Information: (951) 694-6444, or City of Murrieta Memorial Day observance Home” memorial, designed by artist Chris Pardell. (Press-Enterprise) Memorial Day observances planned for area communities It's so pretty."She, however, had her own warning for canyon visitors: watch out for rattlesnakes and avoid stepping on Munz's onions, which are on the state and federal endangered species lists.RELATED: These are the best wildflower spots in Southern California. My view faces those hills, and it's beautiful. Now it can add wildflowers to the list."They're calling it the wildflower tourist season," Tehrani said of local merchants. It's awesome."Lake Elsinore has long been an attraction for outdoor recreation as well as sightseeing. "You wouldn't believe all the people that are out here. "With the drought, we haven't seen that (wildflower bloom) for many years."Folks are coming from miles around to visit Walker Canyon, said Paulie Tehrani, who lives in nearby Alberhill Ranch."Everyone's stunned," she said of the reactions around town. "Then they can walk around and enjoy the poppies."Though the flower bloom may create a traffic burden, it has been a bounty to the city."It was spectacular to see," said City Manager Grant Yates, who also got caught up in the southbound traffic Sunday afternoon. "We ask people not to stop by the side of the freeway to take photos or get out of their vehicles to look at anything out there like these people were doing to look at the flowers."RELATED: If you haven't gone to see Southern California's wildflowers yet, here's what you've been missingNot only is it unsafe to stop in a non-emergency situation, it is illegal."We want to encourage people to legally exit the freeway and park in a legal space," Lassig added. People were parked along the 15 freeway to play in the snow.Then as now, the CHP has a message: Don't do that."The highway patrol would like to remind people that they can't stop on the freeway or on the shoulders or median," Lassig said. Lake ElsinoreLassig said the last time he witnessed people stopping on the freeway was a couple of years ago when it snowed in Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. More Murrieta CA Flower Shops Flowers and Gifts News Flowers go wild in Lake Elsinore - and so do drivers
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