The Menifee City Council has approved an agreement with Faith Lutheran Church to purchase some of the church’s land for a passive park.
A 5-0 vote on August 6 approved a purchase and sale agreement for the real property at the northwest corner of Portsmouth Drive and Roanoke Road. The 1.94 acres of land will be purchased for $450,741.15. The...
The 2025 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds concluded August 27–31 at Galway Downs in Temecula, California, marking five spectacular days of top-tier competition. Recognized as the pinnacle of national-level eventing, the AEC brought together elite junior, amateur, and professional riders from across the nation to compete for championship titles ranging from Starter through Advanced.Nearly 400 championship...
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
Special to Valley News
Prior to the start of the sixth annual California Indian Cultural Awareness event in Sacramento, the California Native American Legislative Caucus recognized several Native Americans for their contributions during a Floor Ceremony at the Assembly Chambers in Sacramento, Aug. 18.Soboba Tribal Member Rose Salgado was among the nine Class of 2025 honorees....
Under the Friday night lights, with the bleachers full and the Bobcats battling on the field, the Hamilton High School community paused to honor one of its most beloved figures.Coach Joe McGowan’s No. 13 jersey was retired during a special halftime ceremony, a tribute that drew cheers, tears and heartfelt memories from players, coaches and families alike. The event...
Rainbows appeared across the Anza Valley Monday, August 25, following seasonal monsoonal thunderstorms. The light show delighted residents who captured the colorful displays in photographs.Rainbows form when sunlight interacts with water droplets in the air, bending as it enters the droplet, reflecting off the inside surface, and bending again as it exits. This process splits sunlight into its spectrum...
FIND Food Bank responded to urgent emergency food needs resulting from the Rosa Fire by mobilizing and distributing supplies on Tuesday, August 12, just four days after receiving the request on Friday, August 8.“While we were able to respond quickly, our mobilization took a few days because we had a previously scheduled delivery in Anza on Saturday, August 9...
The Anza Valley Outlook Sheriff's Blotter is a list of calls that allows residents to see what law enforcement activity is occurring in their communities.The Sheriff's Blotter data is obtained from the official calls for service records kept by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. However, calls where the release of the information could cause harm to an individual or...
Antique collector Terral Metheny is giving a presentation for the Hemet Heritage Foundation on “Hemet’s Forgotten Movie Star: Monroe Salisbury” on Monday, Sept. 8.
The idea for the presentation came about when Metheny found some movie tickets at a Hemet estate sale to the 1920 movie “The Blinding Trail” featuring silent movie actor Monroe Salisbury. This piqued Metheny’s curiosity, and...
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego State Aztecs began their 2025 football campaign in emphatic fashion, delivering a decisive 42-0 victory over the Stony Brook Seawolves at Snapdragon Stadium on Thursday night. The season opener not only marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs but also showcased SDSU’s depth, talent, and offseason improvements.The Aztecs set the tone early,...
Bob GarverContributor“Caught Stealing” is one of those twisty crime thrillers where it seems like the filmmakers cast as many interesting names as they could and then wrote the movie around using them all. For example, at no point did I feel it was necessary for the film to feature Matt Smith as a character with a 60’s U.K. punk...