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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CAMP PENDLETON - Artillery units will be conducting live-fire training exercises on Camp Pendleton Oct. 17 - 19 that will involve around-the-clock firing at training areas on the Northern part of the base from Saturday and ending early morning Sunday. The training will resume with units firing High Mobility Artillery Rockets (HIMARS) in the Whisky and Zulu impact areas Monday, Oct. 20 and will be conducted from 6 a.m. to midnight each day until Friday, Oct. 24. Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of the explosions...
RIVERSIDE - With gains in both the public and private sectors, Riverside County's unemployment last month dropped below 9 percent. The county's jobless rate in September, based on preliminary estimates, was 8.6 percent, according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate was six-tenths of a percentage point lower than in August and nearly two percentage points below the year-ago level of 10.3 percent, data showed. According to the government's figures, the countywide civilian labor force numbered 956,300,... Full story
RIVERSIDE - An anti-picketing ordinance championed by Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone and opposed by free speech proponents remains as valid today as when it was enacted more than five years ago, according to Stone, even though the law has apparently not been used since its inception. County Ordinance No. 884, which bars protesting closer than 30 feet from a person's residence, was approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 3, 2009. The measure mandates fines and possible jail time for anyone convicted of violating... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer today reminded residents that Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election. The registrar's office will be extending hours of operation Monday to accommodate applicants, keeping the doors of the registrar's headquarters at 2724 Gateway Drive open until midnight. According to Spencer, residents may also file registration applications online at www.registertovote.ca.gov . All forms will be accepted as long as they're filled out and submitted... Full story
RIVERSIDE - A Corona pastor whose disciplinary measures included using pliers to twist a nipple of a 13-year-old boy was sentenced today to two years in state prison. Lonny Lee Remmers, 56, pleaded guilty in July to assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting corporal injury on a child. Under a plea deal with the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, in exchange for his admitting the two felony counts, prosecutors dropped four other charges against Remmers, including kidnapping. Superior Court Judge Richard Fields cert...
MURRIETA - A Hemet landscaper who sexually assaulted two teenagers -- one of whom he bit and slashed -- was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Jorge Luis Herrera, 32, was convicted Sept. 19 of kidnapping to commit rape, assault to commit mayhem, attempted voluntary manslaughter, assault resulting in great bodily injury, as well as multiple counts of lewd acts on a minor, with sentence-enhancing allegations of committing a sex offense during an abduction. Riverside County Superior Court Judge...
SAN DIEGO - The unemployment rate in San Diego County last month was 5.9 percent, close to a six-year low, the state Employment Development Department announced today, Fri., Oct. 17. Aside from a 5.8 percent rate recorded in May, the September figure was the lowest since June 2008, according to EDD data. The unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in August, and 7.3 percent in September 2013. Statewide, the unemployment rate in September was 6.9 percent, and the nationwide rate was 5.7 percent. According to the EDD, the greatest...
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske and Mexico's Tax Administration Service (SAT) Chief Aristóteles Núñez Sánchez today signed a mutual recognition arrangement that allows stronger collaboration between CBP's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and SAT's New Certified Companies Scheme (NEEC). The signing was held at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico Executive Steering Committee Meeting in San...
