Category: Murrieta

California Border Patrol Finds 27 Pounds of Meth in Booster Seat

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Murrieta, California, arrested the driver of a car carrying 27 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in child booster seats, authorities announced June 17. The suspect, a U.S. citizen, was driving on Interstate 15, north of a Border Patrol station, on June 15. “Drug smugglers will use any means necessary…


State Senator Backs Parents vs. COVID-19 Mandates at Packed School Board Meeting

MURRIETA, Calif.—California Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) showed up to a packed school board meeting in Murrieta, California, a city of about 110,000 people in southwestern Riverside County, on Feb. 10 to back more than 150 parents, students, and community leaders fighting mask and vaccine mandates. Melendez blasted the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board…