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Volume 20, Issue 43
Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER
Riverside County officials staved off the county being moved back into the purple tier of California’s color-coded tier system recently by convincing the California Department of Public Health to give them a week to clear up data. The threat of a move into the state’s most restrictive classification came because testing levels are below the threshold established for large counties and case rates are higher. see page A-2
Local Komen IE’s More Than Pink Walk goes virtual Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER
According to Jill Eaton, executive director of Susan G. Komen Inland Empire, the breast cancer organization, being forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to host its second annual More Than Pink Walk may have been a blessing. see page A-6
Voter Jennifer Dillard with her son Greyson, 3, drops her and her husband’s ballot off at a ballot drop location at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, Monday, Oct. 19. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Murrieta to disperse remaining business grants totaling $250,000 Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER
Local Lake Elsinore approves contract for drainage fix in ‘Avenues’ Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Lake Elsinore City Council awarded a $169,000 contract Tuesday, Oct. 13, to design drainage improvements for a city neighborhood that has a history of problems with runoff from a nearby hillside. Adams Streeter Civil Engineers will provide engineering services to evaluate and design improvements in the “Avenues” area, wedged between Lakeshore and Auto Center drives southeast of downtown Lake Elsinore. see page A-6
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Ann’s Classic Affairs, a local bridal shop in Murrieta, receives a $10,000 grant from the Murrieta Back to Business Grant Program in round one. Valley News/Courtesy photo
After Murrieta received 75 applications for their Back to Business Grant Program in the first round, they came back for round two. “This is the first time we’ve administered a business grant,” Scott Agajanian, deputy director of development services for the economic development, said. “We had the first round which offered up to $250,000 in total grants.” These funds were allocated for Community Development Block Grant funds through Murrieta’s city council. “What we didn’t want to see is small businesses in our community which had been flourishing for the last several years come to a halt and have businesses close down that maybe just needed a little bit more time,” Agajanian said. They came out with the grant program and offered 25 $10,000 see GRANTS, page A-2
Menifee State of the City addresses changes, growth in the past year Tony Ault STAFF WRITER
The Menifee City Council and mayor presented the city’s first virtual State of the City address Thursday, Oct. 15, extolling the progress the fifth fastest growing city in California has made in the past year. The virtual event presented on YouTube, Facebook and the city’s webpage was created in partnership with the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce. Tony LoPiccolo, president and CEO of the Menifee chamber, and George Mills, chamber chairman of the board, made the introductions on screen as hundreds of chamber members, business persons and Menifee residents watched on the different venues. It was far different from the 2019 see MENIFEE, page A-8
Menifee holds its virtual State of the City address Thursday, Oct. 15, with city council members and the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce. Valley News/Shane Gibson file photo