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A quick rustle in the leaves and this yellow-striped racer had a fence lizard meal in its stretchy jaws. Photos by Doris Jean Lombard



After seeing the outlying areas of Twin Pines Ranch YOP (Youth Offender Program) during their recent tour of the facility …
The Common Core standards will be the subject of a forum on Nov. 4. Hemet Unified School District began implementing the Common Core State Standards this year and will discuss and explain them to parents and the community next month. Since 2010, 45 states have adopted the same standards for English and math. These standards…
Buying or continuing to rent major equipment for future pipeline replacement and repair projects was a major topic during the Pine Cove Water District meeting last week. Laying new pipeline, which the district did last summer, or replacing pipeline with PCWD employees is less expensive than contracting the work, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the…
Outage affected Anza Electric customers from Aguanga to Mountain Center As the Cranston Fire quickly spread on Wednesday, July 25, Southern California Edison cut power to the Hill as law enforcement promptly started announcing evacuation orders. Firefighters battled the blaze in the coming days, saving many homes and businesses, but the fire consumed some 132…
A Pine Cove road clearing project is underway. The first section of work began Monday, April 27 and continued through Tuesday, April 28. Another section of work will begin Tuesday, May 5, according to Pete Coy of Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC). MCFSC is overseeing the project. Coy told the newspaper that different sections…
The California Department of Transportation will close Highway 243 next Wednesday, July 6, to complete a rock scaling operation. The work was identified earlier this year when on January 10, 2016, an 18 to 20 foot boulder fell onto the highway near Sunrise Drive/Overlook. It took Caltrans crews three days to break down the boulder…