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SERVING TEMECULA , MURRIETA , L AKE E LSINOR E , M ENIFEE , WILDOMAR , H EMET, SAN JACINTO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES July 28 – August 8, 2023
Community North Coast Church helps provide hope to Ukraine
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Volume 23, Issue 30
TVUSD’s curriculum debate resolved after deliberation and compromise
Avalon Hester Valley News Intern
It’s the peak of summer locally with the schools out and the days reaching more than 90 degrees. By now, many parents have probably confirmed and reconfirmed camp reservations and have sent their children for fun days spent swimming, playing capture the flag, and making new friends. Almost 6,500 miles away, within the borders of an active war zone, Ukrainian children are doing the same things but, with help from North Coast Church. see page B-1
Local News Cooling centers The crowd clapping after a unanimous vote to adopt a controversial social studies curriculum during a July 21, 2023 special meeting. TVUSD YouTube Screenshot trict, TVUSD Board President We never stopped caring about when it comes to the integrity of Reeder offered in RivCo Julie Dr. Komrosky made a personal the welfare of our children. We local control and governance. We Publisher statement in response to Governor never stopped standing up for our did our job while the Governor in extreme heat After a July 21, unanimous Newsom’s public attacks, saying, values. The way the Governor played games with our community vote to adopt a hotly debated “We never stopped working at sought to insert himself into our and our kids.” days social studies curriculum in the our local level despite the ongo- local government violates every see TVUSD, page A-6
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TVUSD elementary school dis-
Last week with record-breaking high-temperatures hitting Southwest Riverside County many sought relief in the nearest cooling center in their city, however others, the elderly and those without sufficient air conditioning suffered with the local hospitals recording many heat related health emergencies due to the weather.
State launches historic firefighting partnership with Pala Band of Mission Indians
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notion of what our State stands for
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Ahead of peak wildfire season, the new partnership between California’s Office of Emergency Services and Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Pala Fire Department amplifies the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System. Valley News/Courtesy photo
SAN DIEGO – Working to fortify state and local resources to keep Californians safe from all-hazard disasters, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services created a first-in-the-state partnership with a Tribal Nation. Through an agreement with the state, the Pala Band of Mission Indians and Pala Fire Department are now a partner of the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System. In particular, Cal OES is assigning a Type III fire engine to the Pala Fire Department, increasing their capability to respond to local and statewide incidents. During times of disaster, the Type III engine may be called upon to preposition ahead of or respond to emergency incidents statewide. “Cal OES is thrilled to create a historic partnership with the Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Pala Fire Department,” Nancy Ward, director of Cal OES, said. “Increasing capabilities of the California Fire and Rescue Mutual see PALA, page A-2
Storm team and Thunder team up to help pack July’s MilVet Care packages Tony Ault Staf f Writer
35 members of the Storm Minor League Baseball team, along with Thunder, their big green mascot, rallied to join more than 100 residents from the Elsinore Valley to fill 150 special care boxes to be sent overseas to members of the armed forces, protecting our nation. Leading the Storm MilVet partners in the July 22 event at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore was Althea Perrot, Fundraiser and Community Relations for the baseball team who said, “Through ‘Thunder Cares,’ the charitable arm of the team, we assist the community so we are here all year see PACKAGES, page A-7
Storm baseball players take a moment from their MilVet Care boxing to visit with Thunder, the Storm’s green dog mascot, Storm Fundraiser and Public Relations representative Althea Perrot and a staff manager at the Diamond Stadium. Valley News/Tony Ault photo