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Dr. Christopher Thornberg walks to the stage as he is introduced for his presentation at the 2022 Southwest Regional Economic Forecast at South Coast Winery in Temecula, Aug. 18. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo touting the successes of each of their cities, and then listened to the University of California, Riverside economic forecaster predicting see FORECAST, page A-3

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Murrieta CIP budget, up $11.4 million, given ﬁnal approval by Murrieta City Council

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The Murrieta City Council finalized the city’s five-year Capital Improvement Program budget and held a lengthy discussion on expanding the Downtown Market Nights during the Tuesday, Aug. 16, regular Presentingmeeting.thefive-year CIP budget and update for the council was Jeff Hitch, principal civil engineer for Murrieta, and financial analyst R.N. Mendoza. Hitch presented the CIP projects which were completed or nearly completed in the past year, including finishing many road slurry seal and resurfacing projects, replacing the Murrieta Community Center building roof, wrapping up theJeff Hitch, principal engineer for Murrieta, and financial analyst R.N. Mendoza present the five-year Capital Improvement Program budget and update to the Murrieta City Council during the Tuesday, Aug. 16, council meeting.

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Ava Sarnowski INTERN WRITER Greg Thomas, general manager of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, with Bonnie Woodrome, community affairs supervisor, said their district is working to resolve issues brought on by the drought. “When you look back at the last 10-plus years, our water use has significantly dropped, and we want to thank our customers for all their efforts to be more efficient with our water,” Thomas said. He described the relationship between EVMWD and their customers as a partnership, one to which customers have been responding.“Youlook at this area and we’ve grown 8% in population since 2013, with 6% less water use since that same time,” Thomas said, adding that EVMWD knows that EVMWD discusses their efforts to resolve drought conditions

The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting presented their annual forecast for Southwest Riverside County on Aug. 18th. The Southwest County Association of Realtors and Loma Linda University Medical Center, as Title Sponsors, joined with educators, city officials and business owners, who focused their attention first on video presentations from each of the five City Managers Southwest Regional Economic Forecast’ sees continued economic growth

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“We are doing everything we can at the local level, my number one priority is health and safety,” heEVMWDsaid. wants to continue providing water to their customers 24/7, while also meeting or exceeding all standards, Thomas said.“Right now for Elsinore, our delivery area, we probably have 2,000 to 2,500 homes trying to be built. Let’s say three people per home. That’s another 8,000 people at X amount of gallons per day, and we’d have to meet that demand,” Thomas said. The district said it takes that demand into consideration as it plans for growth and for frequent see DROUGHT, page A-6

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the drought Californian’s are currently facing is the second serious drought in the last 10 years.

Murrieta Rotary Field of Honor seeks artists for its annual Chalk Walk

New police software, speeding up investigative time, approved by Menifee City Council

the MOU were Councilmembers Lesa Sobek, Matt Liesemeyer and Dean Deines who saw it as a possible problem in hir ing more staff members, liability is sues and adding to an already very busy caseload for the Commu nity Services Department. Another concern by the questioning council members was, “what if another dis trict came in with the same MOU” for the state’s district mandated extended school time program? The cost to the city was esti mated at $1,708,236 for hiring the employees for the program according to Community Services Director Jonathan Nicks, assuring the council they already had a list of those seeking to be part of the program. He said the cost and hir ing would not be a risk to any other department. It was also suggested that hiring more in the department would actually benefit the city’s other service programs. Mayor Bill Zimmerman said he was in favor of the MOU, seeing how all the children in the district are still “citizens of the city” and deserve the best the school dis trict and the city can give them. He cited the city’s work with the school district and said it should continue to do so. Further discussion on the matter brought yet another suggestion that the MOU last only one year to determine if it works. But, in the final decision, with no second to a motion for approval by Zim merman, the proposed MOU was tabled for further discussion to an undetermined time and date, with Zimmerman objecting. The City Council authorized City Manager Armando Villa to execute an agreement with the Eastern Municipal Water District to relocate and install a needed water line under the soon to be constructed Holland Road Over pass over Interstate 215. Before the power went out in the council chambers, Terra Bowen was appointed to the Parks, Rec reation and Trails Commission. They named and showed a video for Powers Family Dentistry put ting them in the month’s Business Spotlight. The council named Au gust National Preparedness Month and recognized Hospice of Val ley’s 40th anniversary in the city. Tony Ault can be reached at tault@reedermedia.com.

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Only known by a photograph and a first name of “Sonia,” she was quickly located andGutierrezarrested.said, “It is a unique commodity, equipment and ser vice combined as a sole source purchase” from the company. He said the service would be the first in Riverside County. He suggested the software could be placed not only in the station but in all the department’s police units for use by all its officers. The request was given a strong favorable response by the council who, with the excused absence of Councilmember Bob Karwin, gave it a 4-0 approval vote. The power failure that lasted more than an hour didn’t de ter taking public comments and other actions that evening until it was restored. Several items on the consent calendar that were at first canceled because of any pos sible discussion were returned to the agenda after the power came backTheon.council later discussed a request by the Menifee Union School District for an Expanded Learning Opportunity Program Partnership that would allow the city to join them in hiring three employees to help with an after school program. The program would extend school learning time for nine hours a week which is mandated by the California Board of Education in Sacramento through AB 130. The request sought a Memoran dum of Understanding between the district and the city to hire more employees, outside of the district’s contracted teachers. The district teachers can only work so many hours a week in their contracts. Qualified teachers, hired by the city through the Community Ser vices Department, could help teach an estimated 2,700 students after normal school hours in everything from outside learning activities to sports programs in the city parks. The MOU would, in turn, help the district meet the new AB 130 requirement.Appearing in support of the pro posed MOU was Menifee School District Superintendent Jennifer Root. Root told the Council it would help the district in teaching children to become good adults in the community. She said after school programs would be in valuable for the children and their parents who need to work during thoseQuestioningtimes.

MURRIETA – The Vollbrecht Rotary Chalk Walk Committee is issuing a call for artists to paint patriotic images with chalk at the annual Murrieta Field of Honor scheduled for Nov. 5-12 at Town Square Park. 2022 marks the 11th year for the Chalk Walk, which was organized by the late Rotarian Al Vollbrecht to pay further tribute to the per sonal heroes honored by the Field. This year, the Chalk Walk was renamed to honor Vollbrecht, who died in late 2020. Now known as the Vollbrecht Rotary Chalk Walk, images are painted on a wide sidewalk that rings the display of more than 2,200 flags put up in perfect rows and columns. The event honors personal heroes, many of them military veterans and firstresponders.Vollbrecht’s organization of the walk is being assumed by the Temecula Valley New Generations Rotary.“Members of New Gen are excited to be part of this amazing display and are looking forward to a great turn out this year,” Jennifer Rasmussen, community services chair of New Gen Rotary Club,Chalksaid.artists are scheduled to start sketching in the morning Saturday, Nov. 5, and will finish up Sunday, Nov. 6, with judging to follow. The public is invited to watch the artists at work. There is no entry fee for artists, and cash prizes are offered. Artists can choose spaces 6 feet high in widths of 4 feet and larger. This event is open to all high school age and older who have the ability to draw. Chalk suitable for this kind of painting will be provided.Applications are being accepted through Saturday, Oct. 15, and must include a sketch of the art planned or a description of what is to be Informationpainted. and application materials are available at http:// murrietafieldofhonor.com Jennifer Rasmussen can be contacted at 951-491-9592 or jenClub.rasmussen250@yahoo.comSubmittedbyMurrietaRotary

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For the 2021 Chalk Walk, some artists dedicate their images to the late Al Vollbrecht. Valley News/Doreen Tate photos A chalk flag, presented at the 2021 Field Of Honor Chalk Walk, honors Al Vollbrecht, who organized the event for many years and died in 2020.

The Menifee City Council, despite a power failure in the middle of its regular biweekly meeting August 17, approved an agreement with Peregrine for new state-of-the-art software for the Menifee Police Department that promises to greatly reduce criminal investigation and patrol time for its officers. The new technology integrates all the police department’s data and information about different investigations and patrol actions that with a push of a button could be combined and lead to specific suspects in crimes or causes for other police actions and finding specific individuals in record time. Capt. David Gutierrez made the police department’s request, not ing that the $500,000 investment

try is actually exporting more of its products out of the country than in the country. He spoke of Imperial Valley, where crops like hay are grown, only to be sent overseas to countries like Saudi Arabia and questioned growing “grass in the desert”, when we may need the water to supply our local needs and future economic growth. He further saw that inflation, even though dropping down slightly in the last month, will still be a problem in the future for the local economy. Even with that he en couraged people not to look at the narrative of a diminishing economy and actually look at where we are economically compared to 10, 20 or 30 years ago. “It may be weird,” he said, but it’s all in our heads.”

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“That false narrative that contin ues to be there,” Thornberg said, “is the most dangerous thing our economy is actually facing....Be aware of the narrative, you know.” He said he saw himself some what of a historian, but as an econo mist he pointed out that people should look at the world’s history of booming and failing economies. He said there have always been ups and downs. The Southwest County He urged the audience to take a closer look at reality, particularly in the Inland Empire and southwest Riverside County. With that in mind, Thornberg, using graphs and other visual aids, showed that since the end of COVID-19 everything in the area, from housing to jobs, has moved continuously upward, despite the record-breaking national inflation rate reaching almost 10%. The reason for the inflation rate record increases since COVID he sug gested, was because more money has been pumped into the nation, mainly by the U.S. government. He looked at the region that in reality reported a huge drop in the une mployment rate to just over 3.5% that has never been seen be fore, higher wages and a job market that is now screaming for more laborers, skilled and unskilled. He saw the housing sales up to just the last month breaking records with record lower interest rates and more demand than supply. With that housing demand on the rise, the cost however, is increasing in the area. He saw the trend very good for those who own their own home because of their increasing value, but not so good for those

Members of the community from various industries and dignitaries listen to Dr. Christopher Thornberg give a presentation at the 2022 Southwest Regional Economic Forecast at South Coast Winery, Aug. 18. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

Thornberg saw the housing mar ket mainly sustaining the region’s economy. “The most important thing out here is to keep the housing going,” he said. He saw it as the up side to the local economy, but with it came a 30% increase in the cost of homes. At the same time, the rental market went up as well, but people are still renting because the new home prices for many are now out of reach with higher interest rates. He noted these things show a demand problem exists, not a supply problem. He said the most critical problem now in southwest Riverside County is the lack of multifamily housing that is afford able for lower income families, families most in demand in the job market. “If you need more laborers here now, you need more multifam ily” homes. With that statement he gained a loud applause showing the audience’s agreement. He cautioned that bringing in more multi-family homes and increasing the labor force will take more water. “Water doesn’t cost anymore than it did yearsWithago.”that he noted most of it is going to agriculture. But that indus

Thornberg called attention to the trend pushing toward more politically partisan views instead of economic views, looking very criti cally at the recent Federal Reserve actions increasing the interest rates to record highs, fueling the negative politics that are “ignoring the data.” He concluded today’s economy is the “inclusion of wealth we don’t have.” He encouraged all attending to continue to work to resolve today’s economic problems that are not as bad as the narrative concludes.Thetitle sponsors to this year’s Southwest Regional Economic Forecast are SRCAR and Loma Linda University. Breakfast spon sors are Abbott, CSUSM Temecula Campus, MSJC and Southern Cali fornia Edison. Corporate sponsors are Temecula Wine Country and Pechanga Resort Casino. The Val ley News was this year’s media sponsor Tony Ault can be reached at tault@reedermedia.com.

Thornberg saw the need for the continuing prosperity in the region as “Housing. Housing. Housing.” with the secondary need to take measures to increase the labor force. He did warn, however, things will be changing in the next few years because of continuing infla tion, supply chain problems and the “very false narrative” by much of the media headlines spelling reces sion and depression.

Dr. Christopher Thornberg, Director of the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, gives a presentation about the local and the national economy during the 2022 Southwest Regional Economic Forecast at South Coast Winery.

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aspiring to buy a new home. He saw that trend coming because now, the Federal Reserve has the interest rate set at over 5%, when it was once just over 3.5% two years ago. “In Riverside County, it’s only 3.6%,” he said. “It has never been below 4% in the Inland Empire. Clearly, it is not a reces sion. This economy is operating at full capacity.” Inflation cooling off? The Federal Reserve has report ed that interest rate increases, they believe, will cool off the economy and decrease the inflation rate.

Riverside County Office of Education received funding in the amount of $1,080,000 or (75%) from the U.S. DOL to administer a YouthBuild Plus project. This program is an equal opportunity employer program and auxilliary aids and services are available upon request to individual disabilities. more prosperous years in south west Riverside County. Christopher Thornberg, PhD, and director of the UC Riverside School of Business for Economic Forecasting and Development, was the keynote speaker for the large gathering at the South Coast Winery and Resort and Spa in Temecula. The event, called by the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce with the Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors, provided a Southwest Regional Economic Forecast.

Thornberg said the audience should look at why things are the way they are in the national economy. “It is overheating.” He showed graphs supporting his hypothesis (UCR Center for Economic Forecasts) to show why the local economy is the way it is. He said of the U.S. economy, “You don’t treat it like a dirt bike’ referring to it speeding up and slowing down. He saw there is still “too much pent up demand, too much wealth kicking around for this to be called a recession.” He said public policy is basically not an economic reality. Following that, he turned his attention to southwest Riverside County where new homes are still selling at almost record rates until just the last month, when there was a slight drop in sales. He said of the area, “You’re going to have good years because there is a lot of pent up demand… but there are not enough people to meet these demands. That is the problem we are facing right now. There is a problem out there much like it was in 2004 but it didn’t reveal“Theitself.ultimate answer is very simple, don’t jump into your bun ker. It’s way too early.” He said there are two major reasons: the economy is in really good shape but there is a demand problem, a supply problem.” He saw two courses of action for the local economy to keep growing like it is. He suggested that there needs to be more laborers to be hired to meet the demand and more housing, not necessarily single fam ily homes but multi-family homes to attract more of those laborers and service people with lower incomes. He pointed out the desperation that the local schools are facing with the need for more qualified teachers as part of that needed labor force as they are critical jobs.

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With the filing deadline over for the five southwest Riverside County city council seats, more than two dozen residents have been nominated and most have qualified, according to the city clerk offices. The final filing deadline for nom inees was Wednesday, Aug. 17. The nominees who will appear on the Nov. 8 general election ballot are as follows with each of those five cit ies divided into voting districts. The nominees were initially to file their nomination papers Friday, Aug. 12, but some cities extended that time to Wednesday, Aug. 17, when no incumbent filed for reelection. The following is a list of the candidates qualified and running for open city council seats in Tem ecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Lake Elsinore and Wildomar. Those names will appear on the Nov. 8 General Election ballots in addition to other Riverside County, state, U.S. government and school board candidates.

Temecula District 1: Curtis Brown, Jeff Chrapczynski and Lenae TurleyTrejoDistrict 3: Mary Ann Edwards (incumbent); Brenden Kalfus and KathyDistrictSizemore5:Zac Schwank (incum bent) and Bill Weston Murrieta District 1: Jon Levell (Anett Diaz and Fabio Giraldo filed, but did not qualify due to incomplete forms)District 2: Ron Holliday and Christi White (incumbent) District 5: Cindy Warren (in cumbent) and Jimmie Jackson Lake Elsinore District 1: Tim Sheridan (in cumbent)District 3: Brian Tisdale (in cumbent) Menifee District 2: Ricky Estrada, Altie Holcomb, Ben Diederich and An gela “Angel” Nevin District 4: Dean Deines (in cumbent) Wildomar District 1: Charles Jones and CarlosDistrictMarquez3:Joseph Morabito (incumbent) and Matthew Baldaca District 5: Ashlee DePhillippo (incumbent) Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

The request was tabled for fur ther discussion, but a number of health and education professionals appeared during that night’s public comment portion of the meeting to voice their favor for the city to form such a subcommittee to de termine how to improve the city’s mental health outreach. They said there is a need in the city, particu larly for military veterans. Early in the meeting, the city council set aside time to remember that terrible day during the Afgani stan evacuation in August 2021 when 13 Marines who were help ing in the evacuation were killed along with more than 100 Afghan civilians in a terrorist suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport. Following a ceremonial flag posting by Murrieta police honor guard and a presentation to mem bers of the U.S. Marine Corps, the council called a 10-minute recess so those in the audience could sign a remembrance memorial to the 13 service members who died. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

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A safety question arose from the council about the visitors’ safety and was directed to Murrieta Fire & Rescue, which has its main sta tion in the downtown area. The city fire chief agreed that better barri cades were in order and could be used for other special city events and that closing a portion of Juni per Street might be a solution for pedestrian safety on those nights.

The downtown merchants who spoke to the council said they are putting together an organization that can deal with the Downtown Marketing Nights. They requested the city’s help in purchasing better barricades for closing Washington Street during the markets at a cost of a little over $100,000 and in do ing some marketing for the event.

Ingram and Councilmember Lori Stone apologized to those in terested in forming a mental health sub-committee who appeared at the last meeting and to those who returned to speak on the issue that evening for becoming verbally compassionate on its formation with other council members who sought further study on the request.

Mendoza said the projects for this year included the Murrieta Hot Springs Road Widening project, design work for the Interstate 15/ Keller Road Interchange, more pavement resurfacing and asphalt overlay on Hancock Avenue and various additional traffic projects and will cost about $8 million. Between the changes and new projects for the year, the total will cost about $11.4 million. He said the city’s carryover CIP budget was about $59.8 million, leaving this year’s total CIP budget at $71.3 million. He said the fund ing sources and reserves, including Measure T funds, will total about

The only objection to expand ing the Downtown Market Nights came from Patrick Ellis, CEO of Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce, who felt other mer chants from outside of the down town area should also be afforded the same privileges and help from the city during special events. He said any business license fees and other costs attributed to the downtown merchants should be in parity with other city merchants. He agreed the city does provide help for other events already and voiced no objections to expanding the market nights. The council agreed with recent studies that showed the down town event has helped increase the number of people who come from outside the city to see what the small businesses in Murrieta have to offer and bring more back to visit and spend their money, improving community relations. They approved the request to budget the barriers, but they recommended the Downtown Merchants keep financial records for the city in a proposed 50-50 net revenue split and conduct a review to make sure that all vendors have business licenses to sell in the city. An agreement will be worked out between the city and the merchant association according to their requests.Thecouncil heard a long-sought agreement with the Eastern Mu nicipal Water District to bring fresh water lines in the Los Alamos Hills region, which depends on their own wells and septic tanks that are slowly drying up. The city offered American Rescue Plan funds to put in the water lines with EMWD chipping in any other costs over the estimated costs. Some Los Alamos residents appeared before the council, prais ing the water line project that has been sought by the local residents for decades and the city partner ship with EMWD. EMWD said the more Los Alamos Hill resi dents who agree to accept service through the district the lower the eventual cost of bringing fresh wa ter to them. There were loud voices of support both from the council and the Los Alamos residents for the project, although it may take several years to complete.

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A request by the Downtown Marketing Nights was made, ask ing to expand those nights from the summer to throughout the year and to barricade downtown Juniper Street for the safety of the almost 6,500 people who enjoy the current market nights held on the first and third Thursdays of each month.

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An algae bloom in Lake El sinore prompted the city and state to suspend all recreational activity until further notice to minimize exposure to the green slime Fri day, Aug. 19. A ccording to the California Water Resources Control Board, the bloom appeared last week and poses a potential health threat to people and pets. “No swimming” signs have been posted around the water, with additional warnings not to let dogs drink from the lake or eat scum washing up on shore, officials said. The closure includes boating and“Dofishing.not eat fish or shellfish from the water,”’ the WRCB said. “Boiling or filtering will not make the water Accordingsafe.”to a press release issued by the WRCB, dogs and children are most susceptible to exposure because of their smaller body size, increased potential to swallow water while swimming, and tendency to stay in the water longer.

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“If you suspect exposure, wash your children and dog immedi ately,” the WRCB said Blooms have appeared in the lake in previous years, and ac cording to officials, the current one is suspended at the surface. “ Cyanobacteria, a group of organisms that form harmful al gae blooms, can produce potent toxins,” according to a Water Resources Control Board state ment. “Health risks include skin inflammation, gastrointestinal distress, headaches, agitation and weakness or abnormal breathing if ... material is swallowed while swimming.”Algaegrowth is attributed to higher volumes of nutrients in the water, combined with elevated temperatures, lots of sunshine and little to no wind. “Bloom conditions can change rapidly, as the winds and waves move or concentrate the bloom into different regions of the lake,” the WRCB said. “In some areas, the bloom may concentrate and form a film or scum on the water surface. The color of the water may also appear discolored as bright or dark green and brown.”

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MURRIETA from page A-1 $11.4 million and will balance the expenditures for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Hitch shared the city’s current projects and reviewed regional programs that will include Mur rieta in the next five years. Among some of those projects, the city re ceived a special grant to allow the installation of LED-lighted cross walks in front Murrieta schools; the information earned praise from several council members. Following the public hearing on the CIP budget, the council gave its final approval in a 5 to 0 vote to the upcoming year’s CIP projects and to the funding allocations needed. The city also received a favor able report on their 2021 audit, which was made by Clifton, Lar son, Allen LLP, noting they found no inconsistencies in gathering and reviewing the city’s financial state ments from all the departments.

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A surface algae bloom consisting of Cyanobacteria in Lake Elsinore that is toxic to humans and can be fatal to dogs has prompted the city of Lake Elsinore to close the lake for all recreational activities until further notice. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo conditions might change on the lake.There have been no reports of medical emergencies connected with exposure to the green slime. Additional information is avail able at ca.gov/habs/index.html.https://mywaterquality.

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“A lot of their goal is to look at the even bigger picture of what we’re facing from across the state, how we can store up supplies and ensure that we’re going to be meet ing demand,” Woodrome said. According to Thomas, building that resiliency supply should be the

EVMWD is working with four of their sister agencies on what they can do in a regional as pect to be more locally self-reliant. “We’re about 60% imported water. That’s from Northern Cali fornia or Colorado. We’d like to be more toward 40%. That recog nizes the fact that we want to be a little more locally resilient, but we’re never gonna get away from the statewide water. We need that water,” Thomas said. He explained that they don’t have the local capability to replace that water, especially at the rate the region is growing. “The Inland Empire is the fastest growing county. Riverside County is the fastest growing county in the state,” Thomas said.

EVMWD has also been working alongside homeowners associa tions, city councils, chambers of commerce and community groups on how everyone can be more ef ficient with water. “Things they can do is take out nonfunctional turf and replace it with drought tolerance,” Thomas said. “I’m not a big believer in ripping out all your vegetation and replacing it with gravel. It’s not healthy; it’s not good for the envi ronment. It’s not good for the soils and actually causes an increase in heat, which is what we’re trying to avoid. Master gardeners say the sameThomasthing.”said the important thing to remember is that with the dif ferent water rebates offered by the water district, homeowners should think about what they are “replac ing landscaping with.” Rebates act as a way for individuals to save water, while also saving money. There are a wide variety of Cal ifornia-friendly plants, and many are displayed at the district office. Demonstration gardens are growing in locations throughout EVMWD’s service area and are designed to help people find the right fit for their own yard. The plants aren’t limited to cactus and gravel, and they can be both beau tiful and friendly, Thomas said. “It’s good for hummingbirds and butterflies,” Woodrome said. “Those are the kind of things we at the district encourage.”

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According to Thomas, about 50 to 60% of water use at home, for a single family residence, is used in outdoor irrigation. He suggested cutting back on watering the lawn and the backyard as one way to be more efficient. “Your plants may be stressed a little bit, but you like to believe they’re harder than you think. They will adapt,” he said. Woodrome explained that EVM WD offers various options that can help individuals become more efficient and save more money through using less water. In addi tion to rebates, outdoors irrigation devices, weather-based irrigation controllers and water evaluations are all part of what the district can offer homeowners.

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district’s primary focus. With cli mate change, individuals need to adapt and remain educated on the importance of water storage both above ground and underground. Water needs to be managed better, especially during heavy rainfall, such as in December. “We let all that water go out to the ocean when we could have put it in the reservoirs,” Thomas said, as he confirmed the current drought and water waste to be a dire“Wecrisis.wouldn’t be asking certain portions of Southern California to not water their lawn. If you go over that, you’re being fined $1,000,” heCurrently,said.

A barrel racer enters the arena at the California Ranch Company in Temecula during the three-day Lunde Enterprises Roping & Barrel Race event. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos Barrel racer Rylee Bitto riding Mucha Merada circles a barrel in the arena at the California Ranch Company in Temecula.

water officials to discuss various ways for the region to conserve water.Thomas said he appreciated Wade Crowfoot, secretary of Cali fornia Natural Resources Agency for coming to listen to the issues.

Barrel racer Yolanda Dyer riding SR Insane TA Fame races the clock at the California Ranch Company in Temecula. Tiffany Neal, riding Dreamin of Cash Chex, circles a barrel during a race at the California Ranch Company.

“One of the things we men tioned was the governor had a huge surplus this year,” Thomas said. “It would be nice to see a little bit more of that money go to water projects. Without water, life’s not going to happen here. Whether it’s agricultural or personal life, even the environment is subjected to it. Anything we can do to increase that water portfolio, that will help us all Thomasout.”said conservation needs to be a statewide effort. “We can’t do it all locally,” he said. “We need the state to focus on good policies and send money down our way.” For EVMWD to achieve their goals, they would have to increase rates, which is something the district doesn’t want to do to its customers, Thomas said.He said there is higher demand for water now than ever before when taking into consideration the number of people who moved to the area from Orange County, Los Angeles and other areas due to the lower cost of living. “It’s just a different way of life,” he said. “So you have all these people coming in, yet we have to meet their needs.” Ava Sarnowski can be reached by email at valleystaff@reeder media.com.

“You can call us and we can come out to your home. We’ll have an expert who will help you review your outdoor irrigation. We can look to ensure that your sprin kler timer is set appropriately, and check for any leaks or over-spray from your irrigation system,” Woodrome said as she welcomed anyone to visit the district

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A wood chipping machine spews cut-up pieces of tree branches into a truck during the chipping day sponsored by the Fallbrook Fire Safe Council. Joey Fernando backs his truckload of branch cuttings to be processed at the free chipping event at North County Fire Station 4.

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Philip Maupin, an active duty Marine, volunteers his time in helping at a chipping event at North County Fire Station 4 on Pala Mesa Drive, Saturday, Aug. 13. The free chipping day, sponsored by the Fallbrook Fire Safe Council, allows property owners to bring branch cuttings to be processed for free in a wood chipping machine.

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De Luz resident Phil Hernandez prepares a truck load of branch cuttings to be processed at the North County Fire chipping event. Workers and volunteers move branch cuttings into a wood chipping machine at North County Fire Station 4 during the chipping day in Fallbrook. The chipping day event happens once every year.

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Workers and volunteers move tree cuttings into a wood chipping machine at North County Fire Station 4 during the chipping day event in Fallbrook.

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Riverside County health officials have distributed 75% of their allot ment of monkeypox vaccine doses to DAP Health, Eisenhower Medi cal Center, Borrego Health and RUHS’ EIP clinic in the Coachella Valley from the county’s limited supply, Arballo told City News Service.Hesaid the county received 3,514 doses of the two-dose JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine, enough for about 1,750 people, before the 75% was distributed to the Coachella Valley. The other 25% was kept for RUHS efforts such as larger scale events and post-exposure prophy laxis, Arballo said. “We continue to work on adding additional community partners to make our limited vaccine supply available more widely, as we also continue to advocate for more vaccine doses for our county,” Arballo said.

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Temecula to host 12th annual Health & Community Resource Fair

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For the 2022-2023 Best Hos pitals rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Fewer than half of all hospitals received any High Performing rating, and only four earned this rating in all procedures and condi tions. State and metro area rank ings reflect the highest performing hospitals in the area across mul tiple areas of care. “When patients are considering their options for care, the Best Hos pitals ratings are designed to help them identify hospitals that excel in the kind of care they may need,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said. “A hospital that’s earned a High Performing rating in a service may be a good option for patients in need of that service and their medi cal professionals to consider.”

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Temecula’s Mayor Matt Rahn said. “These resources are critical for our community, and I hope everyone in the region will join us to learn, connect and prioritize our collective health and well-being.” Temecula Valley Hospital will be joining the city of Temecula in hosting the Health & Community Resource Fair. “We are proud to have the Tem ecula Valley Hospital as a major, premier contributor again this year, providing advanced hospital tech nology, screenings, services and more,” the city of Temecula said. Temecula’s annual Health & Community Resource Fair is open to individuals of all ages who would like information on health-related resources. Some of the free preventative health as sessments and screenings include blood pressure checks, glucose tests, grip strength tests, dental screenings, visual acuity, fall risk assessments, lipid panels, bone density and more. For more information, contact the Mary Phillips Senior Center at 951-694-6464 or visit aspx?AID=1129.temeculaca.gov/CivicAlerts.https://

TEMECULA – Temecula will host the 12th annual Health & Community Resource Fair Sat urday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Temecula Civic Center and Town Square, 41000 Main Street. Attendees will receive the latest information on health-relat Call 951-763-5510 to advertise! or www.myvalleynews.comsales@reedermedia.comemail

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According to health officials, the vaccine can prevent infection if given before or shortly after exposure to the virus. The county is also working with community partners to expand eli gibility for the two-shot vaccines to include at-risk individuals, and to set up treatment sites with Teco virimat – an antiviral medication used to treat orthopoxvirus infec tions such as monkeypox.

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Riverside County reported 15 more confirmed or probable mon keypox cases Friday, Aug. 19, raising the overall number to 124. Jose Arballo, a representative for the Riverside University Health System, provided the updated numbers with a monkeypox dash board that shares the breakdown of cases in the county with cityby-city data and more. As of Friday, Aug. 19, 66 proba ble or confirmed monkeypox cases were reported in Palm Springs, making up almost half of the county’s aggregate count of 124, according to the latest RUHS data. The first probable or confirmed case in a female was reported Tuesday, Aug. 16. The previous Friday, Arballo reported the total probable/con firmed cases stood at 78, up from 51 the previous week. Two cases originally reported in Riverside County have since been assigned to San Bernardino County. Riverside County Public Health Officer Geoffrey Leung signed a public health emergency proclama tion recently to focus attention on the virus, and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors ratified the proclamation Monday, Aug. 15. “We have seen the devastating physical effects of monkeypox on those who have been infected, as well as the emotional toll on partners, family and loved ones,” Leung said in a statement. “Now is the time for Public Health, our ed resources and services around the Temecula Valley. Enjoy live entertainment, free health screen ings and prize giveaways. Many free or low-cost resources and services may be available through nonprofit organizations within the community. As part of the Health & Community Re source Fair, there will be a wide range of different nonprofit organi zations from the region, exhibiting services from health and wellness to special needs to veteran and military services and many more. Temecula’s Health & Commu nity Resource Fair will showcase over 100 vendors providing free health screenings, community re sources, emergency preparedness, public safety awareness, nonprofit expo and open streets. As part of the city’s continuing efforts to highlight Old Town Tem ecula, this year we’ll be promoting “Open Streets” at the Health & Community Resource Fair. Open streets will create more walkable areas at the event and encourage visitors to live a healthier, more connected life.

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LEWISTON, Maine – Jamari Amrham of Winchester was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in April 2022. The distinction is earned by students whose GPA is 3.92 or higher.

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SAN JACINTO – Mt. San Jacinto College kicked off its fall 2022 se mester Monday, Aug. 15, offering classes and services to students both in person and online. MSJC is offering a robust amount of face-to-face, on-campus classes, along with online classes and hy brid classes that are in person and online this fall. MSJC also offers eight-week courses, including latestart classes that begin in October. A total of 14,534 students have enrolled in person or online at MSJC so far for this fall, topping last fall’s final headcount of 14,231 students.Roger Schultz, Ph.D., superin tendent and president of MSJC, said it was great to welcome more students to the college. “The pandemic made us more innovative in how to best serve our students, and we are now seeing our strategies pay off,” he said. “We will continue exploring new ways to meet our students where and when they want to learn, whether in person, online or both.”

Amrham, the son of Ithiel I. Amrham and Ursela C. Hill, is a 2018 graduate of College Prepara tory School. He is a senior at Bates majoring in psychology and minor ing in theater. L ocated in Lewiston, Maine, Bates College is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigor ous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Commit ted to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, reli gion, or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. For more information, visit http://www.bates.edu. Submitted by Bates College.

“We noticed how much of a dif ference it made in students’ lives to have that access to free food,” she said. “Being able to now offer the Eagles Landing will just go that much further in alleviating some of the students’ concerns. We’re so glad we can provide them with this newAtservice.”theVeterans Resource Center, Joseph Ortiz said he is excited to earn his business degree and said he feels comfortable at MSJC. “Mt. San Jacinto College gives you a feeling of inclusion,” Ortiz said.On MSJC’s Menifee Valley Cam pus, student Sandra Casas said she continues to pursue her degree in kinesiology.“I’mexcited to be back,” Casas said. “This is my second year at MSJC, and I can’t wait to keep working toward my kinesiology degree.”Student Sydney Andrade came to MSJC’s Temecula Valley Campus from Vista Murrieta High School to study psychology. Andrade said they are glad the Temecula campus, MSJC’s newest campus, is close to home.

On the San Jacinto Campus, MSJC welcomed students to its new Eagles Landing – the Center for Student Essentials. Complement ing the college’s food pantries, the on e-stop Eagles Landing offers students easy access to basic needs and services, as well as more infor mation about helpful college and community resources.

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“We know many of our students face financial obstacles as they pursue their academic success at MSJC,” Rebecca Teague, interim vice president of student services, said. “The new Eagles Landing helps remove some of those ob stacles and helps them see the finish lineNewclearer.”MSJC student Daniel To villa, 18, of San Jacinto said the Eagles Landing is a great way to help students with certain neces sities.“Iwould definitely use that (center),” Tovilla said. “It would definitely help. I’ve had a lot of friends come to me asking if I have an extra T-shirt.”

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Mt. San Jacinto College’s Marisa Jones, left, director of TRIO/Upward Bound, helps students Reina Acosta, center, and Daniel Tovilla, right, on the first day of the fall 2022 semester. MSJC kicked off its fall 2022 semester Monday, Aug. 15, welcoming more students back to its campuses for in-person classes and services, including its new Eagles Landing basic essentials center at the San Jacinto Campus.

Over the past several years, MSJC CalWORKs program direc tor Lisa Campbell led the college’s efforts to provide free food to stu dents in need and is now overseeing the Eagles Landing initiative.

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Chance Marshall Tiburon Hroch of Tem ecula was among 626 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during a combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Saturday, Aug. 13, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Hroch earned a Master of Sci ence from the Office of Graduate Studies.Thegraduates are from 34 coun tries, 39 states and more than 70 Nebraska communities. Susan M. Swearer, Willa Cather professor and chair of the Depart ment of Educational Psychology at Nebraska, delivered the com mencement address. Submitted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Student Sandra Casas says she is happy to be back on the Menifee Valley Campus to study kinesiology. Mt. San Jacinto College kicked off its fall 2022 semester, welcoming more students back to its campuses for in-person classes and services, including its new Eagles Landing basic essentials center at the San Jacinto Campus.

New student Sydney Andrade joined Mt. San Jacinto College at its new Temecula Valley Campus, the start of the Fall 2022 semester. Sydney says she is glad the campus is close to home. Valley News/Mt. San Jacinto College photos Prospective students can still search the MSJC fall schedule of classes to find face-to-face, hybrid or online classes that work best for theirStudentsneeds.can get help with regis tration, financial aid and counsel ing by visiting the Student Support HUB at https://www.msjc.edu/hub/ Mt. San Jacinto College serves nearly 24,000 students annually in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Ban ning and Temecula. MSJC award ed 3,157 degrees and certificates to a record-breaking 2,185 gradu ates in May 2022. For more information, visit http:// www.msjc.edu Submitted by Mt. San Jacinto College. OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – Ra chel Detienne from Murrieta was one of more than 900 students who received degrees from New York Institute of Technology as spring graduates of the class of 2022. Detienne studied physician assistant studies and received a Master of Science. For more information, vis it http://nyit.edu. Submitted by New York Institute of Technology. Murrieta student receives degree from NYIT Chance Hroch of Temecula earns University of Nebraska-Lincoln degree

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The Eastern Municipal Water District board approved a contract with Black & Veatch for wastewater flow monitoring and model calibration in the district’s Temecula Valley area. The board voted 5-0 Wednesday, Aug. 17, to approve a $562,697 professional services contract with Black & Veatch, whose Irvine office will perform the work. The board action also approved a total appropriation of $647,100 which will cover $28,100 for EMWD engineering branch labor and EMWD approves Temecula Valley flow monitoring and model calibration contract

$56,300 for contingencies as well as the contract amount. Eastern has four wastewater collection system hydraulic models for the Temecula Valley, San Jacinto Valley, Perris Valley and Moreno Valley systems. Flow monitoring programs for those four systems were previously conducted between 2013 and 2015 with the Temecula Valley system being addressed in 2013. The flow monitoring program provided calibrated models for the 2015 wastewater master planning effort and was used to develop the master plan capital improvement program, and the flow monitoring program also identified capacity restrictions. The updates will reflect changes to current and projected systems. The flow monitoring program will involve a combination of wet and dry weather flows with the dry weather flows being the basis of the calibration effort and the wet weather flows being used to evaluate inflow and infiltration which enters the collection system. The calibration report will document the results of the efforts and provide recommended wastewater flow factors by land use type. The flow monitoring will use 55 flow meters for dry weather flow. EMWD staff solicited proposals from four firms June 6 and received three responses by the June 30 deadline. An evaluation panel recommended Black & Veatch as the preferred firm, and the fee of $562,697 was negotiated. The flow monitoring and model calibration effort is expected to be complete by September 2023. Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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Leilani Anderson, left, talks to Jared Giordano, owner of Giordano’s Martial Arts, during the All Chamber Mega Mixer hosted by the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce at the Mt. San Jacinto College campus in Temecula, Thursday, Aug. 18. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

Project T.O.U.C.H., a nonprofit homeless prevention and shared housing program, is one of many nonprofits providing information during the All Chamber Mega Mixer at the Mt. San Jacinto College campus in Temecula.

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The combined unemployment rate for Riverside and San Ber nardino counties in July was 3.9%, down from 4% in June, according to figures. Bi-county data indicated payrolls expanded by the widest margins in construction, leisure and hospital ity, retail trade, health services and professional business services, which altogether swelled by 8,700 positions last month. Additional gains were document ed in the financial services sector and miscellaneous unclassified in dustries, which added an aggregate 800 jobs in July, according to EDD. Payrolls sank by the largest amount in the public sector, which recorded a loss of 13,500 positions. Most of those, however, were in K-12 education, as teachers and support personnel went on seasonal summer hiatus. The agricultural sector addition ally posted a decline of 2,100 jobs, figures showed. Data indicated that the statewide non-seasonally-adjusted unemploy ment rate in July was 3.9%.

Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz of Califor nia’s 36th congressional district paid a visit to San Jacinto Wednes day, Aug. 17, getting an up close and personal look at the Soboba Crossroads retail center being built less than a mile from the Soboba Casino Resort. The center is at the southeast corner of Main Street and Ramona Expressway, which gener ates major traffic. With the offsite funding appropriated by Ruiz, surrounding roads will be widened and a traffic signal will be added at Donna Way to accommodate visi tors to the retail destination.

Soboba Tribal Council’s Sergeant-at-Arms Kelli Hurtado, left, and Secretary Monica Herrera present Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz with a token of appreciation during a site visit he made to the Soboba Crossroads in San Jacinto. was divided into three different shipments with each air con ditioning unit being delivered separately,” he said. “Delays cost money and the cost of everything – labor, materials and energy – has goneAnotherup.” change of plans was to add a patio area along the front of all the businesses in case outdoor seating becomes necessary as it did during the Optimumpandemic.Groupprovides inno vative real estate development and construction management services to government agencies, public and private companies as well as nonprofit organizations. Decades of experience provides comprehen sive oversight for a wide variety of projects, with intense attention to Theredetail. is a tremendous interest from potential tenants for the cen ter that will have space for several c ommercial businesses, Soboba Tribal Executive Officer Steven Estrada said. He added the Tribal Council is carefully considering all lessees to bring diverse and muchneeded services and resources to theWhilearea. curious residents and those that drive by the construction site have seen the exterior rise for quite some time, Sahabi said there is underground horizontal work being done that is not visible to the public. He said when the ver tical work is completed it gives the impression that the project is almost finished but the project is targeting a completion date for late springHerrera2023.said she thought Ruiz taking time out of his busy sched ule to see the project at this stage of its development was really special. “We appreciate his support. He comes in person, he doesn’t just send staff,” she said. “He took the time to come here for a small and informal meeting like this. I feel theShelove.”added that she likes seeing Soboba, and many other tribes, diversifying.“Wecan’t have all our eggs in one basket,” Herrera said. “The time for more economic develop ment is now and we are starting to see the fruits of our labor.” For more information, com,http://www.optimumgroupllc.visithttps://ruiz.house.govor info@soboba-nsn.gov

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“It is a thank you from our peo ple for everything he’s done and everything he is doing,” Hurtado s aid. “We really appreciate his support whenever we ask for it. I’m glad we have the opportunity to work with him.” Ruiz helped secure funding for local infrastructure projects, and in March, the House passed an omnibus appropriations package that will bring federal funding di rectly to California’s 36th District, which he represents. The package included $10 million secured by Ruiz to drive economic growth in the 36th District as well as other criticalAmongresources.the10 projects to di rectly benefit residents due to this funding is $1 million for the Sobo ba Band of Luiseño Indians to fund construction of public facilities required to facilitate construction of the 10-acre Soboba Crossroads shopping center in San Jacinto. The project is expected to create an estimated 100 permanent jobs, enhance local services, increase tax revenues and provide new op portunities for business growth.

Despite modest gains in multiple sectors of the regional economy, seasonal drops in others left River side County’s unemployment rate unchanged last month, according to figures released Friday, Aug. 19, by the California Employment Development Department. The jobless rate in July, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 4%, the same as in June. According to figures, the July rate was four percentage points lower than the year-ago level, when countywide unemployment stood at 8%, as the statewide coronavi rus public health lockdowns were gradually eased. An estimated 45,800 county residents were recorded as out of work in July, and 1,111,600 were employed, according to EDD. Coachella had the highest un employment rate countywide last month at 9%, followed by Cherry Valley at 7.4%, Mecca at 6.4%, Ran cho Mirage at 6% and Indio at 5.5%.

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“The allocated funds for off site improvements allowed us to be able to lease the buildings,” Ali Sahabi, president of Optimum Group, said. He and his group have worked closely with the Tribe for the past decade bringing many major proj ects to fruition such as the Soboba Tribal Preschool and the Soboba Indian Reservation’s solar plant that provides power to all its gov ernmental entities. After the House passed the Ruizsecured funding in March, Soboba Tribal Chairman Isaiah Vivanco said, “On behalf of Soboba, I’d like to thank Dr. Ruiz and all oth ers who worked tirelessly to secure funding for this all-important in frastructure project. The benefits to our local communities will be reaped for many years to come.” Sahabi told Ruiz when he arrived that he is honored to be Soboba’s owner-representative for the past 10“They’veyears. taken on some re ally groundbreaking projects,” he said, adding that because of the strong leadership of Soboba’s Tribal Council and administration, projects are moving forward at a steady“Thatpace.iswhy I was enthusiasti cally in support of this,” Ruiz said. “Not just because it was a Soboba project but because it has rippling effects throughout the whole re gion. I’m looking at creating jobs that can provide good wages for workers and provide strong com merce in their community. This was key for me, and I think this is a win-win project.” Soboba Cross roads initially broke ground in early 2020, shortly before COVID-19 shutdowns put almost every construction proj ect on hold for more than seven months. More recently, supply chain issues have continued to af fect the cost of materials and labor. Staying within the allotted budget, Sahabi and his group had to make modifications to be discussed with and decided on by Tribal Council. “For instance, our HVAC order

Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz of California’s 36th congressional district visits with Soboba Tribal Council members Kelli Hurtado, middle, and Monica Herrera at the Soboba Crossroads development Wednesday, Aug. 17. Valley News/Robert A. Whitehead photos

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Soboba Tribal Council Secretary Monica Herrera and Sergeant-atArms Kelli Hurtado attended the informal site visit, giving them an opportunity to thank Ruiz for his most recent support of the project. They presented him with a Pendleton blanket and a white sage bundle.

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The 10-acre Soboba Crossroads retail center in San Jacinto gets a boost from the passage of an omnibus appropriations package that included $1 million secured by Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz.

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Pericarditis is inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart that can cause sharp chest pain and otherAccordingsymptoms.tothe study, the most common symptom was chest pain, followed by chest discomfort, fever and headache. Three patients between the ages of 13 and 18 reported chest pain and biomarkers were evaluated. All three reported the symptoms once again in a serious between Pfizer vaccine and Myocarditis in teens,

within 24-48 hours of receiving the second dose of Pfizer. Four patients had no symptoms but had elevated biomarkers. All patients were male and had abnormal

A prospective study in Thailand conducted during the country’s national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for adolescents showed what one physician described as a “stunning” association between myocarditis and the Pfizer-BioN TechThevaccine.preprint, accepted for publi cation in a peer-reviewed journal, involved 314 participants ages 1318 who were healthy and without abnor mal aftersymptomsreceiving their first vac cine culousopathy,ofwithParticipantsdose.ahistorycardiomytuberpericarditis or constrictive pericarditis and severe allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine were excluded from the study. Although the study included 314 adolescents, 13 were excluded from the findings as they were “lost to follow-up.” Of the 301 remaining partici pants, 202 (67.1%) were male. Researchers found that 18% of the 301 teens analyzed had an ab normal electrocardiogram, or EKG after receiving their second dose of Pfizer, 3.5% of males developed myopericarditis or subclinical myocarditis, two were hospitalized and one was admitted to the ICU for heart Cardiovascularproblems.adverse events observed during the study included tachycardia (7.64%), shortness of breath (6.64%), palpitation (4.32%), chest pain (4.32%) and hypertension (3.99%).

Fifty-four adolescents had ab normal electrocardiogramsmalhadthreevaccination,afterpatientsminipericardialeffusionwithfindingscompatiblewithsubacutemyopericarditisandsixpatientsexpe rienced mitral valve prolapse. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle that can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and death. According to the National Organi zation for Rare Disorders, myocar ditis can result from infections, but “more commonly the myocarditis is a result of the body’s immune re action to the initial heart damage.”

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“Researchers found that 18% of the 301 teens analyzed had an abnormal electrocardiogram, or EKG after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.”

cardiacreceivedvaccinated.derlying(257/301allTheparticularlyelectrocardiograms,sinustachycardia.clinicalcoursewasmildincases.Themajorityoftheparticipantsor85.38%)hadnoundiseasespriortobeingAspartofthestudy,participantsadiarycardtorecordsymptoms.Thosewho developed side effects from the vaccine could call the principal investigator and be transferred to a medical team at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases for assessment. If the participant developed ab normal EKG, echocardiographic findings or increased cardiac en zymes, the principal investigator scheduled patients for follow-up per the study’s protocol and for day 14 lab Individualsassessments.weremonitored with laboratory tests including cardiac biomarkers, ECG and echocar diography at three clinical visits — baseline, day 3, day 7 and day 14 after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.Thediagnostic criteria for myo carditis were classified as either probable cases or confirmed cases and were based on clinical symp toms and medical tests. The researchers concluded the clinical presentation of myoperi carditis after vaccination was “usually mild,” with all cases fully recovering within 14 days and rec ommended adolescents receiving mRNA vaccines be monitored for side effects. Dr. Tracy Høeg, an epidemi ologist, in a tweet said the study is “unique & impressive because of the extensive workup both pre and post vaccination” as the study could “detect pre-existing cardiac abnormalities.”Independent journalist Jordan Schachtel noted in a tweet the car diac events witnessed during the study occurred after only one shot of Pfizer, as children with heart conditions had been excluded. According to the most recent data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 29, 2022, there were 1,292 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis in the 12-17 age group. Of the 1,292 reports, 1,145 cases were attributed to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Copyright 2022 Children’s Health Defense. Reprinted with permission from ChildrensHealth Defense.org.

JuliePublisherReeder, A preprint study of adolescents conducted during Thailand’s na tional COVID-19 vaccination campaign showed what one phy sician described as a “stunning” association between myocarditis and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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We have water – Let’s use it decade. It is a recurring problem in the arid West, but even in dry periods, we should have enough water to meet our needs. Voters understood that in 2014 when they approved a $7.5 billion water bond, which included $2.7 billion to fund construction of new dams and reservoirs. Unfortunately, few projects are underway, or even in the planning stage. Our largest dams and reservoirs were built before 1979, most be tween 1945 and 1968, when our population was less than half its current size. My caucus and I have long supported efforts to increase water storage and conveyance ca pacity, to expand water recycling, and increase use of desalination.

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The governor has announced a new water plan for the state that would create storage for up to 4 million acre-feet of water to capitalize on big storms by storing water for dry periods. Desalination of seawater and salty groundwater would expand, and recycling would be encouraged. Many can remember the 14-year struggle to build the Poseidon de salination plant in Carlsbad. The plant, which now supplies roughly 10% of San Diego County’s water, was almost derailed by lawsuits and bureaucracy on sev eral occasions. Recently, a new desalination plant proposed for Orange County was blocked by the Coastal Commission, despite the governor’s support. Recycling, desalination, storage reservoirs, reliable groundwa ter and sensible environmental regulations – all must be part of a comprehensive solution guaran teeing a secure water supply for California. But without changing the bureaucratic and legal hurdles blocking new projects, efforts to create additional storage capacity and water resources will continue to It’sstall.been eight years, through two administrations, since vot ers allocated billions for water projects, with almost no results. We need those projects, and we desperately need that water – now. Assemblymember Marie Wal dron, R-Valley Center, repre sents the 75th Assembly District in the Califor nia Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palo mar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

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[Left] Guests attending the ATHYRIO Horsemanship series Saturday, Sept. 3 will have a better understanding of equestrian care, handling, feeding and communication. held during breaks at the event. “Join us and learn how to ‘be’ around horses,” ATHYRIO member and educator Cezanne Ryerson Jodka said. “If you’re a new horse owner or just starting up again and need a refresher, we’re here to Thehelp.”About That Horse You Rode In On is a nonprofit charity organization and open to all horse owners past, present and future. Money raised goes to support the charity’s holiday gift drive and other educational events throughout the year. From trail rides to horsemanship events to celebrations and clinics, the club is busy with all things horse.

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Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER The Governing Board of the Hemet Unified School District held a regular meeting at the Anza Hamilton High School on Tuesday, Aug.The16.gathering presented a unique experience for local parents, who normally are not able to attend the sessions usually held in Hemet. The meeting began at 5:30 p.m. where a variety of subjects were discussed.ThePledge of Allegiance was led by Stephanie Martinez, a senior at the high school. She was awarded a special certificate from HUSD Governing Board President Vic Scavarda. As an excellent student, Martinez was praised highly for her accomplishments both academically and in sports. HUSD Superintendent Dr. Christi Barrett presented some HUSD school board holds annual local meeting at Hamilton High School

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Jeff Wetzel, California State Water Resources Control Board Senior Water Resource Control Engineer with the Drinking Water Well Replacement Program, spoke briefly in a phone interview about the state’s role in assisting with a resolution to the water problems experienced by WWC. Considering the issue to be a funding emergency, he said, the state granted about $72,000 initially to provide for the installation of temporary water tanks, and to haul water to get the tanks and affected residents’ tanks filled. This includes two 2,500 gallon tanks to service the 30 residents directly affected by the crisis. The plan, he said, is to look into hooking up to a drinking water well for the 30 residents impacted by the shutdown of the fourth well on the Western Water ConservationThesystem.California State Water Resources Control Board is one of six branches of the California Environmental Protection Agency. According to their website, the State Water Board’s mission is to preserve, enhance and restore the quality of California’s water resources and drinking water for the protection of the environment, public health and all beneficial uses, and to ensure proper water resource allocation and efficient use, for the benefit of present and future generations.

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WWC, the nonprofit organization that controls the shared well water system, indicated two weeks ago that one of four wells was taken out of the system, resulting in a shortage of water for approximately 30 customers.

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Hamilton High School senior Stephanie Martinez is awarded a special certificate from HUSD Governing Board President Vic Scavarda at the HUSD school board meeting at Hamilton High School Tuesday, Aug. 16.

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The California State Water Resources Control Board has approved emergency funding to assist with the lack of water experienced by some Western Water Conservation customers on Table Mountain.

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Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER The About That Horse You Rode In On club has announced their Horsemanship Series 1 and 2 education event Saturday, Sept. 3. The special event will begin a day of learning and mingling with other equestrians at 9 a.m. at Challenger Quarter Horses, located in Lake Riverside Estates. Topics include catching, haltering, leading, grooming, feeding and nutrition, high lining, saddle fitting, tack selection and equine anatomy. A $10 donation covers information-packed lessons by knowledgeable instructors, coffee, pastries and a lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers. Raﬄes will be

Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM presented a wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour fundraising event Saturday, Aug. 13 in Anza. Over 100 people attended for the evening.Theevent was held at the Rancho del Sol Vineyard in Anza. Hosts Ed and Alice Wall in their efforts provided guests with excellent food and drink in the welll appointed local vineyard facility. The local vineyard produces over nine different KOYT’s wine tasting and dinner buﬀet fundraiser raises over $4,000 varieties of wine. The vineyard’s private collection was shared by the Walls for the fundraiser. Activities included a silent Kevin Short donates a basket of specialty home-brewed beers for the silent auction at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour fundraising event Saturday, Aug. 13.

Marea Stinnett sings rock and roll tunes at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM fundraiser.

B-2 Valley News • www.myvalleynews.com • August 26, 2022 ANZA LOCAL ALL VOLUNTEER • NON-PROFIT • NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY RADIO STATION inalso97.1KOYTFMknownasKoyoteRadioAnza,California. We always appreciate any and all donations! Contributions from each of the businesses are genuinely thanked On-Air, with an approximate 20-25 second spot, highlighting your business. Please give us a call for more information about our underwriting donations. (951) 763-KOYT (5698) Listen to us anytime through our WWW.KOYT971.ORGwebsite: We Love You Anza – you rock! auction for wine, art, gift baskets and other items, and live acoustic entertainment provided by host Ed Wall and a number of talented guest artists. Brian Baharie enter tained the crowds with a comedy set.An afternoon thunderstorm did little to dampen the spirits of those setting up for the event. “The gully washer came through, which left us scrambling a bit to soak up all of the water, a huge shoutout to all those who stepped in to help set up for this event, we appreciate you,” radio station program director Erinne Roscoe said. The buffet organized by Alice Wall consisted of delectable Asianinspired egg rolls and rice dishes, pasta salads, fresh fruit, kabobs, nuts, desserts and a whole roasted pig. A wide variety of wines were available for tasting. “A howlin’ thank you to Ed and Alice who served up tastings of their Rancho Del Sol selection of wines, and a huge howlin’ thank you to Brian Baharie and Marea Stinett as well, who also served samplings of their High Chaparral Vineyard wines,” Roscoe added.

Ac WATER from page B-1 cording to DeMartino, the com pany has one California licensed operator and subcontracts many tasks to local businesses. “We serve about 80 custom ers on Table Mountain in Anza,” De martino said in a telephone interview. “We recently lost one of our temporary wells, knocking out water to about 30 customers.” Out of four viable wells, the WWC was down to three. “The temporary well situa tion involved a verbal agreement with a landowner to use the well, totalling four on the system,” he explained. “The property sold and the new owners discontinued the agreement.”

With the California State Water Resources Control Board, county and other state departments com ing in to assist, it is hoped that the water problems plaguing Western Water Conservation customers will soon be a thing of the past. Drinking water distribution will continue, with emergency deliver ies of drinking water available by calling 951-970 7809. For more information about Western Water Conservation, visit them on the web at westernwaterconservation.org or call 951-970 7809. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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A Table Mountain resident uses a ladder to check water levels in his tank during emergency repairs with the shared well system that feeds water to his home. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo

Sponsors such as the Anza Pizza Factory and Once Upon A Thread donated gift certificates and silent auction items were provided by artists and others. “Our silent auction was a suc cess,” Roscoe said. “People bid generously, and all of the items received bids. The auction brought in $1,331 for your community ra dio station. In total, KOYT Anza Community Broadcasting received over $4,000 in donations.”

difficulties this past couple weeks,” Table Mountain resident Tara Butchart said. “Most of us have gotten some water now, but we all really need to take it easy on our usage. Those of us that have lived here a long time are pretty conservative with our water, but this is emergency water for bathing and toilet flushing while we await a more permanent fix. This water is not meant to be for drinking. We still need to be using bottled water forJoedrinking.”Pradetto, Chief of Staff for Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington, said that the Supervisor’s office helped broker contact between the state water board and concerned residents. “Emergency assistance by the state was approved,” he added. “I’ve been optimistic. It’s an urgent matter and I am personally pleased that the state moved very quickly.” According to some homeown ers, the system has had its share of water headaches for years. For merly known as the Ramona Water District, the shared wells and the connections that fed a portion of the properties on Table Mountain suffered breakdowns and unreli able service. Created in the 1980s, the private shared well system was unlicensed and unregulated, according to WWC director Louis DeMartino. He organized the company into a nonprofit corporation with a new name, Western Water Conserva tion. It was granted 501(c)(4) taxexempt status by the IRS in June 2012 as a Not for Profit California Public Benefit Corporation.

Kevin Short and Annika Knöppel chat at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour fundraising event Saturday, Aug. 13.

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Jackie Hare enjoys hors d’oeuvres at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour. Guests taste several wine varieties at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard fundraising tour.

Radio station program director Erinne Roscoe emcees the entertainment at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour fundraising event Saturday, Aug. 13.

KOYT thanked the following people and businesses for mak ing the fundraiser such a success: Pat Jordan and the Jordan Family Vineyard, Tish Clark, Robyn Gar rison ERA Realty, Betsy Hansen, Vanessa Minott, Mark Willden Specialty Wood Gifts, Anza Valley Liquor, Kelly Brenz, children’s book author and illustrator Eric Yep, fiber artist Celena Downey, artist Ozzie Williams, quilter Pat Cheney, painter Bill Ogden and Dolores Odem. The auction winners were Tim Smith, Baxter Martin, Allison Renck, Betsy Hansen, Cheryl Tudyk and Tim Z. The mission of the all-volun teer, nonprofit Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM radio is to provide an inclusive public broadcasting forum to edu cate, inform and entertain the local community and the general public. For more information about the radio station, call 951-7635698, email info@koyt971.org or visit them at www.facebook.com/ koyt97.1 or koyt971.org. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Host Ed Wall entertains guests with his guitar licks at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting, dinner and vineyard tour fundraising event.

Silent auction items are displayed for guests to bid on at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM event. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photos Guests enjoy great food, delicious wines and good company at the Anza Community Broadcasting KOYT 97.1 LPFM wine tasting fundraiser.

The Hearing Session included a presentation by local parant Trond Hildahl, father of two boys attend ing Hamilton High School.

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Every August, Fusion Christian Church, my home church, has a beach baptism on the California coast. It’s one of the highlights of the year for me. I have baptized hundreds of people there, and I love it. Every person who gets baptized is special to me. But over the years, I’ve realized that some are hesitant to get bap tized. Mainly because they don’t understand it. They don’t know that baptism is one of the essential practices of the Christian faith and is one of the two ordinances Jesus commanded the church to practice. Right after he rose from the dead and before ascending to heaven, Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach ing them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age,” in Matthew 28:18-20. This passage is what’s known as the Great Commission and the believer needs to take it seriously. Making disciples and baptizing them in the name of Jesus is not just something people do to be religious; it’s the actual mission of the church. Its importance in your spiritual growth can’t be overstated. Its priority should be at the top of your list. Considering this point, why do some people procrastinate when it comes to being baptized? I think it’s because they don’t fully under stand its importance. So, if that’s you, I want to help you overcome your fear and procrastination. Here are three reasons you should be baptized as soon as possible. Jesus commanded us to be baptized. If for no other reason, this should be more than reason enough. Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned,” in Mark 16:15-16. The apostles commanded us to be baptized. In the first sermon of the early church, the Apostle Peter preached that Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead for the forgiveness of “Whensins. the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’ Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the for giveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.’ With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ T hose who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day,” in Acts 2:37-41. There was no procrastination in the early church. Once they believed, they were baptized. You unite with Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. Romans 6:3-5 talked about the spiritual implications of baptism when it says, “Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ

ONGOING – Menifee Toastmasters meets every Thursday at noon for one hour at a designated place to have fun, enhance speaking capabilities, gain self-confidence and improve social skills. For new dates, call 760-807-1323 or visit masters.orghttp://www.MenifeeToast-formoreinformation.

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ONGOING – 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Temecula Winchester Swap Meet continues, 33280 Newport Road in Winchester, Saturdays and Sundays only. The small local swap meet is only 50 cents for entry, and anyone under age 10 is free admission. No dogs allowed.

ONGOING – The Murrieta Garden Club meets each month at the Murrieta Community Center, 41810 Juniper St. Anyone who likes to garden or is interested in plants is welcome. Membership is $10 per year. Find more information about the monthly event or project on Facebook.

Aug. 31 – 3-5 p.m. Come join the Menifee Library Chess club every Wednesday. Open to ages 6 to 100, staff and volunteers will provide new players with the basics for playing chess while seasoned players can attend and be matched to play against each other. For more information, call 951-679-2527.

ONGOING – The city of Menifee offers in-city or out-of-city special event vendor applications online or at Menifee City Hall to apply for signature and other special events. Contact Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, 951-6726777, or online at ing@cityofmenifee.us.businesslicens-

ONGOING – Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Meeting meets the third Monday of each month at the Mary Phillips Senior Center, 41845 6th Street, in Temecula from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, email gaugustin206@ gmail.com or join the meeting. ONGOING– Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meets at noon the first Saturday of every month, September to June, at the Heritage Mobile Park Clubhouse, 31130 S. General Kearny Road., in Temecula. A potluck lunch is followed by a cultural program and short business meeting. Please come and enjoy company with fellow Scandinavians. Call 951-3091597 or 951-849-1690 for more information.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is accepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at http://www.rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, personal protective equipment purchases, rent or mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with a minimum of one but less than 50 employees and operating for at least one year since March 1. For more information, call Riverside County Business and Community Services at 951-955-0493.

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month. For more information and new meeting dates and places, society.org.http://www.temeculavalleyrose-visit

Aug. 27 to Sept. 22 – posted hours. Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery, 1499 N. State St., Building 1400, in San Jacinto presents Rony Armas’ “Our Stories are Ancient,” who through his photography series explores how the symbols of indigenous people’s roots add to the richness of their contemporary stories. Aug. 27 – 6-9 p.m. Lake Elsinore Classic Car Show will be held at 501 N. Main St., in Lake Elsinore. Aug. 28 – 2-3:30 p.m. “All About Cello” is a free performance by Ruslan Biryukov at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road, in Temecula. Aug. 31 7 p.m. Murrieta’s State of the City address will be given by Mayor Jonathon Ingram at Murrieta Hot Springs Resort at Murrieta Hot Springs and Margarita roads. Open to the public and free to attend in an opportunity for guests to come behind the gates of the historic resort under new ownership. Special VIP reception from 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person at http://www.bit.ly/ MSOTC22.

Aug. 31 to Oct. 2 – 2 p.m. Dorland Mountain Arts Colony presents 20 artists’ artwork at The Merc, 42051 Main St. in Old Town Temecula. The gallery is open afternoons Wednesday through Saturdays, subject to change. Sept. 2 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attend the free 2022 Veterans Expo at Monteleone Meadows, 35245 Briggs Road, in Murrieta with hosts Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto and state Sen. Melissa Melendez. Over 70 vendors will attend to provide services, resources and address veterans’ concerns, including employment opportunities, local nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Lunch will be provided. For questions or to RSVP, call 951 894-3530. Sept. 10 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come learn at September’s National Emergency Month event at 41000 Main St., in Temecula. At the family-friendly event, residents can meet local disaster service workers, learn about emergency preparation and enjoy other free activities. For more information, call the city of Temecula at 951694-6480. Sept. 11 – 2 p.m. “Stand With Us” is a presentation by Mordechai Gur about ways to stem anti-Semitism at the Congregation B’nai Chaim, 29500 Via Princessa, in Murrieta. For more information, contact irv@hrfv.org Sept. 16-17 – 3-7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Free Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival in Old Town Temecula will feature CartoonA Palooza paintings, ceramics, jewelry, photography and many chalked sidewalk murals in the art and cosplay contest. All contest winners will receive a cash prize. For more information, to apply as an artist or for vendor booths, call 951-694-6484. Sept. 22 – 4 p.m. Valley Young Professionals celebrates 10th annual Cornhole Tournament with food, award-winning wine and friendly competition at Mount Palomar Winery, 33820 Rancho California Road, in Temecula. The event will feature a digital leaderboard, real-time social media broadcasts, raﬄes, live music and sponsor exhibitor booths. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit VYP’s community outreach programs. Cost is $100 for VYP members and includes one team of two and $200 for non-members and includes one team of two and a 1-year VYP membership. Learn more at https:// temecula.org/vyp. Sept. 24 – 6-9 p.m. The 15th annual Trauma Intervention Center Heroes With a Heart will be held at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula. The awards dinner and fundraiser will recognize first responder partners and hospital workers for going above and beyond. Tickets are $80 and tables are $600. For more information, visit http://tiprivco.org. Oct. 15 – 1-6 p.m. Rooted in Nature Craft Brew Festival returns to Wildomar’s Marna O’Brien Park, 20505 Palomar St., with 40 craft brewers, children wildlife displays, silent auction and entertainment to benefit the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation in its effort to teach elementary school children and high school seniors to be good stewards of nature and the environment. Tickets go up to $95. For more information, visit http:// www.naturebrewfest.org or http:// srpnef.org.

ONGOING – Riverside Transportation Commission is offering Park and Ride Lots to connect with carpools, vanpools and transit systems in Beaumont at 600 E. Sixth Street, in San Jacinto at 501 S. San Jacinto Avenue and in Temecula at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 Nicolas Road, open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. but not on weekends. ONGOING – Sun City Civic Association Monthly Square Dance sessions are held Sundays from 1:30-5 p.m. at 26850 Sun City Boulevard, Sun City. ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab-and-go, cooked and frozen food for pickup. Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call 800510-2020 for help.

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Every Sunday, Murrieta Village Walk Farmers Market is at Village Walk Place in Murrieta. The Sunday morning farmers market at Village Walk Plaza is a place to buy fruits and veggies, gourmet food and crafts. Come to the center in the northwest corner of Kalmia/ Cal Oaks at the Interstate 215 exit in Murrieta. ONGOING – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 4100 Main Street in Temecula; at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPenney every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. In compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Riverside County Public Health orders, the farmers markets will be restricted to agriculture products only. Follow the Old Town Temecula Farmers Market on Facebook to stay updated. No pets are allowed.

ONGOING – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses for a $21.95 fee. The course includes animated driving scenarios, instructional videos, sample test, licensed instructor available to answer questions, DMV approved certificate of completion with all lectures and exams completed from home. Designed for students and does not include behind-the-wheel instruction or a California driver’s permit. Contact 951-723-3880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at http:// www.city of menifee.us.

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Aug. 26-28 – 6-10 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Free Sunday Carnival Nights begin with In The Loop and Vail Headquarters, 32127 Temecula Parkway, in Temecula. Purchase pre-sale tickets or unlimited wristbands for attractions, or tickets will be sold for $3 each at the door. Enjoy rides, carnival bounce house for toddlers only, giant inflatable slide for all ages, four carnival games for all ages and many other events. Parking area is open and fenced.

Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS I had to take a week off from the column three weeks ago when “Nope” opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office. While I’m not sorry that I gave all my attention to a wedding that weekend, it is a shame that this movie didn’t get a review until now. The film follows O.J., played by Daniel Kaluuya, and Em Haywood, played by Keke Palmer, who are sibling owners of a Hollywood horse ranch. The ranch has been in the Haywood family for generations, but it has been going through some tough times ever since the death of patriarch Otis, played by Keith David. O.J. knows how to handle the horses, but isn’t socially graceful with the Hollywood people that hire the trained animals. Em is more fluent in the ways of Hollywood, but doesn’t know the first thing about horses. The pair’s skills are supposed to compliment each other, but right now they’re just failing on both fronts. There’s an offer on the table from Jupe, played by Steven Yeun, a former child star with a traumatic past and a tacky amusement park, to buy the ranch, but O.J. is not ready to sign away hisAsbirthright.iftheranch didn’t have enough problems, something is scaring the horses at night and causing them to run off. It must be neighbor children having a goof, right. No, it’s something from the sky. Commercial aircraft? No, that doesn’t check out. Rational explanations fall away one by one until the movie confirms that it’s a flying saucer. The Haywoods are bowled over by the sudden realization that mankind is not alone in the universe and immediately wonder how they can make money off it. Their plan is to obtain exclusive footage of the flying saucer, difficult because the spacecraft knocks out all electronics in the area. Tech guy Angel, played by Brandon Perea, tries to be of assistance, but what they really need is the calmness and professionalism of cinematographer Antlers Holst, played by Michael Wincott. Antlers and the vessel quickly develop an Ahab/Moby Dick relationship, and his interest in self-preservation slowly dissipates as he becomes more reckless in trying to get the perfect shot. Additional obstacles include the saucer’s tendency to hide behind a cloud – the same cloud every time – opponents such as Jupe wanting to be the first to exploit the spectacle of the saucer, and the saucer’s ability to abduct and digest anything and anyone it wants. Luckily O.J. figures out that if the saucer can eat, it can be trained, which plays to his experience working with horses. Kaluuya gives the best performance in the movie during a sequence where all seems lost, yet he needs to keep his cool. There’s the charismatic actor that won an Oscar for “Judas and the Black Messiah” two years ago. But the other performances aren’t particularly memorable, and by the end of the movie, I was just thinking about how selfish and stupid everybody was for not seeking more help for this deadly situation where lives had already been lost. “Nope” is the third horror outing for writer/director Jordan Peele. It’s a solid effort, if maybe a step down from his previous two films. I daresay Peele’s career is paralleling that of another horror visionary from two decades ago. Back in 1999, M. Night Shyamalan released the monumental “Sixth Sense” to amazing box office numbers and a rare Best Picture Oscar nomination for a horror movie… just like Peele did with “Get Out” in 2017. In 2000, Shyamalan released a respectable-but-lesssuccessful follow-up that started with the letter U in “Unbreakable”… just like Peele did with “Us” in 2019. And in 2002, Shyamalan released the alien-invasion thriller “Signs”… and “Nope” certainly has a lot in common with that movie. Peele had better be careful, Shyamalan’s fourth horror movie was “The Village,” the film where critics really started to say that the former wunderkind had lost his “Nope”Grade:touch.B-israted R for language ‘Nope’ throughout and some violence/ bloody images. Its running time is 130 minutes. Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@ nyu.edu.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, NOTICESSept.8to Oct. 13 – 10-11:30 a.m. A six-week Bereavement Support Group is hosted by Hospice of Valleys at the Fallbrook Regional Health District-Community Health and Wellness Center, 1636 E. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. A to-go lunch will be provided. Registration is required. Call Mike Patton at 951-200-7800 by Sept. 5, to RSVP. Sept 9 to Oct 14 – 10-11:30 a.m. Hospice of the Valleys will be hosting a weekly Caregiver Support Series at the Fallbrook Regional Health District-Community at the Health and Wellness Center, 1636 E. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. A to-go lunch will be provided. Registration is required. Call or email Kristi Necochea at 951-639-7779 or Knecochea@ hovsc.org by Sept. 5, to RSVP. Sept. 24 – 5-10 p.m. Cowboy Jubilee is a fundraiser presented by the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation at Weatherly Ranch, a working ranch on the Santa Rosa Plateau in Murrieta. Advance tickets are $135 per person or $1,000 per table. Enjoy Texas-style barbecue, entertainment by the Highwaymen, classic car display and silent auction. Reserve tickets at http://srpnef.org

ONGOING – Noon to 1 p.m. Attend Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s weekly business briefing via Zoom or watch live on Facebook every Wednesday. Registration required at Thehttps://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefingchamberbusinessbriefingis an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.

ONGOING – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ONGOING – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia, has meetings throughout the U.S. and the world. Contact 781932-6300, or for local meetings, call 925-321-0170 or visit http:// www.foodaddicts.org.

Aug. 26 – 6:30 p.m. Build Your Own Boat Regatta is presented by the Temecula Community Services department in an outdoor event at the Temecula Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho California Road, in Temecula. The cost is $10 per boat, and parent and children teams are OK. Teams will receive cardboard and duct tape to build a two-person vessel that will choose two team members to sail the boat and hope it doesn’t sink. Contact Dawn Adamiak at 951-694-6480 or dawn.adamiak@ temecula.gov

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ONGOING – 10 to 11:30 a.m. Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center and The Elizabeth Hospice host a virtual support meeting for caregivers every second and fourth week of the month via Zoom. Get helpful tips and learn from others who are also dealing with similar challenges. For more information and to register, contact The Elizabeth Hospice Grief Support Services at 833-349-2054.

TEMECULA – The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce announced the 31st annual Monte Carlo Extravaganza Wednesday, Sept. 28. This event will be hosted at TVCC Legacy Partner and award-winning winery, Wilson Creek Winery, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. For one night only, guests can experience Las Vegas-style table games, expect multiple chances to win a $500 Grand Prize, participate in the local restaurant competition, enjoy music, prizes and much more. In addition to the main floor Las Vegas-style gaming, this event in play money will also feature an exclusive VIP Poker Tournament in the Garden View Terrace with another $500 Grand Prize on the line. The Grand Prize Sponsors are The Law Offices of Rosenstein and Associates, Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac and Temecula Valley Hospital. The night is sponsored by Chairman’s Elite Circle Member, Noon & Associates CPAs, Inc.

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Temecula Valley Museum presents Ancestry and Animals: The Art of Hajime Ohno

Stephen Sondheim’s iconic score to “Welife. want audiences walking away from seeing this show remembering all they have loved from seeing before, with new life breathed into it, so that anyone seeing for the first time will understand the true hope it brings,” Austyn Myers, director of “West Side Story,” said. As the central characters in the story, this production features an outstanding and diverse staff featuring Jon Trujillo as Tony, Makayla Abad as Maria, Cole Harvey as Riff, Annalise Valenzuela as Anita and Carlo Garcia as Bernardo. The production also features a supporting cast of 34 additional actors, as in Broadway’s 1957 production.Ticketsrange from $18 to $28 depending on seating location. Group tickets for weekend shows are available, along with discounts for older adults, students and military. Tickets are available at http:// www.temeculatheater.org or by calling 866-653-8696. For more information, ers.com.http://www.TemeculaValleyPlay-visit

Reservations are available presale for individuals and groups at Atbement.samplesinprizeAll504924?sourceTypeId=Websitete-carlo-extravaganza-org/events/Details/2022-mon-https://members.temecula.ticketsincludeentrytograndopportunitydrawings,$200playmoneyforcasinogames,offoodandentertain-Additionalplaymoneycanpurchasedthroughouttheevent.theendoftheevening,allplay money will be turned in for raﬄe tickets. Raﬄe winners will be announced shortly after the cash-out. Advertising opportunities are available. Advertising at the Monte Carlo Extravaganza provides exposure for your company to many local businesses and community members. It includes recognition on the Monte Carlo registration webpage, social media, email blasts and frequent announcements at the event for over 300 people to hear. Sponsorships close Friday, Sept. 19. This event is open to the public, ages 21 and over. For additional information about advertising opportunities or to obtain tickets, contact the chamber at 951-676-5090 or visit https://bit. ly/3dkPrqC.TheTemecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization based in Temecula. The mission of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is to promote positive economic growth while protecting the environment for all business and by doing so, support the programs which preserve and improve the quality of life for the entire community. For more information regarding upcoming events, contact the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce at 951-676-5090 or info@temecula.org For more information, visit https://temecula.org/. Submitted by Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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West Side Story comes to Old Town Temecula Sept.

TEMECULA – The Temecula Valley Players will present “West Side Story” as its 2022-2023 40th anniversary celebration season debut Sept. 2. More performances are scheduled throughout September. In a story similar to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the play is transported to 1950s New York City as two young, idealistic lovers, Tony and Maria, find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the “American” Jets and the “Puerto Rican” Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice in the play is one of the most heartwrenching and relevant musical dramas of the time. The score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim are widely regarded as among the best written with music by Leonard Bernstein and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The show is based on a conception of Jerome Robbins and a book by Arthur Laurents, presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International. The multi-award-winning Temecula Valley Players will recreate the original version of “West Side Story” to go back to the roots of the original production that had its Broadway debut, Sept. 26, 1957.

Temecula chamber to host 31st annual Monte Carlo Extravaganza

Jerome Robbins concept retelling of “Romeo & Juliet” 64 years later will present itself in Old Town Temecula after the 2021 Steven Spielberg movie reboot. “This show has stood the test of time and is still just as powerful as when it was first presented. We are going to provide a multi-cultural event that will be unforgettable, and that will bring audiences young and old together into the world of live theater,” Jason Wesley Green, president of Temecula Valley Players,Temeculasaid. Valley Players hired Austyn Myers to direct this musical after coming off his world premiere performance of “Witnesses,” a new musical in San Diego. Casey Garritano is re-creating the original Jerome Robbins choreography and has won several awards during his career working on “West Side Story.” Rachel Pfeifer Green will be the musical director and will help bring Leonard Bernstein and Temecula Valley Historical Society to present Edwin Fox’s POW experience

Annalise Valenzuela will play Anita in Temecula Valley Players upcoming production of “West Side Story” at Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

Cole Harvey will play Riff in Temecula Valley Players upcoming production of “West Side Story” at Old Town Temecula Community Theater, starting Sept. 2.

Carlo Garcia will play Bernardo in Temecula Valley Players upcoming production of “West Side Story” at Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

The Temecula Valley Historical Society will give a presentation on Edwin Fox, a Navy corpsman from World War II and father of society president Dick Fox. The photo is from 1946, courtesy of the Fox family. Valley News/Courtesy photo

TEMECULA – The Temecula Valley Museum, 28314 Mercedes Street, will host a new art exhibit, Ancestry and Animals: The Art of Hajime Ohno. The exhibit features the fine art of Hajime Ohno, who finds inspiration in his Japanese heritage and in the beauty and resilience of the animals that pique his curiosity. This exhibit opened Friday, Aug. 12, and will close Dec. 4. “Arts & Culture elevate a community while providing a sense of place, belonging, and pride,” Temecula Mayor Matt Rahn said. “We are pleased to offer this opportunity for local artist Hajime Ohno to feature his work at the Temecula Valley Museum. Mr. Ohno’s original artwork is outstanding and an example of the incredibly talented artists living and working right here in the Temecula Valley.” The Temecula Valley Museum invites guests of all ages to visit and enjoy this opportunity to explore the fine art and photography created by a local artist. For more information, visit 694-6450.laValleyMuseum.orghttp://Temecu-,orcall951Submitted by Temecula Valley Museum.

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TEMECULA – Dick Fox, president of the Temecula Valley Historical Society, will present his research into his father Edwin Fox’s experiences as a prisoner of war in China during World War II Monday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m. at the Little Temecula History Center in Temecula.WhilePearl Harbor was attacked Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. Marines of the American Embassy Guard in Peking, China, waited anxiously for the arrival of the SS President Harrison, a Merchant Marine ship scheduled to pick them up and move them to new assignments as the Chinese Embassy was being closed. The ship didn’t arrive, and all 203 members of the unit were immediately taken and held as POWs for the entire duration of World War II. Dick Fox’s father was part of this group as a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to theTheirMarines.story and Dick Fox’s story of discovery will be told at the Little Temecula History Center, the red barn next to Kohl’s and by livestream on the Temecula Valley Historical Society’s FacebookForpage.questions about this presentation, contact Dick Fox or Rebecca Marshall Farnbach at info@ temeculahistory.orgSubmittedbyTemecula Valley Historical Society.

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Scores from the Week Zero high school football games involving local teams inside our coverage area were reported as follows: 8/18 (Thursday) Liberty (1-0) – 28, Valley View (0-1) –Colony27 (1-0) – 14, Temecula Valley (0-1) – 7 8/19 (Friday) Murrieta Mesa (0-1) - 13, Beau mont (1-0) - 17 Vista Murrieta (1-0) - 20, Great Oak (0-1) - 14 Linfield Christian (1-0) - 41, Loara (0-1) - 7 Elsinore (1-0) - 34, Grand Ter race (0-1) - 32 Lakeside (1-0) - 15, Arlington (0-1)Heritage14 (0-1) - 30, Steele Can yon (1-0)Temescal41Canyon (0-1) - 37, Paloma Valley (1-0) - 41 Rancho Christian (1-0) - 48, Cathedral City (0-1) - 14 8/20 (Saturday) Hamilton (Anza) (0-1) -30, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac - 58 Chaparral (0-1) - 33, Mission Hills (1-0)Army-Navy44 (1-0) - 29, Tem ecula Prep (0-1) - 0 This past week our sports de partment keyed in on Temecula Valley’s away game and Vista Murrieta’s home game, where the Broncos, who went 8-4 last season, welcomed Great Oak for their home opener.

Temescal Canyon’s Blake Vansuch (19) is brought down by Paloma Valley’s Logan Wilson (9). Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

Elsinore defeated Grand Terrace in their season opener at home 3432. Valley News/Andrez Imaging Liberty running back Eddie Smith (23) finds room to run during their opening game against Valley View. Smith was named player of the game, scoring a rushing touchdown, a pick six and recorded a sack. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR Rob Wigod announced earlier this month that the 2022-2023 school year will be his final year as CIF Southern Section com missioner. Wigod, 63, made the announcement in the s ection’s “Commissioner’s Message” that provides news and updates on CIF-SS business. Reasons for his departure, which will take place Aug. 1, 2023, have not yet been disclosed.Thisis Wigod’s 13th year as the section’s commissioner. He previously served as the CIFSS assistant commissioner for 11 years and was a high school baseball coach at Los Alamitos where he also served as Athletic Director. Wigod also coached at Lakewood and at his alma mater, Long Beach Wilson, where he was a multi-sport athlete. During his tenure, the CIF Southern Section added the sports of lacrosse and competitive cheer, but transfer numbers of promi nent high school student-athletes continued to be a much-reported topic. Wigod’s era also saw sig nificant financial growth for the Southern Section. A budget sur plus did enable the section to refund membership fees to CIF-SS member schools for the 20222023 school year. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Vista Murrieta’s Grant Wayne catches a 24-yard touchdown pass from Akili Smith Jr. late in the third quarter. Valley News/David Canales photo

Prep football: 2022 season kicks off with Zero Week a week off to heal, and it gives teams an extra week of prepara tion for the next week’s football game. Most coaches and players always prefer getting the season started early since they have been working out all summer together and would much rather be lining up across from someone else other than their own teammate. Despite Friday Night Lights taking place all over the area, the Valley News Sports Department will be focusing on the schools and sports inside a limited coverage area this year, due to print space and manpower. Those schools in clude Great Oak, Temecula Valley, Chaparral, Murrieta Valley, Mur rieta Mesa, Vista Murrieta, Lin field Christian, Rancho Christian, Elsinore, Paloma Valley, Liberty, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac, Heritage, Temecula Prep, Hamilton (Anza), Cornerstone Christian, Temescal Canyon, Lakeside and the River Springs Charter Schools.

Great Oak’s Angelo Ruperto (21) is brought down by a swarm of Bronco defenders led by Kuron Jabari Jr. (18). Valley News/David Canales photo

For the Golden Bears, they trav eled Thursday, Aug. 18, to Ontario to face a familiar foe in Colony High School, who they beat 4421 in their non league matchup last season. Both would go on to be CIF Southern Section finalists. That was then as this year would be a different story. Running back Armon Hornsby’s first-half touchdown set the tone for Colony, whose defense held Temecula Valley scoreless until the fourth quarter. Hornsby had 37 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown, while freshman safety Andre Johnson returned an interception for a touchdown in Colony’s season-opening 14-7 victory over the Golden TemeculaBears.Valley struggled to get the ball near the endzone all night until Bryce Dewald entered at quarterback in the fourth quar ter for the Golden Bears. Dewald got Temecula Valley into Colony territory before a tipped pass was caught by Johnson and returned 88 yards for a 14-0 lead with less than nine minutes to play. A botched punt led to a fumble in the end zone for Colony and Temecula Valley’s first touch down of the season when senior linebacker Blake Nichols picked up the ball for the score. Colony would hold onto the ball to finish the game with a 10-play, 81-yard drive.Back home in Murrieta, the Great Oak Wolfpack looked like they were going to pick up their first win over the Broncos since 2017. With the return of Scott Strosnider (who started the pro gram back in 2004), Great Oak stunned Vista Murrieta when they went ahead 14-3 early in the game. The Broncos, who took an early 3-0 lead on a 41-yard Elliot Moulton Rhodes field goal, had won 15 of their previous 16 match ups against the visiting Wolfpack. Vista Murrieta would turn things around when they scored touch downs on its first two drives of the second half. Sophomore quar terback Akili Smith Jr. led Vista Murrieta on a seven-play, 85-yard drive which led to a 24-yard touch down pass to Brody Guinn to cut the Wolfpack lead to 14-10. On their next drive, at the Great Oak three-yard line, Smith found Guinn again for a 17-14 lead. Moulton Rhodes added a 31yard field goal with 1:55 to go in the game, putting them up by a touchdown, minus the extra point. Great Oak then drove to the Bron cos’ 27-yard line, but two penalties and a last-play fumble ended the game in the hands of Vista Mur rieta,Smith20-14.ended the night complet ing 21 of 26 passes for 229 yards. Guinn hauled in nine catches for 73 yards and Grant Wayne had eight receptions for 102 yards. Cole Vasquez completed 13 of 25 passes for 213 yards while Remington Churchward led the Wolfpack receivers with four catches for 45 yards. Great Oak went 3-7 last season in the South western League, which no longer exists. The two teams have been put in opposite halves of the new Big West Conference this year. The Big West upper division consists of Centennial, Vista Murrieta, Roosevelt, Chaparral, Murrieta Valley and Norco. The Big West lower division consists of Mur rieta Mesa, Temecula Valley, Great Oak, King, Corona and Santiago. Other local team wins in Week Zero came from Elsinore, Paloma Valley, Linfield Christian, Rancho Christian, Lakeside and St. Jeanne de Lestonnac. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Paloma Valley’s Sofia Desirello (22) takes the handoff from Brady Nelson (12) during their season opener at Temescal Canyon High School Friday, Aug. 19. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

Rob Wigod to step down as CIF Southern Section commissioner in 2023 CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod announced this school year will be his final year at the position. Valley News/File photo

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JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR Somehow, the first official week of high school football in Califor nia has arrived, which means, yes, summer is on the way out, making way for fall, but it also means… Zero Week games. Thursday, Aug. 18, marked the start of prep foot ball in the Southwest Riverside County region, and that can be equally as exciting as it stressful to a coaching staff for any number of Whetherreasons. it is scheduling issues, paperwork, transfers, physicals, etc., anything can make for a huge scramble to get ready for the season. According to the rules laid down by the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation, players are required to have nine days of practice before scrimmaging or playing in a game. Zero Week games are becoming increasingly popular since this first game results in a bye-week somewhere during the preseason, leading up to a breath of fresh air in the grand scheme of things. It gives the banged-up guys

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Derryl Trujillo has been a local sportswriter since 2018 and is a 2019 recipient of the IEBCA’s Sup porter of the Year award. He can be reached via email at socaltrek kie@gmail.com.

The ultimate goal is, of course, to earn LPGA Tour status and that’s what I’m working toward.”

Local prep volleyball teams have been making a successful mark after their first week of CIF Southern Section action around the area. Valley News/File photo day against Corona Santiago, the senior recorded fourteen kills, three aces and nine digs as Chapar ral won in four sets. Their second match of the week against Yucaipa was rescheduled to Wednesday of this week due to a back-to-school dance at Chapar ral. Pumas coach Gale Johnson remarked via text, “I’m proud of the way our team competed against a talented squad from Santiago. Bella continues to be the heart and soul of our team, leading us in the right direction. She added, “Our entire program is grateful to Yucaipa coach Amber VonKaenel and AD Matt Carpenter for agree ing to reschedule that match from Friday.”

The 2022-2023 CIF Southern Section prep sports season is un derway, which means the battle to be the last team standing at the end of the season, has begun. Even though local schools have their respective leagues (Big West, Ambassador, South Valley, etc.), divisional placement is where everything matters at the end of the regular season. Most often than not, a prep sports team needs to finish in the top three spots of their league standings and depending on the breakdown of post season tournament play, an At-Large bid can be given out to a fourth or even fifth place finisher based off of strength of schedule. For the current school year, the Valley News Sports Department will be focusing on the schools and sports solely inside our coverage area. Those schools include Great Oak, Temecula Valley, Chapar ral, Murrieta Valley, Murrieta Mesa, Vista Murrieta, Linfield Christian, Rancho Christian, El sinore, Paloma Valley, Liberty, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac, Heritage, Temecula Prep, Hamilton (Anza), Cornerstone Christian, Califor nia Lutheran, Temescal Canyon, Lakeside and the River Springs Charter Schools.

Monika Poomcharoen, a former Great Oak standout, advanced through LPGA Q-School Stage 1 in Palm Springs last week by a comfortable three shot margin. Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER Monika Poomcharoen had tried LPGA Q-School Stage 1 in Palm Springs once before and failed to advance. That was in 2018 after she had just qualified for the United States Women’s Amateur and the Great Oak/University of Iowa standout wanted to test herself. She found that at that time her game was notFlashready.forward four years to a weekend with heat in the triple digits and this time Poomcharoen passed the test. She shot rounds of 68-73-73-73=215 (-1) to finish T67 and advance by a comfortable three shot margin to October’s Stage 2 qualifier in Venice, Florida. Coming into the event she logged just five competitive starts in 2022, four on the Cactus Tour and the California State Women’s Open where she finished T22. When reached by phone Poom charoen said, “I was working up to this tournament and practicing every single day for hours at a time. I knew I could do it, but I just had to perfect my craft. I didn’t play very well in the earlier events until the Q-School prep tournament (T2nd) when I started to see my hard work pay off.” Q-School, unlike a regular tour event, does not have hole by hole scoring so players have no idea of their relative position in the field until they turn their scorecard in. Poomcharoen’s fiancé was follow ing scores as they came in and said to her “You did it” as she came off eighteen, but she was cautious in believing it until all the scores were posted. By advancing to Stage 2 she earns 2023 Epson Tour playing privileges and when asked about that perk of moving on she remarked, “It hasn’t hit me that I earn Epson Tour status just by getting through to Stage 2 but it’s nice to know I’ll have a place to play next year (with an op portunity for family and friends to come watch me play in Beaumont).

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2022-2023 CIF-SS Divisional groupings for local prep sports teams

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Coming into the event Poom charoen said she had been battling tendinitis, so she plans to take a few days off to get that under control before beginning preparations for Stage 2 in Florida, Oct. 18-21. It’s her first time advancing through Stage 1. Derryl Trujillo has been a local sportswriter since 2018 and is the 2019 IEBCA Supporter of the Year award winner. He can be reached at socaltrekkie@gmail.com.

B-7August 26, 2022 • www.myvalleynews.com • Valley News SPORTS by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan Sudoku Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium see answers on page B-9 JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

Girls’ Volleyball Vista Murrieta - D1/D2 Temecula Valley - D1/D2 Great Oak - D1/D2 Murrieta Valley - D1/D2 Chaparral - D1/D2 Paloma Valley - DIVISION 3 Murrieta Mesa - DIVISION 4 Elsinore - DIVISION 4 Heritage - DIVISION 5 Linfield Christian - DIVISION 5 Temescal Canyon - DIVISION 6 Rancho Christian - DIVISION 6 Lakeside/Lake Elsinore - DIVI SIONTemecula8 Prep - DIVISION 8 California Lutheran - DIVI SIONHamilton8 (Anza) - DIVISION 9 Cornerstone Chr./WildomarDIVISION 9 St. Jeanne de Lestonnac - DIVI SIONSanta9 Rosa Academy - DIVI SIONRiver9 Springs Charter/Temecula - DIVISION Liberty/Winchester9 – TBD Boys’ Water Polo Given the challenges faced with COVID in the 2020 water polo season, playoff groupings will be reflective of the 2021 season power rankings only. As a reminder, the CIF Southern Section will offer Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively, but also offer an “Open” division to be determined using “in season” results with the top 8 teams in the section, regardless of division, be ing placed there. In a model where an “Open” division exists, teams can qualify from any numerical division should their strength warrant such a move. Seeding in the 8-team “Open” bracket will be a straight 1-8 seed without the restriction of league affiliation. By reorganizing divisional reference, the Advisory Committee was able to accomplish some goals in line with other team sports. Murrieta Valley - DIVISION 2 Chaparral - DIVISION 3 Temescal Canyon - DIVISION 3 Elsinore - DIVISION 3 Vista Murrieta - DIVISION 4 Temecula Valley - DIVISION 4 Great Oak - DIVISION 4 Paloma Valley - DIVISION 5 Murrieta Mesa - DIVISION 5 Lakeside - DIVISION 5 Heritage - DIVISION 5 Girls’ Tennis Great Oak – DIVISION 1 Temescal Canyon – DIVISION 1 Temecula Valley - DIVISION 2 Murrieta Valley - DIVISION 2 Vista Murrieta - DIVISION 3 Chaparral - DIVISION 3 Murrieta Mesa - DIVISION 4 Heritage - DIVISION 4 Elsinore - DIVISION 4 Paloma Valley - DIVISION 4 Lakeside - DIVISION 5 Linfield Christian - DIVISION 5 Cross Country (Boys’ and Girls’) The CIF-SS Cross Country divisions are based on CBED information from the 2021-2022 year. When the CBED information for 2022-2023 has been submitted to CIF-SS and the State Depart ment of Education, any school that incurs a gain/loss in enrollment of a minimum of 15% in the current year will utilize the new CBED data for placement into division. Reporting of the information to the State Department of Education occurs in October of each school year. Final divisional placement for each school will be determined once this information has been received and compiled. Chaparral - DIVISION 1 Great Oak - DIVISION 1 Paloma Valley - DIVISION 1 Elsinore - DIVISION 1 Heritage - DIVISION 1 Murrieta Mesa - DIVISION 1 Temecula Valley - DIVISION 1 Vista Murrieta - DIVISION 1 Temescal Canyon - DIVISION 2 Lakeside - DIVISION 3 Liberty - DIVISION 4 California Lutheran - DIVISION 5 Cornerstone Christian (Wldmr) - DIVISION 5 Hamilton (Anza) - DIVISION 5 With the start of the 2022-2023 school year, high school sports are off and running with CIF Southern Section Divisional groupings set for each local school.

Linfield Christian - DIVISION 5 Rancho Christian - DIVISION 5 River Springs Temecula - DIVI SIONSanta5 Rosa Academy - DIVI SION 5 St. Jeanne de Lestonnac - DIVI SIONTemecula5 Prep - DIVISION 5 *Football divisions will come outJPlater.Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER With a week down in the 2022 CIF-SS volleyball season, here is a recap of what went down for Val ley News area high school teams. CIF-SS Watchlists revealed Last Monday the CIF-SS, in conjunction with their volleyball coaches’ advisory committees for all nine divisions, released the preliminary watchlists and a num ber of Valley News’ teams found themselves mentioned. In D1/D2, Vista Murrieta is the only team to make the list. The Broncos, looking for a fourth straight Southwestern League championship, will open the season at Marymount (LA) on Thursday. The Sailors were 35-0 a season ago and won both the CIF-SS and CIF-State D1 titles. In Division 5 Linfield Christian earns a mention on the watchlist after reaching the playoffs for a third consecutive season in Dana Ortiz’s first season at the helm. The Lions won back-to-back sec tion championships under Eric and Dani Hawes in 2018 and 2019. In Division 6, first year head coach Luci Villafana’s team gets a mention entering their first sea son in the Raincross Conference. The Eagles made a final in 2018 under former coach Jim Downey and were quarter finalists in 2017 under Rochelle Short. After Lakeside made an impres sive run to the D9 quarterfinals before falling to Tarbut V’Torah they earned a nod on this year’s D8 watchlist as did Temecula Prep, a quarter finalist in D8 last year. Area teams win tournament titlesA pair of area teams brought home tournament titles over this pastAtweekend.the22nd annual Dan Quam Memorial Tournament hosted by Hemet, it was Great Oak winning a second straight tournament title under first year head coach Han nah Schaffer. The Wolfpack de feated San Jacinto, Murrieta Mesa, Hemet and Corona Centennial en route to earning championship honors.Earning the Most Outstanding Player honors this weekend was outside hitter Sarah Wilson. Schaf fer said, “Our blocking adjusted well throughout the day and our serve receive was consistent to run our offense.” They will play Elsinore Thurs day, Aug. 25. Also winning a tournament title was Rancho Christian, who brought home a championship at United Christian Academy’s tour nament in Upland. Player of the Week Bella Rittenberg (Chaparral) In the Pumas’ opener last Tues

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the shoulder of Goetz Road. This work was not expected to impact traffic flow. Occurring at Murrieta Road and Sun City Boulevard, there are traffic signal improvements, but Sun City Boulevard is now open at Murrieta Road. Additional work will continue on the project through the end of August. Sumac Ridge Utility work con tinues at Scott Road between Me nifee and Briggs roads including improvements on Scott Road and Lindenberger Road. Work is ex pected to continue through Sunday, Aug.Garbani28. and Menifee roads are the scene of traffic signal improve ments with intermittent traffic control operations occurring near the intersection. Flaggers remain present to assist with traffic flow as shoulder and drainage improve mentsSCEcontinue.additionally continues a vault and conduit installation at Newport and Murrieta roads. The SCE work continues during daytime hours. Traffic control will be set up and removed daily as needed.Road closure is at Barnett Road from McLaughlin Road to Patricia Lane. This section of roadway is expected to remain closed for sev eral more weeks while the existing dirt roadway is paved by the devel oper of a nearby residential project. More traffic signal improve ments are at Murrieta Road at Rouse Roa d with intermittent traffic control taking place as the contractor continues to construct the new traffic signals. Traffic controls will still be in place at La Piedra Road at Menifee Road for another traffic signal im provement project as the contractor continues to construct new traffic signals.Tradewinds Drive and state Route 74 is seeing street im provements just off Route 74. The project included construction of sidewalk and pedestrian ramp im provements and full removal and replacement of the street section. Work was expected to continue in this area through the middle of September.Workcontinued on the traf fic signal and median at McCall Boulevard and Ranch Road as part of the McCall Square proj ect. Construction is expected to be completed over the next two months.Forquestions on the project/ construction updates listed, con tact Philip Southard, public in formation and legislative affairs officer, at 951-746-0654 or at psouthard@cityofmenifee.us Caltrans Caltrans crews will be working at various exit ramp locations on the following highways: Interstate 10, I-215 and state Route 210 with one at a time for approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Watch for signage alerting motorists of upcoming ramp closures. Caltrans continues work to rehabilitate 59 miles of lane, ramps, and drainage systems on I-15 in San Bernardino County. The project spans from Oak Hill Road in Hesperia to just south of Bear Valley Road in Victorville. Weather permitting. Crews con tinued excavation, grinding and paving operations going both north and southbound. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

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A California man prosecu tors called a serial killer was convicted Thursday, Aug. 18, of raping and killing two women in the 1980s after investigators linked him to DNA evidence, prosecutors said. Horace Van Vaultz Jr., 67, was found guilty of first-degree murder with the special circum stance allegations that the crimes involved multiple murders, rape and sodomy, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said in a Vaultz,statement.aformer Bakersfield resident, has been jailed since his 2019 arrest. He could face life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced next month.Vaultz was convicted of kill ing 22-year-old Mary Duggan in 1986. Her body was found in the trunk of her car in a parking lot in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank. He also was convicted of the 1981 killing of 20-yearold Selena Keough, whose body was found under bushes near an apartment building in Montclair, in San Bernardino County. Both wereThestrangled.caseswent cold for de cades until they were linked to Vaultz using investigative genetic genealogy, in which genealogi cal websites are used to identify potential relatives of a suspect based on DNA collected at a crime scene. It was the first criminal case in LA County to use the procedure, the DA’s office said. At his trial, the prosecution argued that Vaultz was a sexu ally motivated serial killer. The defense argued that he had con sensual sex with the women and someone else killed them. Vaultz described himself as a “”swinger” and said he couldn’t remember meeting the Prosecutorsvictims.also said a re cent re-examination of evidence showed a DNA link between Vaultz and a third killing in Ven tura County, KNBC-TV reported. Janna Rowe, 25, was strangled and left on a trash pile. Vaultz was acquitted of her death in 1988, before DNA evidence was used at trial, and cannot be retried.

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In this photo provided by Mike Gauthier, recent rains have enabled many species of plant life to green up, allowing wildlife such as the desert tortoise to come out and forage on the abundant food supply Friday, Aug. 12, in the Mojave National Preserve.

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While California Department of Transportation District 8 crews continue their work on Interstate 15 and Interstate 215 with lane improvements and road projects in high gear. In Menifee, night work contin ues on Eastern Municipal Water District’s Murrieta Road Transmis sion Pipeline Project at the inter section of Murrieta and Newport roads. Traffic control will remain in place during the project work. Visit

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Timelines for repair of flash flood damage to roads in Califor nia’s vast desert wilderness parks are being extended even as mon soonal rains cause new problems along with unseasonal plant and animalJoshuaactivityTreeNational Park was hit Tuesday, Aug. 16, by a mas sive rainstorm concentrated in the southern area of the park and road crews were working to assess and repair damage that closed several roads, a statement said Wednes day, Aug. 17. It was the second deluge there this month. The southern side of Joshua Tree was evacuated and roads closed when flooding hit Monday, Aug. 8. All northern facilities and paved roads have remained open. In Death Valley National Park, state highway officials delayed Wednesday’s planned reopening of state Route 190 after determin ing the major road was not ready, a park statement said. A new reopening date was not announced for the route, which was hit by flash floods and mas sive debris flows, Aug. 5. Route 178, which connects to Death Valley from state Route 127, was expected to remain closed for several more weeks, the park said. In the Mojave National Pre serve, the monsoonal rains have “ reawakened flora and fauna,” according to a news release. The preserve said a July 30 deluge dumped 6 inches of rain in some areas of the park, where average August rainfall is typi cally 1.2 Augustinches.isusually characterized by muted landscapes and arid conditions, but mild temperatures and vibrant green foliage have led to more wildlife sightings.

“White-lined Sphinx moths, California patch butterflies, horned lizards, rabbits, desert tortoise and bighorn sheep have been frequently observed by park staff over the last few weeks,” the parkAllsaid.of the preserve’s paved roads were closed for nearly two weeks after the flood. Currently, North Kelbaker Road, between Kelso Depot and Baker, remains closed and will likely take months to repair, the preserve said. Additionally, Zzyzx Road to the California State University Desert Studies Center is still closed due to severely undercut pavement.

RIVERSIDE – The Riverside Transit Agency’s move to zeroemission buses just took a big step. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded RTA a $5.1 million grant Tuesday, Aug. 16, to buy five 40-foot hydrogen fuel cell electric buses, propelling the agency’s goal of transition ing its directly operated fleet of compressed natural gas buses to zero-emission vehicles. The move to replace all 145 large buses is expected to hap pen in phases beginning in 2026. Smaller buses and trolleys, cur rently powered by CNG and unleaded gas, could also go zero emission.Newsof the federal grant comes just a few weeks after RTA Chair and Temecula Mayor Pro Tem Zak Schwank, RTA Second Vice Chair and Canyon Lake Mayor Jeremy Smith and RTA Chief Executive Officer Kristin Warsinski visited Washington to advocate for more funding to support the agency’s move to hydrogen fuel. “RTA has always been a leader in eco-friendly transportation,” Schwank said. “Looking ahead, we are excited about continuing our tradition by making signifi cant investments in zero-emission vehicles. The future is bright for RTA and federal funding coming our way will help us build a leaner, greener fleet.” Smith said RTA is pleased to join transit agencies across America that are already developing and implementing projects to move to zero-emission buses. “This funding will help our efforts to charge forward and make a real difference in the way public transportation is delivered in western Riverside County,” he said. “We are thrilled to receive this much-needed funding and appreciative of the support we’ve received on a national level.” Of course, the federal funding headed RTA’s way is part of a larger picture. In all, $1.6 billion in federal grant money is headed to transit agencies, territories and states across the country to invest in 150 bus fleets and facilities. Funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, more than 1,100 of those vehicles will use zero-emissions technol ogy, which helps meet the presi dent’s goal of net-zero emissions byThis2050.year’s funding alone will nearly double the number of noemission transit buses on Ameri ca’s roadways. For the first time, 5% of low- and no-emission bus funding will be used to train transit workers, including those working at RTA, on how to maintain and operate new clean bus technology.

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“With today’s awards, we’re helping communities across Amer ica, in cities, suburbs and rural areas alike, purchase 1,800 new buses and most of them are zeroemission,” US. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “This announcement means more good jobs for people across the country, cleaner air in our com munities and more affordable and reliable options to help people get to where they need to go.” It isn’t the first federal grant that RTA has received to build a more eco-friendly fleet. Just a few months ago, the agency netted a $8.7 million grant to build the hydrogen fueling stations at its Riverside and Hemet facilities to power its future fleet. As part of the announcement, the U.S. Department of Transpor tation also awarded RTA a second grant worth $1.6 million for the purchase and installation of solar panels at its Riverside and Hemet facilities, a move that will go a long way in reducing electricity costs and promoting a more envi ronmentally friendly workplace.

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A security breach involving an unscreened piece of luggage prompted an evacuation of San Diego International Airport Ter minal 2 Thursday, Aug. 18, along with a several-hour grounding of its flights. Authorities cleared the public out of the travel hub at the bayside airport about 12:30 p.m., after a man entered the post-screening area of the airport with a carry-on bag that had been identified for an additional check, according to the Transportation Security Admin istration.

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“TSA officers began searching for the traveler and were not able to locate him,” the agency said in a prepared statement. “As a result, TSA made the decision to clear Terminal 2 West & East.” The Federal Aviation Admin istration, meanwhile, ordered a “ground stop” that suspended departures out of the terminal. The TSA directed all passen gers in the post-security areas of Terminal 2 – including those who already had boarded planes – to be sent back for re-screening. Officers then carried out a sweep of the terminal and its gate areas, aided by contraband-detecting service dogs. TSA personnel began begin re-screening airline customers shortly after 2:30 p.m., the agency advised, urging “all travelers to ex ercise patience while this incident is Atresolved.”3p.m., the FAA lifted the ground stop, clearing the way for a resumption of flights out of the terminal, according to airport officials. The passenger re-screenings were continuing as of late after noon. TSA officials estimated that 5,000 to 7,000 travelers would have to go through security checks a second time due to the incident. The agency, which declared that security operations at the airport had “returned to normal” as of 5:15 p.m., would not provide further specifics about the security breach that led to the evacuation and flight delays.

Outside of temporary federal and state firefighting agency jobs, most fire departments require applicants to be licensed EMTs. In the certifi cation the state bans certain felons from obtaining because the job comes with access to narcotics and Cadets, who were formerly-incarcerated firefighters, train at the Ventura Training Center (VTC) during an open house media demonstration Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Camarillo, Calif. California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison. The 18-month program is run by Cal Fire, the California Conservation Corps, the state corrections department and the nonprofit Anti-Recidivism Coalition at the Ventura Training Center northwest of Los Angeles.

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sharpRimer,objects.the Forestry & Fire Re cruitment Program’s director of supportive services, said Califor nia should automatically expunge records of eligible former inmates, much as it does for those convicted of antiquated marijuana crimes. And it should include their entire criminal record, she said. “I think it spearheaded oppor tunity for people, but I don’t think it’s good enough,” she said of the expungement law. The law’s author, Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Reyes, a Democrat from San Bernardino, has been struggling ever since to learn how many former inmates it has helped. She said many former inmates have contacted her office to praise “the life-changing impact of the legislation.” The corrections department in forms eligible inmates about the law but doesn’t track expunge ments, said department spokes woman Tessa Outhyse. Cal Fire, the court system and the state Depart ment of Justice also couldn’t say how many have had their records expunged. In another effort, California in 2018 created a training program to help former inmates get hired professionally.

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Da’Ton Harris Jr.’s record was finally cleared in August, about 18 months after starting the process. “I’m out here, a public servant, risking my life every day to try and better my community,” said Har ris. “I don’t think it was a smooth transaction at all.” Despite his record, Harris ob tained firefighting jobs with the U.S. Forest Service, the state’s firefighting agency Cal Fire, and the Forestry & Fire Recruitment Program.Butlike Le, his advancement was limited because his criminal record made him ineligible for an Emergency Medical Technician certification, an obstacle that dis appeared with the expungement.

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SACRAMENTO (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wher ever they can get them — even as far as Australia. Yet one homegrown resource is rarely used: thousands of experi enced firefighters who earned their chops in prison. Two state programs designed to get more former inmate firefighters hired professionally have barely made a dent, according to an Associated Press review, with one $30 million effort netting jobs for just over 100 firefighters, little more than one-third of the inmates enrolled.Cladin distinctive orange uni forms, inmate crews protect mul timillion-dollar homes for a few dollars a day by cutting brush and trees with chainsaws and scraping the earth to create barriers they hope will stop flames. Once freed from prison, however, the former inmates have trouble getting hired professionally because of their criminal records, despite a first-in-the-nation, 18-month-old law designed to ease their way and a 4-year-old training program that cost taxpayers at least $180,000 per graduate.“It’sabsolutely an untapped pool of talent,” said Genevieve Rimer, who works with former in mates trying to clear their records.

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The CDC’s Friday Morbid ity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), its internal journal, included research on the spread of monkeypox via contaminated sur faces. Researchers in Utah sampled 30 dif ferent samples from the home of two monkeypox patients, and found that 21 of the surfaces yielded positive real-time PCR results, but none tested positive for viralStill,cultures.despite the lack of live virus found in the samples, the paper still warns that monkeypox can spread through surface contact. The agency also recommends wearing masks at the bottom of the paper, even though little evidence has emerged that monkeypox is an airborne“Monkeypoxvirus. virus primarily spreads through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact with the rash, scabs, lesions, body fluids, or respiratory secretions of a person with monkeypox; transmission via contaminated objects or surfaces

Reuters has fact-checked claims that the CDC believes monkeypox is airborne as “Monkeypoxfalse.does not spread through airborne particles or drop lets, therefore, is not considered to be an airborne virus,” Dr. Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa, associate dean of Community Engagement and Public Health Practice at the Rut gers School of Public Health, told Prevention.com. “Airborne trans mission occurs when small virus particles become suspended in the air and can stay there for periods of time. These particles can spread on air currents and infect people in far distances. That is not the case with the monkeypox virus.” More and more evidence is emerging that suggests the virus is spread primarily through homosex ual male sex, although women and heterosexuals can still be infected. Several studies have found that sex itself, not close skin-to-skin contact, is causing the spread, and that the virus is carried in semen.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study Friday, Aug. 19, suggesting that people wear masks to protect themselves from monkeypox de spite growing evidence the virus is transmitted sexually

“Thousands of people are coming back from California’s fire camps annually. They have already been trained. They have a desire to go and put their lives on the line in order to ensure public safety.” California is hardly alone in needing seasoned smoke eaters, but the nation’s most populous state faces different challenges than other more sparsely settled Western re gions. A wildfire that nearly leveled the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise nearly four years ago, for instance, was the nation’s deadliest wildfire in nearly a century, killing 85Thepeople.U.S. Forest Service is short about 1,200 firefighters, 500 of them in California, and the Interior Department is down about 450 fire fighters, 150 of them in California, said two of the state’s top elected of ficials, U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, in a recent letter to Biden administration officials. Other Western states are grap pling with the issue. Nevada is con sidering a program like Arizona’s “Phoenix Crew,” which started in 2017 and provides mostly former inmate firefighters a pipeline to firefighting jobs.

The 18-month program is run by Cal Fire, the California Conserva tion Corps, the state corrections department and the nonprofit AntiRecidivism Coalition at the Ven tura Training Center northwest of Los Angeles. Conservation corps members also are eligible. Former inmates convicted of arson or sex offenses are excluded. Participants spend six months on life skills and firefighter train ing and the next year fighting or preventing fires and doing other community service, for which they are paid $1,905 a month. The center has four fire crews with 60 participants.Infouryears the program has cost over $29.5 million but has just 106Nearlygraduates.allfound a professional job: 98 are with Cal Fire and three are with other agencies including the Orange County Fire Author ity and the U.S. Forest Service, according to corrections officials. Cal Fire provided slightly different figures. But they’re the fortunate ones among the 277 who have par ticipated since the program’s in ception. Another 111 participants, or 40%, left before completing the program, said Outhyse. And the state is turning more to professional wildland firefight ers, largely because inmate crews are less available after voters shortened criminal sentences and officials released thousands of lower-level inmates early to pre vent coronavirus infections. This August about 1,670 inmates are in fire camps, including staff like cooks and laundry workers, down about 40% from August 2019. The corrections department was budgeted for 152 crews this year, but fielded just 51, each with about 15-18 firefighters. With fewer inmate crews, Cali fornia is turning more to other agencies. The conservation corps is responsible for filling 30 crews, Cal Fire 26 and the California Na tional Guard 14. The state also is creating what officials called the first all-hazards fire engine strike team operated by a state National Guard. The fire en gines can respond both to wildfires and urban blazes.

“We’ve recognized for a few years now that due to early release, due to COVID, a number of other reasons, we have to do something,” said Battalion Chief Issac Sanchez, a Cal Fire spokesman. Gabe Stern contributed to this story from Reno, Nevada.

It’s been a learning curve to educate judges about the law and get the corrections department to speed up certifying to the court that inmates have served as firefighters, said Dennis and one of her clients, Phi Le. He petitioned the court in October and his record was ex punged in January.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California legislation in 2020, al lowing former inmates to seek to withdraw guilty pleas or overturn convictions. A judge can then dis miss the charges. Former inmates convicted of murder, kidnapping, arson, escape and sex offenses are excluded.Sincethe law took effect, the nonprofit Forestry & Fire Recruit ment Program, started by two for mer inmate firefighters, has worked with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles to help former inmates clear their records and get hired. Yet they have only been able to file 34 petitions, and just 12 had records expunged during what the program warns “can be a long and drawn out Ashleighprocess.”Dennisis one of at least three attorneys filing expungement petitions through the Oaklandbased advocacy group Root & Rebound. She has similarly been able to file just 23 requests, with 14Amonggranted.other hurdles, applicants must show a judge evidence they have been rehabilitated, and the expungement only applies to crimes they were incarcerated for while working in firefighting crews. Many people have unrelated convictions that must be separately expunged.

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A 67-year-old woman accused of shooting two female relatives, killing one, during a confrontation at their San Jacinto home pleaded not guilty Thursday, Aug. 18, to murder and attempted murder. Nancy Susan Wischmeyer of San Jacinto was arrested earlier in August following a Riverside County Sher iff’s Department investigation. Along with the murder and at tempted murder counts, Wischmeyer is charged with sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allega tions.She was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Mark Singerton, who scheduled a felony settlement confer ence for Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Banning Justice Center The defendant is being held on $1 million bail at the nearby Smith Correctional Facility. According to sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Carroll, about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, Wischmeyer was involved in an undisclosed dispute with the vic tims, identified in court documents as Patricia Jean Crowe and Mary Alice Crowe, in the 1900 block of Meridian Street, near Beringer Drive. Carroll alleged the defendant pulled a handgun and fired several rounds at the women, wounding both. Witnesses called 911, and patrol deputies and paramedics reached the residence minutes later. Patricia Crowe was pronounced dead at the scene, and Mary Crowe was taken to a regional trauma center for treat ment. She is still recovering from herAwounds.possible motive for the alleged attack was not provided. Carroll de scribed the defendant and victims as “estranged family members.” Wischmeyer was detained at the location without incident. She has no documented previ ous felony convictions in Riverside County

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202207781 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COMMUNITY MISSION OF HOPE 41760 Rider Way, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Thessalonika Family Services, 38950 Mesa Drive, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)Registrant: Allison Willits, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/15/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: PUBLISHED:3626June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 Republished: August 26, September 2, 9, 16, 2022 The wrong zip code for the business was in the original publication.

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A law enforcement operation to crack down on vehicle catalytic converter thefts in Perris led to the seizure of more than 400 converters and the identification of unlicensed auto repair shops, authorities said recently. The sweep was conducted Wednesday, Aug. 17, by the Riv erside County Vehicle Dismantler Industry Strike Team, composed of sheriff’s deputies, officers from municipal police agencies and inspectors from the California De partment of Motor Vehicles. Converters are used to filter en gine emissions to cut down on the amount of pollutants discharged by cars and trucks. The devices, lo cated on the underside of vehicles, average about $1,000 apiece. Sheriff’s Sgt. David Marshall said the strike team sought to iden tify auto shops allegedly involved in illegally procuring and recycling converters, prompting personnel to pay unannounced visits to 19 automotive businesses throughout Perris.“Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise and remain a high priority for our agency,” Marshall said. The operation netted 448 con verters, culminating in 15 citations alleging multiple offenses, includ ing unlicensed business activity, according to the sergeant, who did not disclose the names of the shops.

Operation results in seizure of hundreds of stolen catalytic converters plants in different stages of growth. Inside the residence, officers found an unserialized AR-15 type rifle, commonly referred to as a ghost gun, with a high-capacity maga zine. The suspect for the marijuana cultivation and unlawful firearm was identified by Menifee police as 62- year-old Macario Estevez. Menifee police officers arrested Estevez, and he was booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center for the unlawful possession of an undetectable firearm, possession of a high-capacity magazine and unlaw ful possession of an assault weapon. The California Department of Cannabis Control’s investigation into the marijuana cultivation remains ongoing. As a reminder to the community, all commercial marijuana activi ties, including, but not limited to individual sales, cooperatives, dispensaries, cultivation and de liveries are prohibited in Menifee. Submitted by city of Menifee.

“We encourage vehicle own ers to etch or engrave the vehicle license plate or identification num ber into your catalytic converter to assist law enforcement in rec ognizing the part as stolen, if it is recovered,” he said. Additional sting operations are planned in the coming months. An yone with information re garding converter thefts was asked to contact the sheriff’s Perris sta tion at 951-210-1110, or DMV Investigations at 916-229-0167.

CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2204994 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: MARY-ELLEN BELEN Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: MARY-ELLEN BELEN Proposed Name: MARIELLEN BELEN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a NOTICEhearing.OFHEARING Date: 9/22/22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook/Temecula Valley News Date: JUL 29 2022 Signed: Joshua Knight, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3660 PUBLISHED: August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202210005 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REVIVE HYDRATION 13211 Quinta Way, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 County: Riverside Karen Lea Baji, 13211 Quinta Way, Desert Hot Springs, CA 9224 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)Registrant: Karen Lea Baji Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/05/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3676 PUBLISHED: August 26, September 2, 9, 16, 2022 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202207751 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, INC. 30645 Via Norte, Temecula, CA 92591 County: Riverside California School of English, Inc., 30645 Via Norte, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 05/2005 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars Registrant:($1,000).) Christopher Cullen, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/14/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: PUBLISHED:3624June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 Republished: August 26, September 2, 9, 16, 2022 The wrong zip code for the business and registrant was in the original publication. AnzA VAlley OUTLOOK WITH CONTENT FROM Ready to grow your today and out how.

An 80-year-old man accused of repeatedly sexually molesting a young relative when she stayed with him in Murrieta was charged Friday, Aug. 19, with nine counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 yearsJesusold.Zavala was arrested re cently when he tried to reenter the U.S. from Mexico, where he had allegedly fled earlier this year in the face of the allegations of sexualZavala,abuse.who is being held on $3 million bail at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center, was slated to make his initial court appearance Aug. 19 at the Southwest Justice Center in AccordingMurrieta.toaMurrieta police statement, the victim, identified in court documents only as “A.L.,” revealed in December 2021 that Zavala had allegedly molested her between 2018 and 2020, prompting an investigation by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services and the police department. The specific circumstances be hind the alleged sexual abuse, and Zavala’s relationship to the victim, were not disclosed. Court papers alleged that the defendant fondled her privates and rubbed her chest on different occasions. Investigators said that sufficient evidence was gathered to obtain a warrant for Zavala’s arrest. Before it could be served, however, he “fled to Mexico, where he re mained and avoided capture,” ac cording to the police department. It’s unknown what led him to return to the U.S., where he was apprehended by Border Patrol agents at the Tecate Road Cross ing, Aug. 10. He was turned over to Murrieta police officers a few days later based on the fugitive warrant. Zavala has no documented previous felony convictions in Riverside County.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2205059 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: LASHAWN ALEXXA MARIE OLIVER Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: LASHAWN ALEXXA MARIE OLIVER Proposed Name: ALEXXA MARIE OLIVER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a NOTICEhearing.OFHEARING Date: 9-22-22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook/Temecula Valley News Date: AUG 02 2022 Signed: Joshua A. Knight, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3671 PUBLISHED: August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2022 into an alleged marijuana cultivation site in Quail Valley.

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MENIFEE – The California Department of Cannabis Control, with the assistance of the Me nifee Police Department, served a search warrant at a residence in the Quail Valley community of Menifee regarding illegal cultiva tion of marijuana. A search of the property led to the discovery of two makeshift greenhouses with a combined total of 198 marijuana

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