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The Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month program held its first recognition event of the new school year with a few changes. Seven local high school seniors were honored for demonstrating character, integrity, love of learning, involvement in school activities, athletics, and community service. Students were nominated by teachers or other school personnel for making a difference in their homes, schools, and community.

On September 25, 2021, at approximately 12:09 PM, deputies from the Colorado River Station (CRS) responded to the 13000 block of 10th Ave., in the unincorporated area of Riverside County, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon and vehicle theft in progress. The reporting party observed two subjects return to his property driving a previously stolen utility vehicle. The suspects threatened an employee as they attempted to steal an additional utility vehicle from the property.

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, about 6:00 PM, deputies from the Perris Station responded to an armed robbery that occurred at a business in the 200 block of Nuevo Road in the city of Perris. The Perris Station Burglary/Robbery Suppression Team assumed the investigation and identified the suspect as William Reyes (26-years-old), a resident of Perris.

Every registered California voter will get a ballot mailed to them in future elections under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law makes permanent a change adopted during the pandemic for the 2020 election and the recent recall against Newsom. California, the nation's most populous state, joins several other Western states in mailing all voters a ballot, including Utah, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Republicans who hold a minority in the state Legislature opposed the expansion of voting by mail.

The U.S. is seeing an increased use of cannabis resulting from its legalization for recreational purposes, according to a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings showed that passage of the laws led to a rise in the odds of past-year and past-month cannabis use among individuals of Hispanic, Other and non-Hispanic white race/ethnicity compared to the period prior to enacting laws for recreational use.