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RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's economy is improving, but at a grudgingly slow pace influenced by state and national conditions, with double- digit unemployment projected to continue for the next two years, economists told the Board of Supervisors today. ''This recovery is quite a wimpy one,'' Cal State Fullerton economist Mira Farka told the board at the outset of a regional economic forecast prepared for the county Executive Office. ''Our economy will grow, but it will grow in the shade, neither spectacular or dramatic.''... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Natasha Raikhel, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a UCR spokesman said today. Raikhel, a plant cell biology professor, was elected for her excellence in original scientific research. She is one of the most cited researchers in plant science, UCR spokesman Iqbal Pittalwala said. Raikhel is the fifth current UCR faculty member elected to the NAS, and was picked along with more than 80 other scientists, and 21 foreign associates...
TEMECULA - A Murrieta man suspected of robbing a woman of an engagement ring after posing as a buyer on Craigslist was released on bail today. Donte Deshawn Williams, 20, was taken into custody about 10 p.m. Monday at a residence in the 27000 block of Bolandra Court in Temecula. He was booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of armed robbery, and was released upon posting a $25,000 bond, according to jail records. Someone reported an armed robbery around 1:20 p.m. Monday in a parking lot at Jeffers...
RIVERSIDE - Most Riverside County agencies are expected to meet their budget goals in the current fiscal year, but a few are teetering, and the county's chief executive officer says department heads should be prepared to do ''more with less,'' according to a report the Board of Supervisors will review today. The Executive Office's third-quarter budget report sheds light on the county's present financial condition and underscores what will likely increase pressure on the treasury over the next couple of years. ''Looking out...
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's deficit in the next fiscal year will be about $10 million more than estimated, while increasing labor and pension obligations, along with the cost of building a new jail, will require ''creative thinking'' to balance the budget in future years, the county's chief financial officer told the Board of Supervisors today. ''We need to keep up with the (spending) curve that's before us,'' CFO Ed Corser said during a third-quarter report on the 2011-12 fiscal year. ''Instead of across-the-board...
SAN DIEGO (Wire Service) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today (May 1) threw its support behind a state senate bill that would increase criminal penalties for hosts and spectators of cockfights. "This is legislation that's another step in the right direction to combat this brutal blood sport," Supervisor Dianne Jacob said of Senate Bill 1145, which was introduced Feb. 21 by Sen. Bill Emmerson (R-Hemet). The bill would increase fines for those who permit, aid or cause an animal fight on their premises from $5,000... Full story
TEMECULA - A Murrieta man suspected of robbing a woman of an engagement ring after posing as a buyer on Craigslist was released on bail today. Donte Deshawn Williams, 20, was taken into custody about 10 p.m. Monday at a residence in the 27000 block of Bolandra Court in Temecula. He was booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of armed robbery, and was released upon posting a $25,000 bond, according to jail records. Someone reported an armed robbery around 1:20 p.m. Monday in a parking lot at...
On Saturday, April 28, twelve Ecuadorian officials visited Envirepel Energy’s Project Kittyhawk renewable energy biomass power plant in Santee, California, as their last step of due diligence before purchasing plants for up to five cities. Those cities represented included Manta, the fastest growling city in Ecuador, as well as the cities of Machala, Duran, and Quevedo. Mayor Bonilla of Manta, was part of the delegation and came personally to tour the renewable energy power pl... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The Pentagon today released the name of a 38-year-old Camp Pendleton-based Marine who lived in Murrieta, Ca and was killed in combat last week in Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Scott E. Pruitt of Gautier, Miss., died in Helmand Province on Saturday, according to the Department of Defense. Pruitt was a member of I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. According to Pruitt's Facebook page, he was a resident of Murrieta, graduated from...
SAN DIEGO - The guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift departed Naval Station San Diego today on a deployment to the Pacific, where the Pentagon is increasing its focus, but the USNS Mercy failed to leave as scheduled. The Navy announced on its Pacific Partnership Twitter account that Mercy had mechanical problems that will delay the vessel's departure for 48 hours. The USS Vandegrift, meanwhile, is headed to the western Pacific and Indian Ocean for training exercises over the next six months with forces from Bangladesh,...
SAN DIEGO - Security is expected to be heightened at airports nationwide today, including Lindbergh Field, for the one-year anniversary of the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. In advance of the anniversary, security has been stepped up at airports in Europe and the Middle East, and federal air marshals have been deployed overseas, according to various reports out of Washington, D.C. U.S. and European authorities have been warning for the past year that al-Qaida operatives were working to design non-metal... Full story
