Monthly Archives: September, 2026

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California Health Cost Watchdog Gains Authority to Penalize Hospitals That Exceed Spending Limits

California health officials have taken a major step toward reining in medical costs, giving a state watchdog agency new authority to fine hospitals, physician...

CalMatters Honored for “Deeply Human” and Innovative Storytelling at Online Journalism Awards

CalMatters journalists have earned top honors in this year's Online Journalism Awards, a national competition that celebrates innovative digital storytelling across major media companies,...

Community Colleges Reverse Course, Push Back on Plan to Expand Bachelor’s Degree Offerings

California’s community colleges spent years pushing for the authority to award more bachelor’s degrees. This year, two bills moving through Sacramento seemed poised to...

California Aims to Rebuild Public Trust Through a New Approach to Data Centers

California's data center boom is barreling forward, and Southern California communities are increasingly finding themselves caught between the promise of economic development and the...

California’s Job Losses Mount, but Candidates Stay Quiet on the Issue

California's political class has a great deal to say this election season about housing costs, crime, water policy and a dozen other hot-button issues....

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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.

Shooters Hemet restored to full permit; A placard, score 92

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.

How They Voted: Hemet adopts SKR fees 4-1; Males no; cannabis and Measure U items 5-0

Hemet City Council adopted Ordinance 2081 on Sept. 22, setting Stephens' kangaroo rat mitigation fees on a 4-1 vote with Mayor Pro Tem Joe Males opposed. The rest of consent, including commercial cannabis and $20,000 in Measure U for Fire Station 3, passed 5-0.

Supervisors approve $225,000 San Jacinto Valley Academy resource officer agreement

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a one-year, $225,000 school resource officer agreement for San Jacinto Valley Academy. The Sept. 15 Statement of Proceedings marks the item approved as recommended. It does not list named Ayes or Noes, and it does not print a roll-call tally.

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