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Four fires burn over 9,000 acres in Riverside County
Jen Wiersma TVUSD Trustee, Area 3 Standing up for parental rights over our children’s education is more than a campaign slogan; it is essential. I speak personally here and not on behalf of the entire TVUSD board. see page A-4
Courts & Crimes Riverside doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients pleads not guilty Cit y News Service Special to the Valley News RIVERSIDE - A physician and operator of a Riverside skincare clinic accused of sexually assaulting four female patients pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony offenses and was released from jail after posting a $1 million bond. see page A-6
The Rabbit Fire in Lakeview has burned nearly 8,300 acres. Julie Reeder Publisher Firefighters have had to battle four different fires over the last
week, including the largest of the four, the Rabbit Fire in Lakeview. The Rabbit Fire burned almost 8,300 acres and was still a threat as of Tuesday with 45% contain-
Valley News/Mario Sevilla photo ment and evacuation orders and warnings still in effect. Riverside County Fire Officials were reporting extreme heat and low humidity were creating chal-
lenging conditions for firefighters battling the fire which had one civilian injury with no details. see FIRES, page A-5
CHP: Motorcyclist run over, killed by semi, which left scene
Regional News Caltrans I-15 Cit y News Service slab replacements Special to the Valley News TEMECULA - A 76-year-old slow traffic in motorcyclist was killed on Inter15 in Temecula when his Murrieta; More state Harley-Davidson tipped over as to thread his way between possible in other hetwotried tractor-trailers and one of them rolled over him, then left the scene, areas authorities said Monday, July 17. Tony Ault Staf f Writer Area motorists traveling the Interstate 15 in Murrieta during the evenings last week were disrupted by major Caltrans work replacing a number of damaged concrete slabs, with more still possible on the freeways in the coming weeks. One lane access may slow traffic in the evening but will not close the entire freeway. see page C-6
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The rider, who was not immediately identified, was fatally injured shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday on northbound I-15 near Winchester Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officials said the victim was in heavy commuter traffic and began “lane splitting’’ to get see FATALITY, page A-6
CHP work the scene of an accident involving a motorcyclist that was killed Thursday, July 13, on the northbound 15 Freeway at the Winchester overpass. The semi-truck that ran over the victim left the scene, possibly not knowing he ran over the man. Valley News/JP Raineri photo
Newsom tweets threatening message to Temecula parents and TVUSD school board Julie Reeder Publisher
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Gov. Newsom during his Tweeted message to Temecula parents on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Valley News/Courtesy photo
July 13, five days before a regular TVUSD board meeting to consider the proposed curriculum for adoption, Governor Newsom posted a tweet calling TVUSD school board members extremists and threatened to fine them for their incompetence for not adopting the curriculum favored by Sacramento. He said, “California is stepping in.” His tweet charged that the school board rejected a specific book because it mentioned Harvey Milk, which, according to TVUSD Board President Dr. Komrosky, isn’t true and Milk is not mentioned in the school book. Milk is actually mentioned only in the support materials. Milk is reported in a biography to have been a 33-year-old pederast with a 16-year-old boyfriend, Jack Galen McKinley. Dr. Komrosky said, “ What is also unfortunate is that…he has
elected to publish this threatened action ahead of the District’s hard work on this matter that will be come to fruition in just a few days.” In a press release, Newsom wrote, “Cancel culture has gone too far in Temecula: radicalized zealots on the school board rejected a textbook used by hundreds of thousands of students and now children will begin the school year without the tools they need to learn.” Dr. Komrosky explained that this, as well, is not true in a submitted response to Governor Newsom’s July 13, 2023 Tweet: “I speak personally here and not on behalf of the entire board when I say, it is unfortunate that Governor Newsom and others have seized upon an action by the Temecula Valley Unified School expressly authorized by the California Legislature and mischaracterized not only what has occurred, but why. see TWEET, page A-4