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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MORENO VALLEY - Sections of the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway will be shut down this weekend, requiring eastbound and westbound motorists to take a detour. Partial freeway closures are scheduled both tonight and Saturday night at Nason Street, according to city officials. Crews will be tearing down falsework supporting the current Nason Street bridge in preparation for a replacement, officials said. To minimize disruptions by keeping at least one side of the freeway open, the work will be done over two nights. The first closure...
MURRIETA - A detainee at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta died after a fistfight and a homicide case was being conducted today by the Riverside County sheriff's office. Staff were alerted at 12:35 p.m. Friday about the inmate, identified by the coroner's office as Julio Negrete, 35, of Quail Valley. He was found unconscious and unresponsive inside his cell. Authorities learned Negrete had been knocked out during a fight with another detainee, Riverside County sheriff's Lt. Joe Borja said. Efforts to revive Negrete...
SAN DIEGO - A ground squirrel that tested positive for plague on Palomar Mountain has led County health officials to warn campers and hikers to take precautions. ''The big thing is to avoid contact with squirrels and the fleas that they can carry,'' Department of Environmental Health director Jack Miller said. ''Campers should set up tents away from squirrel burrows, and hikers and campers should never feed squirrels and warn their children not to play with squirrels.'' A squirrel trapped at Cedar Grove Campground on Palomar... Full story
VISTA - A Camp Pendleton Marine and two women accused in the death of a military wife from Fallbrook pleaded not guilty today to special circumstance allegations of murder during a kidnapping that could lead to the death penalty. Louis Ray Perez, 46, Dorothy Maraglino, 37, and 26-year-old Jessica Lynn Lopez are charged in connection with the death of 22-year-old Brittany Killgore, who authorities say was killed after being abducted and forced to participate in a bondage and sadomasochistic sex ring. The defendants also face...
MURRIETA - A Las Vegas man who fled from California Highway Patrol officers trying to stop him for drunken driving, leading to a high-speed pursuit that ended with the defendant crashing his SUV, was sentenced today to 16 months behind bars. James Ryan Hoffman, 28, pleaded guilty last month to felony evading and misdemeanor DUI in connection with a September chase in Temecula. Under the terms of his plea agreement, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office dropped two misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment -- which... Full story
"Water issues have long been a matter of intense debate in California. As the nation’s leading agricultural state, as well as its most populous, California’s thirst has become almost unquenchable. "Most of California’s water supply originates in the north, while most of the demand occurs in the south. Getting water from where it originates to where it’s needed has been a challenge for generations. "In order to upgrade our water storage and delivery system, an $11.1 billion water bond is now scheduled for the November 2014 ele...
The California Dept. of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) has announced it will hold an open house meeting in Fallbrook on Monday, May 13 in order to address a disease-carrying pest found in the area threatening citrus trees. Property owners with citrus trees can learn about the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a serious insect pest in California that transmits a bacterial disease called huanglongbing (HLB) to citrus trees. Trees infected with the HLB disease produce bitter and misshapen fruit. The disease is fatal to citrus trees. Expert...
