Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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PALM SPRINGS - Activists behind a ballot initiative that would increase prison sentences for international trafficking of prostitutes will bring their campaign to Palm Springs on Thursday, a spokeswoman said today. Backers of the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act need about 500,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the November ballot. They say they have already gathered more than 865,000 signatures. The proposed measure would increase penalties for human trafficking, sexual exploitation and sexual predators wh... Full story
RIVERSIDE - The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a plan to partially finance construction of an expansive sewer system in the Temecula Valley Wine Country using hotel and motel taxes but declined to pledge county reserve funds for the project. Supervisor Jeff Stone, whose district encompasses the area, proposed appropriating $5 million from the county's $80 million Waste Management Enterprise Fund to cover the set-up costs associated with laying a several-mile- long sewer trunk line along Nicholas and...
Fallbrook High School's field hockey program will be hosting the Play for Mila Yellow Ribbon Tournament on April 28. The first-year 7-on-7 tournament will utilize three fields at the high school and will have Division I and Division II competitors. "We'll get as many high school teams as we can," said tournament organizer Kathy Waite, who was Mila Lee's field hockey coach when Lee played for the Warriors and the off-season Guac Girls squads. "If it goes will we'll have a middle school group. I'm very pleased to be able to... Full story
A 26-year-old man that sustained fatal injuries when he collided head-on into another vehicle yesterday on State Route 76 has been identified. The accident took place on a new segment of the roadway, just west of the South Mission Road intersection, that had opened for use that day. The San Diego County Medical Examiner has reported that Brandon Nash Blodgett, 26, of Vista was killed upon impact when the Nissan Frontier pickup he was driving collided head-on with a two-axle St...
FALLBROOK – Detective Steve Ashkar with the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation is seeking a man that may have been witness to a crime at the Bonsall Market on Friday, April 20. The man, shown in a security camera photograph above, has yet to be identified so that he can be contacted. “This man’s help is sought in order to complete the investigation we are working on,” said Ashkar. “We are asking that he, or someone who can identify him, contact me as soon as possible.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Rain, gusty winds and possibly thunderstorms are in store for San Diego County late Wednesday into early Thursday, forecaster said today. A low pressure system off the coast is expected to move inland across Southern California and Northern Baja Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. The system will move east and weaken on Thursday, the agency advised. Rainfall totals from the storm are expected to range from a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch near the coast to one to two inches in...
RIVERSIDE - Rain, gusty winds and possibly thunderstorms are in store for Riverside County late Wednesday into early Thursday, forecaster said today. A low pressure system off the coast is expected to move inland across Southern California and Northern Baja Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. The system will move east and weaken on Thursday, the agency advised. Rainfall totals from the storm are expected to range from a half- to three-quarters of an inch in the valleys to one to two inches in the...
MURRIETA - A Hemet High School teacher who allegedly had sexual encounters with one of her male pupils was charged today with statutory rape and other felonies. Janel Pearl Ramirez, 32, could face 20 years in prison if convicted of unlawful intercourse with a minor and two counts of oral copulation of a child under 18 years old. Ramirez, who remains free on $100,000 bail, was arrested March 1 after a Riverside County sheriff's investigation revealed the woman had allegedly performed sex acts on her 17-year-old teacher's...
SAN DIEGO - Almost 80 percent of college students in San Diego County admit to using a cell phone while driving, according to a UC San Diego study scheduled to be released today. The study by the UC San Diego Trauma Epidemiology and Injury Prevention Research Center also found that half of college students send and receive text messages while driving, even on the freeway. Further details are set to be released at a news conference in front of UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest. The data was gathered from students at the area's...
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors voted today to hike the rates charged for waste collection in unincorporated communities as part of an annual inflation adjustment. ''The Department of Environmental Health has reviewed the (proposal) and found no reason to deny the (fee increases),'' said the agency's deputy director, John Watkins. Under the new fee schedule, beginning July 1, refuse retrieval charges will go up 2.2 percent in 13 county franchise areas, including Cabazon, Cherry Valley, Desert Center, East Hemet,...
