At its Feb.13 meeting, the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) Board ofTrustees approved two resolutions to reduce staffing levels in the nextschool year although enrollment is expected to increase slightly. The proposals would have affected 37 classified positions. Eventually,42 district employees were given notice of potential action. Many of thepositions were initially funded with one-time…

Our readers’ responses continue to be overwhelming. We still have a way to go, but after less than five weeks of the new Membership model, we are more than 40 percent of the way to the minimum annual amount we estimate we will need from Memberships for the newspaper to be acquirable by younger publishers…

California has the second highest fatality rate nationwide involving drivers between the ages of 15-18.  To help combat this growing problem, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is conducting a free Start Smart traffic education class for local teen drivers and their parents.  This a program specifically geared toward reducing collisions and injuries involving teen drivers. …

Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit reached two Orange County hikers, lost in the San Jacinto wilderness early in the morning of Wednesday, May 9. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department aviation unit was unable to retrieve them because of high winds. Hikers Michael Blanc, 63, of Anaheim, and Malgurzata Domagala, 39, of Mission Viejo, had become disoriented…