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Volume 24, Issue 21
Temecula’s Balloon and Wine Festival kicks off the summer entertainment season
Kim Harris Special to Valley News The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Lake Elsinore station, is asking the public for help in solving the murder of a man in Lake Elsinore on the sixth anniversary of his death. see page A-4
Entertainment Rotary District 5330 to host inaugural iGNITE Festival Kim Harris Special to Valley News Rotary District 5330 will be holding its inaugural iGNITE Festival, offering a day of fun, food and community spirit, Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lake Skinner in Winchester. see page B-7
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Lynyrd Skynyrd performs their classic southern rock songs for guests attending the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival. Tony Ault Staf f Writer Temecula’s annual Balloon and Wine Festival wrapped up Sunday, May 19 at Lake Skinner with the
“bad” banging of George Thorogood and a “mean” saxophone on the main stage to the delight of hundreds of fans. The weekend from May 17 to May 19 was filled with rocking
music, wine tasting and hot air balloon flights for thousands of festival goers from throughout California at the festival. Between continuing rocking music from great music stars like the Stone
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Temple Pilots, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Thorogood on the festival grounds Casino Pauma Main Stage to the popular local and see FESTIVAL, page A-2
Murrieta gets California DMV’s first-ever ‘Express’ office
Kim Harris Special to Valley News
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has opened the first of its kind Express Office in Murrieta, the DMV announced last week. Officially opening Thursday, May 16, at 27890 Clinton Keith Road, Suite F, in Murrieta, the office will offer limited DMV services to better serve Riverside County residents. Services offered include accepting applications for original ID cards, original and replacement identification cards, driver’s license replacement with address or name changes, driver’s license written
exams and retests, commercial driver’s license medical updates/ submissions, duplicate vehicle titles, commercial motor vehicle partial year registration and disabled person parking placards. The office, which is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, will not offer appointments and customers will be served on a first-come, firstserved basis. The office will also be open on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office will not accept cash, only credit and debit cards will be accepted, the DMV said. Applications for an original
driver’s license and behind-thewheel drive tests will still need to be conducted at a full-service field office. Many DMV services can also be completed online at www.dmv. ca.gov. Kim Harris can be reached via email at kharris@reedermedia.com.
[Right] The California Department of Motor Vehicles opened the first of its kind Express Office at 27890 Clinton Keith Road in Murrieta Thursday, May 16. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Community members, teachers, students come together to urge ‘yes’ votes on Komrosky recall Kim Harris Special to Valley News
More than 100 teachers, students and community members took to the streets to urge those who reside in Temecula Valley Unified School District Trustee Area 4 to vote “Yes” when casting their ballots in the June 4 election to recall Board President Joseph Komrosky. During the event, held at the corner of Rancho California and Margarita roads Wednesday, May 15, recall supporters held signs, waved American flags, and chanted to attract attention to their cause as numerous commuters honked their car horns in support. According to Temecula Valley Educators Association, a teachers union staffed entirely by TVUSD teachers and the organizer of the rally, last week’s event is just one of several it held to encourage voters to cast their ballots in the election that has created a clear see RECALL, page A-4
A group of supporters of the Recall Komrosky effort rally on the corner of Margarita and Rancho California roads Wednesday, May 15 to encourage residents to cast a “Yes” to recall the conservative TVUSD Area 4 trustee and board president. Valley News/Kim Harris photo