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Volume 14, Issue 10
It’s called ‘Symphony Interrupted’ Heavy metal legend Dave Mustaine of Megadeth to perform with San Diego Symphony on April 12 Shelli DeRobertis Special to the Valley News
Shane Gibson photo The Starbucks located at 40695 Winchester Rd. is set to be closed on April 15, 2014. A table out front of the store displays a flier with instructions on how the public can submit their concerns about the closure and relocation on the Starbucks website. The new Starbucks location will be at 41195 Winchester Rd., which is the building recently vacated by Carl’s Jr.
Starbucks no more? The coffee house where everybody knows your name to relocate
Alex Groves Staff Writer The Starbucks located at 40695 Winchester Road is set to close its doors April 15 in order to move to a new location, but many longtime customers are upset about the move because they say the new location will be difficult to get to and will not have the same ambience as the current location. For more than a decade and a half, the Winchester Road franchise has been drawing in a steady group of customers who have taken advantage of its quiet atmosphere to prepare for work, study for exams, and hold bible studies.
Hughes has been one of the Many of the customers consider themselves regulars and know each franchise store’s oldest customers. other by name; some have even She said she’s been grabbing her gone as far as spending time to- morning cup of joe there for at least the past 15 years. gether at social She rememfunctions outside “It’s just a real great bers what it was of the walls of location. We’ll be sad to like to be a Temthe franchise. see it close.” ecula resident in But now, as - Deborah Hughes the late ‘90s bethe Starbucks fore the housing seeks to add a drive through by moving to the boom took off and before the city former Carl’s Jr. building near the was a place to visit. Back in those days, she said, entrance of the Northbound 1-15, customers feel as though it’s the people were more laid back and could often be seen wearing jeans end of an era. “It’s just a real great location,” and t-shirts. Nobody seemed to be said Customer Deborah Hughes. in a hurry. But then the city became more “We’ll be sad to see it close.”
of a desirable place to live; people came in, houses sprung up, and demographics changed. Hughes’ life has changed, too. In these past few years she’s been finishing up her bachelor’s degree at the University of Phoenix and has plans to attain a master’s degree. She’s also a mother of three now. But amid all the change happening throughout the city, the Starbucks on Winchester Road has remained a constant both for Hughes and for other self-proclaimed regulars. Now that it’s going to move to a new location, many of those individuals are trying
see STARBUCKS, page A-5
Last-place finish in Lake Construction begins on Perris railway more than Elsinore debut guided Johnson’s successful career two decades after initial purchases Alex Groves Staff Writer
Ricky Johnson
Joe Naiman Valley News Correspondent In 1971 a seven-year-old motocross rider made his racing debut on the Lake Elsinore TT track. “We went up there and rolled around for last place,” he said. The novice knew that the other riders had started faster. “They were gone,” he said. The young rider thought that he was ahead of one racer he saw. Then he discovered that the image was matching his own moves. “I realized that I was racing my own shadow,” he said. The rider was Ricky Johnson, who would eventually win 64 na-
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The construction of a 24 mile railway that will connect Perris to Riverside began Friday, Feb. 21 marking the final phase of a project that has been more than 25 years in the making. The line, which will have four new stations, will essentially extend the 91 line that runs from Riverside to Los Angeles. The project has a large number of supporters from members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to state senators and congressman. Many of these individuals have touted the project’s potential economic impact, saying it could bring approximately
4,000 jobs into the region during construction time. The rail line is also expected to alleviate traffic congestion between Perris and Riverside. Estimates say that more than 4,000 individuals will be taking the train rather than driving on the 60 and 215 freeways. But it’s taken a long time to bring the project to life because not everyone has been happy with having a train run through the area. Raising the necessary funding has taken time as well, according to John Standiford, deputy executive director at the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). Standiford said that the project has been in the works for quite a
see SYMPHONY, page A-6
Health
Sizzurp: What’s in that hideous ‘purple drank’? Debbie Ramsey Staff Writer It’s hard to imagine why anyone would want to find a thrill in drinking a concoction of prescriptionstrength cough syrup mixed with soda pop. However, this combination, known socially as “sizzurp” or “purple drank,” originally created in the 60s, has resurged in popularity due to its promotion by rap music artists. It is one of the trendy ways to get “high” used by the edgy, younger population.
see SIZZURP, page B-5
MWD approves Diamond Valley Lake fish screen replacement desigh Joe Naiman Valley News Correspondent The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California board authorized the final design to replace the fish screens on the inlet/outlet tower at Diamond Valley Lake. The MWD board’s February 11 action also appropriated $380,000 for the work while finding the project categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.
see MWD, page B-8
see RAILWAY, page A-5
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tional-level races sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association including 26 Supercross wins. Johnson won seven AMA season national championships including two Supercross titles. After a wrist injury ended his motorcycle racing career he switched to four-wheel racing, winning the Cajon Speedway’s Sportsman Stocks season championship in 1995 before an off-road career which included two Baja 1000 victories. Johnson was inducted into the AMA’s Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2012.
see JOHNSON, page A-5
Megadeth’s heavy metal legend Dave Mustaine is pairing up with the San Diego Symphony for a special classical concert Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at Copley Symphony Hall. Mustaine, a resident of Fallbrook, is known as a groundbreaker of the thrash metal music that became a genre in the early 1980’s when it exploded across the nation with its loud, aggressive fast tempo. At the “Symphony Interrupted” concert, the multi-platinum-selling guitar artist will perform Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” with the orchestra. Mustaine is also preparing to play two solos of Vivaldi’s concertos from The Four
A rendering of the South Perris Station includes a main Courtesy photo canopy and an ADHA accessible platform.
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