Murrieta fire department to honor citizen life-savers
Next week, three Murrieta residents will be honored by the fire department for saving the life of a neighbor. Details are kinda scarce, but the fire department says the trio saw a collapsed man and...
View ArticleOlivewood project should open in October
Developer Rick Neugebauer tours the inside of a future grocery store in the Olivewood project The lot on Jefferson Avenue across from Murrieta City Hall has been unused since I moved here, in 2009, and...
View ArticleVISTA MURRIETA: Band booster busted for boosting bucks
(Really sorry about the headline.) Sarah Burge has the story this morning: The former treasurer for the booster club supporting Vista Murrieta’s Golden Alliance marching band has been arrested on...
View ArticleThis week in Murrieta: Frantic Friday edition
Well, a lot happened. And it all happened on Friday! Here’s one day’s worth of news: – Sarah Burge uncovered new disturbing details about two teens’ alleged plot to kill and main at Vista Murrieta High...
View ArticleMURRIETA COUNCIL LIVEBLOG: What could go wrong?
I’m going to try a new feature for tonight’s City Council meeting: a live blog. I’m going to be posting live updates of all the thrills and spills from Murrieta’s governing body starting at 6 p.m....
View ArticleMurrieta City Council liveblog, Sept. 4
Here’s where I’ll be posting updates from tonight’s city council meeting. The big item on tonight’s agenda is the 2012/2013 Capital Improvement Plan, the list of infrastructure projects officials hope...
View Article‘Gem of the Valley’, Murrieta’s official song
Maybe you caught my liveblog of the city council meeting on Tuesday. If so, you’ll know how much I enjoyed hearing the same song, on repeat, throughout the night. (It’s a totally fine song, by the way....
View ArticleSCHOOLS: Murrieta’s superintendent leaving, how are the schools?
Stan Scheer, Murrieta’s schools superintendent for the past six years, is leaving for a similar job in Loveland, Colo. Education reporter Michelle Klampe reports Scheer has told school employees he...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Murrieta vs. the state of Alaska
Murrieta high school football teams have a weird set of games coming up. Tonight, the Vista Murrieta football team, top ranked by our HS Gametime staff, hosts a team from Anchorage, Alaska. Next week,...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Azuza Pacific University looking to move
For all the talk about attracting a four-year university to the area, Murrieta and Temecula already has a few higher education options in town. The University of Phoenix, University of Redlands School...
View ArticlePOLL: Do medical marijuana dispensaries belong in Murrieta?
Yesterday, the Murrieta Blog told you about a public hearing next week to extend the city’s moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. Today, I want to hear from you. Like a lot of cities, Murrieta...
View ArticleMURRIETA FREEWAY BACKUP: Help on the way?
So, how about that traffic on Wednesday? A jackknifed big rig on I-15 south in Temecula, just past the split, and made a bunch of drivers pretty cranky. The 15 and 215 freeways are such an integral...
View ArticleMURRIETA SCHOOLS: Surprise appointment of a new superintendent
The Murrieta Valley school district works fast, apparently. Just days after outgoing Superintendent Stan Scheer took a new job in Colorado, the board has already appointed a new permanent leader....
View ArticleCITY COUNCIL: Live tweetblog coming tonight
The first city council live blog seemed to go ok (ie no one died), so we’ll be trying it again tonight. Tonight, the council will tackle the city’s involvement with the League of California Cities, and...
View ArticleCITY COUNCIL: Medical marijuana and league of cities
I’m here at the Sept. 18 Murrieta City Council meeting. Follow along via my tweets below. We’ll tackle the city’s involvement in the League of California Cities and a possible extension to a moratorium...
View ArticleHOSPITALS: CEO Ken Rivers leaving Southwest? (UPDATE: Confirmed)
UPDATE (4:34 p.m.): Rivers has confirmed he’s leaving Southwest Healthcare System to become president and CEO of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. “It was a great opportunity that...
View ArticleKEVIN JEFFRIES: I have addresed fire risks
The state’s new rural fire prevention fee doesn’t affect residents living within the Murrieta city limits, but folks in La Cresta and in other communities right outside the city will have to pay the...
View ArticleTHIS WEEK IN MURRIETA: Animal oxygen mask edition
A look at what happened in Murrieta this week, while elsewhere some brave soul was trying to explain what Google is to rapper DMX. – Murrieta firefighters now have special oxygen masks that can save...
View ArticleGANGNAM STYLE: Murrieta Mesa teacher finds internet glory
So, Gangnam Style. You’ve maybe heard of it? It’s a South Korean music video that’s become very internet popular for typically hard-to-understand internet reasons. The original is apparently the most...
View ArticleMURRIETA: Meet the new superintendent
The Murrieta Valley Unified school board made it official last night, unanimously agreeing to appoint Pat Kelley as the district’s new superintendent. Read the full story about Kelley’s appointment...
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