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Hemet Police to soon have new vehicles
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Volume 17, Issue 20
Temecula state of the city highlights community pride
Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The virtues of providing Hemet Police officers an assigned patrol vehicle that they may keep at home when off duty was explained to the Hemet City Council May 9 by Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown. see page A-3
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Temecula sets course for legal marijuana Tim O’Leary TOLEARY@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Temecula’s resistance to medical marijuana continued to soften last week, but recreational customers will likely need to look elsewhere when voter-approved legalization takes effect Jan. 1. see page A-4
Education
Temecula Mayor Maryann Edwards presents a State of the City Address to outline Temecula’s recent achievements and future plans at Pechanga Resort & Casino, May 11. Shane Gibson photo
TVUSD resolves ESL civil rights complaint Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
A civil rights complaint filed against Temecula Valley Unified School District’s English Learner programs in its middle schools is being resolved through an agreement with the Office of Civil Rights signed by TVUSD Superintendent Tim Ritter April 7. see page B-5
Entertainment
LE’s Historic Downtown experiences reawakening Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Lake Elsinore’s Historic Downtown is experiencing a Renaissance as residents and visitors flock to the area to shop, dine or just to stroll the streets as the city’s newest Thursday event, Art on Main recently proved. see page C-1
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“Community pride is evident throughout the city in our neighborhoods, businesses, schools and service organizations,” Temecula Mayor Maryann Edwards said at
the annual State of the City breakfast event held at Pechanga Resort & Casino, May 11. “It is contagious and empowers us to set and achieve the highest standards with the confidence of knowing we are united in the common goals of making Temecula the best it can be. We are
JURUPA VALLEY – Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will restore millions of dollars in revenue taken away from four cities in Riverside County and used to pay for public safety realignment programs. “With this bill, millions of tax dollars will flow to benefit the people of Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Menifee and Wildomar,” Brown said during a bill-signing ceremony at Jurupa Valley City Hall. Senate Bill 130, authored by members of the Senate Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review, will boost aggregate vehicle-licensefee-in-lieu-of-property-tax-revenue allocations to the four cities by $17 million to $19 million in the next fiscal year and lower amounts thereafter, according to the legislation. “I thank the governor for
see FUNDS, page A-4
Rep. Raul Ruiz visits Hemet’s Mercy Air unit at Fire Station 4 promising support for aeromedical services Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
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Menifee Councilwoman Lesa Sobek and Mayor Neil Winter pose for a photo with Gov. Jerry Brown following a ceremony where Brown signed legislation restoring millions of dollars in revenue taken away from four cities in Riverside County that was used to pay for public safety realignment programs. Courtesy photo
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streets, sidewalks and medians, manicured parks and facilities that we enjoy every day,” Edwards said. “Our job now is to reinvest back into the community to preserve the high quality of what we have
Governor Brown signs bill returning funds to county’s newest cities
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all proud partners in Temecula’s success and the resulting community pride is what unites us. “Since Temecula’s incorporation in 1989, the city has invested hundreds of millions of dollars building infrastructure, developing roads, creating beautifully landscaped
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-CA 36, rolls up his sleeves following a flight aboard a Mercy Air aeromedical transport from Hemet Fire Station 4 where the unit is stationed. Tony Ault photo
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-CA 36, visited Hemet Fire Station 4 at Hemet Ryan Airport Tuesday, May 9, to assure Mercy Flight crews that he is forwarding a bipartisan bill to increase financial assistance to emergency air services particularly in rural and underserved areas. Ruiz, a physician himself who said he had trained in air rescue missions, met with the Mercy Flight crews stationed at the Hemet fire station and took a 10-minute air ambulance ride above the Hemet San Jacinto Valley to get an update on the emergency medical treatment provided during a mercy flight.
On arrival at the airport station, Ruiz shook hands with each of the crew and officers, thanking them for their service in rescuing hundreds of seriously injured or ill persons and quickly flying them to needed medical care at hospitals many miles away. He emphasized in his visit that in medical emergency care “minutes matter,” and this urgency is the reason to support and maintain air ambulance services like Mercy Air. “In medical transport, you get a patient to treatment that can prevent them from having a permanent disability as fast as you can and that saves a lot of cost throughout the life span of a patient,” Ruiz
see RUIZ, page A-3