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🌱 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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  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for Taco Bell Shift Supervisor in Menifee. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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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)

Ok Menifee! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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