Healthy Valley Foundation fundraising spokesman, Howard Rosenthal, explained that, “Lemongrass, an authentic Asian fusion restaurant located in Hemet, CA. will be providing delicious meals for the Foundation’s annual fundraiser held each year on Mother’s Day weekend.”
A high school math teacher from Lake Elsinore and a first grade teacher from Hemet were each selected to receive a $100 Teacher Grant from Division 33 of the California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA). John Chung, who teaches math at Ortega High School in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, and Nicole Flanagan, a teacher at Hemet Elementary School in the Hemet Unified School District were each randomly selected from nearly 40 applicants to receive the grant money.
The Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Theatre Department will transport listeners back to the early years of America with a free, live audio performance of "The Devil's Disciple" by George Bernard Shaw at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1.
Built in 1921, The Historic Hemet Theatre is one of the oldest movie houses in the country. Owned and operated by the Martin family, it was rumored to be the oldest continuously run single-screen movie house in the country until it closed in the mid-1980’s.
Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.