Temecula News

In this week's "So You Think You Can Dance," 18-year old Makenzie "Kenzi" Dustman, a senior from Great Oak High School, auditioned in Los Angeles and was sent straight through to Las Vegas.

A Temecula, California, couple whose special needs son was arrested in a massive drug sting at Chaperral High School have now, ABC News reports : filed a claim against the Temecula Valley Unified School District for unspecified damages, alleging the district administrators did not protect their special-needs son but instead "participated with local ... (more)

Tim Ritter is one of three people within the Temecula Valley Unified School District who were aware of the undercover police operation that occurred for several months on Temecula school campuses.

Jury selection is expected to get under way tomorrow for the trial of a Temecula teacher's aide accused of abandoning her 12-year-old daughter in a car without any clothes or food while the defendant went to work.

On spring evenings, the Temecula air seems a just a bit more magical. The warmth of the sun is tempered by gentle breezes that carry the sounds and smells of wine country.

Blythe residents could face a 200-mile round trip to the nearest court if their in-town courthouse is closed Blythe residents are concerned over a proposal from the Riverside County Superior Court to shutter the one-judge courtroom in their town.

As detailed by Interim City Manager Aaron Adams during a budget workshop Wednesday morning, the city is looking at spending around $60.1 million in the upcoming fiscal year that starts July 1 and taking in around $60.3 million.

Armando 'Ed' Lopez, commander of Temecula VFW Post 4089, presides at a graveside remembrance for William Edward Kolb, a longtime U.S. Navy sailor, during Memorial Day program at Temecula Public Cemetery Monday, May 28, 2001.

Twenty-two Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council received the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, at a dinner and recognition ceremony held at the Mitten Building in Redlands on Friday, April 19, 2013.

The Farmers Market at The Promenade is still growing and this spring it added six new farmers, five plant merchants and six food vendors.

The low-level "Arizona crossing" on Via Montezuma Road in Temecula, which allows drivers to ford Murrieta Creek, was open on Tuesday, May 21, the first time in many months, or possibly years.

The Blythe Courthouse handles civil, evictions, small claims, family law, criminal and traffic matters; the Temecula Courthouse hears civil, small claims and traffic matters, according to the court's web sites.

There is another round of efforts to license online poker in California, but it remains to be seen if a law will emerge or if it will be "no deal," the 2013 version.

Cathe Bjorklund shows off the "outrageously feminine" clothes she sells at her store, Up Your Alley, in Temecula.

Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died.

Madera is a long ways from Riverside County, but Riverside County supervisors nevertheless have gone on record opposing the Brown administration's deal with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians that would allow the tribe to build a casino off Highway 99 in Madera.

John Leonard Houston, 65, died at 6:10 p.m. at a hospital, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt.

By Christie Walker: Contributing Editor TEMECULA, Calif. - The California Optical Laboratory Association officially became a subcommittee of The Vision Council with the signing of documents at the annual COLA meeting held here.

A bright afternoon filled with festive sun hats, wine and fancy cakes took a sharp turn for grave when the keynote speaker of the 11th Annual Denim and Diamonds fundraiser for Safe Alternatives For Everyone reminded hundreds of guests, through her story, of what they were there to support.

Steve Jeter of Riverside stands at the grave of his grandfather, Korean War and Vietnam veteran Marion L. Simpson at Riverside National Cemetery prior to a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 28, 2012.