Hemet News

In this Friday, Nov.20,2009 photo showing, Donna Pringle, left, and her husband John Pringle, going for a walk in Peppertree subdivision in Hemet, Calif .

The shooting was reported about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday at the Mountain View Townhomes in the 1100 block of East Whittier Avenue.

Charred human remains have been found in the backyard of a Hemet home, the Riverside County Coroner's Office said Wednesday.

In a long meeting punctuated by numerous public comments and questions, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission accomplished only one of seven proposed actions at its Nov.

Human remains were found Wednesday in the backyard of a Southern California home where three missing teens were last seen, police said.

Hemet police are looking for three 17-year-olds who have been missing for more than a week and whose disappearance they describe as suspicious.

At least 2,000 people are expected at the Riverside County Department of Public Health's first H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinic Monday, when antivirals will be dispensed to so-called priority groups.

A highly unpopular mid-recession fare increase proposal and a host of other Metrolink management challenges are intensifying questions about the future leadership role of David R. Solow, the executive in charge of Southern California's sprawling commuter rail service, The Times has learned.

Two of the developers at the center of a corruption investigation in San Jacinto funneled more than $190,000 into the campaign accounts of Councilman Jim Ayres, it was reported today.

One of those silly homeowners flaps resulted in a directive to paint over a beach-scene mural to make an ill woman feel like her Hemet is by the ocean.

Walk-ins are welcome, and pre-registration will be taken through Friday, while supplies last.

Arrested were Robert Chavez, 24 of Hemet and Jose Espejo, 26 of Perris. Two men were arrested after Hemet police, who were looking for someone displaying a gun, stopped the vehicle they were riding in and allegedly found drugs, said Sgt.

Hemet High football coach Andy Boynton, 48, was fired Monday morning after 14 years as the Bulldogs coach.

A 20-year-old San Jacinto woman is behind bars tonight after she led police on a chase from Murrieta to San Jacinto, Murrieta police said in a news release.

Karen Gregory was pleased when she heard that San Jacinto's mayor and three other City Council members had been charged Thursday with conspiracy and bribery.

Adan Ochoa Orozco was taken into custody after the pursuit was ended with the use of the spike strips, which disabled the vehicle Ochoa was driving.

Thursday's news that four members of the San Jacinto City Council were indicted for allegedly laundering developers' contributions to political campaigns was alarming.

According to Sgt. Jim Anderson of the Hemet Police Department's Crime Suppression Unit, the warrant was in response to filed complaints from neighbors of drug activity being conducted at a home in the 200 block of Ruby Avenue.

Assemblyman Bill Emmerson, who represents the 63rd District, confirmed Monday he will run for the 37th Senate District seat vacated when Sen.

Two people who posed as city employees to steal cash and jewelry from an 89-year-old man at his Hemet home were at large today, police said.