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The 6th Annual Dog Daze Canine Festival & Costume Contest will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District's Aldergate Park in Menifee.

On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 3:00 P.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force conducted a probation compliance check at a residence near the 85000 block of Middleton Road in Thermal.

As I mentioned in my recent article on paw some pet Halloween costumes, more pet parents plan to involve their fur babies in Halloween celebrations in 2018 than last year.

For centuries, citizens have turned to their local news publication for local breaking and investigative news, as well as to learn about hot-button issues in their communities. In the last 15 years, with the rise of digital communications, many readers have changed their preferences to digital formats and social media over print for their news.

Once upon a time, having a job at a newspaper meant working in one of the most imposing buildings in town, inhaling the acrid aroma of fresh ink and the dusty breath of cheap newsprint and feeling mini-earthquakes under our feet every time the presses started to roll. For those of us old enough to remember those days, National Newspaper Week 2019 could be one big, fat elegiac nostalgia trip.