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Both Rancho Christian boys and girls basketball teams win championships, C-1
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Petco Love shares some with La Cresta fatal shooting victim Animal Friends of the Valleys Regional News identified Valley News Staf f
The deceased victim from the Feb. 26 shooting in La Cresta has been identified as 35-year-old Andrew Cisneros of La Cresta. see page C-5
Regional News Menifee announces road and construction project online map Tony Ault Staf f Writer Menifee’s street project and construction update can now be found on a new online map that will exchange motorists’ travel information, providing a digital representation of where trafficrelated activities are occurring throughout Menifee. see page C-5
Local News Assistance League supports LCAP counselors and their students
Camille Battelle (left), GM of Petco in Lake Elsinore presents a big $500,000 check from the Petco Love nonprofit to Animal Friends of the Valleys Beth Soltysiak, Director of Development, to help fund a new spay/neuter facility. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Diane A. Rhodes Special to Valley News A $500,000 grant from Petco Love will go a long way to help Animal Friends of the Valleys’
Capital Campaign to build its low cost spay and neuter clinic, according to the Wildomar nonprofit. Petco Love is a national nonprofit that is leading change for pets by harnessing the power of
love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. Petco Love also
Tony Ault Staf f Writer
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Anza Valley Outlook ......... D-1 Business ............................B-4 Business Directory .............B-4
Hundreds of Southwest Riverside County Realtors, Chamber of Commerce members, city officials, businessmen, finance officers and others fill every seat at the Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors Breakfast with City Managers Feb. 23 at Pechanga Resort and Casino’s Grand Ballroom. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
Regional News ...................C-5 Sports ................................C-1
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Classifieds .........................B-8 Education ..........................B-6 Entertainment ...................B-3 Health ..............................C-4 Home & Garden ................B-5 Local ................................A-1 National News ...................C-6 Opinion............................ D-5 Real Estate ........................B-8
Real estate agents and brokers, their associated financial representatives and interested residents heard the latest economic news from Southwest Riverside County cities at the Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors Breakfast with City Managers Feb. 23. The annual SRCAR meeting with city managers filled every table of the Grand Ballroom at Pechanga Resort and Casino with paid members, chambers of commerce officials and residents interested in the area economies of Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Wildomar and Canyon Lake. Sharing the different cities’ latest achievements were city managers Aaron Adams from Temecula, Kim Summers from Murrieta, Jason see MANAGERS, page A-4
Murrieta Valley High School named champions at annual Riverside County Mock Trial Competition RIVERSIDE - The verdict is in, and Murrieta Valley High School from the Murrieta Valley Unified School District emerged victorious after seven rounds of competition concluded at the 41st Annual Riverside County Mock Trial Competition on Thursday, Feb. 23. At the final round held at Riverside’s Historic Courthouse, Martin Luther King High School played the role of the prosecution and Murrieta Valley High School filled the role of the defense. Murrieta Valley High School will now represent Riverside County at the California Mock Trial competition in Los Angeles,
Calendar of Events .............B-2
see AFV, page A-6
SW Riverside City Managers outline achievements at SRCAR breakfast
Assistance League of Temecula Valley recently received a grant from the City of Temecula to be used to support children and families within the city, and to support local businesses. Assistance League members are working with Local Control and Accountability Plan counselors in local middle and high schools to provide some welcome items for the children served by these counselors. LCAP counselors, along with the school social workers, aid homeless youth, children of low-income families and newly arrived immigrants.
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helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations, such as AFV, across North America, with
MVHS’s victory over Martin Luther King High School in the final round secured the first mock trial championship in the school’s history. The team is pictured in Riverside’s Historic Courthouse. Valley News/Courtesy photo