OCEANSIDE - North County Transit – San Diego Railroad (NCTD) will suspend all coastal rail service on Jan. 10-11 and Jan. 24-25 to perform routine railroad maintenance and major infrastructure work.NCTD’s COASTER service between San Diego and Oceanside will be suspended during these periods. Regularly scheduled service will resume the morning after each closure on Monday, Jan. 12 and Monday, Jan. 26, respectively.Weekend closures occur...
SAN DIEGO — The 2025 college football season concluded with a dramatic finish at Snapdragon Stadium Friday night, as the SMU Mustangs survived a spirited second-half rally to defeat the Arizona Wildcats, 24-19, in the Holiday Bowl.For football fans who made the short drive down I-15 from Southwest Riverside County, the game delivered two distinctly different halves of football....
Murrieta, Calif. — A motorcycle collision on Interstate 15 slowed the afternoon commute in Murrieta on Wednesday.I-15 Northbound Collision
Emergency crews responded to a traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a white sedan on I-15 Northbound, just north of California Oaks Road/Kalmia Street in Murrieta at approximately 4:03 p.m..
According to California Highway Patrol (CHP) radio traffic, reports indicated the motorcyclist...
The Hemet Heritage Foundation and Hemet Museum will host a presentation titled “Hemet Economic Development Through the Decades” on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, at the historic Hemet Historic Theatre, located at 216 E. Florida Ave., with the program running from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and doors opening at 6 p.m.
The free community event will feature Benigno Sandoval, economic development...
Subscribers have recently come to the Village News and Valley News office with accounts of alleged caregiver fraud and manipulation involving elderly loved ones, including hospice patients, prompting warnings from a local private investigator to thoroughly vet anyone hired to provide in-home care.Tony Campbell, a private detective with AC Investigations, said he has worked with multiple families who suspected...
Frank BrinesARS Master RosarianHappy New Year – let's hope for ideal rose growing weather for 2026. This winter has been very different from last winter. In 2024, the period October – December gave us only 0.1” of rain. In 2025, the same period provided 5” of rain. (I remember one year when we got 33” from October through April!)In...
TEMECULA — The Chaparral High School Puma Pit has once again cemented its place as the nation’s premier football student section, earning the title of 2025 National Fall Student Section Champions. This marks the second time in three years that the Puma Pit has claimed the top spot, having previously won the national title in 2023.The recognition, awarded by...
Marc SigmonSpecial to the Valley NewsAs 2025 comes to a close, uncertainty surrounding the individual health insurance Marketplace – commonly referred to as Obamacare – has surprised many individuals and families who rely on these plans for their health insurance coverage.For years, these plans have served as a critical option for self-employed individuals, early retirees, and households without access to...
Once the escrow process is completed, a portion of a parcel currently owned by the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District will be sold to the Eastern Municipal Water District.The Riverside County Board of Supervisors, whose board members are also the board of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, voted 4-0 on December 16,...