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This year, the Riverside Police Department will be doing National Night Out (NNO) a little different. To help maintain social distancing and limit the spread of COVID-19, we will coming by the various City of Riverside neigbhorhoods in a drive-by parade, which will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

A man accused of fatally stabbing a 63-year-old acquaintance outside a Hemet business pleaded not guilty Friday, Sept. 4 to a murder charge. Hyder Mahdi Jaffer, 51, of Hemet is accused in the Dec. 30 slaying of Inder Jit of Winchester.

Wildfires burning throughout California are generating smoke and ash that is impacting portions of western Riverside County, prompting health officials to urge residents to take precautions with the unhealthy air quality levels.

The natural, physical world around us truly amazes me! As I observe the plants, animals and natural elements, I am struck by the diversity I see. I have yet to think of something that there is only ONE of. While some species of plants and animals have the same internal structures or organs, their outer characteristics vary dramatically.

Dear Hemet City Council Members and City Manager, I was on the September 3rd zoom meeting of the Measure U Oversight Committee addressing financial discrepancies. Rarely do you find a City Council Member as honest and diligent as Ms. Meyer who pointed out errors in Hemet’s audited annual report.