Water flows and pools proliferate around the main lake at Murrieta Hot Springs Resort. The site is a geothermal spa that goes back more than a century. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Murrieta Hot ...

Murrieta Hot Springs, a palm-shaded haven of steaming streams and coveted mud just north of Temecula, has been home to a Christian Bible college, a TV-free vegetarian commune and a popular mostly ...