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Volume 23, Issue 20
Former Police Chief Pat Walsh to temporarily oversee Menifee Police Department
Arjun Singh The Daily Caller Contributor Special Counsel John Durham found that the FBI used “uncorroborated intelligence” when launching its probe into former President Donald Trump, and that FBI agents failed to maintain “strict fidelity to the law” in their investigation, according to a copy of the report obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Former Menifee Police Department Chief Pat Walsh will return temporarily. Valley News/Courtesy photo
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Local News Wildomar City Council looks at amended cannabis and affordable housing ordinances Tony Ault Staf f Writer The adoption of a zoning ordinance amendment that would restrict the transportation of cannabis delivery businesses to operate only in the city’s industrial areas was tabled after a lengthy discussion at the May 10 Wildomar City Council meeting. see page A-2
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Great Oak’s Miali Guachino (9) pitched a complete game no hitter in a semifinal win, striking out 20 of the 23 Moorpark batters she faced Saturday, May 13. See story and photos on page C-1. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group
Panhandlers asked to leave Fallbrook
CVS: ‘Pleased to have Julie Reeder and Tony Campbell come to an agreement’ Valley News and AC Investigations Sheriff deputies asked a new with Riverside, other group of panhandlers who returned to the intersection of South Miscounties sion and Ammunition roads in Cit y News Service Special to Valley News A multi-million-dollar settlement reached between CVS Health Inc. and a dozen California counties, including Riverside, stemming from the sales of expired baby formula and other products will help keep the corporation on track with “making key enhancements” to policies and practices, CVS said Friday, May 12. see page B-7
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Fallbrook on Saturday, May 13, to leave. They were soliciting, supposedly, for a young girl with brain cancer again. Last week, Village News, Valley News’ sister newspaper, reported that different groups of panhandlers have used the same types of signs with the same red border, same lettering, same cash app link, but different children’s photos in the middle with various diseases. The signs this past Saturday were exactly the same as reported last week in Village News. The buckets were the same, and the
A young woman stands in the intersection of South Mission and Ammunition roads soliciting donations to a cause that is highly suspect of fraud, May 13. Valley News/Julie Reeder photo
cash app link on the signs were the same. So the money still appeared to be going to the same person we reported on previously that has been charged for panhandling in other cities, as well as gathering 32 parking citations in various cities along their route. This time, however, there were different young women panhandling in the intersection and they were traveling in a different van, registered to a different man than last week. The van carrying the team this week was registered to a Solorio Francisco. He may have been one of the adult men in charge this time (Saturday). They were observed monitoring the panhandlers in see PANHANDLERS, page A-4
Diane A. Rhodes Special to Valley News
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Lake Elsinore City Council salutes Public Works
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MENIFEE – Menifee’s former police chief, Pat Walsh, who successfully led the creation and operations of the city police department for two years, will return temporarily to manage the department while interim Chief Chris Karrer is out on injury medical leave due to an injury he sustained while off-duty. Walsh, a law enforcement veteran with nearly 40 years of experience, provided critical leadership during the establishment of the Menifee Police Department in July 2020. He began his law enforcement career as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff in 1984 before transferring to the Portland Police Bureau in 1992 where he served for over 20 years. In 2014, Walsh became the police chief in Lompoc and served in that position until taking the same role in Menifee. He retired from the Menifee Police Department in July 2022.
May 21-27 is proclaimed Public Works Week in Lake Elsinore by its City Council. From left, Mayor Pro Tem Steve Manos, Mayor Natasha Johnson, Public Works Manager Rick DeSantiago, Public Works Superintendent Francisco Diaz, Council Member Tim Sheridan and Council Member Bob Magee. Valley News/Johnathan O. Skinner photo
The May 9 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting was brief and began with a proclamation issued to members of the city’s Public Works Department in honor of Public Works Week, May 21-27. Manager Rick DeSantiago and Superintendent Francisco Diaz accepted the recognition on behalf of the entire staff. “Without them, our city does not function,” Mayor Natasha Johnson said before sharing parts of the proclamation. It states that this year marks the 63rd annual National Public Works Week in accordance with this year’s theme “Connecting the World Through Public Works.” She noted that the department works see COUNCIL, page A-5