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San Diego County is expected to see its first widespread rains in months this weekend and the County of San Diego and CAL FIRE have free sandbags to help residents in unincorporated communities protect their homes and properties. The National Weather Service is forecasting rain and winds around San Diego County this weekend, meaning this could be a good time to pick up some free sand and bags. As they have in the past, the County of San Diego and CAL FIRE are providing free sand and bags to residents in unincorporated areas a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A cold storm system will arrive Friday, Nov. 6 in San Diego County, bringing gusty conditions along with rain showers throughout the weekend, according to the National Weather Service A significant trough of low pressure currently over the Pacific Northwest will make its way down the coast today, forecasters said. The storm system will have two waves, with the first expected to arrive Saturday morning and bring widespread rain showers throughout the day. The...
HEMET (CNS) - A 21-year-old woman suspected of stealing a puppy from a Hemet animal shelter where his owners had left him for a medical procedure was released from custody Friday, Nov. 6. Chanel Groffo of Hemet was arrested Thursday and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of grand theft of a dog. She was released on her own recognizance this morning after signing a promise-to-appear citation, according to jail records. Hemet police Lt. Michael Arellano said that on Wednesday morning, the owners of... Full story
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A cold storm system will arrive Friday, Nov. 6 in Riverside County, bringing gusty conditions along with rain and snow showers throughout the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. A significant trough of low pressure currently over the Pacific Northwest will make its way down the coast today, forecasters said. The storm system will have two waves, with the first expected to arrive Saturday morning and bring widespread rain showers throughout the day. The second wave is forecast to arrive... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 530 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, Nov. 5, raising the region's total to 58,636 cases as the county awaits news Tuesday whether it will sink into the dreaded purple tier of the state's four-tiered COVID-19 reopening plan. No new deaths were reported Thursday. The total fatalities related to the illness in the county remains at 904. State officials reported Wednesday that San Diego County had an unadjusted... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego-area congressional representatives were celebrating reelection wins Wednesday, while the race for the 50th District was neck-and-neck between former Republican Rep. Darrell Issa and Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar. Issa, a Republican, was holding a narrow lead early Wednesday, with 52.2% of the vote, compared to Campa-Najjar's 47.8%. The 50th District covers East and North San Diego County, along with portions of Riverside County. It was unclear how many provisional and questioned ballots and late-arri...
VISTA (CNS) - A drunken driver who was speeding at more than 120 mph on a Fallbrook freeway when he struck and killed a motorcyclist last year was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 5 to six years in state prison. John Dupree Johnson, 26, pleaded guilty to charges that included gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for causing the Aug. 17, 2019, death of 70-year-old Anthony Ragone Jr. on Interstate 15. The victim was struck from behind around 4:30 a.m. on the northbound I-15, south of Mission Road, according to the California...
Veteran Vista fire captain David Kennedy held a large lead over challenger Lee J. De Meo in the race to represent District 1 on the North County Fire Protection District Board of Directors as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Kennedy had garnered 90.13% of the vote in the district, outdistancing De Meo by a total of 1,637 votes to 180. San Diego County reported that 370,000 ballots had yet to be processed throughout the county. It is likely that Kennedy will join unopposed... Full story
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County health officials Thursday, Nov. 5 reported 482 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and two additional virus-related fatalities, bringing the number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic to 70,309 and the death toll to 1,331. The number of known active cases countywide is 6,718, an increase of 229 from the day before. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current total -- 70,309 -- according to the County Executive Office. The number of... Full story
CORONA (CNS) – An SUV and two sedans collided Thursday, Nov. 5 on Interstate 15 south of Corona, causing traffic disruptions but no lane closures. The crash happened about 1:25 p.m. on southbound I-15, just north of Cajalco Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The agency said that a Nissan Murano, Toyota Prius and Nissan sedan impacted in the middle of the freeway, but no other details were available. The drivers managed to steer to the center divider, out of the way of traffic, leaving debris on the freeway t...
BANNING (CNS) - Murder and other felony charges were filed Thursday, Nov. 5 against two men accused of killing a 36-year-old Hemet resident during a botched kidnapping. Alberto Franco, 24, of Hemet and Christian Anselmo Gomez, 43, of Homeland were both arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Hemet Police Department. Along with murder, both defendants are charged with assault resulting in great bodily injury and attempted kidnapping, with a sentence-enhancing gun use allegation. Franco is additionally charged with a... Full story
During its Wednesday, Nov. 4 meeting, the City of Canyon Lake City Council voted unanimously to terminate the city's contact with CalFire Riverside County Fire Department, effective January 2022. Canyon Lake would become only the second Southwest Riverside County city to form its own fire department. Murrieta was the first. City Manager Chris Mann laid out the proposal for the resolution. "The city has been looking at options for many years, but in the last year and a half,...
Stocks are closing higher Monday, Nov. 2, at the beginning of a potentially turbulent week for markets. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% after more companies reported stronger profits for the summer than Wall Street feared and as reports on manufacturing came in better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 422 points, or 1.6%, at 26,928, as of 2:46 p.m. EST, and the Nasdaq composite was down less than 0.1%. That followed gains across Europe and Asia following better-than...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced fiscal year 2020 summary loan data of the financial assistance provided through traditional loan program lending as well as aid provided via the CARES Act. Loans guaranteed through traditional SBA lending programs exceeded $28 billion; however, enactment of the CARES Act dramatically increased loan volume guaranteed by the agency: In fiscal year 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program provided an additional 5.2 million loans worth more than $525 billion; the a...
Richard Baltas trains some of his horses at the San Luis Rey Training Center but also ships those horses to various tracks. On Oct. 17, Venetian Harbor won the Grade 2 Lexus Raven Run Stakes race at the Keeneland track in Lexington, Kentucky, and on the final day of the Santa Anita Park fall meet Saturday, Oct. 24, One Bad Boy won the Lure Stakes. Both horses led for the entire race. Venetian Harbor won the Raven Run Stakes, which was seven furlongs on the dirt, in 1 minute...
Fallbrook Union High School boys soccer head coach Jorge Rojas admits everything is a little out of whack and the upcoming season with the Warriors starting in February will be a different one. "Definitely extremely non-traditional," Rojas said. "COVID has presented a lot of uncertainty in a lot more areas that we anticipated and I know high school sports is one of them. "We are being pushed back. We're sort of on the back burner to start somewhere in mid-February and it's...
Oct. 18 100 block E. Dougherty St Arrest: Obstructing an officer 900 block Mandarin Wy Arrest: Assault with a deadly weapon Oct. 20 4700 block Pala Rd Arrest: Possession of controlled substance, controlled substance paraphernalia Oct. 22 600 block S. Vine St Homicide Oct. 23 Pala Rd @ Monserate Hill Rd Petty theft 4600 block Quiet Ridge Ln Vehicle burglary Oct. 24 2300 block Canyon Vista Dr Arrest: Possession of controlled substance, possession of controlled substance paraphernalia Reche Rd @ Los Conejos Rd Vehicle theft Oct....
Menifee resident Kaylee May is creating a community communications network called The Penny Project, named after her foster mother, for those who work together in the foster care system. "It started about a year ago – my foster mom passed away in April 2019," May said. "I had actually started an Instagram for the restaurant that I work at and I was on social media a lot, and I was seeing a lot of advertisements and stuff like that, and I came across one for a program called T...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration seeks member nominations from veteran-owned small businesses and veterans service organizations to serve on the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs. Public Law 106-50, the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999, established the ACVBA to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the SBA administrator, the associate administrator for SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, Congress, the pre...
SACRAMENTO – A judge on Monday preliminarily ordered California Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus. She more broadly barred him “from exercising any power under the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) which amends, alters, or changes existing statutory law or makes new statutory law or legislative policy.” It was a win for Republican Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher, who filed a lawsuit against Governor Newsom, a Democ...
ARLINGTON, Texas – Mookie Betts came to the Dodgers to make a World Series difference. With a mad dash to home plate, he put Los Angeles over the top. The end of a frustrating championship drought for L.A. – and perhaps just the start for Betts and the Dodgers. Betts bolted from third for the go-ahead when World Series MVP Corey Seager hit an infield grounder in the sixth and led off the eighth with a punctuating homer, and the Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 t...
U.S. Marine Corps Story By Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels The Camp Pendleton Fire Department was selected as the Department of Defense's Large Fire Department of the Year for 2019. Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic presented the award to CPFD firefighters during a ceremony at the Marine Memorial Golf Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 27. In 2019, CPFD conducted over 3,983 emergency responses; 2,002 rescues; 142 hazardous material-related...
The Rainbow Municipal Water District approved a contract with Palomar Backflow to test Rainbow's backflow devices. Helene Brazier could not participate in the Oct. 27 board meeting, but the other four board members all voted to approve the professional services agreement with Palomar Backflow. The Escondido company will be paid $75 per backflow tested, and the board approval has a total contract limit of $140,000. "A lot of our staff is busy with our meter exchange program, so we just need a little extra help to make sure we...
The San Diego County Planning Commission granted a time extension for the Pacifica Estates development. A 6-0 Planning Commission vote Friday, Oct. 23, with Michael Beck not able to participate in the meeting, approved a time extension for the final map to be recorded. The map now must be recorded by April 22, 2025, in the absence of a subsequent time extension. “The time extension would not make any changes to the conditions,” Ashley Smith said, who was recently promoted to the project planning division chief for the cou...