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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. • California has 769,831 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed.

Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" is a quotation from a work by John Donne (1572-1631), in which he explores the interconnectedness of humanity. He wrote the line in Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII: The longer quote to put this into context is, "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

Driving under the influence is a criminal offense in all states, which means anyone convicted of a DUI will have a criminal record when all is said and done. The thing is, most people arrested for DUI are hardly criminals in the real sense of the word. More often than not, they’ve never run afoul of the law, and they don’t have a criminal record anywhere.

“Mignonnes” is a film by French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré that premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinematic Directing Award.

At its September 8, 2020 meeting, the Hemet City Council approved two resolutions to bring a skate park to the community. In 2018, at the public’s request, the City Council approved a feasibility study to work directly with community members to understand their vision for the skate park. The City Council then approved an allocation of $68,500 to complete the community outreach process, finalize the skate plaza design scheme, and develop detailed construction drawings.