Murrieta News

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.

A woman who first drew attention from animal control officials over a more than dozen skinny horses on her 5-acre property near Murrieta was convicted Monday, March 3, of abusing her elderly mother.

The following was submitted for publication by the Temecula Valley Elks: Temecula Valley Elks awarded the winners of the Drug Awareness Essay Contest at their February Family Night.

Peruvian grower-shippers shipped about 50 million pounds of fruit to the U.S. in 2013, and the industry has a goal of 100 million pounds this year, said Emiliano Escobedo, executive director of the Irvine, Calif.-based Hass Avocado Board.

Jury selection got underway Monday 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.

From the Murrieta Fire Department: On March 9, 2014, from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm, The Murrieta Fire Department is hosting a charity event to raise money for childhood cancer research at Fire Station 1 at 41825 Juniper Street in Murrieta.

We'll begin this new month as we often do with a look back at the stories that were making news in Southwest Riverside County 20 years ago.

A Northern California couple says they discovered cans filled with 19th century gold coins - 1,427 of them - on their property.

Two roadways in Southwest Riverside remained closed today after California Highway Patrol officials determined the roadways to be unsafe due to flooding, according to a CHP report.

A Wildomar woman accused of gunning down her boyfriend during a confrontation at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges.

In a warm-up for an intriguing - and exhausting - annual stair climb event in Seattle several days later, Murrieta firefighters plan to hop on a stair climber machine for six straight hours Saturday, March 1. The event is set to take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in front of the Albertsons store on California Oaks Road.