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Dynamic trio ‘TAKE3’ opens Fallbrook Music Society’s new season in style, B-1
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SERVING TEMECULA , MURRIETA , L AKE E LSINOR E , M ENIFEE , WILDOMAR , H EMET, SAN JACINTO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES August 25 – 31, 2023
Courts & Crimes Federal court upholds Alabama law limiting gender treatments for minors
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Hilary brings record rainfall to the area for August
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A federal appeals court on Monday, Aug. 21, upheld an Alabama law that designates certain gendertransition treatments for minors as Class C felonies, potentially sending doctors who provide them to prison for up to 10 years. see page A-4
Business KPRS Construction building warehouses in Menifee Tony Ault Staf f Writer
Southbound motorists along Interstate 215 approaching the Clinton Keith offramp may have seen large cranes lifting side panels for a huge building in the past weeks. The project by KPRS Construction will become the largest warehouse in the city of Menifee at its completion by the end of the year. see page B-6
Connor Carroll (left), 2, and his brother Liam Carroll, 4, and Scarlet, age 8 (jumping), play in the puddles as Tropical Storm Hilary drenches the region, Aug. 20. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Julie Reeder Publisher Post-Tropical Cyclone Hilary, which once loomed large over the Pacific coast and was
downgraded to a tropical storm, rapidly moved inland on Sunday, Aug. 20, bringing the potential for life-threatening and even locally catastrophic flooding to portions of the Southwestern United States,
according to a bulletin from the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Different areas of the Fallbrook/ Bonsall area to Lake Elsinore
received 2.5 to 3.60 inches of rain between Friday afternoon (Aug. 18) and Monday morning (Aug. 21). In Anza, 4.6 inches see STORM, page A-5
Regional News Menifee’s new three-story justice center taking CA lawmakers shape above the city’s Town Center push bill to give Tony Ault Staf f Writer striking workers After nearly two years under construction the new Riverside unemployment County Menifee Justice Center is beginning to show its design benefits
with nearly all the white siding completed, windows glassed and the final front entrance area being completed. The 85,010 square-foot, nine courtroom Menifee Justice Center, under construction since January 2022, stands high above the Menifee Town Center off Civic Center Drive with its white walls visible from Newport Road. Clark Construction, LLC Construction is the primary contractor of the three-story $95.2 million structure. “Clark Construction is proud to be working alongside the Riverside County Superior Court in California and our talented design and trade partners to deliver the
Will Kessler Contributor, Daily Caller News Foundation
California lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that would allow striking workers to collect unemployment, even as California’s unemployment insurance fund remains heavily underfunded, according to the Washington Free Beacon. see page C-4
INDEX Anza Valley Outlook ......... D-1 Business ............................B-6 Business Directory .............B-6 Calendar of Events .............B-2 Classifieds .........................C-4 Education ..........................B-4 Entertainment ...................B-1 Faith................................. D-5 Health ...............................B-5 Local ................................A-1 National News ...................C-5 Opinion.............................A-6 Real Estate ........................B-8 Regional News ...................C-4 Sports ................................C-1
The new Menifee Justice Center building under construction begins to show its planned design. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
see CENTER, page A-2
Murrieta to demolish aging Cal Oaks Sports Park pool; seeks new pool design Tony Ault Staf f Writer
The Murrieta City Council heard from the city’s Community Services department that the California Oaks Sports Park swimming pool, which was once a major summer attraction for residents to cool off, has been rendered unserviceable and will soon have to be demolished. Brian Ambrose, director of Murrieta’s Community Services department, delivered news to the
council at the Tuesday, Aug. 15, meeting in an added item to the night’s agenda. “Unfortunately our luck has run out,” Ambrose said about the pool that is now only partially filled with green unswimmable water. He explained to the council that the city has been trying for years to keep the pool safe for swimmers; however, many problems have come up regarding its maintenance and equipment during the more
see MURRIETA, page A-3
A slide from the Aug. 15 Murrieta City Council meeting lists new city projects coming in the next four years, including a replacement for the Cal Oaks Sports Park pool. Valley News/Courtesy photo