A New York woman is so good at bargain shopping that she's used her skills to donate groceries and other goods to charity. Learn how you can follow her lead locally.
As a part of our "Everyday Inspirations" series, we look at how children across the country are making big impacts locally.
After losing three people close to her in eight months, Edie Elkan picked up a harp for the first time in 28 years. Now she runs a program training others to play the instrument for patients in hospitals.
Patch wants to share stories about people who work every day to change others' lives for the better.
Murrieta fire Chief Matt Shobert presented 5-year-old Karli LaFever with a Life Saver Award from the Murrieta Fire Department for the swift actions she took the night her great-grandmother, Jennifer LaFever, was suffering a medical emergency.
A Riverside Transit Agency vehicle gets a second life whisking kids from club to school and back.
Karli LaFever, 5, of Murrieta, knew something wasn't right. Turns out, her 75-year-old great-grandmother, who suffers from diabetes, had dangerously low blood-sugar levels.
A Court of Honor ceremony for Peyton Wills Heaslip of Boy Scout Murrieta Troop 304 is scheduled for Sunday.
Tickets are on sale for Mt. San Jacinto College's sixth annual gala, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.
The award recognizes Sparkman's "lifelong contributions in community, leadership, integrity and selflessness."
Who says the punishment always has to fit the crime?
Christian Bucks’ idea to foster friendship spreads to 32 states—and counting.
Here's our roundup of the most uplifting and feel-good stories from Patch towns across the country.
An off-duty firefighter whose son plays on the Vista Murrieta High School varsity team comes to the rescue of a man who suffered a heart attack on a rocky beach on Catalina Island whose daughter and son-in-law work at Chaparral High School.
As president of the Senior Pals Club, it has become Cristina Madalo's passion to create more interaction between local teenagers and senior citizens, according to this article submitted to Patch.
The school district will use the grant funds to purchase Read 180 materials for five Murrieta elementary schools.
Turns out the guy on the tracks was Joseph Larry, wheelchair-bound and a frequent RTA customer whom driver Ted Jenkins knew as a passenger.
Fifty turkey experts will answer questions on meal prep and turkey emergencies this holiday season.
It's not on the menu, but customers can give baristas a special recipe that will produce a drink similar to the beverage enjoyed by the fictional witches and wizards from the Harry Potter books.
The four banners will be installed Friday along California Oaks Road, toward Clinton Keith Road, as part of the City of Murrieta's Active-Duty Military Banner Program.
We rounded up the most uplifting stories trending across the country.
U.S. Navy Corpsman Michael Marchante, 26, a 2006 graduate of Murrieta Valley High School, was awarded the Bronze star medal
A football dream comes true for a high school senior in New York.
Ken and Margaret Crabill traveled on their 40-foot sailboat, Tomorrow, logging 44,000 miles and visiting 18 countries, The-Press Enterprise reports.
The Rotary Club of Murrieta presented vocational service awards Monday to Murrieta fire EMS Coordinator Art Durbin, Dorothy McElhinney Middle School teacher Carol Hernandez and Murrieta police Sgt. Don Weller.
Local veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars are being invited by the Riverside County Office of Education to apply for high school diplomas.
The Elks National Foundation awards 20 top winners scholarships ranging from $20,000 to $50,000. The remaining 480 runners-up receive $4,000 scholarships.
Help create a living history of how Murrieta sees 9/11.
In honor of Sgt. Eric E. Williams' Sept. 5 birthday—he would have turned 29— they released Chinese lanterns into the night sky over Carlsbad State Beach.
On a break from "So You Think You Can Dance," Makenzie Dustman, 18, of Temecula, on Tuesday stopped by the Murrieta Community Center, for a meet and greet with students in Miss April’s Dance classes.
Cole Canyon Elementary School Kindergarten Teacher Nicholas Van Deusen spreads cheer to hospitalized student.
Murrieta residents can vote for Zack in the 2013 "The Friskies!" video contest through noon Sept. 16. The award show will be broadcast Oct. 15.
Cassidy Wolf, 19, of Temecula was crowned Miss Teen USA Aug. 10. In her platform against cyber crimes, she speaks from personal experience as an FBI investigation ensues.
Nearly 50 applications were received for the Rotary Club of Murrieta's annual program, with 14 teachers at 10 Murrieta Valley Unified School District campuses gaining a grant for use over the next year.
A new billboard on Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore sends a message in memory of Tiffany Breslin of Murrieta, a 14-year-old who died in July 2008 as a result of a boating accident involving an alleged intoxicated boater.
According to First 5, the county has spent some $3.5 million on programs that support Riverside County mothers and their ability to breastfeed.