Three Hemet Unified cheer teams advance to national competition, B-1
Maurice Car’rie Winery’s ‘Let’s Dance’ event packs the house, C-4
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Lake Elsinore’s La Laguna Resort to offer retro camping
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Volume 17, Issue 11
Bankruptcy looms for city of Lake Elsinore if Measure A passes
Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Vintage and unique camping experiences are popular among many, with major players such as KOA and some national parks getting in on the action. The city of Lake Elsinore doesn’t intend to miss out on the potential revenue that this all-the-rage camping experience brings to the table. see page A-3
Local
Temecula Valley Symphony features Young Artist winners TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Symphony’s 2016-2017 Season continues with “BRAVO!” March 25 at 2 p.m. in the Golden Bears Theater, Temecula. The state-ofthe-art venue is located at 31555 Rancho Vista Road on the Temecula Valley High School campus. see page A-4
Lake Elsinore Assistant City Manager Jason Simpson addresses a question from the audience during a Lake Elsinore Citizens Committee Meeting while LECC Board Chairman Dan Baldwin looks on at the Lake Elsinore Cultural Center Wednesday, March 8. Kim Harris photo
Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
according to a presentation given by city leaders to the Lake Elsinore Citizens Committee Wednesday, May 2. Measure A if it passes could cost the city more than $240 million should it pass and negate the recently approved amended agree-
ment for the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan, an agreement between both the city of Lake Elsinore and Alberhill Villages Developer Castle & Cooke. The two parties have long been at odds over the issue until the Feb. 14 City Council meeting where the amended agreement was
approved. During the Lake Elsinore Citizens Committee meeting, City Treasurer Allen Baldwin addressed the crowd of about 50 people who had gathered to learn more about
Business
The city of Lake Elsinore faces bankruptcy should voters approve Measure A, a special initiative regarding Alberhill Villages, during the city’s May 2, special election,
Residential growth expands in Lake Elsinore
Menifee’s Interim City Manager sees major growth approaching
see MEASURE A, page A-4
Paul Bandong PBANDONG@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Lake Elsinore is considered one of the fastest growing cities in California. The city, which had 3,530 residents in 1970, currently has a population of 62,000 and is growing by 2000 residents per year in a region where there is population of 250,000 within a 10-mile radius and 750,000 within the region.
Ron Bradley, new interim city manager for the City of Menifee, is quickly moving toward the City Council’s goal to replace reserve funding borrowed in the past few years and to maintain and increase the city’s public safety services and other needed improvements. Less than three weeks into his post as the Menifee city manager, Bradley has been pouring through the city’s financial and staffing reports finding where the new Measure DD funding and anticipated higher property and sales tax revenues may best be spent to better serve its growing population. In a Valley News interview, Bradley, who has served either as city manager, or interim city manager for three other southwestern Riverside County cities in his long public service career, said he is
see page B-5
Education
Temecula Valley Council of PTAs names Founders Day winners
TEMECULA – In honor of the 119th birthday of National PTA, the Temecula Valley Council of Parent Teacher Associations (TVC PTA) recently recognized outstanding PTA volunteers from across the Temecula Valley Unified School District. see page B-7
Home & Garden
Color Your Kitchen
While the kitchen is often the busiest room in the house, it is also one of the most important rooms when it comes to renovations. An upgraded, vibrant kitchen that incorporates elements of personal style can make the room more attract ive while increasing the home’s overall value. see page D-1
Menifee Interim City Manager Ron Bradley on the phone getting the latest update on one of the city’s 120 building projects now under review by his staff. Tony Ault photo
see MENIFEE, page A-3
San Jacinto City Council approves shopping center confab attendance Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The San Jacinto City Council in a short, 45-minute regular council meeting Tuesday, March 8, approved a trip for the city manager and two councilmembers to attend a shopping center conference and authorized the city’s fire stations to accept surrendered newborns. The council noted its concern along with the Riverside County Board of supervisors of the number of newborn babies recently abandoned in the county and under the state’s 2001 Safely Surrender Baby Law authorized the city’s fire chief to designate the city’s fire stations as Safely Surrender sites and select the firefighters or paramedics
to take custody of any surrender newborns. The baby surrender law permits mothers or the those in lawful custody of newborn babies within 72-hours of birth under certain circumstances to surrender the child to a hospital, medical facility or fire station within the designated period of time without fear of prosecution for child abandonment. The law was designed so that no harm would come to any newborn unwanted by its parents or family. The city council also approved travel expenses to City Manager Rob Johnson, Councilman Andrew Kotyuk and Councilwoman Crystal Ruiz to attend the International
see SAN JACINTO, page A-6
San Jacinto Councilman Andrew Kotyuk, left, Robert Brady just hired as a temporary land use and community development assistant, Mayor Scott Miller and City manager Rob Johnson will help guide the city to greater Tony Ault photo business, industrial and economic development soon.