On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to historic consumer protection legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act, the official name of the major new law, will give Medicare beneficiaries some pocketbook relief from the relentlessly rising prices of prescription drugs.
On August 14, 2022, deputies from the San Jacinto Station responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at First Street and Sheriff Avenue in San Jacinto. Upon deputies' arrival, they learned a male may have been shot and fled on foot into an empty field near the dead end of Sheriff Avenue.
On Monday, August 15, 2022, at 8:05 AM, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Palm Desert Station, responded to a report of a major injury traffic collision involving a motorcycle in the area of Washington St. and Tucson Circle, Palm Desert.
On August 14, 2022, at 12:52 a.m., deputies from the Perris Sheriff Station responded to the area of Saddleback Wy. and Pillar Ct., Perris, regarding a report of shots fired in the area. Deputies arrived within minutes and located an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds.
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
Shooters Sports Bar & Grill at 121 E. Florida Ave. was approved Sept. 22 to open back to full permit status, and the A placard was re-posted. The county report lists a manual score of 92, with no live or dead cockroach activity observed and a surveillance recheck by Sept. 29.