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Articles from the September 21, 2012 edition


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  • Murrieta Couple Convicted of Mortgage Fraud Sentenced to Combined 9 Years in Prison

    Updated Sep 21, 2012

    RIVERSIDE - A Murrieta couple who targeted distressed Inland Empire homeowners in a mortgage fraud scheme from which the pair profited handsomely were on their way today to federal prison. Joe Daniel Cody, 43, and his wife, Angela Lynette Cody, 38, were sentenced Monday to a combined 9 years behind bars after being convicted of money laundering and conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside imposed a 63-month sentence on Joe Cody and a 48-month term on his wife, ordering both to pay more than $1 million... Full story

  • County's Unemployment Rate Dips

    Updated Sep 21, 2012

    RIVERSIDE - Payroll gains in all but a couple of sectors pushed Riverside County's unemployment rate down last month, state officials reported today. The county's non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in August, based on preliminary estimates, was 12.7 percent, compared to 13 percent in July, according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate was almost two percentage points below the level of a year ago, when unemployment stood at 14.3 percent. Riverside County's civilian labor force numbered 943,300...

  • 77-year-old Menifee man set for trek into Himalayas

    Updated Sep 21, 2012

    MENIFEE - This time next week, 77-year-old Menifee resident Wes Warwick will be trekking in the shadow of the world's highest peak, fulfilling a lifelong goal and proving to himself that age is not a barrier to testing one's physical limitations -- he hopes. ''My body is holding up. My mind is weak, or I wouldn't be going on this trip,'' he quipped. Warwick, an avid rock climber who has been at it since 1970, is scheduled to join a group of 16 other hikers from across the globe on Sept. 28 to trek into the Himalayan...

  • Three Arrested for Allegedly Killing Wildomar Man

    Updated Sep 21, 2012

    WILDOMAR - A man, woman and 13-year-old girl suspected in the slaying of a Wildomar man in an abandoned shack were behind bars today, sheriff's officials reported today. Anthony Albert Garcia, 32, Summer Sharmaine Stephens, 37 and the unidentified teen -- all of Wildomar -- were arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal attack two days earlier in the 20000 block of Mariposa Road. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, deputies were called to the location around 6:30...