An award-winning writer/editor and education advocate. Skilled in short and long-form journalism, copy editing, CMS, blogging, digital storytelling and social media. I'm always looking for the best ways to tell stories.
Kyle Lundberg
Phoenix, AZ
An award-winning writer/editor and education advocate. Skilled in short and long-form journalism, copy editing, CMS, blogging, digital storytelling and social media. I'm always looking for the best ways to tell stories.
For the past two years, the Pony League Softball World Series at Diamond Valley Lake Community Park has brought in hundreds of players and spectators from around the region. But this year, the World Series went truly global, as a team from Indonesia competed on Hemet’s softball diamonds for the first time.
Tuition: $4,150 kindergarten-grade 5, $4,500 grades 6-8, discounts for multiple students. Changes are coming to two private schools in Hemet as an upswing in the economy has sparked renewed interest in private education. Grace Academy, an offshoot of Community Christian School, has been through a wild time of transition this past year.
Participants could sign up for a run based solely upon the intensity of the competition itself. Five kilometers, half-marathons, marathons and triathlons were options for runners based on skill level and training. But, in recent years, these charity runs have made way for more eclectic fare. Now there are mud runs, obstacle courses, color runs, lingerie runs and even zombie runs.
How much: $5 for one event, up to $22 to compete in unlimited events. What's new: Free opening day senior health fair, which includes a barbecue lunch, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, at the Simpson Center. The first year Jerry Chase competed in the Oldlympics, he won seven gold medals. In 1996, he cleaned up in track and field, and he was immediately hooked.
On a hot Wednesday afternoon, Branndy and Darren Arriaga are extolling the virtues of a magic whiteboard eraser. They’re sharing a light moment with their tutor, Alice Le, who asks them to solve a math word problem about how to best divide an extra-large cheese pizza. They’re not in a tutoring center or a school, but at Valley Restart Center, a homeless shelter in Hemet.
One of the worst thing about traveling in Southern California is the driving, especially in the summer when jacked-up parking lot rates, high gas prices and an influx of tourists make it harder to enjoy the region we call home. You can avoid the hassle and leave the car at home thanks to several light rail trips that will take you to and from your destination.
Keola Racela got his film-school education the old-fashioned way. Like director Quentin Tarantino, who famously worked in a video store before launching his directing career, Racela, 33, scanned the aisles of video stores looking for that perfect discovery. “You kind of want to dig in and find something you’ve never seen before,” said Racela, who grew up in Hemet.
Kristina Isayevaâs path to English proficiency was far from ordinary. Even though the Ramona Elementary fifth-graderâs family emigrated from Ukraine before she was born and English was the first language she learned to speak, she was immersed in Russian. Her interest in the language came after she made Russian friends at church.
A Temecula man cashed in a winning lotto Scratcher ticket worth $5 million hours after he realized heâd won. Christopher Smythe, a 66-year-old retiree, purchased the winning ticket at a 7-Eleven store on Murrieta Hot Springs Road in Murrieta on Wednesday. According to a release, Smythe scratched away 19 zero squares before scratching away the prize on square No. 20.
Beaumont resident Andrew Walker received an unexpected phone call from Congressman Raul Ruiz last month. Would he like to attend President Barack Obamaâs State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C.? It was an easy decision for a self-described history nut, who was fascinated from a young age by D.C. and its role in the origins of the United States.
Shevon Harrington spent some time enjoying the sunny weather Wednesday, Jan. 15, with her infant daughter at Mary Henley Park in Hemet. She said the unseasonable heat is a mixed bag. âIt annoys me to have to put on sun block on in winter,â she said. âIt is pretty â" it would be nice if this was as hot as it got in summer.â.
âLife is a marathon. You have to take it one mile at a time.â. The mantra reverberated through Dexter Emotoâs head as he completed his 100th half-marathon at the second annual âLos Angeles at Nightâ New Yearâs Race on Saturday, Jan. 4. The theme has been a constant presence in the Loma Linda resident and Hawaii nativeâs life ever since he ran his first half-marathon in January 2004.
After more than 25 years, Hemetâs Community Christian School is shutting down. Although the campus is staying open until the end of the school year, the closure has left many parents and students scrambling to find another private, Christian school to fit their needs. One option is Grace Academy, a new school opening this fall at Hemet Church of the Nazarene.
When a group of Texas cyclists got together to form the Haute Wheels Racing womenâs cycling team last November, they agreed that, while skill level was important, they wouldnât get very far if they didnât work well together. âWeâve all raced each other as competitors, so we knew each otherâs personalities,â said team captain Mandy Heintz.
Growing up in Riverside, Robert Grider never dreamed he would win a gold medal for cooking. Or be named the Southern California Chefs and Cooks Associationâs Chef of the Year. He was just a kid who loved to cook. âI really liked cooking growing up,â Grider said. âIâve sort of been doing it ever since.â.
When Diamond Valley Middle School played its second and final basketball game of the season against North Mountain Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 27, the teams were welcomed by an crowd filled with cheering students, teachers and parents. âAll week long, we have kids painting their faces and making posters,â he said.