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Hearings this week: Hemet warehouse rules, Unocal 76 liquor permit, county bonds for Hemet clinic
Hemet Planning Commission hears a logistics zoning rewrite and a Unocal 76 liquor permit Oct. 6; San Jacinto council and county supervisors also meet. Times, places and posted items for Oct. 5-11.
FBI puts 2025 murder rate at 4.1, tying 1955 and 1956
FBI, CBP, Census, Federal Reserve and CDC figures for 2025 show lower murder and violent crime rates, fewer Southwest border apprehensions, lower official poverty and record median household income.
Valley-Wide packet: Winchester Zone 33 parks tax up to $1,697 per SF unit; Annex 14 WQMP up to $175 — Sept. 21 agenda
The Sept. 21, 2026 Valley-Wide agenda packet lists a Winchester Zone 33 parks-tax maximum of $1,697 per single-family unit and an Annexation 14 WQMP maximum of $175. Landowner election results and final adoption are not confirmed in posted minutes.
Kohler booked on murder, hit-run death after Palm Avenue scooter crash
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
San Jacinto Planning Commission recommends two annexations, including 151 homes south of Ramona Expressway
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
