Murrieta News

A few flames sparked a lot of interest in advanced science for a group of elementary school students Wednesday, May 22, at Vista Murrieta High School.

Vista Murrieta defeated Redlands East Valley in the second round of the CIF-SS Div.

Brent Coley has been named interim principal at Alta Murrieta Elementary School in Murrieta for the 2013-14 school year.

When the Murrieta Valley Unified School District began planning for Transitional Kindergarten, a new state-mandated program, administrators expected to offer three classes.

A sink hole on California Oaks Rd. in Murrieta has slowed the Tuesday morning commute and may impact drivers for up to a week.

The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve near Murrieta is scheduled to close to the public Wednesday and Thursday, as authorities purposely burn about 200 acres to clear unwanted, exotic vegetation.

Eastern Municipal Water District Board President Phil Paule and General Manager Paul Jones stand with the five winners from the 2013 Student Poster Contest an award ceremony at EMWD's Perris-based headquarters on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

One person suffered minor injuries in an early-morning house fire Monday, May 20, in the La Cresta area near Murrieta, authorities said.

Paul R. Simon, accused of groping incapacitated female patients while he worked as a nurse at Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, speaks with his attorney during his preliminary hearing March 7, at the Southwest Justice Center in French Valley.

Murrieta Mesa High School is adding new Advanced Placement classes in environmental science and Chinese to its course offerings in 2013-14. AP classes are college-level courses and exams.

A former nurse at a Riverside County hospital was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty to a charge resulting from patient molestation allegations.

The stage started in Murrieta Monday, May 13, and passed through the San Jacinto Valley and over the San Jacinto for a finish in Palm Springs.

An ex-con accused of fatally beating a homeless man with a rock during a confrontation in a transient camp near Lake Elsinore must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled today.

During her first trip to The Farmstead Market at the corner of Kalmia Street and Jefferson Avenue, she filled her shopping cart with cut-to-order meats, aged Italian cheese, a package of dried cantaloupe pieces, a salad and a head of cheddar cauliflower.

MURRIETA The Murrieta Public Library and the Inland Library System will present an intensive, six-hour, "Career Vision" workshop for job seeking adults on Wednesday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the Murrieta Library's Community Room.

Anthony Rollins, 33, of Murrieta, sits in court Friday, May 17, during his preliminary hearing at the Southwest Justice Center in French Valley.

A probationer accused of striking a police canine at the end of a chase in Murrieta that started when officers attempted to detain the defendant for allegedly carrying illegal drugs pleaded not guilty today to felony assault on a police service dog and resisting arrest.

From left to right: a Linda Propost, Regional Human Resources Director, Allied Barton Security Services a Marla Milligan, assistant director, Veterans' Employment and Training Service , US Department of Labor a Clark Bridges, Southwest Workforce Development Center, EDD a Yesenia Thomas, readjustment veterans outreach specialist, San Bernardino Vet ... (more)

Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled free household hazardous waste collection events Saturday, May 18, in Idyllwild and Pinyon Pines, similar to this past event in Murrieta.

The backyard stench coming from Moo, Hoot, Quack and Ribbet, a foursome of pot-bellied pigs living it up in a suburban neighborhood backyard, has neighbors fuming mad.