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6 days ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
While the Red Cross is widely known for responding to national emergencies, it also runs local programs—such as installing free smoke detectors in mobile homes within the community.The Red Cross is currently offering free smoke detector installation in mobile home parks in the Hemet and San Jacinto areas.
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1 week ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
Memorial Day was celebrated in many Southwest Riverside County cities but none more unique than in Hemet where adults and children ran in honor of the country’s fallen soldiers in their fight for freedom. The annual Memorial Day 5k and 10k run and walk, and kids 1k run began early Monday, May 26 on Angler Ave.
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1 week ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
A lively discussion between Menifee’s mayor and mayor pro-tem about whether a new state law restricting some warehouse construction was enough for the city’s northern industrial area at the May 21 city council meeting.The discussion between Menifee Mayor Ricky Estrada and Mayor Pro Tem Bob Karwin was about California Senate Bill 98, which adds setback and location restrictions on any new warehouses near residential and multiresidential areas in a city or county.
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1 week ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
Nearly 100 antique and classic cars will pull into Wildomar’s Marna O’Brien Park on Saturday, May 31 for the Kids Ride Into Nature Antique and Classic Car Show.The event at 20505 Palomar St., Wildomar, will be presented by the City of Wildomar in partnership with The Nature Education Foundation at the Santa Rosa Plateau with antique and classic cars from the 1800s to 1975.The family event will include a Kids Car Land Zone, vendors, information booths, food trucks, and family entertainment.
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1 week ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
Toll lanes includedTony AultStaff WriterThe California Department of Transportation and the Riverside County Transportation Commission announced they are planning to expand the capacity of 15 Freeway from Corona through the city of Lake Elsinore.The $550-650 million project titled the I-15 Express Lanes Project Southern Extension (ELPSE) would add four to five new lanes to the existing six-lane freeway.
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2 weeks ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
The 4th annual free kids fishing tournament is coming on May 31 at the Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto, with many local businesses and service clubs sponsoring the event.The event is organized by a large committee of like-minded community groups and led by Bass Master Albert Kissinger, along with the Greater San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce.Children ages 6 to 15 have been invited to participate in the free, catch-and-release tournament.
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2 weeks ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
U.S. Military veterans were honored for their outstanding military and continuing community service at the annual MilVet Fundraiser and Gala Military Honors event held at the March Field Air Museum, Friday, May 16. Eleven outstanding Military Service Veterans were awarded certificates of appreciation and medals by a host of county and state elected officials at the event, following a meal in their honor.
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2 weeks ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
The City of Temecula, while almost completing the French Valley Parkway/I-15 Phase 2 Improvements it is still doing enhanced landscaping work on the southbound Interstate 15 offramp, which is occurring intermittently and on some city bridges.Temecula Department of Public Works crews are also working on five of the city’s bridges by replacing existing pavement markings and delineation, cleaning and treating existing concrete bridge decks with high molecular weight methacrylate, and removing...
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2 weeks ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
A narrow 3 to 2 vote continues the hearing to either approve or deny an amendment to a major warehouse project proposed in Hemet was made at the Tuesday, May 13 Hemet City Council meeting.Several residents waving signs from Solara Diamond Valley Home Community near the proposed Newland Simpson Road 884,000 sq. ft.
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2 weeks ago | 
myvalleynews.com | Tony Ault
While the Hemet City Council is still considering allowing another major warehouse in the city, the March Joint Powers Authority, in a recent meeting, rejected another huge warehouse proposal at the edge of the old March Air Force Base just outside of Moreno Valley in Riverside.Moreno Valley and neighboring Perris have many warehouses already with some still vacant, both of which agreed to restrict the building of more in their areas.The Powers Authority rejection of the proposal to construct...
