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Music blares from a boom box, as Dan Melendez works in the lobby of Historic Hemet Theater (HHT) to finish the work that consumed his last year. Finding himself a man alone with his art through the Covid-19 lockdowns, his art deco details and large murals speak of his talent.

On Wednesday, May 5th, 2021, uniformed deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department – Perris Station served a narcotics search warrant in the 1500 block of Arrow Creek Drive, City of Perris. The search warrant was a result of an ongoing narcotics investigation. During the service, evidence was collected, to include methamphetamine, heroin, body armor, drug paraphernalia, and criminal street gang indicia.

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife served five marijuana cultivation related search warrants at five separate residences/ properties located in the following unincorporated area of Hemet and Aguanga:

On March 26, 2021, La Quinta Special Enforcement Team deputies conducted a follow-up at the John J. Benoit Detention Center, in Indio. While in custody on a separate crime, Noe Millan Mora, 30 of Desert Hot Springs, was booked for robbery and conspiracy.

Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American Studies, was gravely concerned as he watched the emergence of the novel coronavirus in China last year.