The California Department of Transportation raised curb median project resumed from Valle Vista to Hemet with its contractor Autobahn, along with the other half of the $20 million safety project contracted out to Granite Construction Co. on state Route 74 from Acacia Avenue in Hemet to Interstate 215.Because of the stormy weather over Thanksgiving, the two construction company projects...
When members of the Soboba Foundation wanted to donate Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families in the San Jacinto Valley, they realized the best way to accomplish the task was to ask the local school districts for assistance. Hemet Unified and San Jacinto Unified school districts worked alongside Soboba, Nov. 23, to ensure that 660 families enjoyed a turkey at...
HEMET – Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District has commissioned a community survey to help update and shape the master plan that will be used to guide their planning, facility development, programs and services for the next five to 20 years. Community input is an important part of this process, according to the district, and helps them to tailor their...
HEMET – Board directors for Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District have completed the process to enact election districts starting in 2020, unanimously selecting a map of the new voting areas at their Nov. 18 meeting.Currently, board members are elected at-large and may live anywhere in the district. Under the new plan, directors will be required to live in specific areas...
TEMECULA – The city of Temecula has commenced the retrofit of approximately 7,300 existing streetlights to energy efficient LED fixtures. This undertaking will ultimately save the city an estimated $17,252,622 through lower energy use and streetlight maintenance costs over a period of 20 years.Temecula is one of 11 jurisdictions to participate in the Western Riverside Council of Governments Regional...
Nearly a year of work by Caltrans contractors to repair storm damaged Highways 74 and 243 leading to Idyllwild paid off Thanksgiving holiday weekend when near record heavy early rain and snow fell on the roadways.Except for a small roadway slip on Highway 243 that was repaired quickly and heavy snowplow traffic over Nov. 27-28, the two mountain roads...