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Group joins effort to recall Suspect apprehended at TVUSD board majority Hemet DMV with
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firearm, charged by CHP
HEMET – The California Highway Patrol, San Gorgonio Pass Area, is filing criminal charges on a suspect allegedly possessing a firearm at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Hemet. The suspect, 51-year-old male Kali Trammell, from Riverside was taken into custody without incident and was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. see page A-8
Local News State approves extension for pandemic food benefits reissuance RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Residents whose children qualified for, but didn’t use extra pandemic food benefits in 2021 now have more time to request a reissuance. see page A-3
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Dawn Murray-Sibby, a Temecula Valley High School graduate and teacher at TVHS since 1995, speaks in support of recalling three TVUSD board members, Dr. Joseph Komrosky, Danny Gonzalez and Jennifer Wiersma during a rally at Maurice Car’rie Winery, Aug. 5. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Julie Reeder Publisher A rally to recall TVUSD board members Dr. Komrosky, Jen Wiersma and Danny Gonzales was
held and organized by One Temecula Valley PAC, spearheaded by co-founders Jeff Pack and David Matics. The rally, Saturday, Aug. 5, at Maurice Car’rie Winery was
estimated to have between 150 and 200 attendees. Community members, teachers, and former city council members Maryann Edwards and Jeff Comerchero, who both spoke in favor of the
see RALLY, page A-5
Teachers union, parents, students sue TVUSD board over CRT ban Julie Reeder Publisher
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The Temecula Valley Unified School District school board is being sued for their ban on Critical Race Theory, according to a news release released Aug. 2, by Public Counsel, a nonprofit public interest law firm. The firm is representing the Temecula Valley Educators Association, students and parents by bringing a “firstof-its-kind” lawsuit against the school board, according to their news release, “with the support of the California Teachers Association.” CRT has been banned in other school districts in California, including Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District and Paso Robles Joint Unified School District. More widely, across the country, it has been banned
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recall, were there to lend support. Also in attendance and in support was the national organization People for the American
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Murrieta ‘Santa Stops’ program for the holidays revived by slim Council vote
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Murrieta’s traditional Santa’s Stops program with its neighborhood stops, choirs, food collections and visits from Santa Claus, was revived the upcoming holiday season with the needed help of hundreds of residents and city businesses, and with the approval of the City Council. The Santa Stops program, a unique tradition during the holiday season for the residents of Murrieta for many years was halted during the COVID-19 pandemic and only partially returned in 2022, without the neighborsee MURRIETA, page A-4
Ron Holliday, left, placed the topic of bringing back the Santa Stops program to Murrieta on the Aug. 1 council meeting agenda. Valley News/Courtesy photo