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Chris Durham, a 22-year veteran of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, has been named Temecula’s police chief. A captain, Durham replaces Zachary Hall, who has been promoted to chief deputy of the sheriff’s department, according to a statement on the city’s website. Durham is scheduled to take over his new …

Two faculty members at UC Riverside have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Deborah Deas, vice chancellor of health sciences and the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the UCR School of Medicine, and Mario Sims, a professor in the medical school’s Department of Social Medicine, Population and …

State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-San Bernardino, has been named executive director of KVCR-TV/FM. The San Bernardino television and radio stations are the only publicly owned media in the Inland Empire and are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, according to a statement on the KVCR website. Leyva, who was elected …

Enrique Murillo Jr., professor of education at Cal State San Bernardino, has been named to the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics, the White House has announced. “It is my distinct honor to have been appointed as an adviser to the White House …

Phil Smith has stepped down as board chairman of Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. His retirement was announced Wednesday and is effective immediately, according to a statement on the company’s website. A 35-year Stater Bros. employee, Smith began working for the supermarket chain in 1987 as a controller, and was promoted …

Adria Reinertson has been named Murrieta’s fire marshal. Reinertson has spent 25 years working in community risk reduction, most recently as deputy fire marshal with CAL-Fire/Riverside County Fire, according to a statement on the city’s website. She began her career with the Santa Ana Fire Department in 1997 as a …