Real estate scam emerges -- 'Crash and inflate' method generally leads to foreclosure (North County Times)
SAN DIEGO ---- Real estate appraiser Todd R. Lackner's second job as mortgage fraud investigator began when he stumbled onto a suspicious-looking transaction while online one day last March, he said last week....more...Perris High somber in wake of car crash that killed four (The Californian)
PERRIS ---- A Riverside County teenager who was hurled from a car that crashed while speeding to a pre-graduation beach party died Thursday, bringing the death toll to four....more... Tourism pours $500 million-plus into Temecula Valley's economy (The Press-Enterprise)
Tourists in Temecula Valley spent $538 million last year gambling, sipping wine and sleeping in the region's 1,659 hotel rooms, according to research commissioned by the city of Temecula and the region's convention and visitor's bureau....more... Tribe drawn into both sides of Palm Springs development fight (The Press-Enterprise)
PALM SPRINGS - For most people, navigating the four-mile drive along boulder-strewn Chino Canyon is simply a way to get to the city's famous attraction: the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which whisks riders high into the San Jacinto Mountains....more... Wine, gambling bolster area tourism industry (The Californian)
TEMECULA ---- The popularity of Wine Country and Pechanga Resort & Casino have been the driving forces in a four-fold increase in visitor spending in the valley from 131 million in 2000 to an estimated 538 million in 2006, according to a report released this week by the Temecula Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau....more... Tourism a $538 Million Business in the Temecula Valley (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
TEMECULA, Calif., May 23, 2007 -- Tourism in 2006 pumped more than a half a billion dollars into the Temecula Valley economy and is responsible for more than 6,000 jobs in the region, according to a benchmark economic study completed by the Temecula Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau and City of Temecula....more... Wednesday May 23, 2007 - 12:46 EST (Rolling Good Times)
The demise of the New Frontier will wipe 984 rooms from Las Vegas' room inventory, the world's largest. Once the Elad Group completes the Frontier's replacement, the result will be a net gain of more than 2,500 rooms on the site....more... Food calendar, May 16th (Daily Bulletin)
Wine Tour de France, 6 p.m. May 31, cost: $30 per person. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS COMPETITION The Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona; www.lawinecomp.com; today through Friday....more... Beth Ann Baldry (GolfWeek)
Jane Park was in a crowded Manhattan restaurant when she picked up the phone. She?d posted a tidy 3-under 69 in the opening round of the LPGA?s Sybase Classic May 17 just up the road in New Jersey and went into the city for a bite to eat....more... |