Mayuri Dasi's bare flesh became a textbook Wednesday. In a classroom with a screen blocking the view from outside the front door, 30 or so aspiring artists studied and sketched Dasi as the fully naked woman struck poses on a platform.

For the past eight months, it appears no one has been monitoring the spread of manure or sludge on hundreds of acres of agricultural fields in Menifee.

To ink or not to be ink? That is the question the Menifee City Council is trying to answer on behalf of its constituents.

After knocking on doors for five months, John Smelser collected his 5,500th signature supporting term limits for Menifee council members Friday afternoon.

The slow pace at which some California agencies move is exacerbating the state's unemployment woes, and immediate steps are needed to modernize how they function, an Inland Empire lawmaker said.

Censorship fights have a long history in southwest Riverside County, where plays, portraits and even dictionaries spurred showdowns pitting freedom of speech against community morals.

The sun is one of California's greatest assets and a new class at Mt. San Jacinto College will help students tap into it.

A Menifee man was arrested early Tuesday after he allegedly fired at vehicles passing by a busy freeway interchange following a domestic dispute, authorities said.

One person was killed and two injured Sunday in an off-roading accident along the northern edge of Menifee, Riverside County Fire Department officials reported.

From weddings to birthday parties, Tiffany Gardner, 21, of Hemet, has been singing since kindergarten.

As San Jacinto struggles to deal with ongoing corruption scandals involving members of its city council, school board, chamber of commerce and the police department for the local college, another political drama - also involving the campaign finances of an elected official - has begun to play out in Perris.

"I put a lot of time into my card," Ariel said. "I wanted them to know I cared and I wasn't just doing it because I had to." Hospitalized veterans who may not have been expecting valentines on that upcoming special day will be treated to handmade sentiments from students across Southwest Riverside.

Bruce Barton has made a career of ensuring that people who call 911 for a health emergency get the best care possible.

Councilman Rick Gibbs said, "We all know there are people out there who are in crisis.

Firefighters from CAL Fire recently rescued a 2-year-old female pit bull that was stuck in a manhole in Menifee.

A veteran media executive who began his 35-year newspaper career as a Texarkana police reporter has been hired as publisher of Village News Inc., which was launched 12 years ago in the Fallbrook area and has steadily expanded its staff, circulation area and product offerings.

"We hope to come up with one big picture on how to move forward with finding a permanent solution," Caruso said.

A Murrieta man who caused an alcohol-related crash that killed a woman and her 10-year-old daughter was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, the maximum under the law.

Linda Wisdom, 59, and a Murrieta resident of 20 years, is the author of more than 80 fiction books.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of his friend who was thrown from a pickup that crashed in Menifee last month.