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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Hundreds of residents flocked to Menifee Town Center to watch the city’s giant oak tree light up in celebration of the Christmas season. Mayor Scott Mann kicked off the ceremony saying, “We are so happy to have you all out here to this historic event.” Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and their elves helped with the tree lighting before sitting down with children to hear their Christmas wishes. Children lined up after the tree lighting to take a sled ride down a small hill that was c... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors agreed today to allocate $20,000 to keep a transportation program alive that prevents inmates released from the Southwest Detention Center from being left stranded, loitering outside homes and businesses. Riverside Inmate Destination Endeavor -- or RIDE -- was implemented in June as a pilot project recommended by former Supervisor Jeff Stone. According to sheriff's officials, the initial $25,000 earmarked for RIDE has been exhausted, and to keep it going to May 31, another $20,000 was... Full story
RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors today approved an online auction of more than 600 tax-defaulted properties throughout Riverside County. The Treasurer-Tax Collector's office is hoping the digital bidding on houses and vacant parcels seized as a result of unpaid property taxes will net the county a minimum $20.6 million. The auction is slated for April 30 through May 5 via the site Bid4Assets.com . A total 615 properties are up for grabs. According to Treasurer-Tax Collector documents, minimum bid prices range from $1,958...
RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors today approved Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff's request to purchase two helicopters for public safety operations, but declined to entertain a proposal that the choppers come equipped to double as first-strike fire suppression aircraft. On a 4-0 vote, the board authorized the sheriff's department to move forward with acquiring two Airbus Astar AS350 helicopters, with one replacing a rotorcraft destroyed in a mishap at Hemet-Ryan Airport in August and the other taking the place of a... Full story
Deputies with the Sheriff's Fallbrook substation made two notable arrests yesterday (Mon., Dec. 8) while conducting compliance checks on probationers. According to Sgt. David Pocklington, "On December 8, at 6 a.m., five deputies from the San Diego Sheriff's Department, accompanied by a probation, officer conducted a compliance operation. The operation was intended to contact probationers and to verify they were abiding by the terms of their releases from county jail." "The operation resulted in four arrests and warrants... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors today will consider whether to allocate $20,000 to a program set up earlier this year to keep inmates released from the Southwest Detention Center from loitering outside homes and businesses. Riverside Inmate Destination Endeavor -- or RIDE -- was implemented in June as a pilot project recommended by former Supervisor Jeff Stone. According to sheriff's officials, the initial $25,000 earmarked for RIDE has been exhausted, and to keep it going to May 31, another $20,000 is needed....
ANZA - A motorcyclist killed when a pickup truck with a suspected drunken driver behind the wheel crashed into him head-on was identified today as a 61-year-old Anza man. Richard Michael Ray was fatally injured Saturday afternoon while riding along state Route 371, near the Cahuilla Casino, between the unincorporated communities of Aguanga and Anza, about 15 miles east of Temecula. According to the California Highway Patrol, 68-year-old Kenneth Alan Hoddick was at the wheel of a 1996 Chevrolet Silverado, going southbound,...
SAN DIEGO - The City Council today is scheduled to consider a five- year, $13.7 million contract with Securitas Security Services USA Inc. to provide enhanced security services at critical public infrastructure sites in San Diego. The contract, called for under federal Department of Homeland Security guidelines for water and wastewater infrastructure, is for one year at nearly $2.5 million, with four one-year options to renew. The affected sites are the Miramar, Alvarado, and Otay Water Treatment Plants; Point Loma, North...
A San Francisco Business Times article reports “eye-popping statistic” from a Kaiser Permanente study of approximately 500 individuals taking Truvada once a day as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV. The study, which enrolled a majority of men who have sex with multiple men and was conducted through Kaiser's HIV care and prevention program in San Francisco, confirms fears about the widespread deployment of PrEP as a public health prevention strategy. Condom-less sex leaves individuals unprotected from exposure to nearly...
