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By Kaci Patterson
Kaci Patterson is founder and chief architect of Social Good Solutions and of the Black Equity Collective.
When the pandemic upended daily...
San Jacinto City Council meets Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, closed session 5:30 p.m. and open session 6:30 p.m., Community Center, 625 S. Pico Ave. Posted agenda includes City Manager performance/appointment/employment in closed session; August warrants of $9,789,216.25; Tract 32955-1; Proposition 1 Resolution 4149; SB 1383 Ordinance 26-05 introduction; an SB 1087 veto letter; and a Tract 31886 landscaping award recommendation to Conserve LandCare for $986,944.25.
The county Downgrade List shows The Camelot at 100/A after a Sept. 9 follow-up and Little Beijing at 98/A after a Sept. 3 follow-up. Anza Pizza factory and LA COCINA also show August B-to-A follow-ups.
Reese Whitney, 21, of Hemet died Friday on McCall Park Road in Mountain Center, the Riverside County coroner said. CHP is investigating under Log No. 9655. Next of kin have been notified.
A Hemet man, Alex Mancia-Caceres, 54, died early Friday in a single-vehicle crash at Ramona Expressway and E Seventh Street in San Jacinto. Deputies responded at 2:24 a.m.; the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause remains under investigation.
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.