Planning and involvement key to her style Dr. Christi Barrett is starting her third year as superintendent of Hemet Unified School District. Some staff is new and some have been in their positions longer. Barrett adamantly says, “I love my job.” And her style seems to be involvement, participation, attention and planning. Her office is…

By Jennifer LeachAssociate director, Division of Consumer and Business Education The pandemic is still taking a toll on every kind of well-being we have. The new American Rescue Plan, just signed into law, gets the ball rolling to help out on many people’s financial well-being. Payments will soon be coming by direct deposit, checks or…

Editor’s note: This is taken from a Riverside County press release.Volunteers are encouraged to sign up now for the 2022 Point-in-Time Count, an annual survey of homeless adults and youth in cities and unincorporated communities across Riverside County.More than 700 volunteers are needed for the 2022 count scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 26. Volunteers from nonprofits,…