Monthly Archives: September, 2026

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CalPERS Board Members Voice AI Concerns Following Anthropic Researcher’s Resignation

Sacramento — California’s largest public pension fund is riding high this year, buoyed in large part by a red-hot stock market and eye-popping valuations...

California Holds a Quarter of the Nation’s Death Row Inmates. Will Newsom Grant Clemency?

California is home to a quarter of all death row inmates in the United States, and as Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to leave office...

Mail-In Voting Rules Uncertain? Here’s How Californians Can Prepare to Vote in November

With mail-in ballots set to land in Southern California mailboxes within weeks, county election officials say residents should not let ongoing legal wrangling in...

Hemet PD undercover retail-theft blitz leads to three arrests

HPD’s Organized Retail Theft Unit ran an undercover operation Sept. 5 at JCPenney and Harbor Freight with store LP and Riverside County DA investigators. Three people were arrested. Suspects were not named.

Hemet Adopts $81.5M FY25-26 Budget; General Fund Climbs 21.5% to $60.6M

HEMET, Calif. — The Hemet City Council on June 10, 2025 unanimously ad opted a fiscal year 2025-26 ope rating budget that grows the...

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Valley-Wide packet: Winchester Zone 33 parks tax up to $1,697 per SF unit; Annex 14 WQMP up to $175 — Sept. 21 agenda

The Sept. 21, 2026 Valley-Wide agenda packet lists a Winchester Zone 33 parks-tax maximum of $1,697 per single-family unit and an Annexation 14 WQMP maximum of $175. Landowner election results and final adoption are not confirmed in posted minutes.

Kohler booked on murder, hit-run death after Palm Avenue scooter crash

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.

Vote Yes on Proposition 45: A Vote for Jobs and Innovation

A yes vote on Proposition 45 is a vote for jobs and innovation.

San Jacinto Planning Commission recommends two annexations, including 151 homes south of Ramona Expressway

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.

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