Andrew Kotyuk’s dream for Hemet sounds like a nightmare to Jenny Hess. They’re on opposite sides of a plan that would make Hemet the fourth-largest city in Riverside County behind Riverside, Moreno ...

The billowing smoke over the ridge quickly turned to flames, and Jeremy Fields and his family had scant minutes to leave their ranch home. He and his wife gathered what they could — clothes, their son ...

LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison reported “circuit activity” at about the same time the first flames from a wildfire near Hemet were reported, the utility company said of the area where a fast ...

Officers in Hemet, southeast of Riverside, spotted the man activating the emergency lights on his motorcycle and driving recklessly, police say. Photo from Hemet Police Department A convicted felon ...