🌱 What happens next for Menifee’s council candidate facing fraud charges?

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In today's newsletter:

• What happens next for Menifee's council candidate facing fraud charges?
• How would this MSJC candidate's plans affect Menifee-area students?

Also on today's calendar: Afro-Cuban Jazz Coming to The Merc! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 87, low: 58.
• Thursday: Sunshine and beautiful, with a high of 88 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Menifee City Council Candidate Charged With Election Fraud (patch.com subscription) — A Menifee City Council candidate is facing felony election-fraud charges after investigators alleged he falsely claimed to live within city limits to qualify for the November ballot. He's out on $30,000 bond, still listed among three Fourth District candidates while officials review his status ahead of voter pamphlets going to print in early October.
   

• Meet the candidate: Robert Douglas, MSJC Board of Trustees (menifee247.com) — A Mt. San Jacinto College trustee candidate with ties to the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce is pitching himself as a champion of student success, affordability, and workforce training. He highlights expanding career and technical programs, boosting financial aid awareness, and improving campus safety and technology as key goals if elected to represent Trustee Area 3.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Afro-Cuban Jazz Coming to The Merc! →
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Wildomar Car Show →
  34570 Monte Vista Dr, Wildomar
  10:00 am
• Cowboy Jubilee Returns to Galway Downs →
  Galway Downs Los Caballos Rd, Temecula, CA, 92592,
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Nature Education Foundation Invites Educators to "FOR THE BIRDS!" Nature Education Resource Forum →
  Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, 39400 Clinton Keith Rd, Murrieta
  8:00 am
Sunday September 27
• All'aperto III →
  Europa Village Wineries & Resort, 41150 Via Europa, Temecula
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• City Council Meeting →
  Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, Menifee
• Prime Power Partners Small Business Networking
  The Cove Bar & Grill Murrieta, CA
  7:30 am
• Neighborhood Healthcare Presents - Menifee Health Center Tour - (By Appointment Only) →
  Menifee CA
  12:15 pm
• Conversation with the Superintendent
  Menifee Union School District, 29775 Haun Rd, Menifee
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Free Educational Seminar on Estate Planning - Menifee →
  27990 Bradley Road, Menifee
• IE Comedy Show →
  Grey Iron Brewing Company, 29683 New Hub Dr #A, Menifee
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Trivia Night →
  Humble Somm, 42081 3rd St, Temecula
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Canyon Lake

• Canyon Lake man killed in wrong-way crash (canyonlakeinsider.com)
• Canyon Lake City Council recognizes Joan Ke as Citizen of the Month (canyonlakeinsider.com)

Perris

• 7 People Arrested During Organized Retail Theft Operation (patch.com)
• Pedestrian Killed in Crash at East Ramona Expressway and Evans Road [Perris, CA] (sweetlaw.com)
• Terrifying Moment Massive Dust Devil Erupts Beside Paragliders in California (pulptastic.com)

Murrieta

• 73-Year-Old Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Murrieta: Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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