

Anza Valley monument complete
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The Anza Valley monument is finally complete on the east side of town on Highway 371. Anza has scheduled an unveiling 2 p.m. Thursday, April 11 at the sign. Supervisor Stone as well as all the people who volunteered time and materials to make this project a reality will be there. Photo from Cindy Barker, Anza Valley MAC secretary

Tim Hollenhorst, a native Californian, is a prosecutor in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. He has been a deputy district attorney since 2004, and tried more than 50 cases. For the past five years, he has been the prosecutor for the Gang Impact Task Force, and working on murder, guns and drugs cases originating…
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Fundraising continues strongly in the final weeks of the campaign for the state Senate District 28 seat. Both candidates, Bonnie Garcia of the Coachella Valley and Jeff Stone of Temecula, are raising considerable sums directly for their campaign coffers, while supporters are independently supplying even more money. In the three weeks since the last campaign…
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