Knee Deep in the Hoopla, A-3
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Bali Mantra brings tropical flair to Old Town Temecula, A-14
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Driving range complex may seek deal to buy or lease troubled Temecula site
Temecula 12-year-old makes USA National Baseball team, B-10
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Volume 15, Issue 30
Much needed rain storms into area
Tim O’Leary Valley News staff New interest has surfaced regarding a Temecula-owned site that has been the target of a string of failed projects over the past two decades. see page A-5
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MPD joins Public Safety Enterprise Communication System Kim Harris Managing Editor The Murrieta Police Department has announced it integration with the Public Safety Enterprise Communication System. The move, which occurred in the morning hours on Monday, July 20, makes MPD the first municipal law enforcement agency in the county to join the system. see page A-6
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People break out their umbrellas in Old Town Temecula during a thunderstorm on Saturday, July 18 that drenched Southwest Riverside County. The storm was brought on as former hurricane Dolores moved north off the coastline. Record rainfall amounts for the month of July were recorded in San Diego and Los Angeles, according to weather.com, thanks to the storm which degenerated into a post-tropical low roughly 300 miles west of the coast of Baja California, Mexico, on Saturday evening. In Temecula, 1.03 inches of rain fell over the two day period. Murrieta recorded just under an inch at .98, Menifee scored 1.05 inches of precipitation and Wildomar measured 1.35 inches. A whopping 1.98 inches was recorded in Lake Elsinore. For more weather photos and some video of the storm, visit www.myvalleynews.com. Shane Gibson photo
2015 Special Olympics World Games Torch of Hope makes a stop in Murrieta Tessa Fieri Intern
Service center Valvoline holds grand opening in Wildomar Mark Sarll Jr. Writer Valvoline, the oil change service center that took over Grease Monkey Oil Change’s location in Wildomar, held its grand opening on Saturday, July 18 at 10:30 a.m.
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Law enforcement officials and Special Olympic athletes arrive inside the Murrieta City Hall during a ceremony to promote the final leg of the torch run on July 18. Shane Gibson photo
The 2015 Special Olympics World Games take place on July 25 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the games’ Torch of Hope made a stop at Murrieta Town Hall on Friday, July 18. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is an integral part of the Special Olympics. The Torch Run is not only the physical run of the torch from Greece to its new location, but a fundraiser and public awareness vehicle. From its inception in 1981, the Torch Run has raised over $500 million dollars, funding community Special Olympics programming. This year, the Torch of Hope traveled from its home in Greece across the ocean to the U.S., throughout the nation and Southern California and will land in Los Angeles for the games’ opening ceremonies. Murrieta and its law enforcement personnel were included in the final
see OLYMPICS, page A-7
Ace’s event supports local boy in need of service dog Paul Bandong Staff Writer Local businesses, citizens, international organizations and even a state politician gathered together at Ace’s Comedy Club in Murrieta on July 18 in support of 11-year -old Eric Gray. The dinner/silent auction/comedy event was a fundraiser for Gray who is in need of an allergen-detecting service dog. “Eric was born allergic to peanuts,” said his mother, Nicole Nestor-Gray, a licensed marriage and family therapist. “He has had two life-threatening episodes: at 13 months he went into anaphylactic shock after a small taste of my peanut butter sandwich and then again at 2-1/2 years old. It can be fatal if he is exposed to any peanuts, tree nuts
see GRAY, page A-9
The Gray fundraising team from left, Kim Oliver, Jennifer Laidlaw, Nancy Mackell, Eric Gray, Jared Palmer, Dawn Swett, Cherie Willoughby, Greg Gray, Pam Kakis and Nicole Gray. JP Raineri photo