Monthly Archives: July, 2023
The Ca State Fair & Food Festival Delivers an Unforgettable Opening Weekend Filled with Thrills and Excitement
The CA State Fair & Food Festival embarked on its 2023 journey with an action-packed opening weekend with the high-flying action of the O’Reilly Auto Parts FMX Motocross and Monster Truck Mayhem at the rodeo arena. Despite the heat, attendees reveled in the diverse array of experiences offered at the expanded fairgrounds. captivating visitors with a range of attractions and performances.
Managing Commercial real estate taxes in California’s challenging market
Without a doubt, it is difficult to find something upbeat about California’s current commercial real estate market. Property owners, economists and appraisers all agree that the market is facing one of the most challenging times in decades. For example, in San Francisco, an office tower that was worth $300 million in 2019 sold just a few months ago for less than $70 million. Several hoteliers in the city have stopped making payments on their loans, and national retailers that have been leaders in the market for decades have announced plans this year to close their San Francisco shops.
Subverting the Court
It’s important to keep in mind that the Biden administration still wants to pack the Supreme Court, but they also want to compress it, and now more than ever, after it found itself on the losing side of several rulings. By so doing, they seek to change the nature of American government.
U.S. will remediate lands damaged by border wall construction
Lands where the border wall was constructed during the Trump Administration will be restored to protect wildlife habitat following a legal settlement between the U.S. government and attorneys general for 18 states.
California politicians spiral over sex trafficking bill: ‘Pick pedophiles or children’
The California state Legislature twisted itself into an extra-salty pretzel this week over a bill that claims to combat child sex trafficking. On Tuesday, Democratic members of the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee initially shelved Senate Bill 14, the child sex trafficking bill in question, which was written and proposed by one of the state Senate’s most conservative members.
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Valley-Wide packet: Winchester Zone 33 parks tax up to $1,697 per SF unit; Annex 14 WQMP up to $175 — Sept. 21 agenda
The Sept. 21, 2026 Valley-Wide agenda packet lists a Winchester Zone 33 parks-tax maximum of $1,697 per single-family unit and an Annexation 14 WQMP maximum of $175. Landowner election results and final adoption are not confirmed in posted minutes.
Kohler booked on murder, hit-run death after Palm Avenue scooter crash
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
Vote Yes on Proposition 45: A Vote for Jobs and Innovation
A yes vote on Proposition 45 is a vote for jobs and innovation.
San Jacinto Planning Commission recommends two annexations, including 151 homes south of Ramona Expressway
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.




