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Fastest growing drug problem in California (and the country)

August 14, 2011
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Fastest growing drug problem in California (and the country)

It’s neither marijuana nor methamphetamine.  And it’s not any of those chemical substances folks shoot into their veins. It’s prescription drugs! (such as Valium and OxyContin). Pharms are making a killing off black market sales.  Here is the story: California drug enforcement officials scramble to counter budget cuts By Paresh Dave | metro@sacbee.com | Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 – 12:45 CALIFORNIA – Rising prices and increased demand for prescription drugs on the black market have turned addicts, nurses and even a postal worker into alleged thieves. Reports of people...

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Coppers Pinch “Little Caesar”

March 29, 2011
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Coppers Pinch “Little Caesar”

On March 27, 2011, at about 2300 hours, Lake Elsinore police officers saw a silver Toyota pick-up truck traveling southbound at a high rate of speed. The officer continued to follow the truck and it crossed into opposing lanes of traffic several times. The officer then attempted a vehicle stop and the driver (Edward G. Robinson) did not yield to the officers. The driver fled in the truck until he abandoned the vehicle in the area of Elsinore High School. The driver ran into a field and was able...

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29 Palms RDA Not Much To Show For The Dough

February 14, 2011
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In 1945 the California Community Redevelopment act was enacted to help cities fight urban blight and in 1951 Tax Increment Funding was enacted to help cities raise funds to match the federal funds. Its purpose was to make the Redevelopment Agencies (RDA) self-funding. In 1975, another law the “set aside” law required RDAs to set aside 20% of the gross tax increment for a housing fund to meet very low, low, and moderate housing needs for California residents. Even before Prop 13, cities were spending more money on the...

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Live Fire in the West

February 3, 2011
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Live Fire in the West

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2011) - Beginning early next week aboard the installation, the Combat Center is scheduled to conduct an advanced stage of Enhanced Mojave Viper, the Marine Corps’ premier live-fire combined arms pre-deployment training exercise. The training, taking place along the installation’s western boundary, will integrate small and medium arms and heavy weapons live fire from infantry, artillery, mortars, tanks and attack aviation assets. During this time period, higher noise levels could be experienced due to the increased activity associated...

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Michigan Community Makes designated Routes for ORVs

January 26, 2011
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Michigan Community Makes designated Routes for ORVs

Designated route good compromise on ORV ordinance – Ogemaw County Herald Over the past couple of months, the West Branch City Council has been working on an ORV ordinance to allow ORVs to be operated within the city limits. A few weeks ago, we ran an editorial stating that the city should vote not to adopt the ordinance. Instead, the city council decided to take the ordinance back to the drawing board and make a few changes. The biggest change is the addition of a designated route into town....

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Martin thought he got away with it.

January 24, 2011
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Martin thought he got away with it.

On Saturday January 22, 2011, at about 10:00 PM, an officer from the Coachella Police Department was driving in a marked unit equipped with an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) near Grapefruit Blvd. and Avenue 52. This device can scan the license plates of vehicles and compare them automatically to wanted vehicle databases. The ALPR system picked up a stolen white van occupied by a male adult driver. After confirming the vehicle had been stolen out of Rancho Mirage, the officer attempted to stop the driver, who immediately fled...

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Score one for the good guys: AB962 Ruled Unconstitutional!!!!!

January 19, 2011
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Score one for the good guys: AB962 Ruled Unconstitutional!!!!!

Fresno Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hamilton ruled that AB 962 the California Ammo sales law is unconstitutional. NRA / CRPAF LAWSUIT IVALIDATES AB 962 In a dramatic ruling giving gun owners a win in an National Rifle Association / California Rifle and Pistol (CRPA) Foundation lawsuit, this morning Fresno Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hamilton ruled that AB 962, the hotly contested statute that would have banned mail order ammunition sales and required all purchases of so called “handgun ammunition” to be registered, was unconstitutionally vague on its face. The...

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An argument for retroactive birth control

January 12, 2011
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An argument for retroactive birth control

HEMET, CA- During the end of the year, 2010, the Hemet and San Jacinto Sheriff Stations received several reports of robberies involving masked males targeting elderly females at their residences. Through the investigations it was revealed that prior to being assaulted, the victims had received money from the Chase Bank located at 1800 East Florida Avenue, Hemet. Sheriff Investigators of the Hemet and San Jacinto Stations collectively worked in association and were able to identify three suspects involved in the reported robberies. The suspects were identified as James Hodge,...

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FOGR Changes the Guard!

January 9, 2011
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FOGR Changes the Guard!

Friends of Giant Rock Meeting January 15 11:00am at Landers Association on Reche Rd. Map to meeting location All board positions will be open for new officers. As in the past exiting officers will be on board as advisers to the new crew. As outgoing President I want to outline what I perceive to be current goals and objectives. Our original mission was to address ordinance 3973. It took 4 years but we succeeded in removing the ridiculous staging permit requirement. Other issues of the ordinance like trespass rules...

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Assemblyman Paul Cook Announces the Creation of New Team to Protect Kids from Sexual Predators

January 5, 2011
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Assemblyman Paul Cook Announces the Creation of New Team to Protect Kids from Sexual Predators

SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) will be joining Valley Watch, Valley Wide Recreation and Park District, and Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone in announcing the successful establishment of a Resisting Aggression Defensively (RAD) KIDS student interaction team, at a press conference at the Valle Vista Community Center in Hemet on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Twenty-four Hemet-San Jacinto Valley residents who participated in the program will now work in schools to educate students on how to protect themselves from sexual predators. They completed 40 hours of training in...

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