Murrieta Ca

People often struggle to find words to describe a person who died young, but people at Murrieta Valley High in Southern California, and at the University of Idaho spoke at length Tuesday about their admiration for Eric McMillan. McMillan, a redshirt freshman cornerback on the Idaho football team, died here early Monday, after he'd been shot at his off-campus apartment late Sunday afternoon.

Former Mayor Jack van Haastert pleaded guilty Friday to filing a false document and to conflict of interest, Riverside County Deputy Dist. Atty. Michael Cabral said. The charges stem from failing to report his financial relationship to his daughter's day-care center and giving the organization half a million dollars in government loans.

The former mayor of Murrieta was indicted Tuesday for allegedly pressuring city officials to issue permits to his daughter's day care center while he was in office and hiding his financial interest in the facility. Jack van Haaster, 49, also faces felony charges of perjury and filing false documents for failing to report that he had received close to half a million dollars in loans from city residents and business owners, according to the Riverside County district attorney's office.

Soon a twist of the wrists, a switch of the hips and maple thwacking cowhide will coronate Barry Bonds as baseball's new home run king. That powerful swing encroaching on Hank Aaron's record 755 home runs started when the surly slugger slapped Wiffle balls at age 2 in a modest Riverside home. Elizabeth Bonds, Barry's grandmother and matriarch of the family, still lives there. For years, fans have flocked to Dodger Stadium to boo Bonds' every swing, step and breath.

Soon a twist of the wrists, a switch of the hips and maple thwacking cowhide will coronate Barry Bonds as baseball's new home run king. That powerful swing encroaching on Hank Aaron's record 755 home runs started when the surly slugger slapped Wiffle balls at age 2 in a modest Riverside home. Elizabeth Bonds, Barry's grandmother and matriarch of the family, still lives there. For years, fans have flocked to Dodger Stadium to boo Bonds' every swing, step and breath.

Susan Dye remembers the sting of being kept from her grieving family after her sister-in-law's funeral three years ago in Northern California. Her wheelchair couldn't negotiate the stairs to the reception. "That was kind of embarrassing and traumatic," said Dye, 51, of Murrieta. "I had known my sister-in-law for 25 years." At her home, Dye has ramps, wide doors and hallways, and other accommodations for a person in a wheelchair, and soon many homes will be like it.

A mother of three was shot and killed Wednesday by her estranged husband before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Sadie Charlee Finney, 31, had recently left her husband, Aaron Finney, 34, and obtained a restraining order against him, police said. She moved with the couple's three sons, age 4 to 12 years, into a Murrieta condominium in the 24900 block of Madison Avenue, a police spokesman said. On Wednesday about 8:30 p.m.

A Murrieta councilman arrested this week had threatened to break a tile contractor's leg if he didn't help him cheat his wife in a divorce settlement, prosecutors said in court documents made public Wednesday.

The drive: About 85 miles from downtown L.A. Address: 39500 Robert Trent Jones Parkway, Murrieta (800) 752-9724. Rates: $48-$78 (carts included). Overview: If you haven't played the SCGA Golf Course in the last six months, you haven't played the SCGA Golf Course. Six months ago, the course was called the SCGA Members Club. That name was dropped because it insinuated a private course and caused players to overlook it when deciding where to play.

Authorities arrested an 80-year-old Murrieta man on suspicion of sexually abusing his 7-year-old granddaughter. Richard Allen Crabb told authorities "he has enjoyed little girls between the ages of 6 and 11 for many years and has a severe problem," Sgt. Jim Ganley of the Murietta Police Department said. Crabb was arrested after the victim told her father, who alerted authorities.

A mother of three was shot and killed Wednesday by her estranged husband before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Sadie Charlee Finney, 31, had recently left her husband, Aaron Finney, 34, and obtained a restraining order against him, police said. She moved with the couple's three sons, age 4 to 12 years, into a Murrieta condominium in the 24900 block of Madison Avenue, a police spokesman said. On Wednesday about 8:30 p.m.

Eight former students of Murrieta Valley High School, including former football players accused of belonging to a "Fight Club" gang, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of waging a crime spree of robberies, burglaries and assaults over two years. The gang was founded in 2004 by a group of football players who injected anabolic steroids to enhance their performance on the field -- and beat up students who "disrespected" their members, said Lt.

Authorities arrested an 80-year-old Murrieta man on suspicion of sexually abusing his 7-year-old granddaughter. Richard Allen Crabb told authorities "he has enjoyed little girls between the ages of 6 and 11 for many years and has a severe problem," Sgt. Jim Ganley of the Murietta Police Department said. Crabb was arrested after the victim told her father, who alerted authorities.

The former mayor of Murrieta was indicted Tuesday for allegedly pressuring city officials to issue permits to his daughter's day care center while he was in office and hiding his financial interest in the facility. Jack van Haaster, 49, also faces felony charges of perjury and filing false documents for failing to report that he had received close to half a million dollars in loans from city residents and business owners, according to the Riverside County district attorney's office.

Susan Dye remembers the sting of being kept from her grieving family after her sister-in-law's funeral three years ago in Northern California. Her wheelchair couldn't negotiate the stairs to the reception. "That was kind of embarrassing and traumatic," said Dye, 51, of Murrieta. "I had known my sister-in-law for 25 years." At her home, Dye has ramps, wide doors and hallways, and other accommodations for a person in a wheelchair, and soon many homes will be like it.

A 70-year-old mentally impaired man, unable to walk without assistance, was rescued from a sweltering Murrieta garage by police, authorities said Friday. The temperature was more than 100 degrees when police discovered Andrew James Young in the garage July 20 with only a cot, fan and portable toilet, investigators said. Also in the garage was the family vehicle. "He had to be assisted into the house for us to get him out of that situation," said Murrieta Police Sgt.

A 23-year-old man will be arraigned on a murder charge today in Riverside County Superior Court. David Wald Stanford is accused of stabbing to death his girlfriend, Amber Marie Frink, 21, of Murrieta on Saturday.

An Army National Guardsman home on leave from combat duty in Iraq for the birth of his wife's daughter was shot to death in a Murrieta parking lot by the father of the child, police said Friday. Jorge Estrada, 24, was slain Thursday morning as he argued with Fabian Urrea, 19, outside Estrada's apartment in the Riverside County town, police said. Officers found Diana Estrada kneeling beside her husband, her 3-day-old infant cradled in her arms.

A Murrieta councilman arrested this week had threatened to break a tile contractor's leg if he didn't help him cheat his wife in a divorce settlement, prosecutors said in court documents made public Wednesday.

Murrieta City Councilman Warnie Enochs was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of extortion and forgery after falsifying a lien against his house to cheat his wife in a divorce settlement, according to the Riverside County district attorney's office. Prosecutors allege that between September 2002 and February 2005, Enochs, 56, committed conspiracy, forgery, extortion and subornation of perjury by persuading a man to record a false $48,000 roofing contract for work at his Murrieta home.