July 31, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

ELINA (RETURNS) – THE SHOW & CD REVIEW
Murrieta, CA - It was sometime after Java Jo’z had established itself as a ‘scene’ spot here to see tomorrow’s talent today, that a young artist breezed through one evening named Elina (see ‘Java Jo’z Alumni to Artist Song To Hit The Big Screen, 9/15/06). Unpretentious but very polished and stage savvy, the young singer who played acoustic guitar happily sang her set. By the time she finished, she had ‘stolen’ the room. The songs, all original, delivered in a style so effortless and natural, brought the room to a peak, only to be capped by the news that this singer, Elina, had a song on the soundtrack of the then upcoming animation film, Everyone’s Hero. She also had a CD to be released, also sometime in the future. And then she was gone, another ‘magic moment’ in a kaleidoscope of great entertainment during the first year of Java Jo’z. By receiving Elina’s newsletter I was able to keep up with the general whereabouts and happenings, but still Elina rolled in to do a Java Jo’z/Cuppy’s show under my radar. Seeing Elina first poised up on the stage tucked at a past memory but the backstage collection of guests kept me occupied until her last song. As I listened to her voice’s lilt lift over her delicate acoustic playing, it all came back in an instant and I muttered, “By Crom” under my breath as I breathed in the last song of the set. Never one to miss a genuine opportunity, in music anyway, I snatched up the self-titled CD, ‘Elina’, as soon as she finished the set, welcoming her back to the local scene here.

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July 30, 2007 by Chef Zees.

Murrieta, California - Chef Zees will soon be teaching a cooking class in Murrieta. The class is scheduled to start on Monday September 17 at Vista Murrieta High School from 6-8 pm and will be a weekly class. She will initially be teaching how to cook Chinese food. She will also venture into French cuisine later on in the classes. To sign up for the classes, contact the Murrieta Valley Unified School District’s Adult Education School at 951-696-3805.

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July 30, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

Full Value TV, the video part of the Full Value Review, was selected by CNN for the video feed of the Menifee wildfire which burned over 200 acres on Sunday afternoon. Spotted by this journalist in French Valley, the actual blaze was taped by Bill Gould and Jeney Kingsbury (see preceding article and link), submitted to and accepted by the cable news organization.

The video appeared on their video homepage. This ‘next step’ in opening up the Inland Empire to the outside world comes in the wake of a number of major stories broken (scooped) by the Full Value Review and many others that have been reported by the mainstream press after being first informed by The Review.

Starting with reviews of the local new music scene, now reported in the many local print newspapers, the Full Value Review branched out into harder news with stories on the Divine Strike bomb tests, Chemtrails, the Invisible Children movement, and the maiming of the punk drummer in San Francisco, among others. Google News picked up the Review several months ago and readership is about 1000 a day and climbing.

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