Hemet Unified School District offices and school sites will be closed during the week of Thanksgiving from Monday, Nov. 24 to Friday, Nov. 28. In December, HUSD offices will be closed from Monday, Dec. 22 to Friday, Jan. 2, 2015.

Four traffic collisions occurred on Highway 74 last week, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier.  On April 10 at 7:30 a.m., Giovanni Tapia Ramos, 22 of Coachella, was driving his gray 2020 Toyota Corolla eastbound on Highway 74 near Carrizo Road at a speed of 60 mph, according to Ramos,…

Firefighters from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD), Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department Stations 23 and 72 and the U.S. Forest Service – San Bernardino National Forest responded to a house fire on West Ridge Road Sunday afternoon. Initially, the call came in at 2:07 p.m. as a structure fire on Saunders Meadow Road at…

‘Fire in Paradise’ film showing March 5 With the upcoming fire season approaching, the thought of a wildfire on the mountain is looming.   Cal Fire Battalion Chief Josh Bischof, of Menifee, grew up in Mountain Center. He started his career in the fire service at the age of 18 working for the U.S. Forest…