HEMET: HUSD holding food drive to help foster and homeless students

HEMET – Officials from the Hemet Unified School District are asking for the public’s help in creating food bags to be handed out to at-risk youth for the upcoming holiday break. The food bags will be distributed to students within the school district who might otherwise go without the daily nourishment that is so important to children. They are specifically […]

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HEMET: Three HUSD bus drivers honored for saving 26 students from bus fire

HEMET – Three Hemet Unified School District bus drivers were recently honored by the School District for their actions during a fire-related emergency when the engine and engine compartment of a HUSD bus caught fire. (Click link to view original story) Sysonna Allen, Cristina Dever, and Gabriel Figueroa, all drivers for HUSD’s Transportation Department, received the School District’s Good Apple Award during […]

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HEMET: 26 Students safely evacuated after HUSD bus catches fire

UPDATE: 10/18/2016 2:40 p.m. With information from HUSD   HEMET – Hemet Unified School District bus drivers receive many hours of training each year to prepare them for different emergency scenarios they may encounter, according to HUSD Public Information Officer Alexandria Cass. Today, Cristina Dever, Sysonna Allen, and Gabriel Figueroa’s emergency training was put to the test. The three HUSD bus drivers were […]

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BREAKING: One injured after car smashes into HUSD school bus

Firefighters assess the damage to the sedan and bus involved in the collision. Miguel Shannon photo HEMET – A traffic collision between a Hemet Unified school bus and a passenger vehicle this morning left one person injured and backed up traffic for about an hour. The accident happened at the intersection of Sanderson and Devonshire Avenues. CHP officers, Hemet police officers, City of […]

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