There is no denying that a healthy and happy athlete not only performs better but also has the ability to give time and energy to others. Without variety in the workout routine or athletic play, and without rest and recovery, athletes are more susceptible to overtraining injuries. Temecula residents, Craig and Libby Johns, know this all too well, having raised not one, but two NCAA...
The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources conducted a free household hazardous-waste collection event Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Anza Transfer Station.Residents arrived with used motor oil, pesticides, medical sharps, leftover paint, unidentified containers and more and were guided to the dirt field just east of the main transfer station.The hazardous household waste materials were transferred to a sheet of...
Five years ago, Great Oak High School fielded its first girls’ field hockey team about two weeks after the first tryouts began. Boosters scrambled to cobble together funds for the school club program’s first tournament a few days later, borrowing goalie equipment from nearby Fallbrook High School, wearing T-shirts as uniforms and trying to figure out what exactly was...
LA MIRADA – Rebecca Branch of Murrieta has been named to the 2019 Biola University volleyball team. Branch, who will graduate this year with her nursing degree, will be a setter on the Eagles’ roster. Competition for Biola University is scheduled to begin Thursday, Sept. 5. The senior setter, who is a graduate of Chaparral High School, will join...
Three brush fires that erupted Thursday, Aug. 22, alongside state Route 371 on the south end of Aguanga blackened 34 acres and were 65% contained.The non-injury blazes were reported about 4 p.m. nearly 2 miles apart, on the south side of the highway, between Yucca Lane and Wilson Valley Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.Twenty-one engine crews...
Most people now understand that “red flag” laws violate the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and many Republicans, including the president, now seem willing to join Democrats, after the recent shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Denton, Texas, by left-and right wing extremists, to put dents in the Second Amendment hoping these laws “might” somehow help. But...
A brush fire scorching nearly 80 acres near I-15 and Temescal Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore was quickly contained by firefighters Sunday, Aug. 25.The Ivy Fire was first reported just before 11 a.m. and brought on an aggressive response by firefighters, including both ground and air attacks in response to the blaze.According to Cal Fire, firefighters responded to the...
Despite Caltrans recent efforts to reduce fatal and serious traffic accidents on Gilman Springs Road between San Jacinto and Moreno Valley with reflective paddle boards, double-yellow lines, rumble strips and a streetlight, two more people died in a head-on collision Sunday, Aug. 18.This early morning accident occurred a half mile west of Highway 79 on Sanderson Avenue when a...
A Lake Elsinore resident appeared before the city council Aug. 13, proposing to build a 40,000-square-foot university, resort hotel, townhomes, luxury condominiums and commercial center on 42 acres of lakefront property she owns.The proposal by landowner and developer Wendy Du showed a rendering of what the development would look like on the property that was once the site of...
TEMECULA – Trevor Mack was awarded the Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts of America after completing his final board of review, July 18.Trevor Mack, son of Steve and Karen Mack of Temecula, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 301 where he served as patrol leader. For his Eagle Scout service project, he planned, organized and directed a...