Monthly Archives: September, 2021

Many retired educators in California are finding retirement far less comfortable than they had assumed. By law, retired educators aren't allowed to collect Social Security benefits, though many have paid into the system.

A series of earthquakes shook the Anza area after hitting in the San Jacinto Mountains north of the Riverside County town Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Belabored mother, fussy father, impossible daughter and awkward son in his twenties still a gangling youth trying to fit in. Sound familiar? The latest effort put forward by the Ramona Hillside Players in Hemet was the epitome of ordinary family life in today's cell phone, box warrior games and lack of direction kids.

According to the U. S. Constitution, there is an explicit separation between Church and State. Perhaps State doesn't mean politics. I'll explain. I was recently invited to cover an event at the 412 Church, a large expansion of land and building on the border between Hem and San Jacinto in the northwest corner of the San Jacinto Valley. It was billed as a "Townhall Meeting," something, as a journalist, I was pleased to cover. However, what I sat through for an hour had nothing to do with townhall other than it was packed with people. The general public did not speak.

Fresh from beating back a recall, the governor signed a package of bills to address the California housing crisis. But what do these new laws mean for housing affordability in a state where median home prices have already shot past $800,000?