Supervisors on Sept. 15 will consider ratifying a one-year Sheriff agreement with San Jacinto Valley Academy for an SRO. Agenda text lists $225,000 from School Services Law Enforcement Revenue.
A Harley-Davidson rider hurt in a Sept. 8 intersection crash with a Toyota sedan was pronounced deceased Sept. 10. Hemet PD is withholding the identity pending family notification.
Hemet PD says a wrong-way SUV struck a pickup near Warren Road early Thursday. The Sheriff-Coroner identifies the deceased as Jordan Fontenot, 32, of Canyon Lake.
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.
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.