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Anza Electric Cooperative donates tree in honor of health care workers
Local COVID-19 hospitalizations are still at high levels Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are down at some hospitals, they rose at others in the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and coronavirus patients continue to make up about half of those hospitalized in Riverside County. see page A-2
Local Johnson hosts virtual variety show with The Magic Castle Joe Naiman WRITER
In the past, Temecula ventriloquist and magician Kevin Johnson has performed at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. The elimination of live entertainment during the coronavirus shutdown is currently prevents live performance at the Magic Castle, but Johnson along with two other magicians and a publicist hosted a virtual variety show with the club Saturday, Jan. 23. see page A-5
Michele McMillan of Anza Electric Cooperative and Kevin Short, general manager of AEC, help display thank you notes to health care workers on a living tree at Temecula Valley Hospital, Saturday, Jan. 30. AEC helped donate the tree which will be planted outside the hospital where members of the Anza and Aguanga communities signed thank you notes for health care workers at the hospital. See TREE on page A-4. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Wildomar approves new cannabis dispensary Will Fritz STAFF WRITER
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A new cannabis dispensary business is coming to Wildomar. The Wildomar City Council voted Jan. 13 to approve a retail cannabis business operated by Current Veterans South, LLC. The veteran-oriented business will operate in a more than 3,000-square-foot retail space in the Bear Valley Plaza shopping center on Clinton Keith Road, west of Palomar Street. As the business is outside of the 100-foot minimum distance from a residential zone and the 600-foot minimum distance from a school, park, day care or youth center, the business meets Wildomar’s requirements for cannabis businesses. The development agreement approved by the city for the business has a term of 20 years. It
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The city of Wildomar approved a marijuana dispensary business at a location near Clinton Keith and Palomar roads. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
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Lake Elsinore child helps raise $3,000 to donate to Cops for Kids Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER
Dave Fontneau, executive director of Cops for Kids, recognized the volunteer work of a young child, Reece Walsh, at the Lake Elsinore city council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. “I was approached in the fall by Reece’s grandmother. She had a very interesting story about Reece wanting to give back during these trying times and just didn’t know what to do,” Fontneau said. “Reece, on her own, reached out to her teacher, along with several friends and came up with her own campaign to help those in need. She came up with a logo and name.” Walsh, her grandmother and her mother and her group of friends came up with a plan to help the see ELSINORE, page A-7
Reece Walsh receives an award for her work helping the community by raising $3,000 for Cops for Kids at the Lake Elsinore City Council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. Valley News/Courtesy photo