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SpaceX Easter Rocket Launch Lights Predawn Sky For Mt. Rubidoux Climb
The sky behind the Serra Cross lit up pre-dawn as SpaceX launched a rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Easter morning.

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Before joining Patch, Ashley Ludwig worked as a staff writer for the Valley News Newspaper in Southwest Riverside, covering both print and online editions. She co-founded the Southern California online magazine DailySoCal.com. She served as a freelance journalist for various publications, including the North County Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Southwest Riverside News Network (SWRNN.com), as well as articles and book reviews for the former Pages Magazine.
She owns the local Southern California Wine Country blog: Temecula Grapevine.com. Wife and mother of two daughters, she has written multiple romantic suspense novels, and chick-lit romances. Find them on Kindle and in print on Amazon.com.
A content creator and information architect since the late 1990s, Ludwig also project-managed multiple ad campaigns with Adwire for the entertainment industry, as well as worked with Books in Print, Bowker with the New York Times Bestseller Lists. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences.
The sky behind the Serra Cross lit up pre-dawn as SpaceX launched a rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Easter morning.

The City of Temecula proudly accepted two awards in the categories of Marketing & Communications and Facility Design.
"Everyone in the band is absolutely shocked."
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Democratic candidate Tim Myers threw his hat in the ring for the 41st Congressional District, held by 30-year politician Rep. Ken Calvert.
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Digital deals put seniors and low-income individuals at a disadvantage when it comes to grocery shopping. A new ordinance will change that.
The money will help pay for constructing a catchment wall along Mariposa Point and a revetment and seawall in the problematic area.
First responders, including lifeguards and police, arrived to assist the driver trapped beneath a flipped camper on the bayside beach walk.
The U.S. Marines were deployed to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico at the time of the rollover crash. One other Marine was hurt.
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"He thought he won $100,000 and was excited," the Sandy's Liquor Store co-owner said. "Then I told him he had a $1 million ticket!"
Banning police responded to a fatal shooting overnight at the market on 8th Street.