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Volume 17, Issue 31
Firefighters battle Lake Elsinore blaze threatening homes
Will Fritz VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The Southwest Detention Center in French Valley now has a new name and a fitting one. see page A-3
Local Temecula approves district voting boundaries, interchange project Stephanie Lai VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
By a narrow passing of 3-2, Temecula City Council approved to adopt Ordinance 17-04, which changes the way Temecula will vote for its city council and mayor. see page A-6
A Cal Fire Riverside County firefighter makes his way to the front lines while the Rose Fire chars the landscape in the unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore, Monday, July 31. Joe Fanaselle photo
Entertainment Summergrass San Diego at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Summergrass San Diego will afford those who love to hear good old country music behind the nostalgic chug-chug of steam engines that helped American become great the opportunity at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum grounds, Aug. 18-20. see page C-3
Home & Garden ‘Citrus greening disease’ found in Riverside tree RIVERSIDE – The presence of the potentially devastating “citrus greening disease” was confirmed in a tree in east Riverside, prompting agricultural officials to implement a containment strategy. see page D-4
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Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department firefighters battled a Lake Elsinore wildfire that charred
200 acres and threatened homes this week. The blaze broke out just before 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 31, in the 14800 block of Amorose Street in the unincorporated area of the city,
see FIRE, page A-3
Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The 18-member class of Hemet Valley Medical Center’s third class of graduate osteopathic resident doctors was welcomed to the Center’s osteopathic school in a traditional “White Coat Ceremony” by members of the Physicians for Healthy Hospital’s board, teachers, staff and fellow residents Monday, July 31. The new resident doctors have already earned their medical degrees after graduating from different schools and universities and accepted resident internships at the Hemet hospital. They were chosen from among a long list of applicants for their chosen skills and accepted to attend the Hemet Medical Center’s American Osteopathic Association approved 3-year residency program. It is the hospital’s third
see RESIDENTS, page A-7
New residents prepare for a white coat ceremony to commence their duties as doctors at Hemet Valley Medical Center, July 31. Shane Gibson photo
Temecula Parkway Interchange project updates Stephanie Lai VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
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As of press time, the fire, which was accidental in nature, had burned 200 acres and was at 50 percent containment.
Hemet Valley Medical Center ‘White Coat Ceremony’ welcomes first year osteopath residents
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according to an incident report published by department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann. “The fire is burning in medium fuels at a rapid rate,” Hagemann wrote in the report.
Mayor Maryann Edwards calls the interchange project information meeting to order, speaking about the background of the interchange project which began an estimated 16 years ago. Stephanie Lai photo
The city of Temecula announced it broke ground on the Temecula Parkway Interchange Expansion project, now in its second month, during an interchange project information meeting, July 24. Construction demolished the Arco-AM/PM gas station and convenience store on the southwest corner of Temecula Parkway and Old Town Front Street, June 13. The planned southbound loop offramp would not cut through the Arco, but would rather block one of two driveways; ultimately, the city and the business reached an agreement for the gas station and convenience store to be bought out. Construction is in the process
of clearing trees and brush and constructing a retaining wall on the northbound on-ramp as well as restriping northbound lanes on Interstate 15. The relocation of utilities and sewer lines is slated to begin soon. The preparation and construction of retaining walls began Thursday, July 27, for an anticipated three to four days from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. All roads will remain open, and the California Highway Patrol will be monitoring traffic flows. Thus far, the city has worked on communicating with stakeholders such as emergency responders, police departments, California Highway Patrol, school transportation and administration, local transit, traffic
see INTERCHANGE, page A-4