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Liberty Quarry strip mine near Temecula denied permits in 3-2 vote
Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre strip mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and increase health risks, while proponents touted its job-creating potential and tax benefits.  Liberty Quarry5/22/2012
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LETTERS: Supervisors' meeting a mockery
(California) -- Sitting in the Board of Supervisors meeting on May 15, waiting for the denial of the Liberty Quarry project to be finalized, I watched a travesty unfold...
5/17/2012
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Riverside Supervisors vote to certify Liberty Quarry Environmental Impact Report
(California) -- During what was expected to be a routine afternoon session on Tuesday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to certify the 8500-page...
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COLUMN: Tavaglione & the Rocky Horror Quarry Quandary
(California) -- RivCo Supe John Tavaglione is the lead singer in a rock band. But when it comes to hard rock — granite — the dude can swing.
5/16/2012
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'Shocking' twist in quarry hearing
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm its denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project, a rock mine that...
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Pechanga statement on quarry vote 'flip-flop', Tavaglione's rationale
(California) -- Shortly after the newspaper's article on the county Board of Supervisor's vote to certify the environmental impact report for Granite...
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Quarry opponents angry over report certification
(California) -- Liberty Quarry opponents said Wednesday, May 16, that their dismay over county supervisors’ Tuesday decision to accept a report on the...
5/15/2012
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Project denied, but opponents say door open
(California) -- What was expected to be the final chapter in the seven-year battle over a proposed Temecula-area rock mine could be the jumping-off point for a court...
3/21/2012
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Granite Rules Out Legal Action
(California) -- Granite Construction decided against suing the county for rejecting its application to build Liberty Quarry, an official said today.
2/18/2012
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Quarry opponents vigilant as developer weighs options
(California) -- Liberty Quarry opponents still celebrating Thursday’s vote by Riverside County supervisors against the proposed open-pit mine project aren’t declaring an...
2/16/2012
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Board votes to deny Quarry project
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday to uphold the Planning Commission's denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry...
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Controversial quarry voted down by board
(California) -- Overcome by emotion, opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project cried tears of joy after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors...
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County rejects quarry plan opposed by tribe, city
(California) -- County supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposal to develop a quarry on a mountain near Temecula amid opposition from hundreds of residents and an...
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Liberty Quarry strip mine near Temecula denied permits in 3-2 vote
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre strip mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
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Massive Temecula quarry rejected by Riverside County supervisors
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposed mammoth rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley, ending seven...
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Riverside County supervisors reject massive Temecula quarry
(California) -- The fastest-growing county in California rejected a massive, mountaintop rock quarry Thursday that supporters called an essential source of the...
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Supervisors continue questions at hearing
(California) -- Whether a proposed Temecula-area rock quarry gets built hinges on a vote scheduled for this morning by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
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Supervisors turn down project, 3-2
(California) -- An open-pit mine proposed south of Temecula was rejected this morning by Riverside County Supervisors. The board’s 3-2 vote comes after a 7-year...
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Supervisors vote 3-2 against Liberty Quarry
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
2/15/2012
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Experts support rock quarry plans near Temecula
(California) -- A mining company executive told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday that his firm has worked diligently to make a proposed rock quarry near...
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Quarry Hearing Leaves Spectators Guessing
(California) -- Which way the vote on Liberty Quarry will go tomorrow is anybody's guess, but some audience members say they have a fix on how two supervisors will...
2/14/2012
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Board listening to supporters, opponents of Liberty Quarry
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors listened to hours of testimony and rebuttal arguments Tuesday during the third day of a public hearing on a...
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No vote Tuesday, supervisors reconvene Thursday
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors could decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry Thursday after spending much of Tuesday questioning the project...
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Supervisors scrutinize developer comments
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors have set a Thursday hearing to decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry after spending much of Tuesday questioning...
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Vote on controversial rock quarry near Temecula may come today
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors could vote Tuesday on a proposed rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley -- a project that...
2/10/2012
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Board going ahead with quarry appeal hearing on Tuesday
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning for the third in a series of hearings on Granite Construction's appeal of the...
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Supervisors don’t postpone Tuesday’s meeting
(California) -- Tuesday’s Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the proposed Liberty Quarry will be held as scheduled.
2/9/2012
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Temecula Creek Inn housing plan under review
(California) -- A consulting firm is studying the environmental implications of a plan to transform the 305-acre Temecula Creek Inn property into a resort community...
2/8/2012
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Tuesday’s supervisors meeting may be delayed
(California) -- Next week’s Liberty Quarry hearing could be postponed so county officials can discuss transportation needs in Washington, D.C.
2/6/2012
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County supervisors hold final public hearing on Liberty Quarry project
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors will hold a final public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near...
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Opponents hit project; next meeting set
(California) -- Liberty Quarry foes launched a sometimes emotional verbal assault on the proposed open-pit mine during an all-day hearing on Monday.
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Opponents slam quarry project during 8-hour-plus hearing
(California) -- Opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry slammed the proposed mine Monday during the second in a series of hearings being held by the...
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Quarry opponents to take center stage on Monday
(California) -- Supporters of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project had their say last week, telling the Riverside County Board of Supervisors that the...
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Second hearing starts this morning
(California) -- The second Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the Liberty Quarry project will start at 9 a.m. today with comments from opponents of he...
2/2/2012
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MORON ALERT: If it is orange, vote it out
(California) -- If it is vocal. If it is loud. If it presents fiction as fact. If it is wearing orange and you agree with it, you are a genius. If you question its...
1/31/2012
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Liberty Quarry Public Hearing Draws Several Hundred to Voice Concern and Support
(California) -- A public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near Temecula drew several hundred people to the...
1/30/2012
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Appeal hearing today in Riverside
(California) -- More than 1,000 people -- many riding buses from Temecula -- are expected to gather this morning in the Riverside Convention Center for the first of two...
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Battle intensifies over proposed Temecula rock quarry
(California) -- A giant rock quarry proposed in the hills above Temecula had politicians from one of the most conservative corners of the Inland Empire railing Monday...
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Concerns over jobs, environment dominate hearing
(California) -- The yearning for employment in tough times and the fear of toxic air and environmental ruin drew more than 1,000 people to the Riverside Convention...
1/28/2012
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Quarry debate hits county supervisors’ dais
(California) -- Expect emotion by the busload at the Riverside Convention Center on Monday. That’s where the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will consider...
1/26/2012
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1st hearing Monday on quarry appeal
(California) -- The moment that thousands of people in Southwest County have been awaiting for years arrives next week.
1/23/2012
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Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for quarry hearing
(California) -- Doors to the Riverside Convention Center will open at 7:30 a.m. Monday for the first of two Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearings on the...
1/12/2012
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More hearings on strip mine near Temecula
(California) -- A mining company's appeal to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for reconsideration of plans for a strip mine near Temecula will be the...
1/11/2012
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County sets quarry appeal dates
(California) -- County officials have scheduled two dates for an appeal before the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on the proposed Liberty Quarry open-pit mine...
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How to Address Supervisors During Quarry Meetings
(California) -- Each member of the public can address the Board of Supervisors during the hearings that will decide the fate of Liberty Quarry.
1/10/2012
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Quarry appeal will be heard in Riverside
(California) -- The appeal of the Riverside County Planning Commission’s rejection of a 414-acre quarry will be heard in Riverside despite a request from quarry...
1/2/2012
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Options for Granite if board denies Liberty Quarry project
(California) -- Some of the people following the debate over a quarry proposed south of Temecula recently posed an interesting "what if" question. If the...
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Quarry appeal could be heard in February
(California) -- An appeal on the Liberty Quarry project could be taken up by Riverside County supervisors in early February, the board’s new chairman said. In an...
12/27/2011
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Chamber board opposes Liberty Quarry
(California) -- The board of Temecula’s largest business group has come out against the proposed Liberty Quarry.
12/16/2011
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Quarry developer appeals to county supervisors
(California) -- Granite Construction on Thursday filed an appeal of the Riverside County Planning Commission’s rejection of the proposed Liberty Quarry.
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Quarry proponent appeals permit denial
(California) -- A construction materials company has appealed the rejection of its proposal to build a 1,000-foot-deep quarry on a mountain overlooking Temecula.
12/15/2011
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Granite Construction files appeal to supervisors
(California) -- Granite Construction today filed an appeal of the Riverside County Planning Commission decision denying the proposed Liberty Quarry, the county’s...
12/9/2011
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Quarry formally denied, appeal likely
(California) -- Denial of Temecula’s Liberty Quarry project must go before the County Supervisors before Granite Construction mounts an appeal. The County Planning...
12/7/2011
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Commission denies permit for Liberty Quarry
(California) -- Months of meetings and deliberations, public opinion from several municipalities including the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, coupled with more than...
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Commission finalizes denial of quarry
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday morning to finalize its denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project, a 135-...
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Planning commission expected to deny Liberty Quarry permits
(California) -- Permits for a controversial surface mining operation planned near Temecula are expected to be formally denied by the Riverside County Planning Commission...
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Planning Commission formally denies the project
(California) -- The next chapter in the showdown over a proposed Temecula-area quarry can begin after the Riverside County Planning Commission this morning formally...
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Quarry developer vows appeal after panel’s vote
(California) -- A new front in the battle over a proposed Temecula-area quarry can begin now that a planning panel on Wednesday officially rejected the open-pit mine.
12/6/2011
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County Planning Commission set for final denial of Liberty Quarry
(California) -- Although they stand on opposite sides of the issue, supporters and foes of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry each have their reasons to look...
12/5/2011
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Mining Operation Expected To Be Denied
(California) -- Permits for a controversial surface mining operation planned near Temecula are expected to be formally denied by the Riverside County Planning Commission...
11/23/2011
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Granite Spends $138,000 to Beat Pechanga
(California) -- Granite Construction increased its spending more than six-fold after the Pechanga Tribe introduced legislation that would kill the company's plan to...
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Stone-Cold Cash [3rd Item]
(California) -- New lobbying reports show the extent to which Granite Construction opened its wallet to defeat a late-breaking bill intended to scuttle the company...
10/26/2011
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Commission postpones final denial of quarry until December
(California) -- Looking to make sure it is on legally sound footing, the Riverside County Planning Commission decided Wednesday to postpone finalizing its denial of...
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Official planning commission denial delayed
(California) -- Nothing is routine when it comes to Liberty Quarry, which remains in limbo nearly two months after the Riverside County Planning Commission rejected the...
10/23/2011
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Commission's denial of quarry project could be delayed
(California) -- Riverside County's Planning Department says it needs more time to draw up the paperwork that will complete the Planning Commission's denial of...
9/15/2011
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Quarry Opposed by Native American Tribe Rejected By County
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission rejected Granite Construction’s proposed Liberty Quarry August 31, but the fight isn’t over yet for...
9/7/2011
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Letter-Writing Campaign Fights Quarry
(California) -- Anti-quarry activists kicked off a letter-writing campaign to block a quarry planned near Temecula. Peter Terezakis, a quarry opponent, sent out an email...
9/4/2011
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LOVE: Quarry losing at halftime
(California) -- If the battle over the Liberty Quarry was a football game, the announcer might say: "And in a surprise at halftime, the environmentalists lead the...
9/3/2011
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Casino Money Goes To Protecting Indian Sacred Sites
(California) -- The Pechanga Band, which owns the largest casino on the west coast, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby for a state bill, AB 742, to...
9/1/2011
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Commission votes against proposed Temecula quarry
(California) -- Planning commissioners in Riverside tentatively voted to reject a proposal for a new quarry in the city of Temecula. Granite Construction wanted to build...
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Proposed quarry in Temecula dealt a blow
(California) -- A proposal to build a quarry on a mountain overlooking Temecula was dealt a blow on Wednesday when planning commissioners voted against the project and...
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Quarry appeal could be heard before year's end
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission's 4-1 vote Wednesday to tentatively deny Granite Construction's request for a surface mining permit...
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Supervisors could ponder quarry this year
(California) -- A plan to build an open-pit quarry just outside Temecula could come before the Riverside County Board of Supervisors by the end of the year. The county...
8/31/2011
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Commission tentatively denies quarry vote
(California) -- A county commission has tentatively denied a proposal to build a quarry near Temecula that faced ardent opposition from residents, a university and an...
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Commission votes against California quarry
(California) -- A Riverside County commission tentatively denied a proposal Wednesday to build a quarry on a mountain overlooking Temecula that faced ardent opposition...
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Commission votes against California quarry
(California) -- A Riverside County commission voted against a proposal Wednesday to build a quarry on a mountain overlooking Temecula that faced ardent opposition from...
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County Planning Commission denies Liberty Quarry
(California) -- The future of the proposed Liberty Quarry has hit a roadblock. The Riverside County Planning Commission has tentatively denied the project.
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County Planning Commission Rejects Mining Operation
(California) -- A surface mining operation planned for just north of the boundary separating Riverside and San Diego counties was voted down today by the Riverside...
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County Planning Commission Rejects Mining Operation
(California) -- A surface mining operation planned for just north of the boundary separating Riverside and San Diego counties was voted down today by the Riverside...
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Liberty Quarry project denied in Riverside
(California) -- A permit to construct a large open-pit rock quarry just north of San Diego County near Temecula was denied Wednesday afternoon by the Riverside County...
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Liberty Quarry Up For A Key Vote
(California) -- A key vote today will decide if a huge rock quarry north of San Diego can go forward; the Liberty Quarry faces strong opposition. The Riverside Planning...
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Massive rock quarry proposed near Temecula is rejected
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission on Wednesday rejected a proposal for a massive rock quarry near Temecula that was strongly opposed by the city...
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Panel nixes proposed quarry
(California) -- Dismissing a call to delay its decision, the Riverside County Planning Commission voted Wednesday to deny Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry...
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Planners deny mine permit
(California) -- Plans to build an open-pit quarry near Temecula took a significant hit Wednesday when the Riverside County Planning Commission denied a mining permit and...
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Riverside County panel rejects proposed rock quarry
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission on Wednesday rejected an application for a massive rock quarry proposed near Temecula that was strongly opposed...
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Tides Turn in Quarry Deliberation
(California) -- The tides turned in favor of the quarry planned for near Temecula today. Only one commissioner praised Liberty Quarry during a hearing today.
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Two Renounce, One Supports Quarry
(California) -- Commissioners John Snell and John Petty renounced Liberty Quarry, and Commissioner James Porros praised it today. The commissioners were deliberating on...
8/30/2011
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CA city, tribe, ecologists fight proposed quarry
(California) -- Wine-tasting rooms and antique shops line the streets of Temecula's quaint downtown fashioned after the Old West. Tour vans wait to whisk visitors to...
8/29/2011
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Commission will hear requests to delay Liberty Quarry vote
(California) -- The county Planning Commission will meet Wednesday in Riverside to consider requests to postpone a decision on Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry...
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Confusion on supervisor's quarry position prompts calls
(California) -- Riverside County Supervisor Bob Buster has fielded more than two dozen telephone calls and emails over the past week from people who wrongly interpreted...
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Proposed law sponsored by Pechangas could derail Temecula quarry
(California) -- Riverside County planning commissioners will consider postponing a decision Wednesday on whether to approve a contested quarry project near Temecula....
8/28/2011
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Pechanga: No Need to Delay Quarry Vote
(California) -- Delaying the final vote on a proposed quarry near Temecula was unnecessary, according to Pechanga tribal leaders. The Planning Commission heard enough...
8/27/2011
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Company Seeks To Delay Liberty Quarry Vote
(California) -- A company planning to mine near Temecula wants to delay a decisive vote on the project. Granite Construction sent a letter on Thursday to the Riverside...
8/26/2011
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Granite Construction Seeks to Delay Liberty Quarry Vote
(California) -- An August 25 letter from Granite Construction—the company that has proposed building a quarry in Riverside County, California—asks the...
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Quarry meeting still on for now
(California) -- Riverside County's Planning Commission is still scheduled to meet and vote on a proposed quarry near Temecula despite the developer's request to...
8/25/2011
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Anti-Quarry Bill Gets Some Support
(California) -- The anti-Liberty Quarry bill, sponsored by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, was approved with a 7-0 vote Tuesday morning by the state Senate's...
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Bills Could Bypass Public Debate On Gregory Canyon, Liberty Quarry
(California) -- The Gregory Canyon landfill and the Liberty Quarry have something in common. Developers have spent more than a decade and millions of dollars to get...
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Developer wants quarry vote delayed
(California) -- The developer of the proposed Liberty Quarry near Temecula is asking the Riverside County Planning Commission to delay a Wednesday meeting on the project...
8/24/2011
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Pechanga Tribe Earns Small Victory In Sponsored Quarry Bill
(California) -- The anti-Liberty Quarry bill, sponsored by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, was approved with a 7-0 vote Tuesday morning by the state Senate's...
8/23/2011
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Anti-Liberty Quarry bill in Sacramento limbo
(California) -- The anti-Liberty Quarry bill sponsored by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians was approved with a 7-0 vote Tuesday morning by the state Senate's...
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Anti-Liberty Quarry bill set for committee hearing Tuesday
(California) -- A bill that would prohibit rock quarries on land considered sacred by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians will be taken up Tuesday by the state Senate...
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Council supports Pechanga anti-Liberty Quarry bill
(California) -- The city of Temecula on Tuesday threw its weight behind legislation that would allow the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians to block the permitting of rock...
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Debate begins over legislation that could block controversial Temecula rock quarry
(California) -- A California state Senate resources committee is considering a measure from Long Beach Democratic Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal that could block a...
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Senate committee passes, and then parks, anti-quarry bill
(California) -- A bill to stop the proposed Liberty Quarry near Temecula cleared its first Senate committee Tuesday but will likely go no further for the remainder of...
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Will quarry bill move forward?
(California) -- The Senate Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing this morning on legislation meant to block Liberty Quarry near Temecula. But the end-of-...
8/22/2011
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Last-minute legislation would help tribe in SoCal quarry fight
(California) -- Legislators will consider this week last-minute legislation that would give an influential Native American tribe the power to block a Southern California...
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Quarry clash looming as session nears end
(California) -- Legislation to block the proposed Liberty Quarry near Temecula is quickly emerging as a Capitol showdown in the closing days of the year's...
8/21/2011
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Text of Quarry-Killing Legislation Released
(California) -- The text of the legislation that, if passed, would kill a proposed quarry was released. The bill, called AB 742, is backed by the Pechanga tribe. It...
8/17/2011
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Anti-quarry bill spurs online petitions
(California) -- Supporters and opponents of a proposed Temecula-area quarry have started online petitions for and against state legislation that seeks to block the...
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Anti-quarry bill would protect tribe's creation-story landscape
(California) -- An Assembly bill sponsored by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians would prohibit the approval of a rock quarry if sits on land that the tribe says is...
8/16/2011
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Commission to vote on quarry Aug. 31
(California) -- After holding five hearings, hearing countless speakers and receiving a mountain of documents, Riverside County's Planning Commission is ready to...
8/15/2011
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Battles Continue Over Proposed Mine Site
(California) -- The site of a proposed quarry near Temecula is on holy ground, according to the Pechanga Tribe. Granite Construction, the company planning to mine the...
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Developer refutes sacred-land claim
(California) -- A proposed Temecula-area quarry will not harm land deemed sacred by a local American Indian tribe, an expert and lawyer speaking on behalf of the quarry...
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Granite issues deceptive press release about Pechanga support of development on its Place of Creation
(California) -- Granite Construction this afternoon issued a highly deceitful press release asserting that the “Tribe previously supported 81 new homes on quarry...
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Mining officials, Pechanga members argue over quarry
(California) -- A contentious hearing on Monday over a massive rock quarry proposed near Temecula drew hundreds of people and sparked a heated exchange between mining...
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Pechanga officials speak at quarry hearing
(California) -- Offering up testimony that at times appeared to be emotionally painful, members of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians defended the cultural...
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Sixth, final quarry meeting set for Aug. 31
(California) -- Following an eight-hour-plus meeting that featured emotional and passionate pleadings and an assortment of dry, technical presentations, the county...
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VIDEO: Indian tribe against quarry project on 'sacred' land
(California) -- A public hearing is planned over a controversial quarry project in Riverside County Monday morning. Granite Construction is looking to establish a strip...
8/14/2011
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STRICKLAND: Quarry cost will climb for Granite
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning commission meets Monday for what may be the last time in Temecula regarding Granite Construction's battle to desecrate...
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Temecula quarry plan meets resistance from neighbors, tribe
(California) -- A boulder-strewn mountain west of the Temecula Valley, created by violent mashing of tectonic plates during the Jurassic Period, holds more than 270...
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Tribe: S Calif quarry plan imperils sacred site
(California) -- A Southern California Indian tribe is objecting to plans for a massive quarry that would be built at the spot that they consider the site of the world...
8/13/2011
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Liberty Quarry: Wrong Project & Wrong Location (Video)
(California) -- Watch this video by Laurenn Barker and learn even more about the dangers to our area if the proposed Liberty Quarry is approved by the Riverside County...
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Sacredness of Temecula-area quarry site adds to fight
(California) -- Imagine having the Garden of Eden in your backyard and watching it disappear, one explosive blast at a time. Leaders of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño...
8/12/2011
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New front opens in land use war over divisive Liberty Quarry plan
(California) -- A Temecula-based Indian tribe has opened a new front in a years-long land use war over plans to develop a mine wedged between its reservation, the city...
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Sacred Sites: Help the Pechanga Pray for Ancestral Landscape
(California) -- As part of the 2011 National Sacred Places Prayer Days the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians is asking for prayers to get county officials to see the dire...
8/9/2011
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Quarry-stopping bill described as 'end run'
(California) -- Granite Construction has mounted a response to a proposed bill that would not only stop its Liberty Quarry project, but would enact a sweeping ban on all...
8/8/2011
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Granite Construction Fights Back
(California) -- Granite Construction has come out swinging in response to what its officials are calling a last-minute, behind-the-scenes attempt to circumvent the local...
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Pechanga sponsors bill that would stop mining quarry south of Temecula
(California) -- A proposed mining quarry south of Temecula is now teetering on a rocky ledge after Pechanga announced a bill in the state legislature that would protect...
8/6/2011
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Anti-Liberty Quarry legislation being written
(California) -- The state's rules regarding mining for gold, copper, silver or other metallic minerals near a site sacred to American Indians are pretty clear-cut.
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Legislation Denounces Liberty Quarry Project
(California) -- Authored by Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), the legislation known as AB 742 would amend the Public Resources Code to include aggregate...
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Pechanga Tribe Fights Proposed Quarry
(California) -- Pechanga Indians are fighting to protect what they consider to be the birthplace of their tribe. The Pechanga band of Luiseno Indians recently announced...
8/5/2011
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Quarry bill faces deadline. opposition
(California) -- State legislation that would block a planned Temecula-area quarry faces a Sept. 9 deadline for passage or it will have to wait until next year, a...
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Traffic, cultural issues up next in quarry series
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission has covered a lot of ground so far during its review of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project.
8/4/2011
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Bill aims to kill Liberty Quarry
(California) -- An influential Temecula-area tribe is pushing state legislation that could quash the proposed Liberty Quarry project in an effort to protect land it...
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Pechanga sponsors anti-Liberty Quarry legislation
(California) -- Taking on Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project via Sacramento, the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians is sponsoring legislation that would amend...
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Proposed law could block Temecula-area quarry
(California) -- A bill to be introduced in Sacramento at the request of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians could effectively kill a controversial plan to build an open...
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Pechanga Sponsors Legislation to Protect Tribe’s Place of Creation
(California) -- The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians today announced it is sponsoring a bipartisan bill with more than 30 co-authors in the State Legislature to protect...
7/29/2011
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FORUM: Quarry will indeed be eyesore
(California) -- We will see it, and it will be ugly! During the recent Planning Commission hearings regarding Liberty Quarry, there was little mention of the mile-long...
7/20/2011
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Liberty Quarry experts pitted against opposition experts Monday; commissioners will mine issue again Aug. 15
(California) -- Hours of technical jargon from experts were the highlight of the fourth Riverside Planning Commission hearing on a proposed mining quarry south of...
7/17/2011
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EDITORIAL: Time to redo report
(California) -- On Monday, the Riverside County Planning Commission will hold its fourth, and perhaps final, hearing on a contentious quarry proposed for the granite-...
7/15/2011
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Fourth quarry meeting set for Monday
(California) -- Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project and the Riverside County Planning Department's review of the proposed mine was pilloried last month...
6/30/2011
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Pechanga Sacred Site Gets Another Public Hearing
(California) -- The proposed Liberty Quarry in Riverside County is not only opposed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, but also by San Diego State University (SDSU...
6/28/2011
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Experts highlight Granite's EIR flaws
(California) -- On June 22, I attended the most extraordinary Riverside County Planning Commission hearing on Granite Construction's environmental impact report on...
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Fourth Quarry hearing set for July 18
(California) -- The Riverside County Planning Commission is scheduled to reopen the hearing on Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project on July 18.
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Next Liberty Quarry meeting is July 18
(California) -- The next Riverside County Planning Commission meeting to review the proposed Liberty Quarry project is set for 9 a.m. July 18 in Temecula.
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Pechanga Sacred Site Gets Another Public Hearing
(California) -- The proposed Liberty Quarry in Riverside County is not only opposed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, but also by San Diego State University (SDSU...
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