Felon charged with robbing banks, burglarizing supermarkets in Southwest...
MURRIETA (CNS) – A convicted felon accused of robbing the same two banks in Lake Elsinore and Murrieta twice, as well as burglarizing area grocery stores, was charged Friday with armed robbery and...
View ArticleMemorial services set for Murrieta firefighter and paramedic
Jeff Pack Staff Writer Murrieta Fire & Rescue (MFR) on Tuesday, Nov. 26 announced that memorial services for Dean Hale, a firefighter/paramedic who died last Friday following a long battle with...
View ArticleVista Murrieta goes the distance, Lady Broncos win first ever CIF State...
The whirlwind of the high school volleyball girls’ playoffs has taken Vista Murrieta from being ousted in the second round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs, to winning their first ever CIF State...
View ArticleMurrieta/Wildomar Chamber hosts 2019 Economic Outlook
Economic development staff at local city halls and a research economist gave presentations on the state of the regional economy at the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Economic Outlook Nov....
View ArticleMurrieta Rotary Foundation awarded $2,000 donation from Safeco Insurance...
MURRIETA – Safeco Insurance announced that Stromsoe Insurance Agency was named a 2019 Change Agent and was awarded $2,000 to donate to the Murrieta Rotary Foundation to benefit their 11th annual Field...
View ArticleMurrieta launches PulsePoint, hears legislative update
Over the last year in California, 2,600 bills were introduced, 1,042 were sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk and 870 were signed, according to a legislative update given at the Nov. 19 Murrieta City...
View ArticleMVUSD denies request to become sanctuary district
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District board of trustees denied a request made by a group of community activists and parents to become a sanctuary district during its Nov. 14 meeting. The board...
View ArticleMurrieta Valley Unified board approves agreement with classified employees’...
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education at its Nov. 14 meeting approved a new tentative agreement with the union represents the district’s classified employees. The agreement...
View ArticleCounty plans fix for Clinton Keith Road extension, site of frequent crashes
The Riverside County Transportation Department is recommending a number of changes to the segment of Clinton Keith Road that opened last year to connect French Valley with eastern Murrieta. Residents...
View ArticleTemecula principal dies, memorial service planned in Murrieta
TEMECULA — Springs Charter Schools is saddened to announce the death of Sue Miller Hurst, principal of Springs’ iShine Student Center. She died of cancer on Thanksgiving Day. She was an experienced...
View ArticleMurrieta streets see repairs with slurry seal project
Residents in some areas of Murrieta are seeing road repairs under the city’s slurry seal project. The $3,136,458 project paid for by Measure A and Gas Tax funds will repair approximately 19 million...
View ArticleTemecula CHP plans DUI checkpoint
The California Highway Patrol (CHP), Temecula Area will conduct a sobriety/driver license checkpoint on Friday, Dec. 13, in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County. Motorists approaching...
View ArticleFire fund established to restore and reopen the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological...
MURRIETA – This year marks 35 years since the legal formation of the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve in Murrieta. Within this timeframe, other than controlled burns and one small grass fire on...
View ArticleSinging brings smiles at Murrieta’s city council meeting
Children in Santa, elf and reindeer hats filled the council room at the Murrieta City Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3. Three of the council members were absent, so the meeting was not held officially....
View ArticleFamily, friends, firefighters honor life of Dean Hale
As former Murrieta city councilmember and battalion chief Alan Long reflected back on his relationship with Dean Hale, he couldn’t help but point out the sheer number of people that gathered to pay...
View ArticleWoman suspected of transporting meth with kids in SUV
MURRIETA (CNS) – A 31-year-old woman suspected of hauling more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine in her SUV – with her two young children riding in the vehicle – was arrested today by U.S. Border...
View ArticleWunderlich chosen to serve as Murrieta mayor by 3-2 vote
In somewhat of a departure from precedent, the Murrieta City Council voted at its Dec. 17 meeting to put recently-appointed council member Gene Wunderlich in the mayor’s seat for the next year....
View ArticleMan arrested during illegal marijuana grow raid at French Valley house
FRENCH VALLEY — A Garden Grove man was arrested Friday for outstanding arrest warrants from Orange County, the illegal cultivation of marijuana within a residential neighborhood, the felony theft of...
View ArticleMurrieta City Hall announces holiday closures
MURRIETA – Murrieta City Hall announced its holiday closure from Tuesday, Dec. 24, through Wednesday, Jan. 1. The announcement included both full and public-only closure days. On Dec. 24-25, in the...
View ArticleRegistration opens for MLK parade
Registration is now open for the annual the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20. Those wishing to register for the parade, which is put on as part of the Inland...
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