Murrieta News

Jury selection got underway today for the trial of a former Vista Murrieta High School band instructor accused of making sexual advances to a 15-year-old student and showing him pornography.

The following was submitted for publication by the Murrieta Police Department, on behalf of Chief Sean Hadden: Safe Alternatives for Everyone, S.A.F.E. is a non-profit that is a partner with the Murrieta and Temecula Police Departments.

People wait in line at the DMV in Temecula, March,11, 2014. The DMV in Temecula is closing for extensive renovation that will take months to complete.

Construction has officially begun on a new Murrieta community that will house and provide care for local seniors.

Murrieta police and firefighters this week will be simulating a mass casualty operation where rescuers work to stop a rampaging gunman while trying to save as many lives as possible.

The following was submitted for publication by The Creative Bar: Local Branding Agency, The Creative Bar, was honored with 5 awards this weekend at the American Advertising Awards in Riverside, CA.

Visitors take in the view at the big vernal pool at the Santa Rosa Plateau in Murrieta, March,08, 2014.

I've been trying for several weeks to find out why there has been a delay in the closure of the U.S. Border Patrol's Riverside station and the transfer of agents to the Murrieta office.

Cindy Helmstead sits in her 1958 Buick Riviera Super. The new Murrieta resident is taking the car to her first Temecula Rod Run this weekend.

Five separate weekend fires at one property in the Winchester area just outside Murrieta are under investigation today, authorities said.

Kelci Lynn Lucier, a TVHS and Harvard University graduate, has written a book to help college students deal with stress.

Two of the final three unfinished segments of a north-south thoroughfare connecting Temecula and Perris are under construction, and the third may start later this year.

TEMECULA Friends of Ronald Reagan Sports Park will present the 8th Annual Can-Do Day Celebration on Saturday, March 8 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Temecula Community Recreation Center at Temecula's Ronald Reagan Sports Park.

Car show attendees look at Paul O'Dane 1950 Buick Special in Old Town Temecula, during the city's annual Rod Run Saturday, March.

Austin McCoy has a keen interest in the military. And history. Those two facts prompted the Murrieta Mesa High School senior to enter essays in two statewide competitions.

As many of you have already noticed, one of Murrieta's oldest grocery stores - the Ralphs on California Oaks Road - is closed now.

Murrieta Garden Club founders Alice Vose, Arlean Garrison and Rita Park at the club's 28th birthday party in 2002.

A jury was seated today for the murder trial of an ex- con accused of beating a homeless man to death with a rock during a confrontation at a Lake Elsinore transient camp.

Two lucky winners in one week drove home in sporty Mini Coopers from Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

The Murrieta City Council meets Tuesday night, March 4 at the City Hall building on Jefferson Avenue, beginning at 6 p.m. Agenda items include a discussion of the city's water use during the ongoing drought, and a contract amendment associated with the Interstate 215/Los Alamos Road interchange project.