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Articles from the May 9, 2012 edition


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  • UC Riverside Professor Receives $100,000 Grant for Corn Research

    Updated May 9, 2012

    RIVERSIDE - A UC Riverside researcher developing a means to identify diseased corn to help growers in Third World countries prevent devastating crop losses was awarded a $100,000 grant in support of his effort, it was announced today. Bourns College of Engineering Professor Hideaki Tsusui was among more than 100 applicants to receive Grand Challenges Explorations grants from the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to UCR. Grand Challenges awards go to researchers who can demonstrate how their idea will co...

  • Man tries to lure 8-year-old into his car

    Updated May 9, 2012

    LAKE ELSINORE - A man who tried to persuade an 8-year-old girl to get into his car outside a Lake Elsinore school was wanted for questioning by sheriff's deputies today. The unidentified suspect targeted the third-grader as she left Cottonwood Elementary School in the 32100 block of Lost Road around 3 p.m. Monday, according to sheriff's Sgt. Ken Chaffin. He said the child was walking to her mother's vehicle and went by the suspect's late-model gold four-door sedan, which was parked on the edge of the road. "As the victim... Full story

  • FLC membership drive May 14 through 19 to feature raffle drawings for free trees

    Updated May 9, 2012

    FALLBROOK – A free, daily drawing for a California oak tree will highlight the Fallbrook Land Conservancy’s annual membership drive May 14 through 19. Booths manned by volunteers will be set up at the following locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily: the entrances to Albertson’s Market on Monday and Wednesday; Major Market on Tuesday and Thursday; and Daniels Market on Friday. On Saturday, May 19, booths will be set up from 8 to 11 a.m. at Los Jilgueros and Monserate Mountain preserves, as well as at the entrance to...

  • Man Accidentally Runs over, Kills 18-Month-Old

    Updated May 9, 2012

    HEMET - A man parking his pickup truck next to his Hemet home today accidentally rolled over his 18-month-old niece, who died at a hospital less than an hour later, authorities said. The accident happened around 11 a.m. in the 41000 block of Mayberry Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. Jeramie Salazar, 28, was pulling into his driveway in his 2002 GMC Yukon as his sister-in-law looked on with one daughter in her arms and her 18-month- old child Esmeralda Rios standing beside her, said CHP Officer Darren...