Menifee News

Maxx Bjoin, 16, works on his piece during the Street Painting Festival. Paul Gallaher photo.

The city of Menifee continued its annual tradition of celebrating the Fourth of July a week early this past Saturday, much to the delight of local residents and attendees.

All Menifee teams have advanced to the next bracket. The Major Team won 6-2 and the Juniors won 20-0, on Monday Night.

Target Corp. will open its 31st Inland store in Murrieta on July 26, but another planned store in that city remains on hold as the retailer continues to gauge the economy, a company spokeswoman said Monday.

A mortar round in Iraq hit Shawn McConahey's back in 2004, leaving the Army veteran with a Purple Heart, scraps of metal in his body and ongoing battles at home.

In the time following the death of pop star Michael Jackson on Thursday, Inland residents have reflected on his legacy as a performer as well as personal interactions with the superstar.

When Joni Shaffer's children grew up and moved out of the house, she found a new flock -- with vibrant feathers and a wide vocabulary.

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone speaks at a May event at Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Riverside County Auditor-Controller Robert Byrd will tell members of the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce how the county spent $3 billion in fiscal year 2007-2008. Byrd will explain how Riverside County spent this money when the chamber meets 12 noon Wednesday, July 8 at Menifee Lakes Country Club, 29875 Menifee Lakes Dr., Menifee.

All five Riverside County supervisors, as well as several other elected county officials, will have their pay cut by 10 percent as a way to help ease their agency's financial woes and possibly head off a potential budget crisis.

Despite criticism that a proposed 511-unit housing tract would clash with a surrounding rural area south of Holland Road, the Menifee City Council pushed the subdivision plan forward this week.

Against the backdrop of a state budget crisis and a sharp increase in vehicle-licensing fees, the California Highway Patrol is calling for neighbor to turn upon neighbor and report suspected registration "cheaters." The CHP estimates the state loses millions of dollars in revenue each year to drivers who fail to change over their out-of-state ...

The Perris Union High School and Menifee Union school district boards will consider withdrawing their petition to unify the Menifee district until later because of financial concerns.

A Wal-Mart Supercenter, a shopping center and a warehouse complex planned near the junction of Scott Road and Interstate 215 will soon change the landscape of dirt roads and empty fields that dozens of small businesses call home.

Anne Pica, who has led an effort to protect the results of Measure G, has hired Veljovich Law Group and The Reyzin Law Firm, of Carlsbad, CA to represent herself and other members of the community in preventing the Menifee City Council from throwing out Measure G. Measure G was the ballot initiative of June 2008 to determine city council members ...

In her home office, Fontana City Councilwoman Janice Rutherford has a long table with three computers set up side by side.

A 19-year-old man was killed and three other people were injured Thursday night when a suspected drunken driver crashed on a road in Menifee, according to a sheriff's sergeant.

DaVeeNa Cooper graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 23.

The title of a Thursday morning event - 'Surviving 2009' - foreshadowed much of the data and dialog that would emerge from a Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce economic forum held at the Pechanga casino.

The couple who police say attacked an Orangecrest teen after a fender bender were charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter, three days after the victim died from head injuries.