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UPDATE: March 30, 3:45 p.m. With additional information from sheriff’s department. UPDATE: March 30, 2 p.m. See original article below PERRIS – Details are still emerging, but family members of missing, 14-year-old, Lorenzo Veta, have excitedly reported that the missing teen was located and has been returned home. Sheriff’s officials later confirmed the boy was located Wednesday, March 29, and […]
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HEMET – During 2016, City of Hemet firefighters responded to nearly 17,000 calls for service. Many of those calls involved vehicle fires, residential blazes, wildland fires, fatal traffic collisions and other deadly incidents. In order to show many of the dangerous calls the firefighters responded to and handled, Hemet Fire Fighters Association, Local 2342 compiled helmet camera footage from throughout the […]
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HEMET – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station, located in the unincorporated community of Valle Vista, recently welcomed long-time Hemet-San Jacinto Valley resident Captain Leonard Purvis as their new station commander. With more than 27 years of law enforcement service – covering numerous assignments and responsibilities – Purvis brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new assignment. Purvis officially took […]
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HEMET – Hemet residents will soon be seeing a new K9 handler and his K9 partner patrolling the streets and back alleys of the city when Hemet Police Officer Reynoso and his new K9 companion Mac complete their training. The new team is currently in their first week of basic K9 academy at Adlerhorst International, Inc. Once their training is complete, […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Cub Scouts and families from Moreno Valley’s Troop 100 were treated to an evening meeting with Moreno Valley Police Department officials Wednesday, Jan. 11. The specially planned troop meeting provided the scouts with a fun and interactive evening learning about law enforcement. During the meeting, officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police station spent nearly two […]
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Written for Valley News. Click image to view full story. ONOFF set to rock Shamrock’s annual Get ShamRocked Festival, Jan. 14
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COMMUNITY/RELIGION: HEMET – A local group, ‘Praying Hands Across Hemet’, has invited members from throughout the community, people of any and all faiths to come out and join them this Sunday Jan. 8 for a short ceremony of lifting up their community, community leaders, law enforcement, fire and medical personnel, and citizens. The event is set to gather at the […]
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UPDATE:1/5/2016 7 p.m. Less than twelve hours after Kimberly and Gracelynn’s story was published on Riverside County News Source, Kimberly was contacted by several people and a business that offered to help the mother and daughter celebrate Gracelynn’s third birthday party. The first part of Gracelynn’s party will now be held at Mary Henley Park in Hemet, beginning at 1:30 […]
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Written for Valley News. Click link to read full story. Military and disabled veterans honored at annual Support Our Troops event
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HEMET – Hands Across Hemet, a local charitable group, has been overwhelmed at the outpouring of generosity they have received over the last week from across the San Jacinto Valley. Just a few days ago, with only one week left before the group was scheduled to have it’s annual Christmas Gift Giveaway, Hands Across Hemet’s founder, Tanya Cortez, was getting […]
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