Contributed

On August 9, Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement regarding the death of California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Jeremiah Hart:

Large grants are helping medical schools in Southern California improve diversity, because although Latinos are 39% of the state's population, they make up only 6% of physicians and 8% of medical-school graduates.

Vanessa Pellegrin, a San Jacinto resident, and Mario Herrera, who lives in Menifee, did the work Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Hemet Fire Station No. 1 on Juanita Street. They and art teacher Chet Glaze plan to finish refreshing the 2004 mural before Sept. 11, which will mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed by a security guard in Hemet near a fast food restaurant Friday night, Aug. 6.

My husband and I just celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary this past week. When first married, we had a weekly grocery budget of twenty-five dollars. For that monumental amount we filled our cart. No more! Those days, unfortunately, are long gone! And not only are we all spending more today, but a sneaky little tactic called shrinkflation is cleverly being used by companies to shrink the package size instead of popping up costs. So we are getting fewer paper towels, smaller candy bars, less chips and cereal, fewer trash bags - and sadly, even my beloved ice cream has been noticeably melted down.