The Riverside County Board of Supervisors imposed a temporary moratorium on the issuance of new short-term rental permits in the unincorporated Temecula Valley, as well as the mountain communities around Idyllwild Tuesday, Sept. 13, because of a flood of applications that has resulted in a significant propagation of rentals in a short span.
Ward Andrus, Ed.D, new superintendent of Murrieta Valley School District, received a warm welcome at a meet-and-greet event Wednesday, Sept. 14, hosted by the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation and Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce.
The welcoming celebration was held at Murrieta’s West Coast Exotic Cars, 26900 Jefferson Avenue, in Murrieta, where hundreds of exotic cars awaited viewing.
Andrus spoke to his welcomers and lauded his arrival to Murrieta, seeing what he called a tremendous “sense of care” for their children.
“This is a very unique community and school district,” he said.
He recalled crossing one Murrieta’s school campuses and seeing a teacher who saw a young student who did not know what class she was supposed to go to and without asking her any questions, not even her last name, the teacher identified her by her first name, took the student’s hand and walked her to her classroom. He said he could not ever remember seeing this sort of thing before in any other district where he worked.
“It was very abnormal,” he said but was an example of the “compassion, love and care I see in this district.”
A celebration is underway at the Mary Phillips Senior Center, as Friday, Sept. 23, marks the 29th anniversary of the center’s founding. Speakers during the festivities stressed that the Mary Phillips Senior Center remains a place where older adults are well-respected and feel a sense of belonging.
The staff members said they are fully committed to providing a quality of life that they can be proud of giving. The center provides nutritious food, companionship, activities and continuing education. With the assistance of local businesses and individuals, the center thrives through dona-
Inside the Mary Phillips Senior Center is a plaque on the wall that commemorates both founders, Mary Phillips and her husband Stanley Phillips. Mary Phillips was born in Romania, but she moved to the United States when she was 10 years old. Later, she married her husband, and the couple moved to Temecula in 1988. She was named the first
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Allyson Sundahl, 8, creates a chalk art piece during the cartoon themed Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival at Town Square Park, Sept. 17.
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Seniors sing in the choir at the 29th anniversary party of The Mary Phillips Senior Center. Valley News/Shawna Sarnowski photo tions of time, energy and money. Community Services Manager Yvette Martinez, Community Services specialist Kassandera Ambriz and Community Services Superintendent Bea Barnett and employees said they were delighted to celebrate another successful year.
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The future beautification of Wildomar was the key discussion among city council members at the Wednesday, Sept. 14, meeting in the Wildomar City Hall. The dis cussion was followed by a report from Daniel Torres, the director of Wildomar Community Services.
An ad-hoc subcommittee was developed to guide staff through the conceptual plans of a Wildomar Beautification Program, includ ing Councilmembers Bridgette Moore and Mayor Pro Tem Joseph Morabito and staff who met via Zoom to cover the multiple topics and areas of interest that would be incorporated into a conceptual plan for the program.
The subcommittee came up with four categories to be discussed:
Keep it Clean, light pole banners, First Impressions and Recogni tions, Torres said.
In the Keep It Clean category, the subcommittee discussed a light pole banner program to honor active military members and vet erans. The subcommittee and staff reviewed the possibility for the future expansion of the category to include city information.
The First Impression category drew a lengthy conversation re garding freeway interchanges, freeway frontage and freeway bridges. The subcommittee de cided to focus on city logo place ments, graffiti abatement, street sweeping, trees and right of ways.
The fourth category, Recogni
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With that, he said he sees “a commitment to excellence. I see that people really, really care.”
While having visited numerous classrooms in the district, he said he is still learning about the com munity.
“There is a lot of listening and learning,” Andrus said.
He said his task will be to sustain the work the district has already done in the community, to get back to a routine after the COVID-19 pandemic and to learn what is most successful for the district and com munity and “expand upon where we have needs.”
On hand to greet Andrus were many Chamber members, includ ing Patrick Ellis, president and CEO of the Chamber; Austin Linsley, president of SRPNEF; Ginger Greaves, executive director of SRPNEF; Marianne Lancaster, education program manager of SRPNEF; Lori Stone, Murrieta City Council member, and Kris Thomasian, board president of MVUSD. Many other Murrieta officials and educators also wel comed his arrival.
Linsley welcomed Andrus to the community and praised the way residents have preserved the com munity and Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. He pointed out that historically the people of Murrieta did not want to become a part of Temecula because they wanted their children to learn in the Murrieta Unified School District. He said he hoped Andrus would continue that tradition. The district has long worked with the SRPNEF to educate children to be come good stewards of the plateau and of nature around them.
“We have a special bond with
tions, paid attention to tree dona tions, a brick/paver program for future city-owned developments, a bench program toward the re placement of park benches and a flagpole plaque program that would allow for the remembrance of fire and police personnel.
The subcommittee listed 20 ways the city could achieve a city wide beautification program which were shown on slides presented to the council.
Looking at the suggestions, the council found some agreement on forwarding the idea of city recog nition structures on the major high ways, public trash can placements, city bench replacements, the light pole banner program, seeking
citizen and business partnerships in the program and expanding the current Keep It Clean program.
With the council’s input, Torres was given the task to better refine and present a cost considered beautification program to be put into place. City manager Daniel York said the staff should take a close look at the budgets for the programs before the presentation so it could be placed on future budgets.
The council unanimously autho rized the city manager to execute a master license agreement with Riverside County Flood Control to use the maintenance roads on either side of the flood control channels for public use as hiking
and biking trails. The city in the agreement would be responsible for the maintenance of the channel pathways. The council suggested the channel pathways might in clude one side for hiking and bik ing and the other for equestrian use. The use of some of the flood channel maintenance paths are already planned in a countywide trail program with other cities. Some of those pathways have been paved and marked for public use.
There were no public hearings scheduled for the Sept. 14 city council meeting.
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the city and the Murrieta school district that has created an opportu nity for us to have nature education programs at every level in the pub lic school system,” Linsley said.
He said SRPNEF would like to bring its programs to every school district in the area, but it is the Murrieta template that guides them. He said SRPNEF has pro vided $25,000 to students who seek to improve the earth’s ecol ogy and preserve nature through scholarships.
Greaves, on behalf of SRPNEF, surprised Andrus, presenting him a 2-gallon sapling of the rare Engelmann Oak that is preserved on the plateau and challenging him to plant the tree on the school
grounds to remind him of the strength the district provides the children in the district and to con tinue that effort.
Guests of the meet-and-greet event received a small sapling of Engelmann Oak to plant. The Englemen Oaks can survive for hundreds of years if they are preserved.
Sponsoring the refreshments that evening were restaurants Sizzler, The Mill, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and WhichWich
sandwiches. West Coast Exotic Cars opened their showroom, displaying many exotic cars in cluding McLarens, Porsches, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Lexus, Mercedeses, a Rolls Royce and many others.
For more information about SRPNEF’s school nature programs and scholarships, visit http:// srpnef.org.
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Former Israeli paratrooper turned financial adviser Moti Gur from Los Angeles spoke on the importance of continuing to remind the younger generation and those in universities of the Nazi Holocaust that took nearly 6 million Jews in Europe, nearly 1.5 million of those were children, from 1930 to 1944 at Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta, Sunday, Sept 11.
As a special guest of Congregation B’nai Chaim, he explained why as a Jew who has personally seen terrorist bombings and killings, warned that if people do not know or believe the Holocaust once happened and the hatred by neo-Nazis and Muslim jihadi terrorists swearing to kill all Jews and “infidels” or any of those who do not take Islam as their religion… “must die.”
The talk was planned for the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of the Twin Towers in New York City and of the Pentagon and the attempted attack of the U.S. Capitol to better remind those of that tragic day when over 2,000 Americans died.
At the conclusion of his talk, Gur told those questioning his efforts that he was there to help promote the planned Holocaust Memorial in Murrieta’s Town Square Park. He said it was necessary to help young people understand the Holocaust was real and happened decades ago and could happen again – if they forget.
“We must stop any hate, not only in America but all over the world, and that’s why I look at that Holocaust Memorial to stop the hate, the killing, the genocide, the prejudice against Jews and others,” he said.
Gur is also a representative of the Jewish organizaiton, “Stand With Us,” which is helping to promote the Murrieta Holocaust Memorial.
Gur warned against a little known group, called the BDS, or those who believe it is necessary to “Boycott, Divest and Sanction” the hate against all who do not believe in Islam. He said these beliefs are coming from those in the Arab nations that surround Israel today.
He did not say that all Muslims are of a like mind, but it is those jihadis who have been taught to believe in only 124 jihadi verses in the more than 6,600 verses in the Quran, the Muslim holy book, that become terrorists and suicide bombers, thinking they will go to heaven as a martyr with 72 virgins.
He said the BDS wants to destroy Israel, a Democratic country surrounded by over 100 Arab countries and is so small it could fit into San Bernardino County twice. They want to destroy Israel both “economically and politically,”
Gur said.
He added that the jihadi Muslims also say any Muslim who doesn’t believe in the jihadi verses will be sent to hell.
“They scare people with those words,” Gur said.
In his talk, he quoted the Quran’s verses that speak about how Muslim men should “beat their wives if they don’t join the jihad with them…We have to stop it.”
Earlier in his presentation, he explained that when he was in the Israeli military, he was at the 1972 Olympics in Germany on duty with the Israeli athletes. Eleven were killed by jihadis, and Gur saw the terrorists’ work first hand.
“Can you believe that was in Germany where the Holocaust originated years earlier?” he said.
He also recalled how he was on a bus in 1994 that had just arrived in Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel.
Just as he got off the bus, a suicide bomber blew up the second bus behind him, killing 22 people, the bomber and injuring 50 others. He also recalled the history of Norway early in Hitler’s rise and the advent of Nazism. Norway did not see them first as a threat, and the next thing they knew they were occupied. He warned that it could happen in America or in any other country if people become complacent to the holocaust and hate toward Jews.
Ingram introduced Gur and said, “Shalom. It’s an honor to be here today. It’s tragic we have to have days like this to remember the atrocities in our world.”
I pray everyday we don’t have to do things like this,” Ingram said. “It was 81 years ago the Holocaust in Europe started, and we lost twothirds of the Jewish population during that Holocaust. I’d say that is something to remember by all of us. Today we have 21 years since 9/11 has gone by, and it makes you reflect on how precious life is.”
Ingram said it is fortunate, however, that the history can be taught, so atrocities like the Holocaust and 9/11 don’t happen again.
“We here today must make a profound statement that we as a people will not allow these atrocities to happen. And that history cannot be eradicated,” Ingram said.
He praised Gur for standing up to stop anti-Semitism and to reach out to the younger generation and remember what happened in the Holocaust.
Ingram introduced other dignitaries attending the talk, including his fellow Murrieta City Councilmember Lori Stone, Hemet Mayor Malcolm Lilienthal and Temecula Mayor Matt Rhan.
He urged all to support the March of Remembrance held each year in Murrieta to never forget the Holocaust atrocities and help with the building of the Holocaust Education Memorial in Murrieta’s Town Square Park with its plans already made and land in the park donated by the city. Donations for the Memorial can be made at http://www.HRFV.org , or by sending them to the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley at 23905 Clinton Keith Road, Suite 114-263, Wildomar, CA 92595.
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Murrieta Mayor Jonathan Ingram reminds those attending an anti-Semitism talk at Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta Sunday, Sept, 11, to never to forget the Holocaust waged by the Nazis in World War II and terrorists attacking New York’s Twin Towers. Former Israeli paratrooper and financial adviser Moti Gur give a talk on the increasing anti-Semitism in the world at Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta. He urges support for the Holocaust Memorial in Town Square Park to help people always remember the Holocaust atrocities in World War II. Hemet Mayor Malcolm Lilienthal and a Christian pastor speaks with Moti Gur following an anti-Semitism talk at Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta. Valley News/Tony Ault photos
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The Lake Elsinore City Council meeting began Tuesday, Sept. 13, with a welcome to Ryan Lewis, Ed.D., the new superintendent of Lake Elsinore Unified School District, who gave a brief introduc tion and presentation. With more than 25 years in education, he said he is proud to work with such a dedicated board of trustees and supportive community.
Lewis said the district is expe riencing a higher enrollment than projected, serving approximately 20,600 students, and he has found that families are eager to re-engage. He said the three main concerns he was asked to address since coming on board a couple of months ago were to increase safety on cam puses, listen to the community and have open communication.
The safety enhancements have taken place with three additional Riverside sheriff’s officers pa trolling local schools. As part of the hashtag #ConnectLEUSD program, Lewis implemented the Superintendent’s Listening Tour that will reach all five trustee areas. Input received at these events will help develop the vision moving forward for the next three to five years. For more information and to register, visit https://bit.ly/Lis tentingTour2022.
Mayor Timothy J. Sheridan pre
sented a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week in the city of Lake Elsinore to Daughters of the American Revo lution, Luiseño Chapter members. It said, in part: “It is the privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate the 235th anniver sary of the drafting of the Constitu tion of the United States of America and asks our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the Con stitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be regained.”
As he handed the proclamation to representative Joyce Hohenadl, he said, “We appreciate what you do; obviously, the Constitution is the foundation of our country.”
Thanking the mayor and rest of the city council, Hohenadl said the United States Constitution is the oldest and shortest written constitu tion in the world.
“ We honor our ancestors and the framework of the government that created this great document,” she said.
Sept. 20 was declared National Voter Registration Day in the city, and a proclamation to that effect was presented to City Clerk Candice Alvarez, who is the local official who administers democratic processes such as elections, access to city records and all legislative actions ensuring transparency to the
City Council Consent Calendar items 5-22 were approved unani mously as were seven Successor Agency Consent Calendar items.
The next Bring Your Own Break fast with the Mayor will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 7:30 to
“She was a terrific individual,” Sheridan said. “We send our con dolences and wish the best for King Charles III.”
The next regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit http://www. lake-elsinore.org.
MENIFEE – September is Pe destrian Safety Month, and the Menifee Police Department will participate in activities throughout the month encouraging the safety of people walking.
Based on data projections from the Governors Highway Safety Association, 7,485 people, or an average of 20 people every day, died after being struck by a vehicle last year – an 11.5% increase from 2020 and a 40-year high.
“People should not feel in dan ger while walking,” Menifee po lice Chief Ed Varso said. “Drivers, please slow down and be aware of people who are walking. If we all look out for one another, we can all get where we need to go safely.”
To promote the safety of people walking, Menifee police depart ment will be conducting traf fic safety operations throughout September to increase the safety of pedestrians at risk. These vio lations include speeding, making illegal turns, using a cell phone while driving, failing to yield and running stop signs or signals.
Menifee police department of fered safe driving and walking tips,
including staying off the phone when behind the wheel or walking.
For drivers, do not speed and slow down at intersections. Be prepared to stop for pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks. Avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make a right-hand turn. Stop at red lights prior to making a right hand turn. Never drive impaired.
For pedestrians, be predictable. Use signalized crosswalks where drivers may anticipate foot traffic. Watch for approaching vehicles and practice due care crossing the street. At 30 mph, a driver needs at least 90 feet to stop. Make it easier for drivers to see you at night by wearing light colors, reflective material and use a flashlight. Be careful crossing streets or entering crosswalks at night or on busier streets with higher speed limits.
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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public. It said in part that the city “commits to joining national efforts to support voter registration and citizen participation in elections.”
After accepting the proclama tion, Alvarez surprised Deputy City Clerk Luz Reyes with a
Ryan Lewis, Ed.D., the new superintendent of Lake Elsinore Unified School District, introduces himself to the Lake Elsinore City Council at its Tuesday, Sept. 13, meeting. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Luiseño Chapter, accepts a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week including, from left, Bonnie Hayosh, Mayor Timothy J. Sheridan, Joyce Hohenadl and Christine Rangel. Valley News/Alex Teahen photo
Deputy City Clerk Luz Reyes, center with flowers, is surrounded by staff, family members and other well-wishers after achieving Certified Municipal Clerk designation. Valley News/Alex Teahen photo
Certificate of Achievement signed by the mayor in recognition of her earning the Certified Municipal Clerk designation. Reyes was also presented with a certificate and pin from Marc Donohue, president of the City Clerks Association of California, an agency founded in 1977 to promote the municipal clerk profession through education, support and communication.
8:30 a.m. at 183 N. Main St. in Lake Elsinore. Sheridan adjourned the meeting in honor of Her Maj esty Queen Elizabeth II, whom he referred to as “a world citizen.” The United Kingdom monarch died Thursday, Sept. 8, after reigning for 70 years.
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With the major Fairview Fire in nearby Hemet still fresh in their minds, hundreds of Menifee residents took the time to visit the Menifee Emergency Preparedness Fair in Menifee’s Central Park on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The residents were invited to visit different booths explaining the ways and means to best prepare for any major emergency and what services are available to them in such cases as fire, earthquake or
any other disaster. On hand for demonstrations of those emer gency services were members of Cal Fire, the Community Emer gency Response Team, American Red Cross, SCE’s emergency vehicle, local hospitals, the City of Menifee, Menifee Police and many others.
The theme of the Fair is that everyone should be ready for any emergency, how to help others in distress and where to look for help.
Firefighters from Menifee’s Cal Fire Station 76 demonstrate how they use Jaws-of-Life to extricate victims trapped in their vehicles after serious traffic accidents at the Menifee Emergency Preparedness Fair. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
Murrieta Fire and Rescue CPR teacher Kay Driscoll shows Girl Scout Kaycee Velasquez, 11, how to properly perform the life-saving emergency treatment at the Menifee Emergency Preparedness Fair. Everyone should learn CPR, Driscoll advocates.
Cal Fire Capt. and Menifee firefighter Eddie Salazar carefully explains the difference between hydraulic and electric Jaws-of-Life devices carried on fire engines to the Bert Estrada family at the Menifee Emergency Preparedness Fair.
Menifee Community Emergency Response Team members explain how they are prepared to assist emergency responders in the event of a serious emergency at the Emergency Preparedness Fair and invite members of the community to join them.
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Chalk artists create a variety of colorful pieces on the street around Town Square Park during the Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival.
Ashlynn Sundahl, 12, makes progress on her chalk art during the Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival at Town Square Park, Sept. 17..
[Left] Crystal Duarte makes a chalk art piece on the street around Town Square Park during the Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival.
[Right] Inez Valencia creates a chalk art piece during the Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Cal Fresh customers whose food was lost or destroyed in the recent Fairview Fire near Hemet have until Wednesday, Oct. 5, to report the loss resulting from this disaster and receive replacement benefits.
Riverside County was granted permission to extend the normal reporting period from 10 to 30 days in disaster-impacted ZIP codes 92543 and 92544. The additional time allows CalFresh households in the affected com munities a chance to assess their losses and recover as much as pos sible. County officials said there are 11,786 households that would qualify for CalFresh replacement benefits.
“Our hearts go out to all those who have suffered losses in this devastating fire,” Allison Gonza lez, assistant director of Riverside County’s Department of Public Social Services, said. “We would like our customers to recover their losses as quickly as possible. We
also want to let them know that we are here to help.”
To report food loss directly resulting from the Fairview fire, CalFresh customers may call 877410-8827. They may also report in-person at their nearest DPSS office, online at http://BenefitsCal. com, by fax, or by mail.
Reports made by Wednesday, Oct. 5, for the Fairview fire will be considered timely.
CalFresh is the state’s largest food program that issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used to buy groceries at many stores, farmers markets and online through certain retailers such as Amazon and Walmart.
Impacted county residents in need of food assistance and not al ready receiving CalFresh benefits are encouraged to apply for Cal Fresh by calling 877-410-8827 or going online at http://BenefitsCal. com.
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) - The Riv erside County Sheriff’s Depart ment was awarded a $75,000 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, authorities announced.
The grant is intended to help bat tle alcohol-related harm primarily in the cities of Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Temecula and Wildomar.
“This is important to the county of Riverside in order to increase protection for youth and to shut down problem locations that have contributed to an increase in crime,” Sheriff Chad Bianco said.
The grant will strengthen law
enforcement efforts by combining the talents of local police officers and ABC agents who have exper tise in alcoholic beverage laws and can help communities reduce alcohol-related harm, according to the sheriff’s department.
“The program can im prove the quality of life in neighborhoods,”ABC Director Eric Hirata said. “We’ve seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program resources have been invested.”
ABC’s Alcohol Policing Pro gram was created in 1995 to strengthen partnerships between
ABC and law enforcement agen cies and was designed to keep minors away from alcohol and prevent harm to the community.
Funds from the grant will be used to reduce the number of al coholic beverage sales to minors, obviously intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol and other criminal activities such as the sale and possession of illegal drugs.
The APP program has distrib uted more than $40 million to law enforcement to combat alcoholrelated harm, according to the sheriff’s department.
WILDOMAR – The city of Wil domar and the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce are pre senting the 2022 Wildomar State of the City address Thursday, Oct. 6, at Marna O’Brien Park.
A VIP reception will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and a $35 ticket is required to attend.
Mayor Ben Benoit will deliver the address at 7 p.m. The address is open to the public and free to
attend.
Marna O’Brien Park is located at 20505 Palomar Street in Wil domar.
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president of the Seniors’ Golden Years Temecula Valley Group. She spent years petitioning the Temecula City Council to construct a local senior center.
The city council approved her request and purchased an old bus barn located behind Old Town Temecula’s fire station. The city spent $900,000 to convert the bus barn into the senior center.
The facility was originally named the Old Town Temecula Senior Center. But upon Phillips’ death in 1997, a petition to change the title in her honor began to cir culate. The city council approved of the dedication and the name was officially changed in July 1997 to the Mary Phillips Senior Center.
One of the highlights from the 50s-style anniversary party was a choir performance. Barbra Bau
mann has been supervising the choir since 2018, after retiring in 2006 and joining the center with her mother, Baumann. Baumann and the choir performed different songs each month with certain themes. Some themes correlate with a monthly holiday, such as Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
“I have been singing since I was in third grade. I adore singing,” Baumann said. “It makes you feel so good, and these people are just the sweetest. They give so much, and are so into it. It’s a wonderful feeling.”
Russ Oberlander, one of the singers among their choir, sang a solo performance of “Carolina In The Morning,” which brought applause from everyone attending. He said that they practice almost 14 songs a week. He memorizes each one, as he is blind.
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CENTER from page A-1 Seniors sing in the choir at the 29th anniversary party of The Mary Phillips Senior Center. Valley News/Shawna Sarnowski photos Seniors and staff members at The Mary Phillips Senior Center gathered for the center’s 29th anniversary. Yvette Martinez, Community Services Manager, and Bea Barnett, Community Services Superintendent, celebrate the 29th Anniversary of The Mary Phillips Senior Center. Seniors at The Mary Phillips Senior Center celebrate singing entertainment by Andrew Turner and Ava Sarnowski.“If anyone hears our choir sing and would like to join the group, they’re more than welcome,”
Oberlander said. “We’re always looking for new voices.” Ava Sarnowski can be reachedby email at valleystaff@reeder media.com.
A steer tries to buck a rider off his back during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit at Peltzer Winery in Temecula. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos
A junior steer rider competes at Peltzer Winery in Temecula during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit, Sept. 17.
A young bull rider fights against getting tossed from the bull during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit.
People watch as a young bull rider fights against getting bucked off the animal during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit.
A young bull rider rider tries to stay on his bull during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit at Peltzer Winery.
Junior steer riders wait for their turn on the bull during the Way Out West fundraising event benefiting the Charity for Charity nonprofit at Peltzer Winery in Temecula.
A junior steer rider walks off the pain after getting kicked in the shin during the Way Out West fundraiser at Peltzer Winery in Temecula.
Diane Strand founded and launched the nonprofit JDS Cre ative Academy in Temecula in 2014 with her husband and business part ner Scott. Its mission is to inspire, educate and enhance achievement in video production and workforce de velopment by providing job skills and hands-on training in the visual, performing and digital arts.
“There was such a need for the arts in the community,” she said. “We were teaching acting classes and getting calls to teach more classes like script writing, video production, backstage production, music, art and musical theater for those that have never done a play before.”
Strand said she knew there weren’t enough hours in the day to do it all and that neither she nor Scott had the skills to teach all that was needed so they called upon some industry professionals to help out.
“One day I called a meeting with a stage manager and set designer, a musician and a script writer with Scott and I representing video, act ing and producing,” she recalled.
“We all sat around my kitchen table and JDS Creative Academy was formed.”
JDS established The Strands had established JDS Video & Media Productions Inc. in 2003. In 2010, they started a Drama Club program which began in the Temecula Unified School District. The response was so great they decided to create a program for all ages to learn the technique and craft of acting, which evolved into the JDS Actors Studio.
“When we started the actors’
studio, it was because we devel oped an after school drama club at Ysabel Barnett Elementary School in 2009 in TVUSD and expected 10-15 kids to turn out. Instead, 55 kids turned out and we immediately got calls from three other schools to come there as well,” Strand said.
“Within four years, we launched the nonprofit. The need was evi dent.”
JDS Creative Academy offers video production training programs that serve adults, not only K-12 students. The nonprofit also works with adults with developmental dis abilities providing hands-on train ing with the level-up opportunities to do paid internships that can turn into direct hires.
Apprenticeship program
“We also have an apprentice ship program for higher learning adults looking to find a pathway into building good resume cred its before moving into the LA/ Hollywood market,” Strand said.
“Our photography class for adults and teens covers some video. I believe that the digital arts touch everything and every industry and someone may have a drive for other things in high school but still need the skills we teach in our classes to make them stronger in their Career Technical Education program in the K-12 space.”
Although many local high schools have theater departments, JDS’ Musical Theater program is a class where everyone gets a part they can handle and are not just part of an ensemble.
“There are those that would never get cast in their high school’s play or have the courage to even audition,” Strand said. “We also get a lot of middle schoolers who work with us so they are ready to step
into their high school years con fident and make it into advanced drama at the high school level.”
Next on the horizon for the orga nization is the Haunted Studio 22 fundraiser hosted by the #JDSFam ily. The event begins with classes where students collaborate, design, build and help implement a fullscale haunted house.
“Participants learn storytelling, concept development, logistics, timeline and feasibility, special ef
fects sets and make-up, costuming, prop making, character develop ment, acting, community fundrais ing, collaboration skills, technical skills and leadership skills,” Strand said. “We have all ages participat ing from young, young youths to senior citizens.”
Offered since Halloween 2016, this year’s weekly classes begin Sept. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Haunted Studio will be open to the public on Oct. 28 and 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for a $5 donation at the door. All ages are encouraged to visit and they offer a code word so younger audiences can enjoy it as the scarers won’t jump at them, they will just be there.
The fundraiser will also include a bake sale to assist with raising scholarship funds for students with financial limitations or at-risk youth who want to learn more about the visual, performing and digital arts.
DigiFest founded Always looking for ways to meet the needs of her students and public demand, Diane Strand founded the DigiFest Temecula Event in 2017 and created and launched the web series program Spectrum of Innovation in 2018 through JDS Creative Academy. The nonprofit partners with high school CTE pro grams for its annual DigiFest event and offers help with curriculum to keep students up to date with in dustry standards and to provide job shadowing. They also work with charter schools and home-schooled students to provide the Visual and Performing Arts Standards required by the California Department of Education. Scott Strand was asked to head up the VAPA programs in 2011 when it became part of the California education code.
Although a wide variety of classes keep the studio busy, the fa cility is available for hourly rentals to be used for workshops, events, meetings and more within its 7,000 square feet of flex space.
The facility includes a 40-ft. green screen, creative maker space, production/multipurpose room, make-up/dressing rooms and a Black Box theater space with control room and stage that can seat 100 people comfortably, a mini kitchen and four bathrooms.
If any additional expertise and equipment is needed, JDS is an award-winning, full-service video production multimedia solutions company.
The Strands’ three children, Joseph Daniel, Jordan David and Jasmine Diane have grown up with
their parents’ programs and have contributed to many aspects of it, most notably serving as namesakes with their initials all being JDS.
“My oldest loves the backstage technical things and he did all the lights and sound for the produc tions; he is still helping when he is able,” Diane Strand said. “My middle son is an actor and has performed in the shows since he was 10 and in his senior year, not only did he perform but he also as sisted, directed and mentored some of the special needs interns. He returns from college to help when he’s able. My daughter, 14, is my youngest and she has been acting since she was nine months old. She performs in all the shows and volunteers for community service.”
Diane Strand brings a strong background in the entertainment industry to JDS with prior career credits from A-list shows such as General Hospital, Friends and Ve ronica’s Closet. She assisted with building the high-definition control room at the Staples Center, worked for HBO pay-per-view producing Eric Clapton and Barbra Streisand concerts and pre-show events for Oscar De La Hoya fights. She worked for the Disney Channel for three years as a writer/producer and helped launch Playhouse Disney. She also worked at Universal Cre ative for two years which is tied to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, creating behind-thescenes videos of the movies they re presented and the making of their rides.
She said her 15-plus years work ing in television is where she learned what the industry expects, how it works on t he inside and how to break into the field. Scott Strand is a professional actor and director in film, television, theater and commercials.
The goal of JDS Creative Acad emy is to give youths and adults opportunities to socialize, gain con fidence and learn job-ready skills. Strand said, “The arts provide so much, from learning to work in col laboration with a team to hands-on training in a specific skill or craft. Plus, it provides creative enrich ment, leadership skills and builds self-confidence. We also help to provide opportunities for a career pathway.”
For more information, http:// JDSCreativeAcademy.org , 951296-6715, info@jdsca.org or follow on social media.
JDS Creative Academy nonprofit cofounder Diane Strand (center) helps job training program participants Tyler Perone (left) and Jordan Wood on the camera in the academy’s green screen room in Temecula. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo JDS Creative Academy lead program instructor Alex Suarez (left) helps job training program participant Brian Hoang with a project. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Cast members prepare for a past Haunted Studio event. Classes for this year begin Sept. 28. Valley News/Courtesy photo
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CHILDREN’S EVENTS
Sept. 22 – 4-5:30 p.m. Check out the Game On virtual gaming event for teens at the Murrieta Public Library, 8 Town Square, in Murrieta. For more information, visit http:// www.murrietaca.gov.
Sept. 29 – 3-6 p.m. Attend Create Studios Teen Days every Wednesday at 70016 Collier Avenue in Lake Elsinore to create projects, friendships and memories. The cost is $15; show school ID. Bring your own supplies or purchase there. For more information, visit http://www. createDIYStudios.com.
Sept. 23 – 5-9 p.m. Great Oak High School will host Football Fundraiser Night. The school’s football teams and their families will work with the businesses of Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, to raise money for their teams.
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
Sept. 24 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TEDx Temecula: Future Tense will be held at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., in Temecula. TEDx Temecula explores powerful ideas that heighten people’s lives and the community. Tickets are $50. Register at http:// tedxtemecula2022. eventbrite.com or call 866-6538696.
Sept. 24 – 2:30-5:30 p.m. Join the All Call Tour at the Santa Rosa Academy, 27587 La Piedra Road, in Menifee. The family event is sponsored by Faith World Church and not affiliated with Santa Rosa Academy. Enjoy hamburgers, refreshments and enter to win a car at the free event. For more information, visit http://allcalltour. org or call 951-658-8831 or 951598-6968.
Sept. 25 – 6-9 p.m. The M.A.L.H.Y. Fundraising Gala will be held at Warren Ranch, 36920 Avenida Madera, in Temecula to dine and raise funds for M.A.L.H.Y. – Mental Health, Addiction, Love, Human Trafficking, Youth Literacy – Community Outreach Protective Services. The evening will consist of a catered meal, live music, beverages and activities. Tickets are $75 and tax deductible. For more information, contact 951-443-6489.
Sept. 27 – 8:30-9:30 a.m. Attend Murrieta Coffee With The City, sponsored by Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce, 26442 Beckman Court, in Murrieta to learn what is happening in the city.
Oct. 1 – 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Rainshadow Ranch Fall Festival, 19435 Avenida Presa, in Murrieta will have pony and horse rides, carnival games, popcorn, cotton candy, prizes and more. Rain-
shadow Ranch is a nonprofit that provides equine therapy to children and adults with special needs. A limited number will be welcomed every half hour; proceeds benefit the nonprofit. For special accommodations, email carolinalpz62@ gmail.com
Oct. 7 – 4-7 p.m. First Friday Artisan Market at EAT Marketplace, 28410 Old Town Front Street, in Temecula for a curated pop-up shopping experience that supports local and growing businesses featuring unique, handmade and high-quality products, local food and flavors with live music and entertainment.
Oct. 7-8 – 10 a.m. Attend the Murrieta Rod Run, 24977 Washington Avenue in Downtown Murrieta, which will host 500 classic cars and more than 20,000 spectators. For more information, follow on Facebook.
Oct. 8 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Electric Car Show and Clean Air Expo will be held at Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Campus on La Piedra Street, featuring top electric cars, scooters and bikes on display, exhibitors booths, music and kitchen compost pail giveaway. For more information, call Menifee Community Services Department at 951-723-3880.
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.
Oct. 20 – 8:30 a.m. Menifee State of the City address will be given by Mayor Bill Zimmerman and council members at the Fairfield Inn & Suites hosted by Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the city of Menifee and livestreamed on Menifee’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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 businesslicensing@cityofmenifee.us.
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
by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagancontact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call 800-5102020 for help.
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 – 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 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 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.
WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, NOTICES Sept. 23 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 – 8 a.m. to midnight. Attend the Light Activation Puja and Dance Party by Evelina Pentchev at 14130 N. Main Divide, in Lake Elsinore for a conscious free form dance journey with an incredible playlist and an opening circle with Sound Bath, Puja and Breath. The cost is $40 at the door. 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 Sept. 26 – 6 p.m. Pat Jennings will give a presentation on the “The Yoder Family Farming Legacy” at the Little Temecula Theater History Center, 28314 Mercedes Street, in Temecula. The talk will cover the Yoder family who had a farm where the Maurice Car’rie Winery is now located. The program will be livestreamed on the Temecula Valley Historical Society’s Facebook page. For more information, contact Rebecca Marshall Farnbach at info@temeculahistory.org Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 – 10 a.m. Desert Daze, a music festival at Lake Perris State Recreation Area, caters to campers with easy access to hiking trails and a bazaar of mystics and wanderers. The lineup includes Tame Impala, Iggy Pop and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, plus sets from Chicano Batman, the Marías, Sky Ferreira, BADBADNOTGOOD, JPEGMAFIA, Mild High Club and more. The cost is $299-$399 for a weekend pass. Camping check in begins at 10 a.m. and will call at 3 p.m. For more information, visit http://desertdaze.org Oct. 8 – 6-9 p.m. The 19th annual Friends of the Valleys Wines for Canines and Kitties will be held at South Coast Winery, 34843 Rancho California Road, in Temecula. Come listen to Crooners and enjoy cocktails, silent auction and pet fashion show. For tickets, contact 951-674-0618, ext. 21.
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 compa-
ny with fellow Scandinavians. Call 951-309-1597 or 951-849-1690 for more information.
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 https://bit. ly/MWCBizBriefing. The chamber business briefing is an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.
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.
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.
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 781-9326300, or for local meetings, call 925-321-0170 or visit http://www. foodaddicts.org.
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.
ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month. For more information and new meeting dates and places, visit http://www.temeculavalleyrosesociety.org.
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 http://www.MenifeeToastmasters. org for more information.
TEMECULA – The city of Temecula, Community Services Department and the Temecula Valley Museum announced a new student art mural in Sam Hicks Monument Park, 28300 Mercedes Street in Temecula. The temporary public art piece “Fall Colors” celebrates the Autumnal Equinox in 2022.
The student mural project seeks to support emerging artists by providing a space to showcase their craft. Student artists paint a mural on varying topics, facilitated by Bigfoot Graphics.
The mural was created by students from Clarissa Creative Foundation, including Evan Tovar, 17, of Susan H. Nelson High School; Ava Schroeder, 16, and Kayleen Castillo, 14, from Chaparral High School; Allie Lindley, 14, from Temecula Valley High School; Camille Gallup, 12, from Dorothy McElhinney Middle School; Savriel Aquino, 12, from Temecula Preparatory School; Mia Flores, 13, and Kyla Alvarez, 14, from Temecula Preparatory School’s National Art Honor Society and Abby Lee, 12, from Day Middle School.
“As Clarissa Creative Foundation provides a tuition-free visual arts program for youth who face economic or social disadvantage, we are very pleased to have the ability to offer this creative outlet which allows their students to the opportunity showcase their talent in a public forum,” Temecula Mayor Pro Tem Zak Schwank said.
The mural depicts the fall colors of Temecula with hot air balloons floating through the crisp autumn air. The Autumnal Equinox, when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length; also, either of the two points in the sky where the ecliptic – the Sun’s annual pathway – and the celestial equator intersect. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Autumnal Equinox falls about Sept. 22 or 23, as the Sun crosses the celestial equator going south. According to the astronomical definition of the seasons, the autumnal equinox also marks the beginning of autumn, which lasts until the
Winter Solstice, Dec. 21 or 22, in the Northern Hemisphere.
“The city of Temecula celebrates the changing of the seasons with this mural,” Temecula Mayor Matt Rahn said. “The students from Clarissa Creative Foundation are to be congratulated for creating this vibrant mural depicting fall in a uniquely Temecula Way.”
The museum will also celebrate the Autumnal Equinox through facts and free crafts in the museum’s Art and Education Room. For more information, call 951694-6450.
Submitted by city of Temecula.
A new student art mural celebrating 2022’s Autumnal Equinox is on display in Sam Hicks Monument Park. Valley News/Courtesy photoDo you have a busy lifestyle but have little time to deal with home cleaning? Do you find yourself spending hours cleaning over the weekend with the mess that piled up during weekdays? Are you wasting time getting distracted while sorting things out? Then, my friend, read on. You can achieve a clean and tidy home in a fraction of the time.
Before we dive in with the spe cific tips, there is one important thing to remember if you want to keep your house spic and span all the time: little by little becomes a lot. Don’t wait for dirt and clutter to pile up. It is a good strategy to allot some time daily to do a quick clean, even just 10 minutes or less daily for each room.
Now, here’s a cleaning plan you can copy for a cleaner home all week, and more rest time for you on weekends.
We love this idea from Clut ter Bug, https://clutterbug. me/2019/04/just-s-t-a-r-t-tidyup-routine.html , about the Just S.T.A.R.T method which stands for:
S: Set a Timer
Give yourself 10 minutes per room to put things back where they belong, wipe surfaces, spot sweep and mop floors, then move on to the next area when the timer is done. On busy days, focus on the most used rooms such as the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Here’s a sample speed cleaning to-do list:
• Kitchen
Empty/load dishwasher
Clean sink
Wipe countertops
Spot sweep/mop floors
Living room and entrance way
Spot sweep/mop floors
Pick up clutter Bathroom
• Clear and wipe the counter
• Wipe sink
• Brush toilet
• Spot clean mirrors
T: Tidy tote
In each room, grab things that
don’t belong there and put them in a tidy tote, a bin or basket with different removable smaller bins.
It is an easy way to sort things based on which room they belong to. You can put this away for later in the day or on the weekend. For now, at least, you have a tempo rary place to keep clutter.
A: Assign a home
Inspired by the idea from Ma rie Kondo’s book “The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up,” she shares the idea of thinking that each item has a “home” and to keep a clutter-free home, your
items need to be “home” by end of the day. Look around your home and see if each household item has a designated “home” and create one for each. “Homes” can be a drawer, on top of a table, or a basket, totally up to you. This way, you’ll also know where it is every time.
R: Run your buns off
Move like your in-laws are coming! You’ll be surprised by what you can accomplish given the time pressure. But of course, safety must always come first so be cautious on wet or slippery floors.
T: Touch it once We have tendencies to steer away from opportunities to clean something up right away and pile it until later only to regret it after ward. Do. It. Now.
After coming back from work or an errand, if you have time and energy for more, perhaps on weekends or days you’re feeling more motivated, you can go back to your usual cleaning routine or do things like:
Speed clean other parts of your home
Empty tidy tote
Wipe appliances and cupboard doors
• Hang clean towels
• Dust/vacuum surfaces
Try this cleaning habit and let us know how it goes!
This article first appeared on Broadpoint Properties’ website, https://servingsandiegocounty. com.
Submitted by Elisabeth Har tig Lentulo, broker associate, who can be reached at 760-5321057, elisabeth@ehlentulo.com or http://www.ehlentulo.com CalBRE #01904564
Shredded pine or cedar mulch is a safer choice.
Fertilizer and Insecticides – The chemicals used to get rid of pests or make your lawn lush can be toxic to pets. Some of the most dangerous pesticides include snail bait with metaldehyde, fly bait with methomyl, systemic insecticides with disyston or disulfoton, mole or gopher bait with zinc phosphide and
most forms of rat poison, according to the ASPCA. Follow all instruc tions carefully, and store pesticides and fertilizers in a secure area out of the reach of animals.
Fleas and Ticks – In addition to using appropriate flea and tick pre vention methods such as collars and sprays, make sure your yard isn’t a welcoming environment for these pests. Keep the lawn trimmed and
remove brush and detritus, where fleas and ticks often lurk. Fleas can cause hair loss, scabs, excessive scratching, tapeworms and anemia. Ticks can do all of that, plus bring you and your family in contact with diseases like Rocky Mountain spot ted fever and Lyme disease.
Find more tips for keeping pets safe in your yard at eLivingtoday. com
If you have pets that enjoy spend ing time outdoors, it’s important to make sure your yard is a safe place for them to be. Consider these haz ards that can negatively impact the well-being of your furry friends.
Poisonous Plants – Some com mon plants can be dangerous for animals, causing anything from mild oral irritations and upset stomachs to cardiovascular damage and even death. For example, these are some of the toxic plants the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has identified as harmful for either cats or dogs:
Aloe – can cause vomiting, diar rhea, tremors, anorexia and depres sion
Azalea – can cause vomiting, diarrhea, hypersalivation, weak ness, coma, cardiovascular collapse and death
Burning bush – can cause vomit ing, diarrhea, abdominal pain and weakness, as well as heart rhythm abnormalities with large doses
Caladium – can cause burning and irritation of the mouth, tongue and lips, excessive drooling, vomiting and difficulty swallowing
Daylilies – can cause kidney failure in cats
Hibiscus – can cause vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and anorexia
Mulch and Compost – The de composing elements that make compost good can be bad for pets, according to the National Garden Society. Keep compost in a secure container or fenced off area so pets can’t get to it. Cocoa mulch can be a particular problem for dogs. A byproduct of chocolate production, cocoa mulch can cause digestive problems and even seizures in dogs.
In a 10-minute sweep through the kitchen, you can wipe countertops, empty or load the dishwasher, clean the sink and/or spot sweep/mop floors. Valley News/Metro photo Some common plants are poisonous to pets. Always be vigilant when selecting certain plants for your yard. Valley News/Unsplash photoNear the end of the previous school year, staff at the Soboba Parks and Recreation Department began offering a chance for youths aged 10-17 a place to gather and enjoy fun activities. It was such a success that they are offering Youth Night once again Mondays and Wednesdays through Nov. 21.
“We’ll stop during the holidays and then resume after winter break,” activities director Jennifer Garcia said. “We have a variety of activities to offer. Some like sports and everyone is into being crafty right now.”
This current interest in arts and crafts convinced the staff to offer a unique art activity for its first Youth Night of the school year, Wednesday, Sept. 7. Participants were encouraged to come by anytime during the scheduled twohour event that started at 5 p.m.
Offered an array of pre-printed pictures on black velvet backgrounds, ranging from nature and animals to space and fantasy figures, artists were given brightly colored markers to personalize their creations.
Several young people were joined by Parks and Recreation staff members to dialogue and create during the event. Light snacks and drinks were also provided.
“We wanted the kids to have something to do after tutoring or after school,” Garcia said.
Recreation aide Michael Durrett said he enjoys overseeing some of the sports activities with the youths.
“This gives them a reason to get out of the house and be with friends,” he said.
Nephreteri Salinas, 17, was using her own artist’s sketchbook to freehand some artwork. Sports coordinator Steve Lopez said she has been one of the regulars since the program was launched last spring.
“I do enjoy being here,” she said.
A senior at San Jacinto High School, she developed a strong interest in art during the summer and is enrolled in a draw and paint class at school this year.
The Youth Night also helps out families who can use the time to work on their own projects at home or run errands and more, knowing their children are in a safe and secure environment.
“I’m really enjoying myself,” Akwaalimay Resvaloso, 13, said, as she continued to color a jungle scene with a baby leopard.
“We really like that we can offer students a place to go after school instead of having nothing to do,” parks and recreation director Andy Silvas said. “This gives them an outlet where they can meet, relax and have some fun.”
Collaborating with Soboba
Tribal TANF for a few upcoming events, as well as other Soboba departments, there is a huge selection for participants to choose from in the coming months. Youth Nights in September will offer a bingo night, pool days, sports such as volleyball and basketball and gourd decorating with TANF.
Scheduled for October is a board game night, canvas painting and pumpkin carving with TANF. There will be no Youth Night Monday, Oct. 31, due to the Halloween
holiday, but staff will be handing out candy so children are being encouraged to stop by. Garcia said there is a movie night planned for November where they will utilize their popcorn machine, which is a favorite with the children. Fall harvest arts and
crafts with TANF will be offered toward the end of the current session.
“We always get at least a handful of kids, but we’ve had up to 18 to 20 before so we know it can grow,” Garcia said.
SAN JACINTO – The Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery launched its fall Art Talk series Thursday, Sept. 15, sponsored by the MSJC Foundation. The series is open to the public and will be held online.
The first artist was Ed Schad, the curator of the Broad Museum, who discussed his most recent exhibition, “Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow” Thursday, Sept. 15.
Three more Art Talks, which will be held from 1-2 p.m., will follow, including MSJC alumni Tyler Park and Josh Schaedel, who will discuss their careers in art and their curated exhibition “Perris” at The MSJC Art Gallery Tuesday, Oct. 11; Dulce Ibarra, who will give a special joint presentation as part of MSJC’s “Undocumented Student Week of Action” from an MSJC art instructor Thursday, Oct. 21, and Erik Escovedo, who will give
a special joint presentation during Native American Heritage month as part of Escovedo’s exhibition at The MSJC Art Gallery Thursday, Nov. 10.
Information and Zoom links can be found at http://www.msjc.edu/ artgallery. For more information, contact art professor John Knuth at Jknuth@msjc.edu
Submitted by Mt. San Jacinto College.
frequently led by the Riverside County Workforce Development Board. This Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Title 1 program is to individuals with disabilities. California Family Life Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The completed art project is one of many created during the most recent Youth Night hosted by Soboba Parks and Recreation. Valley News/Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians photos Participants in the Youth Night, hosted by Soboba Parks and Recreation, have their choice of pictures and brightly colored markers to choose from to create a take-home art project. Several young people gather at the Soboba Sports Complex to enjoy a Youth Night art activity with Parks and Recreation staff members Wednesday, Sept. 7. Recreation Aide Michael Durrett creates his own artwork, alongside the youths who attended a night of fun at the Soboba Sports Complex. Wayne Walker Calderon, 14, is a freshman at San Jacinto High and said he thinks the program is “kind of rad” and allows for interaction with others while doing fun activities.The Inland Empire region has been surpassing state and national trends, particularly regarding un derrepresented minority business owners, according to a report published last week. The State of Entrepreneurship Report was the result of a research team from the Inland Empire Center for En trepreneurship and School of En trepreneurship at California State University San Bernardino with collaboration from the Institute for Applied Research.
The report classifies the under represented minority group as containing those participants who self-identified as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx or Na tive American/Native Indian even if they also identified as White, Pacific-Islander, or Other.
Information from the latest US Census shows Hispanic-owned firms are the leading drivers of the Inland Empire area’s minority en trepreneurship outperformance of state and national average, making up roughly 44% of the total minor ity firms in the area, 16% the total of all firms. Asian-Pacific firms performed similarly though they represent a smaller percentage. The businesses of other ethnici ties represented about 20% of the overall number of businesses in the region.
While the trends for the Inland
area are overall positive, concerns persist regarding the types of businesses that are being started, as they are too often necessary ventures rather than ventures of choice. Necessary ventures tend to yield far less economic impact through such things as job creation due to their lack of innovation or scalability.
The prospect of expansion and innovation has also been chal lenged by the impacts of the pandemic. Minority firms have struggled, finding it harder to find employees and grow their busi ness in the desired fashion, with roughly 7 out of 10 “Voice of the Entrepreneur” survey participants rating it as having been either “somewhat” or “very difficult” to deal with the pandemic in regards to their business. Despite these difficulties, the survey showed that 92% of the business firms were able to continue operating throughout and beyond the pan demic.
Business owners have had to respond to challenges on multiple fronts, with the study revealing a growing number of business own ers share the complaint that over regulation has posed an additional obstacle in the way of the already challenging prospect of starting and growing a business. This has led some to feeling pushed out of California, primarily citing the cost of doing business and tax rates. “Better lifestyle choices in
other states” have led a consider able percentage of respondents, 50.5% overall and 43.2% of un derrepresented minorities, to have considered moving their business out of California.
Following from the report, re searchers cite concerns themselves for the longevity of success and growth of URM businesses. The concerns arise in light of the fact that many of the owners of these young businesses look to entre preneurial peers for advice when facing challenges, wherein neither may possess the experience to choose the proper course of action. URM firms tend to be significantly less established compared to the overall sample as 47.7% of URM owned businesses are under five years old, and consist of fewer employees than those of the full sample. The report also shows an average decrease in number of employees from pre-pandemic to present for URM firms was more than double that of the full sample.
Failure is bitter for nearly any business owner, but even more so for an overwhelming majority of “Voice of the Entrepreneur” respondents (81.3% overall and 82.5% of the URM subsample) who state that personal funds had been used as one of the primary sources for funding their small business. Though the stakes are cherished, the price of admission is at least not astronomical, with 54.6% of those surveyed stating
Inland Empire. minority entrepreneurs outperformed the state and national average, making up roughly 44% of the total minority firms in the area.
they needed less than $25,000 to start their business.
Despite the challenges of start ing a business and often the ne cessity of using their own funds, business owners are open to the idea of doing it all again if given the choice, with 91.8% of URM participants and 85.5% of the total claiming they would make the same decision again. Despite the fact that roughly 20% of busi nesses fail in their first year, re searchers are using the knowledge gained from this report to reduce failures due to lack of necessary support.
Due to the youth of their busi nesses and lack of proficiently
knowledgeable peer groups, selfdoubt of business owners in the URM sample has presented as the main difference between the URM subsample and the overall sample. Researchers have sug gested mentorship programs via university or nonprofits may be able to provide minority business owners with the networking and educational support required to see more businesses succeed and grow down the line.
The State of Entrepreneurship Report thoroughly examines the variables surrounding and support ing entrepreneurship in the Inland Empire.
TEMECULA – This year’s theme for the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit is “Local Needs vs. Government Realities.” The summit, which will take place Thursday, Oct. 6, from 7-10 a.m. at South Coast Winery, will examine the business climate on local, state and national levels, as seen through an ever-changing political lens.
Topics of discussion will cover
regional legislative awareness and updates on laws that impact local business and communities. Guest speakers will include Assembly member Kelly Seyarto of District 67; Jennings Imel, executive direc tor of the U.S. Chamber of Com merce, and Chris Collier, founder and president of Rincon Strategies.
Local business owners and pro fessionals desiring to stay “in the know” on current bills, laws recently
passed and policies in place that have positive and negative impacts on local business are encouraged to attend.
Tickets are available online at http://temecula.org . Tickets for TVCC members are $60 and $80 for non-members. TVCC corporate tables for 10 guests are $550 and $750 for non-members. Exhibitor booths start at $200 and have lim ited availability. Tickets include a
Gains in some sectors of the re gional economy were outweighed by losses in others, pushing Riv erside County’s unemployment rate higher last month, according to figures released Friday, Sept. 16, by the California Employment Development Department.
The jobless rate in August, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 4.3%, up from 4% in July.
According to figures, the August rate was more than three percent
age points lower than the year-ago level, w hen countywide unem ployment stood at 7.5%, as the statewide coronavirus public health lockdowns were gradually eased.
An estimated 49,900 county residents were recorded as out of work in August, and 1,115,600 were employed, according to EDD.
Coachella had the highest un employment rate countywide last month at 1 1.5%, followed by Cherry Valley at 8%, Mecca at 6.9%, Rancho Mirage at 6.5%, and Indio at 6.4%.
The combined unemployment
rate for Riverside and San Ber nardino counties in August was 4.2%, up from 4% in July, accord ing to figures.
Bi-county data indicated payrolls expanded by the widest margins in the public, professional business services and health services sectors, which altogether swelled by 9,500 positions last month.
Additional gains were docu mented in the hospitality and warehousing sectors, which grew by an aggregate 1,900 jobs.
Pa yrolls declined in the agri cultural, construction, financial
MURRIETA – The Murrieta/ Wildomar Chamber of Com merce’s 62nd annual awards cel ebration was rescheduled for Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Hill, 28701 Los Alamos Heights Road, in Murrieta.
Originally scheduled for Satur
day, Sept. 10, the celebration was postponed due to the rain forecast and the venue being outside. This year’s theme is “Plant Positivity, Grow Greatness.”
For tickets and sponsorship opportunities, visit https://busi ness.murrietachamber.org/events/
details/62nd-annual-awards-cel ebration-at-heritage-hill-18386
For more information, contact events and program manager Kim Niebla at Kim@mwcoc.org
Submitted by Murrieta/Wildo mar Chamber of Commerce.
plated breakfast. For further ques tions about tickets and sponsor ships, contact TVCC special events manager Amber Poncy at amber@ temecula.org
South Coast Winery is located at 34843 Rancho California Road in Temecula. Parking for the event will be available on the north side of the property.
This event is sponsored by Ab bott, California State University San
Marcos, City of Temecula, Eastern Municipal Water District, Fabozzi & Miller, APC, Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta, Pechanga Resort Casino, Rady Children’s Health Services, Southwest Health care System, Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors, Stonehouse Group, Temecula Valley Hospital and Valley News.
Submitted by Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.
services, information technology, manufacturing and mining sectors, which lost a total 4,600 positions. Miscellaneous unclassified indus tries also shed about 900 jobs,
according to the EDD. Data indicated that the statewide non-seasonally-adjusted unem ployment rate in August was 4.1%.
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors imposed a temporary moratorium on the issuance of new short-term rental permits in the unincorporated Temecula Valley, as well as the mountain communities around Idyllwild Tuesday, Sept. 13, because of a flood of applications that has re sulted in a significant propagation of rentals in a short span.
The 5-0 vote approving the ur gency ordinance establishing the moratorium came immediately af ter the board tentatively approved
a set of revisions to the county’s Short-Term Rental Ordinance, No. 927.
Transportation & Land Man agement Agency officials told t he board that applications for rental certificates had surged over the last 13 months, leading to an average of 54 new certificates being issued every month, a dis proportionately high number of them going to property owners in the areas in question.
“If the increase continues, adverse impacts that have the po tential to endanger the health and safety of residents, guests and the very environment and resources
Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District has a trail which includes the Diamond Valley Lake property owned by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the September 13 MWD meeting included approving a new 10-year license agreement allowing the park district to utilize the trail.
The board action renewed the lease agreement which had expired on August 31. MWD will not charge the park district a lease fee, but the park district is responsible for trail maintenance and the in creased authorized use is expected to reduce illegal dumping and other unauthorized activity on the land. The appraised annual value of the license fee is estimated to be be tween $2,100 and $4,100. The lease also will promote visitation to other Diamond Valley Lake facilities.
The purpose of the East Rec reational Area at Diamond Valley Lake is to provide public access to the recreational, natural and cul tural resources at the lake. ValleyWide Recreation and Park District operates public parks, recreational facilities and programs, and that includes the Diamond Valley Lake Community Park and Aquatic Center in the East Recreation Area.
MWD granted the park district a ground lease for that area in 2001
and the recreation activities offered to members of the local community include organized youth baseball, softball, soccer and aquatics.
A September 2017 MWD board action granted Valley-Wide Recre ation and Park District a lease for a walking and running trail adjacent to the park facility. The lease was initially for one year and the MWD general manager had the authority to renew the lease for up to five years without MWD board ap proval. The trail license agreement allows the park district to offer ex panded recreational opportunities which complement other on-site recreation activities. In addition to being used for exercise only, the trail is used for cross country meets and other local running events which serve schools or other or ganizations including those which support veterans and fire protection and law enforcement agencies also use the trail for fitness purposes.
MWD staff determined that waiving the appraised license fee value for the lease would be mutu ally beneficial and MWD staff also determined that the agreement will not interfere with MWD operations or facilities. The agreement is sub ject to MWD’s paramount rights and MWD has the right to cancel the lease with 12 months’ notice if a preferable long-term use for the property is identified.
that attract visitors to the county will increase,” according to a TLMA statement posted to the board’s agenda.
Officials said that a high con centration of short-term rental properties could prove problem atic in the Temecula Valley Wine Country, undermining “the char acter of the community.”
Similar concerns were raised regarding the Idyllwild area, in cluding Pine Cove and Mountain Center, where 12% of the 1,100 licensed short-term rentals in unincorporated communities are now located, according to TLMA.
“The greater the number of
short-term rentals in a neighbor hood, the greater the potential impacts on the neighborhood,” the agency said. “The infrastruc ture in this area remains rural in nature, exhibiting narrow, steep roads and a lack of shoulder parking.”
During Tuesday’s board meet ing, Chair Jeff Hewitt pointed out that the temporary morato rium was mainly necessary while TLMA works out the kinks in a series of revisions to the regula tory apparatus that applies to short-term rentals.
That process is expected to wrap up in the next month, when
the board will take a final vote on the proposed changes, which focus on occupancy limitations, noise controls, parking designa tions and other health and safety provisions for short-term rental properties.
Short-term rentals are defined as residential dwellings leased for a maximum of 30 days and a mini mum of two days and one night.
The moratorium takes effect immediately and is slated to expire Friday, Oct. 28, though the board has the discretion to extend it.
week, we’ll discuss some “radi cal” ideas for making your listing stand apart from the competition and get it sold.
The first step is to take inventory of what condition the property is in; are there collections of accu mulation? Declutter. Look at it this way, do you really want to pay to move all the “stuff?” If you want to keep items that you don’t use often, then pack them into a rented locker or a POD; when the house sells, the items will have to be packed so do it ahead of time be cause it’ll help declutter the house.
be able to assist with fresh eyes since often we are so used to see ing something that we don’t see it anymore. Both inside and outside, neat and clean sells.
Next is the most important way to get your listing noticed by buy ers, accurate pricing for the current market. Did your neighbor’s home sell for a super price with multiple competing offers above list price six months ago? Great…but the market of six months ago, even three months ago, was a different market.
Valley News/Courtesy photo Bob Hillery CR PropertiesFor everyone who wanted to sell real estate this year but hadn’t pulled the trigger yet, the top of the market has passed. Per the market activity report, we have moved from a super strong seller’s market to more of a neutral market.
Many economists, real estate professionals and authors are indicating we are approaching a buyer’s market but consensus is that we are not there…yet. Prop erties are going into escrow but at a slower rate (28% reduction from this time last year) but with increasing inventory (up over 50% from four months ago), rising in terest rates and inflation causing concern about purchasing power, there is just not as much buyer activity as there was 90 days ago.
So, what can a property owner do to set their property apart so that it’ll get noticed; what will make it stand out? This will be a two-part article since this subject has many important facets, the first part will deal with the physical condition and appearance of the property and proper pricing. Next
Remember that how we prepare a house to sell is not an indictment on how we live; we want it to be easy for buyers to envision their photos and furniture in the prop erty. Decluttering also helps the rooms feel bigger and more open, as will washing the windows; let the natural light come inside.
Be aware of strong smells (cooking, pets, smoking) inside the house that might be offensive to buyers and take measures to remediate them. Cleaning carpets, buffing floors and fresh paint goes a long way, the paint makes it smell new, fresh and appealing.
The next step is to review your curb appeal because we only get one chance to make a first impres sion; make it a good one. Whatever your landscaping choice might be, it should be neat, well-groomed and appealing. Adding color spots is an inexpensive way to draw the eye to the property which helps create a welcoming feel. If there are piles of excess tomato racks, empty flower pots and/or other clutter, it’s best to clean it up and haul it away.
If there are obvious repairs needed inside or outside, spend the time and money to fix them because in a neutral or buyer’s market with a lot of inventory, buyers will try to find reasons not to purchase because they have choices. A local agent should
If the goal is to sell the house, then set a realistic price. Home owners in our market enjoyed 1820% value appreciation for each of the past two years, so homeowners have made a lot of equity. Giving back a little bit of those gains with accurate pricing for the current market will get the house sold even in a lower activity market.
Local agents who live here and work here are your best resource for proper pricing, but only look back three months for compa rables; beyond that, the data will be skewed and not accurate. Prop erly priced properties sell. Stub bornly holding onto a too high of a price when the market is moving downhill, then timidly cutting the price in small increments is called chasing the market downhill; to get ahead of the downwardly drifting prices requires aggressive price cutting.
And, oh by the way, while stub bornly hanging onto the too high price, consider that the market time will increase and the associated carrying costs with holding onto a property that isn’t priced to sell.
Condition of the property and correct pricing are two important ways to get your listing noticed. Next week, we will talk about somewhat out of the box thinking to further have your listing stand apart from the competition.
When you tour a house for sale, it’s often staged, complete with appliances, window dressings, furniture and decor.
These items can certainly make a place look appealing, but the reality is that most of them won’t come with the house if you decide to buy.
So, what exactly do you get when you purchase a house from its previous owners? Do you know which items stay and which ones go? Here’s what you should know:
Only “attached” fixtures tend to come with the house. This means ceiling fans, security sys tems, built-in appliances, window screens, storm doors, blinds and similar items should remain part of the home. Removable items such as curtains or furniture, for example aren’t attached and prob ably wouldn’t be included.
Outdoor items that are fixed to the property are included. The mailbox, a built-in fire pit, plants, shrubbery and an in-ground pool would all be examples of items that stay. Portable things, though,
Built-in appliances like stovetops and dishwashers tend to come with the house in a sale.
like a hot tub or unattached grill, typically would not come with the house.
Almost everything is up for ne gotiation. If there’s a certain item you saw and loved in the home, we can discuss it to negotiate with the seller and their agent. Depending on how in-demand the property is and how special the item is, the seller may ask for more money. But, in some cases, they may be
willing to throw it in for free.
Sometimes, sellers will specifi cally call out items they don’t want included in the sale, even some attached items. We’ll talk about negotiating and comparing these elements of an offer as we go.
Do you need help finding your next home? Reach out to Jane Kep ley with CR Properties at 760-6220204 or kepleyrealestate@att.net
Valley News/Metro photos
JP Raineri Sports Editor
The high school football season is entering the halfway point and for those that used their Zero Week scheduled games, most should be taking this week off to get some recovery time. For those that chose to play 10 weeks of straight games, there is nothing wrong with keeping their foot on the gas pedal. After this week, preseason records will more or less be wiped out and league play will begin.
In order to make the postseason, more often than not, a team will need to place in the top three of their league standings, with at least a .500 win/loss record. Atlarge bids are also on the table for teams that had a strong strength of schedule, with a winning record.
As for this past week, the following scores were reported for games involving local teams inside our sports coverage area.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
Elsinore (4-1) - 47, Granite Hills (3-2) - 28
Heritage (0-5) - 0, Vista Murrieta (4-0) - 51
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
Nuview Bridge (0-4) - 36, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac (2-1) - 54
Temecula Prep (1-2) - 28, San Jacinto Valley Academy (0-5) - 6
Cal Lutheran (2-2) - 14, Desert Chapel (3-0) - 72
Centennial (4-1) - 58, Temecula Valley (3-2) - 15 Chaparral (2-3) - 29, Great Oak (2-3) - 14
La Quinta (1-3) - 28, Murrieta Mesa (2-3) - 52
Lakeside (2-3) - 13, Temescal Canyon (1-3) - 42
Liberty (4-0) - 35, Rubidoux (1-4) - 0
Linfield Christian (1-4) - 3, Norte Vista (3-1) - 49
Maranatha Christian (1-3) - 70, Hamilton (0-4) - 23
Murrieta Valley (3-1) - 49, King (3-2) - 20
Valley View (0-4) - 15, Paloma Valley (3-1) - 40
Xavier Prep (2-3) - 48, Rancho Christian (2-3) - 20
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
California City (0-4) - 6, Santa Rosa Academy (5-0) - 40
Editors’ notes from last week start with the Liberty Bison, the area’s newest school that is turning heads in the Mountain Pass League. Boasting an undefeated 4-0 record, the Bisons have already shut out two schools (Miller and Rubidoux) and put up over 150 points on the scoreboard. Though West Valley has the same record and have let up less points, Liberty is certainly giving a reason for local teams to talk behind their backs.
Anthony Ruelas is leading the ground attack, averaging 140 yards per game and defensively, Eddie
Heritage quarterback Ernest Haro (16) is sacked by Vista Murrieta’s Caleb Poyer (91) during Week Four action.
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Murrieta Mesa’s Ifeanyi Onye applies pressure to La Quinta QB Thomas Ansley (11) forcing him out of the pocket in their Week Four matchup. Valley News/David Canales photo
Liberty’s Eddie Smith (23) breaks tackles en route to scoring a second quarter touchdown over Rubidoux in their Week Four game Friday, Sept. 16.
Great Oak’s Cade Bryant (11) scores against Chaparral. Valley News/Rob Davis PhotographyValley News/Action Captures Media Group
we’re playing our best in October.”
Chaparral (16-1, 1-1): 18-2222=0
Vista Murrieta (2-3, 2-0): 2525-25=3
MURRIETA – Journey has been the word emphasized this year within the Vista Murrieta girls’ volleyball program. It’s one that the Lady Broncos hope will result in an appearance on CIF-SS championship weekend, which is about a month and a half away.
The first step in that journey is successfully defending their back-to-back Southwestern League championships. Wednesday night (Sept. 14), in a much-anticipated matchup against previously undefeated Chaparral, Vista Murrieta took care of business and stayed atop the league standings heading into week two play.
Broncos coach Ed Taitano remarked, “We’re trying all sorts of things right now against high level competition and it is still very early in our journey as a team together. It’s not about wins and losses but improving each time out so that
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Smith, who also runs the ball on offense, is averaging 9 tackles a game. In their Week Four win against Rubidoux, Ruelas had 148 yards on 17 carries, with two touchdowns while Smith ran for 25 yards, had one TD on offense and led the team with 11 tackles on defense.
Santa Rosa Academy is another local team boasting an undefeated record. The Rangers are heading into Cottonwood League play with nearly 200 points on the scoreboard in their five preseason games. Hamilton (Anza), who is still looking for their first win of the season, currently 0-4, will meet up against Santa Rosa Academy in late October.
Heritage finished their nonleague schedule with a 51-0 loss to Vista Murrieta in Week Four. The Patriots (0-5), though winless thus far, have played out a tough preseason schedule in hopes of getting them ready for Ivy League play. In their game against Vista Murrieta, the Broncos put up a total 323 yards on the night, compared to Heritage’s total of 159. The Patriots will play at home against Elsinore High (4-1) on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.
Chaparral’s offense and their dominating defense helped take out their crosstown rival Great Oak, 29-16, in both teams’ final non-league game. The Pumas had 3 QB sacks in the game and held the Wolfpack to 16 yards rushing and limited Great Oak to 99 yards in total offense. Puma QB Dash Beierly completed 19 of 26 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for 54 yards with a TD. Raymond Valencia led the Puma receivers’ core with eight receptions for 103 yards and hauled in a TD as well.
For Great Oak, Cole Vasquez completed 6 of 16 passes for 71 yards while Bryant had two catches for 63 yards. Both teams, with 2-3 records, will move on to their respective divisions for the new Big West split league (upper and lower).
In set one, after a Madison Pulsipher attack error opened up the match, Vista Murrieta went on an 11-3 run to go up 11-4.
Claire Little had two kills in the early push that was aided by three consecutive attack errors from Chaparral, who closed the gap to 16-15 on a Bella Rittenberg kill and an Avery Page ace.
However, the Lady Broncos closed out the set on a 9-3 run to win 25-18. Katrina Catalan, Skylar Darr and Miliani Villareal each had aces in that run.
An ace from Rittenberg closed Vista Murrieta’s lead to one point, at 7-6, in set two. Then Lauren Ly’s ace and a Pulsipher kill, along with two Puma hitting errors, pushed the gap to five at 11-6. Down 21-15, Chaparral got to within striking distance at 23-21 after a kill from Makai Ford…but a return kill from Little ended it and gave the Lady Broncos a 2-0 lead (winning 25-22).
Little had a trio of kills while Pulsipher added another on a long rally as Vista Murrieta raced to an early 10-6 lead in set three. There
Our final notes of the week come from photographer David Canales, who saw Murrieta Mesa use an up-tempo offense in defeating La Quinta 52-28. The Rams scored 21 fourth quarter points to pull away and improve their record to 2-3 for the season. Murrieta Mesa held a pre-game ceremony in remembrance of the tragedies of 9/11 using a red, white, and blue theme to honor those affected.
Other Week Three wins came from Murrieta Valley, Paloma Valley, Temescal Canyon, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac and Temecula Prep.
This season the Valley News Sports Department will be focusing on the schools and sports inside a limited coverage area due to print space and manpower. Those schools include Great Oak, Temecula Valley, Chaparral, Murrieta Valley, Murrieta Mesa, Vista Murrieta, Linfield 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 (no football programs).
*All stats, schedules, photos, and scores are supplied by local high school athletic directors, MaxPreps, CIF-SS offices, contributing writers/photographers and countless fans of the games via social media. Is your team’s score missing? Let us know if your school is inside our coverage area and would like to be mentioned.
To submit any additions or corrections to the schedule or stats, please email sports@ reedermedia.com
were ties and leads exchanged from points 16 through 20 when the Lady Broncos took their final lead on a Chaparral service error. The match ended on a net violation that was a bit controversial and a reception error which gave Vista Murrieta the sweep with another 25-22 win.
By trade, Little is an outside hitter but in 2022 she is being asked to handle setting duties too.
“It started out as a bit of a joke, then got serious during summer camp and became reality against Marymount in our season opener,” she said. “It is still a work in progress. We have really absorbed the idea of togetherness and that is what has helped us to manage these changes so far this year.”
The Lady Broncos took part in last weekend’s Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas before resuming Southwestern League play Monday, Sept. 19, against Temecula Valley. Updates will be made available online at www. myvalleynews.com.
Derryl Trujillo can be reached via email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com
Liberty running back Brent Burroughs (5) outruns Rubidoux’s Adrian Betancur (3) for the Bison touchdown. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group [Right] Murrieta Mesa’s Dance team uses red, white and blue pom poms as part of the 9/11 tribute they did in Week Four. Valley News/David Canales photo Derryl Trujillo Sports Writer Vista Murrieta celebrates on their home court as they defeat Chaparral 3-0 in Southwestern league action. Valley News/David Canales photos Behind the power of Claire Little (14), Vista Murrieta snaps Chaparral’s 17-match winning streak, 3-0. Chaparral captain Bella Rittenberg (16) finds Broncos blockers waiting for her at the net.
JP Raineri Sports Editor
LAKE ELSINORE – The Lake Elsinore Storm are once again, California League South Division Champions. Earlier this week Lake Elsinore took the first game of their Single-A playoff series in San Bernardino, then returned home to finish the job. Thursday, Sept. 15, the Storm put up 10 runs to knock off the Inland Empire 66ers and put themselves two wins away from becoming California League champions.
It was no easy task according to the Storm front office. Through two and one-half innings of baseball, the game was deadlocked. Storm starter Duncan Snider did find himself in a jam when the bases got loaded in the top of the third, but got out of it with some defensive help and two strikeouts to end the inning. In the bottom of that very same inning, Griffin Doersching led off with a single, which then brought up Jackson Merrill, who would induce a four-pitch walk, bringing up home run leader Marcos Castañon to the dish.
Castañon’s 23 home runs this season were not only the most on the Storm this season but the most ever hit by a Single-A player in the Padres Minor League system. Next up, homerun No. 24, a three-run blast that gave Lake Elsinore some breathing room. Snider would pitch into the fifth inning where he would allow two singles, throw a wild pitch, walk a batter and strike out two before Storm reliever Ben Miller got them out of the inning.
Merrill, who would go 3-4 with 2 RBIs and a walk, broke an anxiety-filled back-and-forth game open in the bottom of the seventh, which was backed up by Castañon, who would hit a two-out single to score Doersching and put
Tyler Robertson on third. Nathan Martorella would then walk the bases loaded when Nerwilian Cedeño smashed a fly ball off the right field wall that would clear the bases, scoring three more runs to put the Storm ahead 9-2.
As any baseball fan knows, the game isn’t over until the final out and anything can happen. The 66ers would score six runs in the top of the eighth, giving way to the Storm’s lead at just one run. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two outs and Doersching once again on second base, Jackson Merrill would put the team on his back. With a 2-2 count, Merrill gave Lake Elsinore a much-needed insurance run when he singled up the middle after seeing 11 total pitches in his at-bat, fouling off six of them in that time.
Manuel Castro would come in for the save in the ninth inning, which saw him strike out two batters before forcing Adrian
Plascencia into a game-ending pop-out.
The Storm then played one final game at The Diamond this season in their best of three-game series against the Fresno Grizzlies Sunday, Sept. 18. Lake Elsinore is seeking their first California League title since 2011. In front of 2,626 Storm fans, it was Jackson Merrill’s immaculate 4-hit day that helped lead the Storm to an impressive 13-2 win.
Merrill wants the ring, make no mistake about it. The top-ranked Padres prospect is hitting .692 (9-for-13) through his first three postseason games. Jakob Marsee, Marcos Castañon and Griffin Doersching all contributed twoRBI efforts. Marsee and Castañon both went yard, with the former crossing the plate three times. Doersching doubled, singled and scored twice.
opener, allowing one run on five hits and a walk while striking out seven over 4-1/3 innings. Will Geerdes picked up the win after giving up a run on five hits while fanning three over the next 3-2/3 frames. José Quijada closed out the victory with two scoreless innings.
The Storm could win it all in one game as they hit the road to
Fresno for the final two games of the season, which will take place prior to this article hitting the stands. More information can be found at www.stormbaseball.com Article contributions were given by the Lake Elsinore Storm.
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com
Great Oak’s cross country program began its second year under coach Tammy Draughon by winning the team titles in both the boys’ and girls’ varsity Sundown Showdown races earlier this month. The Wolfpack boys’ team had five athletes in the top 30, but its top finisher was Gabriel Rodriguez (15:08.5) taking 13th overall. Kelli Gaffney led the female runners by grabbing ninth in 17:47.3, leading five athletes in the top 30 overall.
With the recent CIF Southern Section polls for the sports of cross country (compiled by PrepCalTrack.com ) and boys’ water polo, here is a look at the local area teams that have cracked the rankings. The polls are managed by the CIF-SS Advisory Committees that oversee each individual sport and are up to date as of Sunday, Sept. 18.
(Rancho Christian) finished with four catches for 109 yards. The offense for MSJC piled up 487 yards in the game with running back Jaylen Magee (Lakeside) accounting for two ground-andpound touchdowns of his own.
Other scores came from Matthew Caldera (Vista Murrieta) with a fourth quarter 36-yard run, a 25-yard field goal from Nathaniel Peterson (Great Oak), who was also 7-for-7 with extra points and a Carsten Mamaril (Chaparral) 30-yard missed field goal return.
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MENIFEE – The MSJC Eagles football team moved to 2-1 on the season after beating Moorpark this past Saturday. Two former rivals, now teammates at Mt. San Jacinto College, Robert Coleman (Vista Murrieta), and Taliq Brown (Murrieta Valley), were unstoppable in their third game of the season.
Coleman passed for 368 yards
and four touchdowns, two of which went to Brown with scores from seven yards and thirty-nine yards out. Scoring passes by Coleman, who connected with David Vandenburg (12 yards) and Taylor Tosches (50 yards) in the third quarter, helped MSJC (2-1) get further away.
With a 32-16 lead at halftime, the Eagles defense helped secure a 60-30 home field victory over Moorpark. Brown caught seven balls for 147 yards and Tosches
Defensively, Steven Bradshaw (Paloma Valley) led the Eagles with 9 total tackles, Naisir Morrow (Heritage) with 6 total tackles and an interception, as well as Khamarli Jarrett, AbdulRashid Gbaja-Biamila, James Scearce and Leasau Toalepai, who all had quarterback sacks on the day.
MSJC will travel to Santa Ana for their next non conference game Saturday, Sept. 24. Follow all the action at https://msjc. prestosports.com/sports.
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JP Raineri Sports EditorThe Ronald Reagan Sports Park played host to a Baseball America tournament this past weekend with Pony Baseball partner, and host, the Temecula Youth Baseball League. The one-day event took place Saturday, Sept. 17, on the fields mainly utilized by TYB, and was held for middle school aged players throughout the valley.
Temecula Middle School’s Pony Division team won their bracket over Fallbrook, who took the
runner-up rings and Temecula Middle School also won the Bronco Division over second place, James L. Day Middle School.
To find out more about Temecula Youth Baseball, a league that falls under the umbrella of PONY Baseball International, visit wwwtemeculapony.com, or find pictures from the event on their Facebook page by searching TYB Baseball.
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Fernando Sanchez took the ball for Lake Elsinore in the series Top Padres prospect Jackson Merrill helps Lake Elsinore jump out to a California League Finals lead with three doubles in their opener over the Fresno Grizzlies Sunday, Sept. 18. Valley News/Andrez Imaging Temecula Middle School’s Pony Division won last weekend’s TYB/ Baseball America tournament at the Ronald Reagan Sports Park in Temecula. Valley News/Courtesy photo Lake Elsinore Storm players celebrate winning the South Division title of the California League Thursday, Sept. 15. Valley News/Courtesy photo The boys’ Great Oak cross country team ranks No. 1 in the recent CIF Southern Section Division 1 polls and captured the team title at the Sundown Showdown races earlier this month. The girls’ Great Oak cross country team ranks No. 1 in the recent CIF Southern Section Division 1 polls and won the team title at the Sundown Showdown races in early September.Valley News/Runnerspace photos The MSJC Eagles offense amassed 487 yards in their game against Moorpark Saturday, Sept. 17. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Parents typically strive to keep their children as healthy as possible, but even the most proactive find various situations can necessitate a visit to the doctor’s office, including painful headaches.
“Headache and migraine are in the top 5 diagnoses presenting in the pediatric primary care office,” Victoria Karian, CPNP-PC, a 42-year veteran of pediatric medicine, said. “Incidence of migraine in children is reported at 9 to 10%.”
Karian has worked at Boston Children’s Hospital for 25 years, with a 12-years focus on inpatient pediatric pain and outpatient headache management. She is passionate about health care for children and adolescents.
Karian identified three most common subtypes of primary headaches seen in pediatric patients: migraine, tension-type and chronic daily headache.
In addition to the three “standout” conditions, there are migraine variants or a subsection of migraine that affect a moderate amount of the pediatric population. These variants “very often transform into migraine headaches by adulthood.”
Two of the most common variants are: abdominal migraine and cyclic vomiting syndrome.
Abdominal migraine variant occurs “in about 12% of migraine patients.” Symptoms may include “moderate to severe stomach pain and/or nausea, rather than headache,” and duration of which “can last up to 72 hours.”
“Apart from the difference between pain location, symptoms are similar to migraine headache, including photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and pallor (pale appearance),”
Karian said.
Diagnostics and GI work ups generally do not show any abnormalities. Patients tend to find relief and resolve abdominal migraine by taking an NSAID, such as ibuprofen.
A positive factor is that this variant “generally resolves by adulthood,” she said.
Cyclic vomiting syndrome variant affects “3 to 5% of schoolage children with migraine.” Symptoms include “forceful and frequent vomiting, which can last for one or many days,” Karian said. It may also be accompanied by “abdominal pain and/ or headache, plus photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and pallor.”
An important note on this variant is the concern and likelihood of dehydration. It is important to keep in firm communication with a doctor, urgent care or hospital should a child exhibit these symptoms and therefore, follow their guidance and medical advice.
In Karian’s experience and
research, “Anxiety and stress are the most prevalent migraine and headache trigger.” It is frequently reported that “the onset of first migraine is in childhood or adolescence. Migraine and headache incidence has remained stable over the years.”
Her sound advice for children experiencing headache conditions and their guardians charged with making decisions on their behalf, is to follow a “healthy headache lifestyle.”
It tends to be “the most effective way to decrease the frequency of all kinds of headache, including migraine. This includes enough sleep, healthy diet, lots of exercise, plenty of hydration and stress management,” Karian said.
With a child or adolescent, the parent or guardian plays a pivotal role. When asked if those in charge of children’s medical decisions are more on the proactive, preventive end of headache/ migraine conditions or not, Karian explained as follows.
As with anything, she said, “There is a wide variety of behaviors and attitudes of parents when dealing with a pediatric headache diagnosis.” She finds a significant group of parents that “are happy to embrace the ‘healthy headache lifestyle’, working diligently on areas needing improvement.”
In addition to that, she found “Some parents are interested in trying lifestyle and also supplements, such as magnesium or ribofl avin (Vitamin B2). There are also some parents who prefer to start with daily headache medications.”
Lifestyle change
What’s great to hear is that in Karian’s experience, “Most parents prefer to start by working on lifestyle. There can be significant improvement once there is understanding and awareness of what are the most helpful lifestyle practices. Parents can easily identify which lifestyle habits are most in need of improvement for their own child, and with support and guidance, they can provide that positive reinforcement for their child.”
These certainly have a strong likelihood of carrying forward with the child into adulthood.
Having tools, resources, a positive support group and consistency can influence many to keep that a constant throughout their lifespan.
What is included in the “healthy headache lifestyle” Karian mentioned and does not include medications?
“Adequate sleep for age” i.e. regular sleep schedule all nights of the week, she said.
“Learning what good sleep hygiene involves and getting off screens at least 1 hour before bed,” Karian said. “Healthy varied and regular diet is important for general health and for preventing headache and migraine.”
It includes no meal skipping,
cutting down on processed foods and sugar.
Karian said exercise is needed “to keep body and mind healthy. It can include sports, dance, playing with their pet.”
It also aids as a stress management tool.
“Hydration is a huge factor in managing headache and migraine. People with these conditions need more hydration than others in general and to avoid headache pain,” she said.
Hydration should be increased “in summer heat or with vigorous exercise … electrolyte-rich fluids are useful at times of bad headache.”
With stress and anxiety topping the list for inducing headache and migraine, “stress management needs to be considered. Managing stress can include psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, keeping one’s schoolwork organized, engaging in creative pursuits,” Karian said.
The recurrence of experts’ verbalizing the impact stress and anxiety has on our health just continues to be amplified.
“There is a strong correlation between anxiety/depression and pain/headache through neural pathway connections,” Karian said.
It’s important for individuals of all ages to find tools, resources and practices that can aid in lowering stress, calming the internal system.
“Anything that makes mood better can help with headache and vice versa,” Karian said.
When asked what she feels is the most under-represented condition, Karian said in her pediatric headache clinic it is one that terribly impacts teens.
“Teens suffer the most, can become disabled, and generally do not benefit from standard medications,” she said.
The condition is “new daily persistent headache … an uncommon headache, characterized by unrelenting headache, 24/7, often occurring out of the blue, and after a viral illness or possibly after too many concussions.”
While more research is needed to provide further clarity, she said “it is thought to be a post-viral inflammatory condition.”
“More attention and research
need to be paid to these patients, to figure out what can help, as this headache condition can last for years,” Karian said.
It impacts “2-4 % of patients with headache and is actually more common in adolescents than in other populations,” she said.
Daily headaches?
Experiencing new daily persistent headache includes having “pain range from moderate to severe, along with symptoms like persistent nausea, dizziness, environmental sensitivities.”
“It is a primary headache condition with characteristics of both tension-type headache and migraine,” Karian said.
With a strong dedication to the medical community and the pediatric population, Karian said, “Commitment to a healthy life and healthy coping patterns can go a long way in reducing pain and suffering with headaches and migraine.”
Victoria Karian, a graduate of Boston College and Simmons College, also served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Jamaica. She has 42 years of experience in pediatric medicine and has worked at Boston Children’s Hospital for 25 years.
In addition to contributing to a variety of academic publications over the years, Karian is the author of “Getting Ahead of Pediatric Headaches: A comprehensive guide for nurse practitioners to manage headaches in children and adolescents,” available on Amazon. She started her blog, http:// www.headfi rstpnp.com in 2017 where she shares information and thoughts about caring for the pediatric population with chronic headaches.
Shelby Ramsey is the author of the blog, http:// thehonestmigraine.com , which also features interviews with patients and medical experts.
A child from western Riverside County is the first pediatric case of Monkeypox in the county, according to local health officials.
The child, who is less than 10 years old, did not require hospitalization and is recovering at home. Officials from Riverside University Health System-Public Health were notified the week of Sept. 11 about the preliminary positive test results and are trying to determine the source of the infection.
about 256 probable/confirmed MPX cases in the county, the majority coming from the Coachella Valley. There have been a handful of cases reported in women.
there are several ways to protect themselves from MPX, including:
Avoiding close contact with people with symptoms like sores or rashes
Practicing good hand hygiene
“This case reminds everyone that MPX can impact anyone, regardless of age, gender or sexual orientation,” Dr. Geoffrey Leung, public health officer for Riverside County, said.
Riverside County has reported
Monkeypox spreads primarily through direct contact with infectious sores, scabs or body fluids, including during sex, as well as activities like kissing, hugging, massaging and cuddling. Monkeypox can spread through touching materials used by a person with MPX that haven’t been cleaned, such as clothing and bedding. It can also spread by respiratory secretions during prolonged, close, face-to-face contact.
Health officials remind residents
Using appropriate personal protective equipment, such as a mask, gown and gloves, when caring for others with symptoms
Avoiding contact with infected materials contaminated with the virus
People who become infected should isolate until their symptoms are improving or have gone away completely. Rash should always be well covered until completely healed.
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Editor’s note: The Backcountry Trails Program, established in 1979, is the longest-running special program of the California Conservation Corps. For two decades, the program, in partnership with AmeriCorps, has provided a path for those looking to pursue a career in the Forest Service.
There are nearly 160,000 miles of trails on national forests and grasslands across 43 states and Puerto Rico, giving people access to activities like camping, fishing and peak bagging.
Although these mostly dirt trails may seem simple, not much to look at or think about, the work to build these trails and maintain them is tough. The work requires proper planning to ensure minimal adverse effects on the land and many hours of physical labor. The Forest Service can’t do it alone. Partners and volunteers are critical to this work. In California, one organization and many crewmembers are taking that collaboration to the next level.
The California Conservation Corps recruits about 90 people each year to live and work off the grid in the wilderness for five months building new trails and restoring old ones affected by wildfire and erosion.
One backcountry trails crew of 13 is currently living and working in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Although crew members come from all over the country and from diverse backgrounds, they share grit and an adventurous spirit.
“Being out here is a change of pace for a lot of us,” Chris Caylor, a crewmember from Pomona, said. “Some of us are coming from larger cities, so going from the middle of a city to living in a tent for five months, it definitely calls to a different type of person. I love the opportunity it provides and the challenge physically and mentally.”
Working in wilderness areas comes with its own set of rules. Operation of motorized equipment is not allowed on these lands unless there’s an emergency. This means that crew members restore and build
these new trails using hand tools, including shovels, picks and hand saws, the equipment they or Pack Stock Center of Excellence mules must carry in. So, living in the backcountry for several months on end is the most efficient way to build these trails by traditional means.
“The opportunity to be out in the wilderness to do this work? It’s hard but worth it,” Cedar Long, backcountry crew supervisor with the California Conservation Corps, said. “You have to prepare to be uncomfortable and learn how to embrace that. But you will learn amazing things about yourself. You’ll be challenged to do new things that you’re not sure you can do yet. And you’ll find that you can, in fact, do them, and do them well.”
Mckenna Pipkin, a crew member from Fresno, shared similar advice given to her before she started.
“It’s going to be one of the hardest things that you’ve ever done in your life, but you’re going to come out of it as one of the best versions of you that you’ve ever been,” Pipkin said. “It’s going to challenge you in ways that you didn’t think it would. It’s going to make you see different perspectives. Sometimes it’s going to make you want to cry. But your supervisor is there, and your crew members are there, and you learn that you’re so much stronger than you know.”
Aaron McBride is one of the Backcountry Trails Program sponsors with the Forest Service. He spends most days out with the crew offering technical direction on sustainable land management practices.
For example, he said, “We are trying to eliminate some of these older trails that run through sensitive meadow systems, so we try to reroute those trails from softer meadows and sensitive grasses to higher sustainable places.”
McBride got his start in the program as a corps member himself just seven years ago. He served as a backcountry supervisor in 2016 and 2018. The experiences, he said, kept him coming back for more. Ultimately, many crew members continue working in the conservation field and some with the Forest Service.
With a couple months still
to go, the backcountry trail crew occasionally thinks about the future. What will they do when they leave? Ideas included applying for jobs in wildland firefighting or land management with agencies like the Forest Service. Or even going back to school to study natural resource management. Some also joked that they were happy in the wilderness and that they might not leave.
These Trinity Alps backcountry crewmembers are just one in a long line of adventurous conservationists. Since 1979, these crews have worked on national forests in California maintaining 11,406 miles of trail, building 92,622 feet of new trails and building 10,674 rock or log waterbars that help fight erosion. Crews also built foot and stock bridges and helped in search and rescue missions.
Their work extends beyond national forests to other public lands such as federal and state parks. Over the years, estimates show about 3,200 program members have performed more than 2.2 million hours of trail work.
For those interested in this hands-on, adventurous pursuit, the crew had some words of advice. “Do it. Even if they don’t think they are physically or mentally capable,” Nora Weaver from Fortuna said. “You learn that anything is possible with the right mindset. You realize you only need the bare necessities in life to be happy while you’re out here. And it’s a powerful lesson not just for your body, but your mind.”
“I think it’s a program that anyone could benefit from,” Maddie Buel from Chicago said. “It’s rare that we find ourselves in a setting completely free of distractions and the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Here in the wilderness, we don’t have phones. We don’t have TV or music. We have each other, the mountains and the wilderness. It’s an amazing opportunity to get in touch with yourself and to grow.”
For more information on how to join the Back Country Trails Program and the California Conservation Corps, visit https://ccc.ca.gov/whatwe-do/conservation-programs/ backcountry-trails-program.
The California Backcountry Trails Program crew is currently in their third month of a five-month commitment living in the Trinity Alps Wilderness blazing new trails and restoring old trails. The program was established in 1979 and is the longest running special program of the California Conservation Corps. The BCTP has also been an AmeriCorps program for more than two decades. Valley News/USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt Katy Bartzokis, a Forest Service mule packer on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, tightens up a parcel that she will soon take into the Trinity Alps Wilderness to resupply a backcountry trails crew. The crew, made up of members from the California Conservation Corps, is currently three months into a five-month commitment building new trails and restoring trails that have been affected by wildfire. Erik Cordtz, a Forest Service packer on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, leads a string of pack mules into the Trinity Alps Wilderness. [Left] Crew members pose next to a log that they cut using large cross-cut saw. Work in the wilderness limits the types of tools crew members can use. Valley News/USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt Valley News/USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt Valley News/Courtesy photo of the California Conservation CorpsThe California Department of Transportation is continuing to rehabilitate 59 miles of lane, ramps and drainage systems on Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County. The project spans from Oak Hill Road in Hesperia to just south of Bear Valley Road in Victorville. This route is often taken by southwest Riverside County motorists going to the desert cities and north to Barstow.
Caltrans advises that it is planned that all the lanes will be open by Sept. 24. However, there will be possible connector closures at I-15 to US 395 during striping
operations. Motorists might use SR-138 to SR 18 in Phelan back to I-15 as a detour.
Caltrans Advisory Caltrans is still continuing its work on State Route 74 from Lake Elsinore to the beach cities in Orange County that will require rebar forming, pouring, excavation and barrier work in various locations throughout the project zone.
There may still be daytime closures requiring one lane travel that will require flagmen. There may also be some weeknight full closures with one-way traffic control so motorists should be prepared to take alternate routes.
Caltrans advises to “Know
Before you Go!” To stay on top of roadwork in the Inland Empire, go to Caltrans District 8 and sign up for commuter alerts. Follow Caltrans for the latest information on Facebook and Twitter. To assist in planning your commute, view live traffic conditions using QuickMap and planned lane closures. For those with sensory disabilities requiring alternate formats (i.e. Braille, large print, sign language interpreter, etc.) and those needing information in a language other than English, please contact Caltrans Public Affairs at 909-383-4631 or TTY 711.
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This year’s United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc. conference was held in Minneapolis and 10 Soboba youth attended the fiveday, youth-led event in July that attracted about 2,500 Native youth and advisers. The attendees, aged 12-17, are all participants in the Soboba Tribal TANF year-round LEAD prevention program that provides Leadership through Education, Acquirement, Desire.
While the youth leaders were busy with workshops and other activities, two advisers from the Soboba Tribal TANF Program who accompanied them, attended sessions that covered safety, provided conference updates and networked with other advisers.
“Attendance was higher at this year’s conference,” senior program specialist Annalisa Tucker said. “We heard from amazing Native American women doing great things in Indian country.”
The UNITY Conference is an impactful event that offers general sessions, regional caucuses, workshops and a career/education fair. Fun evening activities provide hands-on leadership development activities where the National UNITY Council conducts elections and its annual business meeting.
The national conference is a place where Native youth voice is encouraged and valued. This year’s theme was “Restoring the Spirit of Native Youth.”
Kimani Resvaloso-Sanchez, 13, attended the youth conference for the first time and enjoyed meeting new people and seeing new things. She said the group also got to do some sightseeing around the city that included a visit to the Mall of America.
“The best workshop would have to be the one about healthy relationships and mental health,” she said.
She also learned that future generations will be affected by what is done now, just as how they are currently being affected by climate change that has been taking place for the past 20 years.
The conference offers unique youth programming through its UNITY Fire and UNITY Drum.
The UNITY Fire, which is lit on the first day of the conference, burns 24/7 during the annual conference and is led by alumni fire keepers, is used for social and prayer purposes and has provided conference attendees an opportunity for support, healing and spiritual nourishment.
Warren Skye, Tonawanda Seneca Pine Tree Chief, said, “A fire burns within us and has so since the beginning of time. We must continue to strengthen it and keep it bright for generations to come.”
The fire is meant for all beliefs and religions to share their “Good Medicine” with other participants.
The UNITY Drum, also led by alumni, is an open drum with roots in the southern style of powwow singing. All youth singers are encouraged to bring their drumsticks to join in.
Akwaalimay Resvaloso, 13, said she enjoyed learning new things about different cultures and places. A favorite workshop was one about leadership and she plans to share what she learned about communication and leadership skills at school and in her personal life.
On opening day, participants were treated to a panel discussion on Indigenous actors in film with Kiowa Gordon, “Dark Wind” TV series; Stormee Lee Kipp, “Predator 5: Prey” and Mato Wayuhi, composer for “Reservation Dogs.”
Also available on the three full days of the conference were optional Wellness Warriors fitness activities such as Zumba with Eileen Crocker, a one-mile walk with UNITY Executive Director Mary Kim Titla and a buddy fun run.
The keynote speaker Saturday, July 9, which was deemed Physical Development Day, was Chef Pyet, the first winner of Gordon Ramsay’s groundbreaking television program, “Next Level Chef.” Stephanie DeSpain goes by Pyet, which is short for her inherited Native American name Pyetwetmokwe. She is an awardwinning traveling private chef whose life’s work is dedicated to Indigenous Fusion Cuisine. Pyet’s passion is to uplift Indigenous culture and traditions via storytelling, traveling and cooking. Her current focus is promoting Indigenous ingredients in everyday cooking. While doing so, she hopes to encourage others to pass along healthy cooking, lifestyle choices and traditions within their own families.
The following day’s focus was on Mental Development and offered the panel presentation, “Native Youth Research is Good Medicine” with Nicole Bowman, Ph.D., of Bowman Performance Consulting and Gregory Phillips II, Ph.D., of Northwestern University in Chicago.
Morning and afternoon workshops covered a wide variety of subjects including foster care, lack of accurate Native American
based education within the publicschool curriculum, sexual health and wellness, cultural sovereignty, food as medicine, culture and language loss awareness and developing positive environments and health habits.
Categories with various presentations were career, culture, education, environment, health, leadership development and wellness and prevention among other important topics. “Cultivating Connections: The Importance of Nurturing Healthy Relationships Health” offered youth leaders information on the importance of engaging in healthy relationships early in life. It also included an overview on how to build and nurture healthy relationships, as well as the effects of unhealthy relationships on personal and professional growth.
The focus Monday and Tuesday was social development and included the Education and Career Expo Kick-off with a panel presentation, “Native Activism Then and Now” moderated by Evynn Richardson and Lily Painter, featuring Winona LaDuke, Madonna Thunder Hawk and Judith LeBlanc.
Many of these workshops focused on career and financial literacy as well as animals, the transformative power of art and building steps to becoming a successful Tribal leader. “What is your legacy?” was led by Eileen Crocker. She helped youth discover their inherent abilities to cultivate their own legacy. She guided them in their journey as she shared her own life’s experiences. The skills taught are ones that they can use each day to feel a sense of empowerment.
Before the conference officially ended at noon Tuesday, July 12, keynote speaker James Anderson
Commission closed Eastbound 91 in Corona the week of Sept 16 to Sept. 19, but that is now open.
They report they still will be working with Caltrans to repave lanes and repair sound walls and concrete barriers along the outer portions of eastbound and westbound 91 in Corona. Work will occur mainly between the Lincoln Avenue interchange and Interstate 15, an area with a long history of roadway settlement due to the Temescal Wash. Construction on the 91 will be taking place through the summer and fall, with additional weekend closures possibly happening.
Still, construction activity is subject to change due to weather,
staffing or other factors.
Other Valley projects
There is construction continuing on Bundy Canyon Road from Wildomar to Interstate 15 and drivers are cautioned to watch for directional signs and slow down for working crews.
Murrieta advises that widening of Murrieta Hot Springs Road, a long-awaited project, will soon begin.
Menifee reports many new traffic signals are being constructed along with added utility and water lines throughout the city. There may be some traffic delays as a result.
provided a final message to the young leaders. As a trainer, speaker and co-founder of the LifeSkills Center for Leadership, Anderson is one of the nation’s leading authorities on peak performance and personal development.
During the past 20 years, he has worked with businesses, Tribal organizations, universities and high schools sharing the skills that it takes to be successful in today’s
world. He also owns and operates the award-winning Old Southern BBQ restaurants in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
UNITY’s midyear conference will be Feb. 24-26, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona, and the national youth conference is scheduled for June 30 to July 4 in Washington. For more information, visit http://www.unityinc.org.
The Eastern Municipal Water District awarded GHD the design contract for the Front Street Lift Station rehabilitation in Temecula.
Eastern’s board voted 5-0 Wednesday, Sept. 7, to approve a $198,712 contract with GHD, which is headquartered in Irvine. The contract covers both the preliminary design and the final design phases. The board also appropriated $254,000 to cover expenses through the construction contract bid and award phase.
The Front Street Lift Station at the west end of Temecula Parkway was constructed in 1997. A recent
inspection determined that the wet well piping and coating system has deteriorated and is approaching the end of its useful life.
The rehabilitation project will replace the discharge pipes with stainless steel materials, install new corrosion-resistant guide rails and provide redundant wetwell bypass pumping. The wet well itself must be bypassed during construction.
During July, district staff evaluated the EMWD as-needed consultants list and solicited proposals for the design. Two firms, GHD and Hazen & Sawyer, submitted proposals. The GHD proposal was deemed to be the one with the better value for the project.
The project is within the city
of Temecula, and right-of-way coordination will be required with the city, the California Department of Transportation and adjacent property owners. Traffic control plans for adjacent businesses will also need to be developed.
GHD will conduct a project kickoff meeting, prepare draft preliminary right-of-way and utility base maps with temporary bypass plan alternatives, conduct site investigations and wet well coating assessments, conduct a safety preuse analysis, coordinate with other agencies and adjacent businesses as well as with Eastern’s outreach personnel, obtain permit approvals and develop a traffic control plan.
In addition to the contract
amount, the total budgeted amount includes $20,000 for engineering branch labor, $5,000 for a hazardous material survey, $5,000 for the final preparation of plans and specifications, $5,000 for construction bid and award phase expenses and $20,000 for contingency. The $254,000 total amount rounds the estimated expenses to the next highest $1,000 increment.
Eastern and GHD expect the final design to be complete in May 2023. If all necessary permits are received by the September 2023 estimate the construction bid phase will take place during fall 2023.
Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia.com
Indians Leaders from the Soboba Tribal TANF year-round LEAD prevention program attend the UNITY youth conference and Gala in Minnesota Sunday, July 10. Valley News/Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians photos Kimani Resvaloso-Sanchez, left, and Abigail Arres participate in the UNITY youth conference Grand Entry, Friday, July 8. The Arres family – Harold Arres, Hattie Arres and Abigail Arresis – are joined by motivational speaker and trainer Chance Rush, middle right, at the UNITY youth conference in Minnesota.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech.
But the decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is unlikely to be the last word in a legal battle that has stakes beyond Texas, and could impact how some of the world’s biggest tech companies regulate content by their users.
The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last year, has been challenged by tech trade groups that warn
that it would prevent platforms from removing extremism and hate speech. A similar law was also passed in Florida and ruled unconstitutional by a separate appeal court.
The final say is likely to come from the U.S. Supreme Court, which earlier this year blocked the Texas law while the lawsuit played out.
“Today we reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” U.S. Circuit Court Judge Andrew Oldham wrote.
NetChoice, one of the groups challenging the law, expressed disappointment in a statement that pointed out the ruling was the opposite of the decision made in the lawsuit over the Florida law.
“We remain convinced that when the U.S. Supreme Court hears one of our cases, it will uphold the First Amendment rights of websites, platforms, and apps,” said Carl Szabo, NetChoice’s vice president and general counsel.
Republican elected officials in several states have backed laws like those enacted in Florida and Texas that sought to portray social media companies as generally liberal in outlook and hostile to ideas outside of that viewpoint, especially from the political right.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in May that is not clear how the high court’s past First Amendment cases, many of which predate the internet age, apply to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and other digital platforms.
The Florida law, as enacted,
would give Florida’s attorney general authority to sue companies under the state’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. It would also allow individual residents to sue social media companies for up to $100,000 if
they feel they have been treated unfairly.
The Texas law only applies to the largest social media platforms that have more than 50,000 active users.
Illegal migrants Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, were informed of their destination prior to boarding flights to the island, according to documents exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Yes, they were asked multiple times if they wanted to go,” said a source with close contact to the ground operation that moved the around 50 illegal migrants.
The packets included a map with Martha’s Vineyard marked with a red star with the label “YOU ARE HERE,” written in both English
and Spanish. The packets also had documents with local resources, including the contact information for community services and churches in the area, potential employment opportunities and public assistance programs.
“They were given rolling backpacks, food, snacks throughout, clothing, necessities like toothbrush, toiletries, etc.,” the source said. “This is what was in the packet given to every migrant.”
Despite being given the packets, some of the illegal migrants that were transported told multiple news outlets that they misinformed about their destination before boarding the planes.
An illegal migrant, 25, from Venezuela told The Boston Globe that he was told he could go to Boston and several others told NPR the same.
Boston immigration attorney Rachel Self showed reporters Friday a map of the U.S. with Martha’s Vineyard clearly marked, according to The Miami Herald.
“To these wonderful people who find themselves plane-wrecked on our island, I have a message for all of them,” Self said. “You are not alone. We have your backs. We are proud to be here for you.”
The illegal migrants have since been moved off the island and bused to Joint Base Cape Cod. The state of Massachusetts also
A key source for the antiDonald Trump dossier paid for by Democrats has confirmed that he was on the FBI’s payroll for years.
Igor Danchenko, who provided information to the dossier’s author, Christopher Steele, “was a vital source of information to the U.S. government during the course of his cooperation and was relied upon to build other cases and open other investigations,” lawyers for Danchenko said in a filing lodged in federal court in Virginia.
Special counsel John Durham recently disclosed that Danchenko was a confidential human informant for the FBI from March 2017 to October 2020.
Danchenko was later charged with five counts of lying to the government in interviews about his role as a collector of information that was put forth in the dossier, which was funded by the campaign of Hillary Clinton—Trump and Clinton faced off in the 2016 presidential election—and the Democratic National Committee.
Danchenko allegedly lied about not sourcing information from Charles Dolan, a longtime Clinton associate, and sourcing information from Sergei Millian, a businessman and supporter of Trump.
Some have alleged that the FBI paid Danchenko in an effort to conceal the fabrications. The FBI has declined comment on the allegation, referring The Epoch Times to the Department of Justice, which didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.
Prior Investigation
Danchenko was investigated by the FBI from 2009 to 2011. While working for the Brookings Institution in 2008, he approached two colleagues and discussed whether they wanted to provide classified information in exchange for money, according to Durham’s team.
Danchenko said he thought one of the employees might be able to join the Obama administration, which came into power in early 2009, and gain access to classified information. Danchenko said he knew people who would pay money for the information. The employee conveyed the offer to a contact in the government, who relayed it to the FBI.
The FBI started a preliminary investigation and upgraded the
probe to a full investigation after learning that Danchenko was an associate of two people who were known by bureau counterintelligence experts and that he had previous contact with known Russian intelligence officers and the Russian Embassy.
“The defendant had also informed one Russian intelligence officer that he had interest in entering the Russian diplomatic service. The investigation into the defendant was closed in 2010 after the FBI incorrectly believed that the defendant had left the country,” Durham’s team stated.
When speaking to the FBI in January 2017, Danchenko denied being in contact with Russian intelligence. But he later said he had been in contact with two people who he thought were connected to the Russian intelligence community.
‘Direct Evidence’
Prosecutors should be able to bring up the prior investigation at Danchenko’s upcoming trial because it’s “direct evidence of the materiality of the defendant’s false statements,” according to Durham’s team.
“The Government anticipates that a potential defense strategy at trial will be to argue that the defendant’s alleged lies about the sourcing of the Steele Reports were not material because they had no effect on, and could not have affected, the course of the FBI’s investigations concerning potential coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian Government. Thus, the Government should be able to introduce evidence of this prior counterintelligence investigation (and the facts underlying that investigation) as direct evidence of the materiality of the defendant’s false statements,” it said in a recent court filing.
“Such evidence is admissible because in any investigation of potential collusion between the Russian Government and a political campaign, it is appropriate and necessary for the FBI to consider whether information it receives via foreign nationals may be a product of Russian intelligence efforts or disinformation. Had the FBI known at the time of his 2017 interviews that the defendant was providing them with false information about the sourcing of his claims, this naturally would have (or should have) caused investigators to revisit the prior
counterintelligence investigation and raise the prospect that the defendant might have in fact been under the control or guidance of the Russian intelligence services.”
Danchenko’s lawyers said the agents involved in Crossfire Hurricane, the operation against Trump and his campaign, “were well aware of the prior counterintelligence investigation.”
They also said that agents involved in the prior probe were consulted about using Danchenko as a paid source and raised no objections, that agents factored the prior probe into their evaluation of Danchenko’s credibility, and that an independent source review committee recommended using Danchenko as a source through December 2020, even after taking into account Danchenko’s links to Russia.
“As an initial matter, those facts obliterate the government’s argument that any alleged false statements were material to the government’s ability to evaluate whether Mr. Danchenko could have been working for the Russians all along,” Danchenko’s lawyers said.
“It would be one thing to argue that the Crossfire Hurricane investigators were not aware of the prior investigation and Mr. Danchenko failed to inform them of it when asked. But, as one might expect, Mr. Danchenko was not aware of the investigation.”
They also noted that Danchenko only learned of the probe when then-Attorney General William Barr disclosed it to the public in September 2020.
“Moreover, it stretches credibility to suggest that anything else would have caused the FBI to be more suspicious of Mr. Danchenko’s statements and his potential role in spreading disinformation than the very fact that he was previously investigated for possibly engaging in espionage on behalf of Russia. Armed with that knowledge, however, and based on the substantial and ‘critical’ information Mr. Danchenko provided to the FBI throughout his time as a source, the FBI nevertheless persisted,” Danchenko’s team stated. “The Special Counsel perhaps disagrees with that decision, but Mr. Danchenko’s trial [is] on five specific statements and this is not the place to air out the Special Counsel’s dissatisfaction.”
activated 125 national guard members to support the effort.
Additionally, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter Thursday urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the efforts of DeSantis and other Republican governors, like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott who’s been busing illegal migrants to several sanctuary cities, for alleged kidnapping and civil rights violations. The White House also held discussions Friday to discuss possible legal actions over the transports, although it’s been widely reported over the last several months that the Biden administration itself has transported migrants to smaller
regional airports throughout the US.
DeSantis has stood by his latest move.
“States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies,” DeSantis spokesperson Taryn Fenske said Wednesday. DeSantis’ office didn’t respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
Migrant encounters have surpassed 2,000,000 so far in fiscal year 2022 at the southern border, according to data released Monday, the first time since records have been available.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered 203,597 migrants in August, putting the fiscal year’s number at 2,150,639, according to agency statistics released Monday. The number is another high for the Biden administration, which continues to see record migrant encounters.
The Biden administration has rolled back a number of Trumpera policies used to target illegal migration; most recently, the Biden administration ended “Remain in Mexico,” which forced certain illegal migrants to await asylum proceedings in Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also announced Sept. 8 it will lift certain restrictions for illegal migrants wanting to access public benefits.
There were 55,333 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, according to CBP, which attributed the increase to the communist regimes running their home countries and forcing emigration. Single adults made up 69% of those encountered in August, according to CBP.
“Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba
are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest U.S. border,” CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement. “Our dedicated teams of skilled agents continue to work around the clock to secure our border and safely and humanely process and vet every individual encountered, but those fleeing repressive regimes pose significant challenges for processing and removal.”
Meanwhile, the Biden administration asserts that the U.S.-Mexico border is “secure,” despite the record encounters.
“At the same time, the number of migrants entering from Mexico and northern Central America has decreased for the third consecutive month, as the BidenHarris Administration works with our partners in the region to address the root causes of migration, facilitate repatriation, and take thousands of smugglers off the streets. More individuals encountered at the border without a legal basis to remain will be expelled or removed this year than any prior year,” Magnus said.
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This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. A federal appeals court on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech. AP Photo/FileMENIFEE – The Menifee Police Department Dispatch Center received a call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a juvenile on a bicycle and a vehicle, in the area of Evans Road and Craig Road Thursday, Sept. 15, at approximately 8:09 a.m.
Upon of ficers arrival, the initial investigation revealed a juvenile on a bicycle was traveling eastbound in the north crosswalk of Craig Road at Evans Road and a vehicle was driving northbound on Evans Road. The vehicle entered the crosswalk at a slow rate of speed as the bicyclist was riding in the crosswalk. The bicyclist was unable to stop before colliding with the driver’s side of the vehicle. The bicyclist, who
was not wearing a helmet, struck the fender of the vehicle causing their head to strike the windshield.
The bicyclist had a complaint of pain to their right knee and head.
The intersection of Craig Road and Evans Road is a stop sign controlled intersection.
American Medical Response, as well as Cal-Fire arrived on scene, and as a precaution, the juvenile was transported to a local hospital where they were treated and released for minor injuries. This investigation is still ongoing, and the exact cause of the collision is yet to be determined.
The Menifee Police Department would like to remind the public of a few traffic laws/tips that will increase the safety of all those traveling on the roadways.
When riding a bicycle, the rider is not considered a pedestrian. When riding a bicycle, the rider should walk the bike if they are within a crosswalk. The Vehicle Code only requires vehicles to yield to pedestrians while in a marked crosswalk, according to Vehicle Code § 21950 (a).
When approaching a stop sign, vehicles are required to come to a complete stop behind the limit line or crosswalk. They can then proceed if it’s safe to do so, according to Vehicle Code § 22450 (a).
When approaching a red light, vehicles are required to come to a complete stop behind the limit line or crosswalk. If they are making a right turn, they can proceed when safe to do so unless there is
The Menifee Police Department Dispatch Center received a call for service regarding a disturbance at an apartment complex located in the 27700 block of Aspel Road on Sept. 16 at approximately 9:50 p.m. The call resulted in a noninjury officer involved shooting. Information in the call indicated the Reporting Party heard a male banging on a nearby apartment door, yelling profanities. The RP also heard the subject banging on walls.
Two officers arrived on scene and knocked on the door of the apartment to investigate the disturbance. After knocking on
the door, a male opened the door and stood in the doorway. One of the officers observed the male holding a semi-automatic handgun in his right hand, at which point an officer involved shooting occurred.
The male was not struck by the officer’s gunfire. Both officers were also uninjured. The male was taken into custody without further incident. A loaded firearm was recovered at the scene.
The male was identified as 19-year-old Robert Arres, out of Menifee. Arres was arrested for possession of a non-serialized and unregistered firearm.
The officer involved in the
shooting is a six-year law enforcement veteran and has been with the Menifee Police Department for just over a year. The officer’s name is not being released at this time. Per department policy, the involved officer will be placed on paid administrative leave.
The officer involved shooting is being investigated by the Riverside County Force Investigations Detail which includes members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. Menifee Police Department Detectives are also assisting with the investigation.
Two people were injured Thursday, Sept. 15, when a dump truck and compact car collided at an intersection on the north end of Perris, requiring firefighters to extricate one of the victims from the wreckage.
The crash was reported at 3:15 p.m. on Harley Knox Boulevard, where it intersects Indian Avenue,
just south of March Air Reserve Base, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said that several engine crews were sent to the location and encountered the car and truck smashed together.
It wasn’t immediately clear how or why the vehicles impacted. The intersection remained open.
Crews used industrial equipment to free the occupant of the car, whose identity was not released.
The victim was taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley for treatment of unspecified injuries.
The trucker apparently was injured, but no details were available.
A second ambulance was summoned, but it wasn’t immediately known whether the victim required hospital treatment.
Sheriff’s deputies were investigating the collision.
MURRIETA – The Murrieta Police Department, in partnership with the Riverside County AntiHuman Trafficking Taskforce, conducted a proactive enforcement operation Tuesday, Sept. 13, that targeted online prostitution and those whose demand for these unlawful activities fuels an illicit underground economy, both locally and across California.
As a result of the enforcement effort, 12 males were arrested for solicitation of prostitution. One male was arrested for pimping per Section 266h of the California Penal Code. Murrieta police also contacted one adult female who was believed to be the victim of human trafficking and possibly being forced to engage in acts
of prostitution against her will. The identity of this victim will not be released pursuant to state confidentiality laws. The victim was referred to victim services for assistance while the investigation into her sex trafficking continues.
Prostitution is not a “victimless” crime; 95% of sex trafficking victims are women or children.
Those victimized by commercial sexual exploitation frequently have long histories of emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse or trauma. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimated 1 in 6 endangered runaways reported are likely victims of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking victims are often subjected not only to severe
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forms of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of their trafficker but are also frequently physically and sexually assaulted by those who solicit them for prostitution.
Through proactive enforcement operations, RCAHT and the Murrieta Police Department are working to reduce future demand for sex trafficking by identifying and arresting sex buyers.
Anyone with information about sex trafficking or questions are encouraged to contact Sgt. Roy Vargas or Cpl. James Tompkins at 951-696-3615.
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LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Two people were injured, one critically, in a rollover crash Friday. Sept. 16 on Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore.
The wreck happened about 11:30 a.m. on southbound I-15 at Minthorn Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The agency said that an SUV went out of control and plunged down an embankment on the west side of the freeway, rolling several times before coming to rest alongside Minthorn.
One of the occupants was ejected onto the roadway, the CHP said.
No other vehicles were involved.
Riverside County Fire Department crews reached the
location within minutes and found the ejected victim, identified only as a man, suffering from lifethreatening injuries.
He was taken to nearby Inland Valley Medical Center in critical condition, according to reports from the scene.
The other occupant of the SUV, also not identified, suffered moderate injuries and was transported to the same facility in stable condition.
Minthorn was partially closed at the accident scene while CHP officers conducted an investigation and arranged for the overturned vehicle to be removed.
Three people, including two felons, accused of breaking into a house that was evacuated due to a wildfire near Hemet were charged Wednesday, Sept. 14, with felony burglary.
John Jason Blackwood, 43, Deven Jessica Hooker, 31, and Michael Edward Serrano, 50, all of Hemet, were arrested Saturday, Sept. 10, following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation within the Fairview Fire evacuation zone.
In addition to burglary, the trio is charged with theft, and Hooker alone is charged with possession of a controlled substance.
She is being held in lieu of $35,000 bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, where Serrano is being held on $10,000 bail. Blackwood posted a $10,000 bond Monday, Sept. 12, and was released from the same facility.
Hooker and Serrano made a joint initial court appearance Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
Blackwood is slated to be arraigned Thursday, Sept. 29.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Pelato, Saturday afternoon patrol deputies were alerted to a vehicle cruising the area of Cora Lee Lane and Diamond Valley Road in Sage, an unincorporated community southeast of Hemet.
The sparsely populated neighborhood was among multiple locations placed under an evacuation warning or mandate because of the Fairview Fire, which erupted on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, and scorched over 28,000 acres. As of Friday, Sept. 26, the fire was 94% contained, and evacuation orders had been lifted.
“Deputies performing highvisibility patrols safeguarding evacuated properties responded rapidly to canvass the area in search of the suspicious vehicle and persons,” Pelato said. “The deputies located the vehicle with one suspect inside and began a ground search for the additional suspects.”
Hooker was arrested at the wheel of the car.
Pelato said deputies spotted a house on Cora Lee Lane with a broken window and conducted a search, locating the two men inside. They were taken into custody without incident.
According to court records, Blackwood has previous convictions for possession of controlled substances while armed, making criminal threats and vehicle theft.
Hooker has previous misdemeanors for possession of controlled substances and shoplifting, while Serrano has previous felony convictions for burglary, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, records showed.
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The Jojoba Hills SKP Resort’s 25th Annual Community Yard Sale will be held Oct. 7- 9 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day.
The well attended event, normally held on the second weekend of October every year, will have large amounts of articles to browse and purchase. It is with the help of many volunteers that this sale is one of the most talked about bargain hunters’ destinations in the region. From shuttling golf cart loads of items to awaiting cars, organizing the sale merchandise, tagging and checking shoppers out, the sale will again go smoothly.
The 300-family yard sale features collections of donations from resort residents. Pots and pans, books, clothes, jewelry, tools, electronics, camping gear, furniture and perhaps a kitchen sink, are staples for the annual affair. The community yard sale has grown and become more popular every year.
The RV community’s sale was first devised and organized in 1996 by resort resident Gary Hagelbarger, who continues to guide the event this year. Despite a bout of poor health, Hagelbarger’s infectious good humor and excellent organizational skills are getting things done to prepare for the enormous undertaking.
“All donations come from the park members,” Hagelbarger said. “We call this a community service and the stuff left over goes to charitable organizations.”
The sale also helps the local community by providing reasonably-priced items for everyone attending, he added.
After the conclusion of the event in 2021, remaining items were donated to local Anza charities, including From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries and Anza Valley Christian Fellowship.
All proceeds from the sale benefit the resort members. The funds pay for things like live bands, catering and other extras for social gatherings at Jojoba Hills. It also
The Fairview Fire scorched 28,307 acres in the unincorporated areas of Hemet and Sage, forcing
the evacuation of people and animals in its path. From its start Sept. 5 to full containment on Sept. 18, this fire caused panic and confusion for many mountain residents, necessitating
split second decisions about what must be left behind. The flames ultimately devoured 22 structures, destroying property and shattering lives.
Fortunately, none of the major
The long and colorful tradition of the Anza swap meet continues to treat area residents with great value and interesting choices. Held at the Community Hall in Anza, the sale attracts vendors from near and far, offering collectibles, housewares, tools, decor and so much more. Many of the items are used, some are unique, and others are brand new.
Barbara Ann Keller, along with Michael Schneider, organize the event and collect vendor fees, all the while catching up on the latest local news from sellers and guests alike.
The schedule for the swap meet had been changed last year from every Saturday to the first and third Saturdays of the month. As people got into the rhythm of the new arrangements, the sale
The Anza Thimble Club announced its annual coat collection event, Oct. 29, to provide needy area residents with warm clothing for the coming winter months.
Coats, vests, hats, gloves, scarves, sweaters, new socks and even petwear and accessories will be accepted during the drive. Clothing collection will continue until Thursday, Oct. 27. The donated items will be dispersed free of charge Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Anza Community Hall.
The colorful array of clothing of clothing will be able to be picked through by those in need.
“We have an amazing community with all the kind, generous people
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A calm and collected evacuee transports her valuables, cat and chickens to a safe place during the Fairview Fire. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo damage occurred in Anza or Aguanga, but it is well past time to formulate an evacuation plan when, not if, this unthinkable
Louis Ippolito browses tables full of collectibles during the swap meet at the Anza Community Hall Saturday, Sept. 17. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo
Guests browse the vast array of cold-weather clothing at the Anza Thimble Club coat giveaway in 2021. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo
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Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings
Fit after 50 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Friday mornings at Anza Community Hall. Free. Wear comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Call or text instructor Teresa Hoehn, at 951751-1462 for more information.
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation.
Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza. Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with posttraumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at 951-923-6153. If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at 951-659-9884.
The Most Excellent Way Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m. Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza.
AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m. Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371.
Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-4226.
Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month
at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at 951-551-2826.
Free Mobile Health Clinic – Open every third Wednesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment is needed. Uninsured may only be seen in the Anza Community Hall’s parking lot or inside the hall.
Medication Assistance and Treatment for Opioid Dependence – Get treatment for heroin addiction. Transportation to the clinic is provided. For more information, contact Borrego Health’s Anza Community Health Center, 58581 Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-4759.
Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at 1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty, 56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A $30 box has about $100 worth of food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at 951-288-0903.
Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner 1 p.m. Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome. Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m. The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofi t. All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at 951-7635636.
Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m. For more information, call Ruiz at 951-445-7180 or Nathan at 760-399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.
Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza. For more information, call Nella Heredia at 951-763-0856.
Living Hope Bible Study –8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at 951-763-1111.
Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.
Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at 951-763-1257 for more information.
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call 951-763-4226 for more information.
Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza. For more information, call 951763-4622.
Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7 p.m.; small group share, 7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30 p.m. Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at 951763-4937, anzabptistchurch@ gmail.com or http://www. anzabaptistchurch.com
Clubs High Country Recreation –Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at 951-492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at 805-3120369.
HCR Bingo fundraisers –6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.
Anza Valley VFW Post 1873
Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@gmail. com. For more information, call 951-763-4439 or visit http:// vfw1873.org
High Country 4-H Club
6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at 951-663-5452.
on securing a new venue for meetings. Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club of Anza Valley Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/LionsofAnzaValley
For more information, email president Greg Sandling at President.AnzaLions@gmail. com or Chris Skinner at Secretary. AnzaLions@gmail.com
Boy Scouts Troop 319 –Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at 951551-3154.
Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny Kinser at 909-7027902.
Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at 951-403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www. squadron59.org
Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call 951-763-5611 for information.
Redshank Riders – 7 p.m. Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http:// www.redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at 951-663-6763.
Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon. Contact Carol Wright at 951763-2884 for more information.
Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at 951-763-4560.
From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon. Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission. Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at 951-595-2400.
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Anza Valley Artists Meetings 1 p.m. Meetings are the third Saturday of each month at various locations. Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guest speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at 951-928-1248. Find helpful art tips at http://www.facebook.com/ AnzaValleyArtists/
Anza Quilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.
Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club has been reinstated and is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. The group is working
Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m. General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets. Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Ferrellgas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call 951-282-4267.
Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership. For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org
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scenario happens again.
As CalFire, Riverside County Fire Department, the US Forestry Department and other agencies deploy resources to attack a wildland fire, they release information that is accurate, timely and trustworthy. If an evacuation is imminent, residents will be alerted and law enforcement personnel will go door to door to ensure everyone clears out safely.
It’s best to come up with a plan before things get hot. Everyone in the home must be aware of the actions to be taken and prepared in an instant to implement the plan. Lives may depend on it.
The strategy should include a meeting place outside the danger area and all routes to this place from your home need to be familiar to all persons involved.
Make considerations for livestock and pets. If you do not have a trailer to be used to move large animals, coordinate with friends and neighbors before disaster strikes to use their equipment or obtain their assistance. It is not advised by
“In the time of panic there were so many people helping to transport animals during the Fairview Fire. It’s important if you send your animals with a hauler, to get their license plates and check their ID,” advises horse owner Raychel Olvera. “Make sure your horses are comfortable loading into a trailer so evacuation can go smoothly and no one gets hurt.”
For small pets, ensure that you have travel accommodations for each animal. Crates for dogs and cats are excellent, but make sure there are enough to go around. Be prepared to load up food, water and medications for your furry friends at a moment’s notice.
Sometimes a moment is all you may have.
Collect all important papers such as passports, birth certificates, insurance policies and car titles and have a plan to secure them with you when you leave. Medications and special items also need to be considered.
Phones, laptops, tablets and
other devices need to come with you and so do their power sources and chargers, cases, accessories and plug-ins.
Make sure that everyone in the household understands how to shut off gas or propane service. Have fire extinguishers at the ready and know how to use them.
Back your car into the driveway with the vehicle loaded and all doors and windows closed. Carry your car keys with you. Don’t forget keys, wallets, eyeglasses, changes of clothes, family photos, medical devices, shoes, jackets, blankets and special needs items like diapers and wipes.
Know simple first aid and have supplies on hand in case of injuries.
Prepare your home by shutting all windows and doors. Remove flammable window shades, curtains and close metal shutters. Move flammable furniture to the center of the room, away from windows and doors. Shut off the gas and air conditioning. Leave lights on so firefighters can see your house in smoky or nighttime conditions.
If you have time, gather up
flammable items such as patio furniture, toys, door mats and trash cans from the exterior of the house and bring them inside.
Move propane barbeque appliances away from structures. Connect garden hoses to outside water valves or spigots for use by firefighters. If there is time, fill water buckets and place them around the house.
Don’t leave sprinklers on or water running, as that can affect critical water pressure.
Have a ladder available and place it at the corner of the house for firefighters to quickly access your roof.
Patrol your property and monitor the fire situation. Don’t wait for an evacuation order if you feel threatened. If told to leave by law enforcement, please accommodate their orders quickly and smoothly. Even in all the confusion, it is important to remain calm.
Check on neighbors and make sure they are preparing to leave. Many people tend to panic and cannot be efficient in an emergency situation. Look in on any elderly members of the
community and see that they are safe.
Theft is a major concern of evacuees, but law enforcement is extremely proactive in this respect. During the Fairview Fire, almost 100 Sheriff’s deputies were on patrol in the evacuated areas in Anza, Aguanga and Lake Riverside Estates protecting properties from looters and thieves.
No one wants to have to leave their home in the event of a disaster, but it is important to follow official orders. By doing so, you help them to help you. Firefighters do not want to have to worry about saving you if the fire comes upon your home; they would much rather fight the fire and concentrate all resources to that task.
For more information on evacuation plans, please visit www.readyforwildfire.org/GoEvacuation-Guide.
Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com thrived.
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Despite the sweltering summer heat of the last few weeks, the Anza swap meet has continued to be a positive, affordable and wholesome shopping experience for area residents.
Sellers use the outdoor market as a way to earn extra cash or declutter homes and garages. As many people relocate out of the valley, the swap meet provides a positive sales experience to lighten their loads.
Some residents that attend are curious to see the varied offerings. Many are looking for specific items, such as collectibles or special tools. Still others are there solely for the social aspect of the swap meet. The Community Hall parking lot becomes a beehive of activity on Saturdays, even attracting passersby traveling through Anza.
Seller spaces are located in the paved parking lot in front of the Community Hall. Vendors offer tools, bikes, collectibles, antiques, toys, clothes, shoes and furniture, both new and gently used. Inside the Hall building, local artisans and business people, such as John Yarrow, peddle their wares and expertise. Yarrow sits patiently answering questions about the carpet cleaning, computer repair and window screen services he offers.
Besides being a benefit to the buyers, the now twice-monthly event serves as a cog in the social workings of the small rural town, connecting people and allowing them to exchange ideas, news and information.
The swap meet is held at the Anza Community Hall the first and third Saturday of each month, from 7 a.m. until about 1 p.m.
For more information about the Anza swap meet, please call 951-282-4267 or visit the Anza Community Hall Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ AnzaCommunityBuildingInc Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com
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The event is meticulously organized and choreographed by Hagelbarger.
Volunteers do everything from cashiering, helping people with questions, parking vehicles, performing shuttle service, loading and keeping order in the myriad of items exhibited on tables and racks. Categories are organized into specific locations around the resort office and these remain constant year after year.
Hagelbarger explained that the volunteers are organized into heads of departments and assigned to certain jobs. The chores for the weekend and preceding weeks are delegated in this fashion. He is completely confident of his crew and their efficiency.
The sale is fun for buyers, and treasures will be hauled away en masse. Over 500 vehicles came through the resort’s gates to participate over the weekend at the last sale in 2021.
Jojoba Hills SKP Resort is located at 45120 Highway 79 South in Aguanga. For additional information, please call 951-7679130. No dogs will be permitted at the sale.
For more information regarding the Jojoba Hills SKP Resort’s Community Yard Sale,
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that donated coats, gloves, hats and scarves,” Diana Buman said of the 2021 event. “I am grateful for this coat giveaway. It has helped me with some warm clothes.”
The Anza Thimble Club, established in 1912, is the oldest service club in Anza. It was created by several ladies who used the excuse of doing their mending to get together for a visit. This turned into monthly meetings and dues were a penny.
During World War II, the women made bandages for the Red Cross as a meaningful activity.
Since then, they have become a well-loved and respected charitable organization donating much-needed funds back into the community of Anza.
Coat collection sites include the Anza Electric Cooperative, 58470 Hwy. 371 in Anza and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road in Terwilliger.
For more information on the Anza Thimble Club, please email Annie Ashby at annieandjima@ yahoo.com
For more information regarding the coat drive, please call 951763-4333.
Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com
Since advertising in the Valley News with my color display ad, I have had calls for jobs. When I met my customer they had cut out my color ad and asked if this was me, and of course I told them yes. This has happened several times and the customer says they place it on their refrigerator.
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say it just because we’re upset that we got caught or simply to appease another person’s anger.
People can often do that with God. They tell him they are sorry, but they’re really not. And nothing in their life ever changes because of it, they are just simply saying words. We forget there’s a big difference between saying “I’m sorry” and being truly repentant.
Here are a few things you should know about what it means to repent and why it’s absolutely necessary for your life.
when it said, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
Jesus wants you to repent because he loves you and doesn’t want you to perish. He said, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance,” in Luke 5:32. If he didn’t want you to perish, he would have never told you what you needed to do to avoid it.
Worldly sorrow brings death because it doesn’t put its faith in Jesus to receive forgiveness for the sins committed. Godly sorrow does the exact opposite. It’s a recognition that your sin needs forgiving and Jesus, because of his death on the cross and resurrection from the grave, is the only one who can forgive you.
You turn from sin to acts of righteousness.
Father, we too may live a new life,” in Romans 6:1-4.
Repentance means you are done living for sin, which is living for yourself. And you start living for God and his glory.
Zachary Elliott Special to the Valley News
I was recently watching a show where a guy was strangling someone while saying, “I’m sorry!” I kind of got the impression that he wasn’t sorry. If he was, he would have probably stopped strangling the other person, right?
Have you ever uttered the words, “I’m sorry” when you really didn’t mean it? If we’re honest, we probably all have a time or two. But unfortunately, we can often
Unless you repent, you will perish.
Jesus pulls no punches when it comes to telling us we need to repent. While teaching a crowd of people who thought they were good with God, he said, “Unless you repent, you too will all perish,” in Luke 13:5.
It is good news because it shows that Jesus wants people to repent, and he tells you the options if you don’t. 2 Peter 3:9 reminded people of God’s desire for their repentance
Repentance starts with godly sorrow.
Repentance is more than an “I’m sorry” with an excuse attached. It’s an understanding that your sin has hurt the father, separated your relationship with him, and you are totally in the wrong and need forgiveness.
The Bible teaches that “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death,” in 2 Corinthians 7:10.
TEMECULA – Celebrating family histories and traditions is a major component of weddings.
During a wedding, two families come together and begin to merge their unique takes on life.
When couples tying the knot come from the same cultural or religious backgrounds, fitting the pieces together may be relatively easy. When a wedding must incorporate two different religions, however – each with its specific traditions and requirements – a couple may not know where to start. These tips may help the process along.
Communication It is important to open a dialogue with all involved parties at the onset to be able to craft a ceremony and subsequent celebration that aligns with the faiths of the couple and their families. This dialogue shares what everyone expects.
Ask everyone to rank the rituals they would like to be included by order of importance, and then use that list as a guide when planning the ceremony.
Discuss options
Certain houses of worship may be strict in regard to what they allow during interfaith ceremonies.
Conservative congregations may even frown upon marrying outside of one’s religion, which may spark a new conversation about converting so couples can be married in the eyes of the church, temple or mosque. More reformed places may be open to blending certain traditions from both faiths.
Couples often lean toward having one officiant from each faith at the ceremony to incorporate key rites
into the wedding.
Neutral ground
Interfaith couples may opt to have the ceremony at a neutral location so they do not appear to be paying favor to one faith over another. Determine if religious officiants can oversee the ceremony outside of a place of worship and
still have the marriage recognized by the tenets of that faith.
Secular officiant
In instances when it may seem like there are too many obstacles to having faith-guided ceremonies for interfaith weddings, wedding planners may suggest some creative solutions, including working with
Godly sorrow is the kind of sorrow that inspires change in your life. It moves you from continuing to sin to living in obedience to God’s word.
The Bible said, “Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means. We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or 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 was raised from the dead through the glory of the
God’s word said you should “Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace,” in Romans 6:11-14.
Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https://www. fusionchristianchurch.com, http:// www.encouragementtoday.tv or find them on Instagram.
a secular officiant. Traditions such as lighting a unity candle or blending two different sands together to signify the blending of two faiths and families can be part of the ceremony, according to the lifestyle company Sheerluxe.
Give others tasks
Couples may be unfamiliar with
each other’s religious traditions. Sharing faith-specific wedding planning tasks can help couples and their families become more familiar with these customs.
Interfaith weddings require extra planning and finesse, but millions of couples get married in such ceremonies every year.
Couples can opt to have their wedding ceremony in a neutral location to avoid favoring one faith over another. Valley News/Metro Creative Connection photoSector Council that will unilaterally set higher minimum wages and create more state regulations and mandates in the fast food industry; and SB 1338, establishing CARE Courts for the mentally ill, allowing family members to petition courts requesting treatment for those suffering from addiction or severe mental illness.
earlier he accused Republicans of embracing “semi-fascism.”
Assemblymember Marie Waldron Special to the Valley NewsLegislation in Sacramento often flies under the radar. Here are a few bills you may have missed that made it through, along with some that didn’t.
Bills forwarded to the Governor that remain unsigned as of this writing include AB 2188, prohibiting employers from terminating or refusing to hire persons using cannabis if impaired work performance is unproven; SB 70, requiring children to complete a year of kindergarten before entering the first grade; and SB 1157, phasing in additional water conservation targets by reducing indoor use from 52.5 gallons per person/day (gpcd) to 42 gpcd by 2030.
Bills that have been signed include AB 2608, requiring elections officials to provide a duplicate vote-by-mail ballot to a voter’s “representative” upon receipt of a written request; AB 257, establishing a Fast Food
Rejected bills include AB 937, prohibiting law enforcement from notifying immigration authorities when violent felons are released; AB 2133, requiring a reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030; SB 57, allowing certain communities in Los Angeles and the Bay Area to operate “safe injection sites” for people using illegal drugs (passed, but vetoed); and SB 930, establishing a pilot program permitting some California cities to extend alcohol sales to 4 a.m. on weekends/holidays and 3 a.m. on all other days.
For more information about all legislation, visit https://leginfo. legislature.ca.gov
To ask Governor Newsom to sign or veto any bill, visit https:// govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail The Governor has until September 30 to make his decisions.
Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R – Valley Center, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.
Recently there have been dozens of whistleblowers who have come forward and provided information about what the FBI has been up to, and it’s not good. It’s not honorable. It’s not what they got into the agency to do. And that was in addition to what we already knew they were up to!
Most recently, one whistleblower described how the agency was deprioritizing child trafficking cases so they could focus more on “domestic violent extremism.” He reported that the FBI was inflating numbers and working to open more investigations into domestic violent extremism in order to make the threat appear larger than it really was, which resulted in pulling resources from child trafficking cases. He was also let go from his job, even though whistleblowers are supposed to be protected.
I was surprised to listen to President Biden’s speech to the nation on Sept. 1 where he labeled roughly half of the adults in the country who voted for Trump as a “threat to democracy” and
I know I write about this a lot, but it’s getting more serious. Right now the heat, anger, hate and rhetoric is geared toward Republicans and doctors, scientists, business leaders, etc. who don’t adhere to the current politically correct party line and political, cultural, or health ideology. A warning to those who are comfortable because you’ve been lulled into thinking you’re on the right side, or the more virtuous side; beware, because some day those in power may come after you too.
Notice the hypocrisy of our leaders punishing the educated for dissent, but allowing real criminals to roam the streets.
It reminds me of Cambodia in the 70s when the Pol Pot regime was taking over the country and they killed all the educated people including the doctors and teachers because they were a threat to Pol Pot’s power. He couldn’t let those intellectuals and dissidents live.
Mao Zedong, Lenin and Stalin did the same thing. When a political power is taking authoritarian/ totalitarianism control, they have to eliminate the educated, the critical thinkers, the spiritual – anyone who can or will oppose their power and control.
In our country, despite the current administration’s attempt to make it illegal, it’s our Constitutional right to question our government. It’s our Constitutional right to question election results and, in fact, there are documented at least 184 instances where Democrats questioned election results.
It’s our Constitutional right to assemble and to refuse a medical
procedure, especially if it is untested and there isn’t informed consent. It’s our Constitutional right to not support drag queen shows for children, or gender affirmative care leading to irreversible surgeries for children. It’s our right to protect our children from teachings that we believe are detrimental and it’s our right to stand up to school boards and say so.
None of those things make normal citizens violent domestic extremists, purveyors of misinformation, or semi-fascists, even if the government has started considering words to be violence. Those freedoms, including free speech, are what makes America great. Those freedoms and the prosperity that comes with capitalism are what drives many of the migrants across our borders from Communist countries and countries that are on the brink of communism.
Our FBI and DOJ have proven to be corrupt. Our media and big tech have been proven and admitted to be complicit. We need a massive cleanup of government officials and administration and some lessons on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Some people don’t think the country can be turned back around, but I believe it can. We have to make sure we don’t back down from exercising our God-given, inalienable rights as free citizens of this great country. Our children and those migrants who have given up so much depend on it. They also depend on our government to control who comes in, so that we can live the American dream with less fentanyl and real terrorists coming to join us.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Case Number: CVCO 2203550 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: TIFFANI BIANCA WOODS
Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: TIFFANI BIANCA WOODS Proposed Name: TIFFANI BIANCA REMS
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 hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 10/26/22 Time: 8:00 Dept: C2
The address of the court: 505 S. Buena Vista Avenue, Rm 201, Corona, CA 92882
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 Date: 9/06/22
Signed: Tamara L. Wagner, Judge of the Superior Court
LEGAL: 3693
PUBLISHED: September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 2022
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Case Number: CVSW 2206020 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: CRYSTAL TORRES & JONATHAN FELIPE MARTINEZ
Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: JAN KAI MARTINEZ TORRES Proposed Name: JANKAI MARTINEZ TORRES 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 hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 11-3-22 Time: 8:00 Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Suite 1226, Murrieta, CA 92563
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 Date: SEP 15 2022
Signed: Joshua A. Knight, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3696
PUBLISHED: September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 2022
Minott,
Band of Cahuilla Indians, P.O. Box 391820, Anza, CA 92539, 951-659-2700. Please contact no later than September 28, 2022. Persons not filing comments within the time frame noted will be considered to have waived their objections to the participation of the Department of Defense on this project.
September 23, 30, 2022
Julie Reeder Publisher
