62-year-old drug that is considered the gold standard in the treatment of a life-threatening parasitic infection from $13.50 to $750 overnight, a 5,000%-plus increase. Likewise, the cost of the drug cycloserine, which is used to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis, jumped from $500 for 30...
TEMECULA – Vail Headquarters is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in their parking lot at 32115 Temecula Parkway in Temecula.Anyone 17 and older, who weighs at least 114 pounds and is in good health may be eligible to donate blood. A good meal and plenty...
The number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. could soon climb much higher, a public health official said recently.Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a congressional subcommittee that she believes “hundreds more” lung illnesses have been reported to health authorities since Thursday, Sept. 19, when the CDC put the tally at 530 confirmed...
Americans’ diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier, but there’s still too much sugar, white bread and artery-clogging fat, a study suggested.Overall, the authors estimated there was a modest improvement over 16 years on the government’s healthy eating index, from estimated scores of 56 to 58. That’s hardly cause for celebration – 100 is the top...
TEMECULA – Have you heard of “rhabdo?” No, it’s not the latest superfood seed imported from the heart of the rainforest. Also dubbed the “spinning disease,” rhabdo, short for rhabdomyolysis, is a serious condition known to the medical world for years, but it is only recently garnering more widespread attention thanks to the high-impact fitness craze.According to the Harvard...
I was only in water up to my shins when I turned around and a giant wave nailed me from out of nowhere. It knocked me right of my feet, tossed me around like a rag doll and forced my face to the sand under the water. One minute I was enjoying the sunshine and the next minute I...
WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place — under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine.
As part of a promotion by...