Murrieta Mesa’s Bryn Wade named Coach of the Year by L.A. Times, B-1
Fazeli Cellars honored with awards for Meritage Red and Shiraz, C-5
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Volume 16, Issue 25
Old Town Temecula’s ageless Menifee Military Banners honor festival back for 16th year Local
veterans and those in service Jacob Preal WRITER
Citizens looking to spruce up their community and honor those that have served have never had an easier time in the City of Menifee. see page A-3
Local
Dogs on deployment Robin Montgomery WRITER
Every day across the United States military personnel are deployed to military bases around the world. It’s a fact of life for them, but what happens when a service member cannot take their pets with them? see page A-4
Rachael Sawyer Guthrie, 17, makes a Willie Nelson portrait during the Temecula Street Painting Festival June 11. The theme for artists for the 2016 event was “On the Road Again.” Shane Gibson photo
Dining
Natalie Witt VALLEY NEWS INTERN
Downtown Deli helps to revitalize Hemet
Old Town Temecula is known for preserving Temecula’s historical legacy and tradition. This past weekend, one of the city’s most timeless traditions, the Temecula
Trevor Montgomery WRITER
During the nearly two years since Steve Covington opened Hemet’s Downtown Deli and Coffee Company, he has already gained a loyal and enthusiastic following.
Art and Street Painting Festival came back for the 16th consecutive year. The Festival is a place where artists and art enthusiasts can create and appreciate art in the community setting. Like carefully crafted rectangular jewels, these works of art
will cascade around the neck of the Temecula Civic Center. This year’s event featured 50 local artists selling fine art and handcrafted items, and 42 chalk artists who created visually dynamic street paintings to represent this year’s theme, “On the Road Again.”
Spectators were able to watch the artistic processes unfold Friday evening, June 10, and throughout the weekend as the pieces were finalized. Many also took advantage of
see FESTIVAL, page A-7
Riverside D.A. says voters City managers, economic disenfranchised by hackers guru expect new boom to in primary election last in southwest county
see page C-7
Home & Garden
Local, invaluable benefits of bees Julie Reeder PUBLISHER
Menifee City Manager Rob Johnson speaks about Menifee’s future development and growth during the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce Southwest Regional Economic Forecast at Pechanga Shane Gibson photo Resort & Casino June 8.
What’s all the buzz about bees and local honey? Honey has been enjoyed both as a sweetener and for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. It’s been used for soaps, creams and cosmetics and is great for cooking.
Tim O’Leary STAFF WRITER
see page D-1
Business
HSJVC Awards Gala promises evening of fun Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR
The Hemet San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its 15th annual Awards Gala Friday, June 24. Held at the Lodge at Four Seasons, the event will feature a Champagne reception, annual awards and live entertainment. see page D-5
Riverside County District Attorney Micheal Hestrin addresses the problems that happened during the 2016 Primary polls in Riverside County during an open house held at the Temecula Valley Republican Headquarters June 11. Hestrin stated that hackers were changing voters’ registration and the problem was happening only to registered Republicans. Shane Gibson photo
Jacob Preal WRITER
Voters all across Riverside County were surprised Tuesday, June 7, to find that they had either been re-registered as democrats or “declined to state,” barring them from the closed Republican primary, or
were otherwise turned away from the polls. Multiple reports of voter irregularities were filed in as the day went on. Riverside D.A. Mike Hestrin led an investigation that found that hackers were the primary culprit of
see VOTERS, page A-3
Growth throughout southwest Riverside County will surge, not sputter, over the next few years, an economic expert and five city managers agreed at a regional forum. The outlook is so bright that the region is on the brink of becoming Orange County East, said Christopher Thornberg, director of the UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecasting. “This is, by far, one of the most prosperous areas in the region. You’ve got it made in the shade,” said Thornberg, whose past predictions launched him into the stratosphere of his industry. “It is far more like Orange County than the rest of the Inland Empire.” Thornberg’s upbeat outlook was echoed by the city managers who oversee Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Lake Elsinore and Wildomar. “We’re excited about where we’re going,” said Grant Yates, who manages Lake Elsinore, which is growing at a breakneck pace yet
still has vast tracts of land where houses and stores will someday sprout. Yates and his colleagues, in the short time they were each given, spotlighted a flurry of commercial developments, thousands of new housing units and an array of hotels, motels and other entertainment- and tourist-related projects. “In Menifee, we have construction everywhere. We’re 9 years old,” said Robert Johnson, the manager, of that fast-growing city. “We’re what I like to call the ‘sleeping giant’ in southwest Riverside County.” Rick Dudley, Murrieta’s city manager, touted the anticipated arrival of a massive CarMax, a facility that is already being billed as one of the largest auto dealerships west of the Mississippi. “Things are booming, but we’re not alone in that respect,” Dudley said. Some of the managers cited some of the fiscal challenges that
see OUTLOOK, page A-5