By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ADAM GELLER
AP Staff WritersPurdue Pharma could be heading for bankruptcy but the extent to which it would affect the Sackler family fortunes remains unclear.
The company, which makes OxyContin and other drugs, this week reached a tentative agreement with thousands of local governments and more than 20 states over its role in the...
The Anza Community Building board of directors met Thursday, Aug. 29, for the member meeting of the Anza Community Building Inc. The meeting was attended by about 30 people.Present were Secretary Noel Donahue, President Johnathan Schmidt, Treasurer Barbara Ann Keller, Keith Richardson, Vice President Barbra Janelle, Kimberly Patke and Mike Patke. Director Terry Gormley Seddon was not in attendance because...
Several fires have scorched the Anza Valley and surrounding environs during August. According to authorities, all fire causes are under investigation. Arson has not been ruled out, but it is unlikely to be a factor.Two fires this month created havoc for residents and also earned named incident status with the Riverside County Fire Department and Cal Fire.The Yucca Fire...
Student unrest in many universities demonstrates what is becoming obvious; institutions of higher learning are becoming radicalized and project intolerance for anything but a liberal view. Too few permit conservative or libertarian speakers and far fewer allow a constitutionalist.I was not surprised, some years ago, to hear a mother share with me her son’s fear that he did not...
Voters in Kentucky can’t seem to help themselves. They can’t stand Mitch McConnell, but they keep sending him back to Washington where he puts a wrench in every Republican plan to reduce spending, shrink government, control the border and defund the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.It would be nice if Republican Party senators would simply oust McConnell from...
ANZA – The Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council invites the community to the Sept. 11 AVMAC meeting and hear from Jeff Franks, principal of Hamilton High School, and Mark Delano, principal of Hamilton School K-8. AVMAC meets at 7 p.m. at the Anza Community Hall in Anza on Highway 371.Franks is in his 16th year with the district and...
To ensure continuity within the Riverside County Department of Probation, the county board of supervisors Aug. 27, appointed an interim chief probation officer, who will take over when current Chief Mark Hake leaves in September.In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board approved the appointment of Assistant Chief Probation Officer Ron Miller to the temporary post.Miller, who has worked...
Riverside County supervisors signed off Tuesday, Aug. 27, on an Executive Office response to a grand jury report critical of the way the Department of Animal Services handles payments collected by its officers in the field, citing safety and efficiency concerns.On a 5-0 vote without comment, the board of supervisors certified the county’s answer to the civil grand jury,...
Riverside County supervisors directed the Department of Emergency Management and other agencies to seek state funding and take other steps to mitigate the impacts of future “public safety power shut-offs,” during its Aug. 27 meeting.Supervisors Jeff Hewitt and Manuel Perez introduced a proposal July 23, declaring the county’s intention to obtain reimbursement for costs incurred providing temporary shelter to...
The Hamilton Bobcat football team won their second game of the season in Carlsbad against Army-Navy Academy Friday, Aug. 30.A successful team effort resulted in a 31-8 victory for the Bobcats.Many of the team’s athletes had big plays. Dakota Lassen (1) had nearly 100 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns. Tyler Haar (14) had almost 200 yards passing and one...