Temecula News

A 65-year-old man was charged with murder Wednesday, June 19, in the killing of a woman found dead outside his Temecula-area home last week, authorities said.

Temecula's Finch has been announced as one of the artists performing at the Sunset Strip Music Festival in West Hollywood on Saturday, Aug. 3. The band has been touring the U.S. celebrating the 10th anniversary of breakthrough album "What It Is to Burn," which kicked off with a string of sold out shows at the Glass House in Pomona in February .

Inland Valley Classical Ballet Theatre is proud to welcome Elena Pankey as the production assistant to Svetlana Waisman for the upcoming ballet performance of "Don Quixote."

Grammy, Emmy, and now Tony Award-winning Cyndi Lauper , famous as an early 1980s MTV icon via her multi-platinum selling album "She's So Unusual," is landing in Temecula amidst a perfect storm of success.

California State University, San Marcos will hold an informational session on its Bachelor's of Science Degree in Kinesiology with an option in Health Science from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 in room 103 of its Temecula Campus.

CHP officers investigate a tractor-trailer crash Tuesday morning, June 18, in Murrieta.

Middle school science teacher Jeanine Wulfenstein was named the Temecula Valley Unified School District Teacher of the Year in May 2013.

The developer who owns land at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Elm Street told the Murrieta City Council at a recent meeting that the stretch of Jackson Avenue that runs south from Murrieta Hot Springs to the city's border with Temecula to the south should be renamed Ynez Road.

This Temecula apartment complex is one of several in Southwest Riverside County that still has not come into compliance with a July 2012 state law that requires apartments to provide recycling opportunities to its residents.

Rescue crews rushed to the scene of a crash involving a pedestrian, a car and a motorcycle Sunday evening that occurred in the eastbound lanes of Rancho California Road, just east of Moraga Road.

A Temecula man was killed Sunday night, June 16, when he was hit by a car while walking across a busy street.

Sheriff's investigators are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Taco Bell at gunpoint Sunday morning in Temecula.

The show, scheduled from 6:30 to 2 p.m., was sponsored by the City of Murrieta and featured about 300 pre-1980s and specialty cars spread out across the lawn at the park.

According to Riverside County Sheriff's Sgt. Greco at the scene, the motorcyclist sustained major damage to her left leg after colliding with a white Chevy Venture ABC Child Care Center commercial van.

A Temecula area man is behind bars after sheriff's deputies found a dead woman in the front yard of a home southeast of Lake Skinner Friday morning, June 14. The victim, who has not yet been identified, apparently died of blunt force trauma, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department news release.

TEMECULA The music lineup for the 8th annual Lightning in a Bottle International Music and Arts Festival produced by The Do LaB has been announced, with electronic pioneers Purity Ring, Nicolas Jaar, Rusko, Tycho, Paper Diamond, Emancipator, PANTyRAiD, Lee Burridge, GRiZ, and more to headline.

This Bob's Big Boy in Temecula is among recent restaurants in the chain that opened and subsequently closed.

Jackson Avenue in Murrieta looking east, with Temecula Valley RV on the left. Bids to connect the roadway with Ynez Road in Temecula have been received by Murrieta officials.

TEMECULA Over 100 street painters and muralists will participate in the 13th annual Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival on June 21 through June 23. "There were more than 140 muralists and 40 fine artists on exhibit and a dozen plein air artists in town last year for the event," stated organizer Melody Brunsting.

Kinta Elliott, 35 from Temecula with his wife Allison, meets with Dr. Ernst Schwarz in Murrieta, June 13, 2013.