Temecula News

A wind-whipped fire that started along Rancho California Road on Thursday afternoon in the rugged hills west of Temecula charged to the edge of the city, prompting evacuation of some 50 businesses.

Heat and 20-mph winds whipped a couple of small brush fires near Temecula into a blaze that destroyed 100 acres and threatened to spread and consume 10 times as much acreage, authorities said today.

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Three Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department stations in the Temecula and Murrieta area have one less firefighter per shift beginning this week as part of cuts to close the county budget shortfall.

California's controller will start paying many of the state's bills with IOUs as soon as today after lawmakers failed to close the state's worsening budget deficit, adding a new measure of indignity to a state sinking deeper into dysfunction.

C.C. Pierce, courtesy USC Libraries Special Collections photo. Lisa Woodard, PhD In the summer of 1875, under orders from the District Court of San Francisco, the sheriff of San Diego County and about 20 armed men evicted the Temecula Indians from their traditional village.

Tawnie Gadban of Tawnie and the Replaceables kicks off a Thursday night at Barley & Hops Olde World Family Tavern in Temecula on June 18 with a playlist of No Doubt, Unwritten Law, Distillers and other old and contemporary punk rock covers.

A judge ordered a psychological evaluation for a Temecula-area religious retreat volunteer accused of opening fire on campground residents, killing one and injuring three others.

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent whose sentence for shooting a suspected smuggler was later commuted by President George W. Bush is scheduled to take part in Temecula's Fourth of July parade as the guest of a conservative group.

A constitutional amendment introduced in the Assembly in January would put a couple of simple restrictions on state lawmaking that would promote open government and improve the quality of deliberation in the Legislature.

Author Lucas Pfeiffer reads his book, 'Gobi's Adventure,' to Judy Brooks' kindergarten class on June 9 at Rancho Elementary School in Temecula.

Hank Coffin, courtesy Pechanga Cultural Resources Department photo. The name of our town, Temecula, is centuries old.

Citizen of the Year Denny Mighell is presented by Temecula Valley Elks Past President Stephen Jones and President Keith Meyer, Sr.

A teenage girl battling cancer will be sworn in Monday as a ``special deputy'' for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and treated to a ride-along, helicopter lift and banquet-style lunch, making a lifelong wish come true.

A man robbed a U.S. Bank branch today in a Temecula Albertsons store, a police sergeant said.

The deadline to register for the city-sponsored Temecula Valley Tour has been extended to Friday.

Photo courtesy Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association Temecula Valley offers not only good wine, but great scenery Cary Ordway / California Weekend Getaways Visitors enjoy Barrel Tasting amid vineyards at Marice Cara rie Winery Cary Ordway / California Weekend Getaways Nick Palumbo also grows his grapes Cary Ordway / California Weekend Getaways ...

Jeff Stone, who parlayed his Temecula ties to become the first supervisor elected from Riverside County's southwest corner, said he plans to run for a state Senate seat that will be up for grabs in November 2010.

As hundreds of soap bubbles floated into the air, students and staff at Joan F. Sparkman Elementary School in Temecula bade farewell to their school Friday.

As work continues on Temecula's future City Hall in Old Town, plans to develop adjacent land into stores and offices are lagging, and city officials blame the economic downturn.