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Thirteen search warrants involving marijuana cultivation were served Monday by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and state Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel in the unincorporated Aguanga area. In addition to the eradicated plants, 2,356 pounds of processed marijuana and 14 firearms were seized, the Sheriff″s Department said. One of the grows was using an extremely toxic pesticide that is banned in the United States, the department noted. “Marijuana cultivation negatively impacts the environment in many ways including diminishing and poisoning the water table and pesticides adversely affecting the health of neighboring residents,” the department said. Aguanga is about 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) north of San Diego.
Search warrants target illegal Southern California pot grows.

His two attempts to craft legislation replacing Obama’s law have collapsed for lack of GOP support. Republican opposition seems likely to doom a vote next week on his Plan C, a bill simply repealing much of Obama’s statute. Along the way, conservative Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., accused McConnell of a “serious breach of trust” by telling moderates that proposed Medicaid cuts would not occur. His fellow Kentucky Republican, Sen. Rand Paul, was a constant thorn and the most vociferous opponent of McConnell’s effort. And Utah Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, gave party leaders little advance word when he and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, deserted the bill late Monday, effectively killing it in the dark of night. “This has been a very, very challenging experience for all of us,” McConnell told reporters Tuesday. McConnell faced a difficult environment. Polls have consistently shown Obama’s statute was far more popular than the GOP effort to repeal it, making his bill a tough sell to colleagues. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval ratings and zigzagging engagement haven’t helped. And facing unbroken Democratic opposition, McConnell needed to win over at least 50 of the 52 GOP senators, a .962 batting average he’s been unable to achieve. “Mitch has a tough, tough job and frankly I cut him a lot of slack on this. He can only do so much,” said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Democrats, who often grudgingly marvel at McConnell’s moves, kept waiting for him to pull a rabbit from what turned out to be an empty hat. They said he overreached by turning a bill reshaping Obama’s law into one that also cut nearly $1 trillion in taxes over a decade and sliced almost $800 billion from Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, disabled and nursing home patients. They say he boxed himself in by rushing to deliver on his party’s seven-year-old overpromise to repeal Obama’s law. That proved an arduous task that angered tens of millions who’ve benefited from the statute, especially with much of McConnell’s work performed behind closed office doors. “I don’t have any sympathy for him,” said Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., his party’s No. 2 Senate leader. “I assume he felt duty-bound as the Republican leader” to pursue repeal of Obama’s law. But he said McConnell should have known that “rewriting the health care system of America on the fly and in secret was not going to work.” McConnell seemed to be trying to turn lemons into lemonade with next week’s likely rejection of a simple repeal of much of Obama’s law. By losing, GOP leaders would send a message to conservative voters that they tried to obliterate the law, while signaling to Republican senators that the votes aren’t there and it is time to move on. A senator for 33 years, the 75-year-old McConnell has a reputation for weaving compromises that avert onrushing political disasters. He cut several such deals during Obama’s years in the White House, including major budget pacts in 2011 and 2013. But once Donald Trump won the presidency and Republicans took House and Senate control this year, it became McConnell’s job to play offense. In particular, he is quarterback of the Senate GOP drive to repeal Obama’s law. But dismantling the law is not going to happen, at least in the immediate future. Assessing Democrats as unwilling to help them scrap Obama’s law — which they were — McConnell ignored them from the start. That tactic ignored his own advice from his 2016 memoir, “The Long Game,” in which he criticized Democrats for passing Obama’s 2010 statute “without regard for the views of the other side.” “Once you only have 52 votes and you try to do a bill just with Republicans, you set yourself up for a nearly impossible task,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. McConnell’s latest bill would cut Medicaid, letting insurers sell policies with negligible coverage and rolling back Obama taxes on the health care industry. Getting GOP votes for it is a Rubik’s cube-like problem because conservatives and moderates have mutually exclusive demands, like whether to slash Medicaid or erase Obama regulations protecting consumers. “You have first- and second-term twerps that think they know the solution to everything,” said former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., who retired in 2007. “This was always going to be a difficult process and I’m not sure how we would have handled it differently,” said No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas. Movement conservatives who have often accused McConnell of not being an aggressive enough champion of their causes do fault him. “Mitchcare collapses,” read a statement by Ken Cuccinelli, who heads the Senate Conservatives Fund, which has clashed with McConnell. Cuccinelli called the bill’s demise “an embarrassing defeat for someone who portrays himself as a strategic genius.”
Crumbling health bill dents McConnell image as top tactician.

While the flavors may be sinful, the shakes are not. Each protein shake has just 200 calories and only 11 to 15 grams of carbs. As an added bonus, each shake offers 24 grams of protein and 21 vitamins and minerals. “It’s everything you need in a healthy meal,” said Seth McMurry, Nutrition Hub and Nutrition Bar co-owner. This new smoothie bar concept that is spreading across the Memphis area started as a family affair. Seth McMurry and his wife, Cymber, along with Seth’s brother Nathan McMurry and his wife, Katelyn, opened The Nutrition Hub in Germantown in April. It was the first of these smoothie bar and meal replacement shops to open in the area. In September, the couples opened Nutrition Bar in Laurelwood in East Memphis. The names of the two businesses are slightly different, but each offers a similar menu. The focus is on shakes, teas and aloe shots. The shakes are creamy, filling and surprisingly tasty. They taste like a sinful milkshake, not a healthy meal replacement. “Protein shakes have been a big part of our life since we are athletes,” Katelyn said. “These are healthy, not chalky and taste like a dessert.” The protein shakes are made with water and ice as the base. Using water instead of milk helps keep the calories down. Each shake is made with protein powder and Healthy Meal meal-replacement shake mixes from Herbalife Nutrition. “We currently have three different protein powders and 11 healthy meal flavors,” Seth said of how they can make so many shake flavors. The current menu boasts about 40 flavors, and Seth is working on adding approximately 20 more flavors. “These shakes give you everything you need in a full meal without the calories,” Seth said. “Our shakes are a way to get a lot of protein in one meal with low calories,” Katelyn added. “When exercising, you need protein to build your muscles back up.” So what to order? Start with some of the owners’ favorites. Katelyn’s favorite flavors are the Blueberry Muffin and Cinnamon Toast. Nathan goes for the Elvis, a chocolate, peanut butter and banana concoction, or Salted Caramel. At $8 per shake, it’s a quick and affordable fast food. The tea at the Nutrition Bar and Hub is not your traditional Earl Grey or chamomile tea. Instead it’s a fruity-flavored energy tea that can be ordered cold or hot. “It gives you extra energy like a double espresso. But unlike espresso, it is a clean, natural energy, so you will have no jitters,” Seth said of the stevia-based teas that have only 15 calories and no added sugar. Each tea is made from a combination of a tea and an energy supplement. Seth recommends Pomegranate + Pomegranate, Chai + Orange, and Pomegranate + Orange. You can also add a “booster” to your tea. They offer seven different boosters that range from a collagen “Beauty Booster” to an “Immune Booster” with vitamin C and zinc. Teas are $4, with an extra charge for the boosters. When you visit the Nutrition Bar or Hub, Seth recommends you start with an aloe shot. Made from aloe vera, this shot is for gut health. Benefits include soothing the stomach, relieving indigestion and supporting nutrient absorption. The shots come in mango, mandarin and cranberry and are just $1. Unlike aloe water, which can contain jelly-like pieces of aloe plants, these shots are smooth and go down easily. “I have had customers tell me they been able to stop taking acid reflux medication after taking aloe shots daily,” Seth said. Customers can also purchase products to make their own shakes, teas and even aloe shots at home. As part of Herbalife Nutrition’s sales program, business owners like the McMurrys can receive a percentage of sales from other businesses that use their account to get up and running. “As they are more successful, we are more successful,” Katelyn said of this win-win to help others open a similar concept. “Plus, the percentage comes from Herbalife, not directly from their business.” In addition to the health aspect, Seth said a big reason the family started the business was to build community. “Each location has a big bar so folks can sit and talk with each other and us,” he said. “I know most of my customers here in Germantown by name.” Each location has comfortable seating, both at the bar as well as throughout the store. The atmosphere encourages guests to hang out for a bit, as they sip their shake. “All of us are athletes and we have been drinking protein shakes for years,” Seth said. “We have friends in Little Rock who have a similar business, and we wanted to create the same thing here in Memphis.” Katelyn said they also saw a big need in Memphis. “We are trying to make a difference by offering a healthy and fast alternative.” The McMurrys are growing their business by helping others open similar concepts. Last year, the McMurrys partnered with another family to open a third location on Main Street. Downtown Nutrition is co-owned by couple Preston and Jackie Butts and Anthony Hollins, Jackie’s brother. The menu and feel of the new location, which opened in early December, reminds you of the other two locations. Jackie described the business relationship with the McMurrys as “each is independently owned but we all work together.” “I liked the community aspect of the business, the health awareness piece and the impact it can have on a community,” Preston said. “Plus, we live Downtown, and we wanted to give a great product to the underserved health and fitness community in Downtown Memphis.” “We are opening a second location for us in Oxford, Mississippi, within the month,” Preston said. The new location will be much larger than the Downtown location, at more than 2,000 square feet, and is located at 1101 Merchants Drive, across the street from the Dick’s Sporting Goods. Ole Miss students will be happy to know that the shakes will be on the university’s meal plan. ___ Information from: The Commercial Appeal, http://www.commercialappeal.com

Nutrition Hub starts a nutrition bar craze in Memphis area.