Field of Screams comes screaming back to the Storm ballpark, A-9
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Grape Stomp at the Promenade offers barrels of fun, A-14
HS Football: Week five ends preseason, league focus sets in, B-8
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California’s plastic bag ban first in nation
Volume 14, Issue 41
Gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari tours Murrieta Valley High School MVUSD’s variety of programs spotlighted
Kim Harris Special to the Valley News California Governor Jerry Brown made history on Tuesday, Sept. 30 signing a bill banning single-use plastic bags throughout the state. see page A-8
Health
New MRI could change the way we look at breast cancer Chauncy Miller Special to the Valley News Cancer is a problem that is rapidly increasing and impacting more and more lives. Not just the lives it takes, but the lives that are devastated by the loss of a loved one, not to mention the incredible cost of fighting the disease. It’s a problem that so many would like answers to and scientist Lee Schiel claims he has some of those answers. see page B-12
MVHS's chamber choir sings “‘My Shepard”’ for Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari.
Laura Rathbun Special to the Valley News
Murrieta’s public schools are when he toured Murrieta Valley High School on Oct. 1. He came to the school at the invitation of Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board
President Kris Thomasian, who wanted to show him the wide variety of educational opportunities available to the district’s high school students. Thomasian said she invited
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Temecula boy electrocuted at his 10th birthday party in freak accident induced coma. Elijah was at his home celebrating his 10th birthday a few weeks early with a pool party attended by family and friends when the accident occurred. He was standing away from the pool by a canopy-like tent with a friend having his mother take photos when he was electrocuted, according to witnesses. “He just fell to the floor,” said
Kashkari after hearing him speak Sept. 15 at an event hosted by the Temecula Valley Republican Women Federated club and the
see KASHKARI, page A-4
Elijah’s father Tony Belden. “His mom took a photo, checked on photo, looked up and he was on the ground. It happened that fast.” Elijah’s mother Aly Belden ran to help him, but was electrically shocked when she touched him. At that point, no one knew Elijah had been electrocuted.
see ELIJAH, page A-5
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Six chambers of commerce help celebrate Assistance League of Temecula Valley’s 25th anniversary
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Michelle Mears-Gerst Special to the Valley News Elijah Belden of Temecula was electrocuted in a freak accident during his 10th birthday party on Saturday evening, Oct. 4. He was rushed to Temecula Valley Hospital and later life flighted to Rady Children›s Hospital in San Diego, where he’s now in a medically
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Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, Murrieta Chamber of Commerce, Wildomar Chamber of Commerce, Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce, Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce and the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce were on hand with other supporters during the celebratory ribbon cutting for the 25th anniversary of the Assistance League in Temecula on Sept. 30. Shane Gibson photo
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