Firefighters were mopping up a brush fire Monday, Sept. 16, that broke out in a remote area of the San Bernardino National Forest near Lake Hemet late Sunday.The brusher, dubbed the Bautista Fire, was reported about 7:30 p.m. in Bautista Canyon east of Hemet and south of Idyllwild, according to the San Bernardino National Forest.Crews halted forward progress of...
All leading Democratic presidential candidates reject present constitutional language in electing future presidents of the United States. Opponents of the Electoral College seek to alter a process that has worked for well over two hundred years. Fueled by Hillary Clinton’s winning the popular vote yet denied the White House and unable to get two-thirds of the states as constitutionally...
Firefighters held the Horseshoe Fire burning near San Jacinto to a little more than 500 acres and inched containment up to 67% as of Monday evening, Sept. 16.The blaze initially sparked mandatory evacuations for a residential neighborhood on the far west side of San Jacinto, but firefighters managed to keep the brush fire away from homes and all evacuation...
Several dozen members of the community, public safety and law enforcement gathered Wednesday, Sept. 11, for the city’s annual September 11th Remembrance event at the Temecula Duck Pond.“I remember where I was 18 years ago on that tragic morning,” Temecula Community Services Commissioner Eric Levine said. “No one could imagine then how those moments would change life in America...
The Temecula City Council formally announced the awarding of a construction contract on a project that is sure to get the hearts of bicyclists in Temecula pumping.American Ramp Company Inc. was awarded the contract for the construction of the Ronald Reagan Sports Park Pump Track Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the amount of $366,200.Construction on the track was expected to...
Temecula city councilmember Matt Rahn told Valley News this week that he has chosen not to run for California’s 50th Congressional District seat currently held by embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter.“We’ve closed our committees and have moved on from having an interest in being part of the Congressional race for the 50th District,” Rahn said in a phone interview.Rahn cited...
The Hemet City Council extended the moratorium on hemp cultivation in the city and approved the purchase of 72 new police radios for the Hemet Police Department at its Tuesday, Sept. 10, meeting.The council’s concern that hemp, that looks almost the same as cannabis or marijuana plants, might be cultivated in the same fields, creating the need for testing...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking to move forward with its recently approved application filing on a renewable energy project that would use the city of Lake Elsinore as one of its base sites, regardless of Lake Elsinore City Council’s opposition to it.The city council voted April 9, to voice their opposition to Nevada Hydro’s Lake Elsinore Advanced...
Traci Williams of A Loving Way to Parent, an advocacy group for children and families in Temecula, hosted a teen panel discussion called “Courage to Have the Hard Conversations” for a gathering of about two dozen teens and parents Saturday, Sept. 14.Hosted at Professional Golfers Career College in Temecula, the four-hour afternoon event featured the panel discussion featuring students...
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time,” was the repeated message to dozens of Menifee residents Wednesday, Sept. 11, attending the city’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony for those that died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.U.S. Navy Cmdr. Nico Melendez was the featured speaker at the ceremony held at...