🌱 Which Riverside Poly stars just swept top CIF flag football honors?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Riverside Poly stars just swept top CIF flag football honors?
• Why a Riverside County deputy’s shooting just cost taxpayers $13.1 million
• Why prosecutors say the accused deputy killer is faking incompetence

Also on today's calendar: Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center - Animal Kids Camp: Vet for a Day.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 45 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 80, low: 47.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• All-CIF Southern Section: Two Inland girls flag football players earn top honors (pressenterprise.com) — Riverside Poly’s girls flag football program just scored big, with quarterback Brooklyn Snider named Division 4 Player of the Year and coach Pat Meech earning Coach of the Year honors. Several Riverside-area schools, including King, Canyon Springs, Moreno Valley, and Norte Vista, also placed standout players on All-CIF Southern Section first teams, underscoring the region’s fast-rising flag football talent.
   

• Lethal Force Case In Riverside County Leads To $13.1M Award For Family (patch.com) — A federal jury has awarded $13.1 million to the parents of a man fatally shot by a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy after a 2020 confrontation in Rancho Mirage. The verdict, described by attorneys as a record excessive-force award against Riverside County, raises fresh questions about how the sheriff’s department handles mental health crises and could affect future oversight and payouts.
   

• Man accused of killing deputy near Lake Elsinore is faking disability in competency trial, prosecutor says (dailybulletin.com) — Riverside County prosecutors say Jesse Navarro is exaggerating mental disabilities to avoid trial in the 2023 killing of Deputy Darnell Calhoun near Lake Elsinore. A jury at the Southwest Justice Center is weighing his competency, while Navarro remains held without bail at Riverside’s Robert Presley Detention Center and faces possible death penalty charges if found fit and later convicted.
   

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Saturday December 20

• Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center - Animal Kids Camp: Vet for a Day
  6165 Industrial Ave , Riverside
  8:00 am
• The Nutcracker
  Fox Performing Arts Center , 3801 Mission Inn Avenue , Riverside
  9:00 am
• Holiday Celebration at Riverside Plaza
  3639 Riverside Plaza Dr , Riverside
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Music and Muscles In-Person
  Community Room , Glen Avon , Jurupa Valley
  10:30 am
• Preschool Storytime - Chugga Choo Choo! In-Person
  Calimesa Library , Calimesa
  10:30 am
• StoryTime-Lake Tamarisk Library In-Person
  Children's Area, Lake Tamarisk Library , Lake Tamarisk
  10:30 am
• Starlight Cinemas Dos Lagos Luxury Theatres Present: $7 Bargain Tuesdays
  Starlight Cinemas Dos Lagos Luxury Theatres , 2710 Lakeshore Dr. , Corona
  11:00 am
• Bilingual Storytime & Playtime In-Person
  Community Room , Temecula Grace Mellman , Jurupa Valley
  11:30 am
• Neighborhood Healthcare Presents - PACE Murrieta Tour - (By Appointment Only)
  Neighborhood Healthcare - PACE Murrieta , 30135 Technology Drive, Suite 150 , Murrieta
  11:30 am
• Ambassador Meeting
  Perris Valley Chamber of Commerce , 11 S D St , Perris
  12:00 pm
• Music & Muscles In-Person
  Perris Library , Perris
  12:30 pm
• After School Snack and STEM In-Person
  Community Room , Glen Avon , Jurupa Valley
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Good morning 🌞 neighbors God is Good ...
  Amen.. Just an update.. I finally got in a shelter that I thought was not available out here in Riverside or any type of resources I really believed… (Nextdoor Arlington South)
• UPDATE - per animal controls instructions he will be scanned later this evening if no owner is discovered I must hold him for 72 hours before he can be fostered or rehomed.
  I will update again this evening regarding his scan , if no owner is found and you would like to foster/adopt please message me so you can be… (Nextdoor Arlanza North)

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🗞 Nearby News

Jurupa Valley

• Man Suspected of Illegally Manufacturing Guns at Jurupa Home (mynewsla.com)
• Basketball Game Preview: Jurupa Valley Jaguars vs. Norco Cougars + Official Tickets (maxpreps.com)

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