The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle - July 21st, 2022

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Joe Males Hosts Meeting with Business and Law Enforcement

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SAN JACINTO, CA.

Mt. San Jacinto College Partners with Green Flower to Offer Cannabis Industry Training Courses MSJC | CONTRIBUTED

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t. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Community Education has partnered with Green Flower, a California-based leading cannabis education company, to offer three not-for-credit certificate courses beginning July 19. The programs focus on various aspects of the industry, with courses centered on Advanced Cultivation Technician, Advanced Manufacturing Agent, and Advanced Dispensary Associate training. Each course will provide participants

with knowledge, skills and abilities to help them excel in their chosen field of specialization. The eight-week courses are designed for participants who prefer a flexible online format. They are offered in an asynchronous, selfpaced format with lessons structured in weekly modules. “The cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing sources of employment in America and this includes southwest Riverside County,” said Janice Mrkonjic, MSJC’s Interim Director of Workforce & Economic Development. “After interviewing industry leaders, I iden-

tified their needs for a skilled workforce in the areas of cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensary.” The partnership between MSJC and Green Flower will help participants gain the skills they need to succeed in the workforce. “MSJC’s commitment to transform learners, communities, and lives is directly aligned with Green Flower’s progressive and strategic approach to deliver cannabis industry-centric educational programs,” Mrkonjic said. The cannabis industry is boom-

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Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Community Education has partnered with Green Flower, a California-based leading cannabis education company, to offer three not-for-credit certificate courses beginning July 19 at cannabis.msjc.edu. | Photo Courtesy of MSJC.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Washington commit Vincent Holmes County Health Officials to Distribute Monkeypox rises to 4-star status on 247Sports

Vaccines to Coachella Valley

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strong athletic profile and recent impressive live performances in front of 247Sports staff fuels a rise to fourstar status for Vincent Holmes, a talented 2023 athlete out of San Jacinto (Calif.). Previously a high three-star 247Sports, Holmes -- a Washington commit -- ascends to a four-star 90 grade. National analyst and West Coast guru Greg Biggins provided context to the move. "San Jacinto (Calif.) athlete Vincent Holmes jumped from a highend three-star with an 87 rating to a 90 rating and picked up his fourth-star. We've had a chance to see Holmes multiple times this offseason and he flashed on both sides of the ball," Biggins said. "He'll play safety at Washington, where he committed in June, but he has looked very good at receiver as well. "He's an explosive kid with high-level body control and strong hands. He's an instinctive player who shows a lot of range in the secondary and plays with a nice edge in his game. He has the track background that we value and had personal bests of 10.99 in the 100 and a 22.02 in the 200. He's set to

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Vincent Holmes. | Photo source: Twitter

graduate early and we think he has an excellent chance to step in and compete for playing time early in his college career for the Huskies." Holmes' profile as a two-sport standout with extensive snaps on both sides of the ball project very

well in the long run, especially in the secondary. As a junior in Fall 2021, Holmes caught 32 passes for 633 yards and five touchdowns on almost 20 yards per catch, adding

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limited number of monkeypox vaccines are expected to be distributed to health care providers in the Coachella Valley in the next week or so, with specifics yet to be worked out, the Riverside University Health System announced Tuesday. Jose Arballo, a spokesman for the RUHS, told City News Service the county currently has a little over 1,000 doses of the two-dose-regimen JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine, enough for about 500 people. When county health officials finalize a memorandum of understanding with local health clinics, a limited supply of the vaccines will be distributed to the Coachella Valley, Arballo said — adding that he expects the agreements to be finalized by the end of the week. As of Tuesday, there were five probable and one confirmed monkeypox case in Eastern Riverside County, according to Arballo. Health officials have said the risk of contracting monkeypox in the general population remains extremely low.

As of Tuesday, there were five probable and one confirmed monkeypox case in Eastern Riverside County, according to Arballo. | Screenshot source: Twitter.

A total of 267 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in California — the second-highest of any state, behind New York’s 521 — while nationwide, the aggregate count is at 1,972, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. “By sharing the vaccine, which is in limited supply, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for patients to get the shot if they and their medical provider agree it is appro-

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years FARNOUSH AMIRI | AP NEWS

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ouse Democrats pushed ahead Wednesday with legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons as they considered their most far-reaching response yet to this summer’s spate of mass shootings. Democrats hope that the 100page bill moving through the Judiciary Committee will pass the House before the August break. But that is far from assured, with moderates in the party, especially those hailing from politically divided swing districts, wary of a vote on sweeping gun controls ahead of the November midterm elections — especially when the bill has little chance of becoming law due to opposition in the Senate. The renewed push for a ban on certain semi-automatic weapons comes nearly two decades after Congress allowed similar

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restrictions to lapse. The original ban passed in 1994, led by then-Sen. Joe Biden, and banned certain semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines, though it exempted an estimated 1.5 million of those weapons and 25 million that were already owned by Americans. In the nearly three decades since, mass shootings have become chillingly commonplace in the United States, with semi-automatic weapons often used in attacks on schools, workplaces, public spaces, stores, churches and other places where people gather. “An assault weapon’s only purpose is to kill people efficiently,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY., the Judiciary chairman, said Wednesday as the committee took up the measures. “It is time to protect our communities and to ban them once more.” Republicans on the committee objected to the proposal, calling

A group among hundreds of supporters of gun control laws rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. December 2, 2019. | Photo by REUTERS/Lawrence Hurley

it an attack on Second Amendment rights. “Democrats know this legislation will not reduce violent crime or reduce the likelihood of mass shootings, but they are obsessed with attacking law-abiding

Americans’ Second Amendment liberties,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the committee. “For over 30 years, the Democrats have been running a

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