Current and future financial issues were the main topics of last week’s County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee meeting. Among the topics discussed were the future of the parcel fee now that CSA 38 residents do not have to fund the ambulance contract with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District, the current boundary of…

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported that Hemet High School teacher Janel Ramirez, 31, was arrested on Thursday, March 1 on suspicion of having had sex with a student. According to the report, the alleged offenses took place on campus during the month of December. Ramirez is a ninth grade English teacher, employed with the…

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors appointed two new members to the County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee at its Tuesday, March 21 meeting — Mark Garrett and Ted Janka. Both are relatively new to the Hill and are profiled here so CSA 36 district residents can get to know them. Garrett is pastor of…

The Hemet Unified School District’s Intra-District Transfers Open Enrollment period for the 2014-15 school year is Jan. 1 to March 1, 2014. During that period, parents may apply to transfer their children to a different school. HUSD policy allows children to continue their current enrollment at their school through the highest grade level offered without…