East Hemet News

A fire burning at the base of the San Jacinto mountains did not keep people from reaching the 16th annual Jazz in the Pines festival in Idyllwild on Saturday.

Janice and Bob Jensen, residents of the Sun Lakes Country Club retirement community in Banning, were so curious about a night parade of trucks near their home that they followed them into the hills.

Greg Treadwell will pursue an unusual leisure-time pursuit after a carpool commute between Hemet and his carpenter job building an Orange County school.

The migratory Valle Vista bats again are swarming by the thousands from a Fairview Avenue bridge better known as the Bat Cave.

Ron Chalmers, proprietor of Cameron Books in Hemet, is buried in boxes of used editions, which is quite a switch from his usual new inventory.

Nabil Matar is an optimist. He does not whine. Despite declines in business at Hemet Car Wash, which he has owned for 15 years, he believes the dreadful economy is improving.