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HEMET, CA.
American Legion Post 53 Embraces Show Business to Generate Funds
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n Friday, November 6, 2020, at 8:08 a.m., deputies from the Hemet Station responded to a man down call at a mobile home park in the 21100 block of State St., unincorporated San Jacinto. Upon arrival, they found a male in front of a residence, with obvious trauma. Emergency medical aid was provided, but the male succumbed from his injuries. The victim was identified on Monday, Nov. 9 as Gabriel Sanchez, a 31-yearold resident of the city. Deputies secured the area as a crime scene, and The Riverside County Sheriff ’s Central Homicide Unit responded and assumed the investigation, but no one was immediately identified. On August 31, 2021, during the course of this investigation, a suspect was identified in the murder of victim Gabriel Sanchez. The suspect, Juan Perez, 29 years of San Jacinto, had additional charges of Murder, Discharge of a Firearm causing Great Bodily Injury, and Felon in Possession of a
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hen Joe Males took over the helm as Commandant of American Legion Post 53 in Hemet, few expected a tornado to hit town; however, under his aegis, the changes swept through the post like a hurricane assaulting a hurricane the Mississippi River. The latest innovation is a joint venture with Hearts Home Gardens. It has a long history of social and entertainment events over the years, so this is a totally new venture for their organization. Males explains, “The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt experience is going to take place on Sunday, September 12th, starting at 5 o’clock and should end around nine or whenever everyone decides to leave. A sumptuous meal will be served with either tri-tip or chicken riesling as entrees, with garlic mashed potatoes, honey & herb baby carrots and tossed salad & dressing. It
HEARTS HOME GARDENS | Photo source: www.heartshome.com. will be like dining out at an elegant restaurant for dinner.” The whole purpose is to raise money for veterans, including col-
lege scholarships. The commander continues, “Coming out of service, many of them need to pick up where their
education was interrupted, as it was during World War II with the
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Soboba students learn about safety
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uring the week of August 23, students at the Soboba Tribal Preschool and Noli Indian School were given lessons that couldn’t be learned in a book. Each school received detailed instructions on how to stay safe in an emergency and how to react to a fire drill, should the need arise. Soboba’s Department of Public Safety is responsible for the overall safety of both schools. “We are very involved,” Director of Public Safety Brian Herritt said. “Officers drop in daily to interact with the children. We do the fire drills, a call 9-1-1 campaign, Red Ribbon week, stranger danger training and others.” DPS School Resource Officer
KIDS: Soboba Tribal Preschool students are led away from the building during a practice fire drill Aug. 24. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
(SRO) Andrea Helms and two security officers on staff work specifically in the schools and are supported
by the Department of Public Safety. “Officer Helms coordinated the drills and did an outstanding job,”
Herritt said. Helms said her role as the lead campus resource officer was to ensure the safety of the students and staff during the fire drill. “Working with all age groups I must adapt the procedures and information to the appropriate age level, still getting the same result of having the students and staff arrive to the designated safe place in an appropriate time frame,” Helms said. She said the most important lesson to be learned is to remember to remain calm and listen to the person who is in charge of giving the directions. “Overall, we try to make it routine on what to do during a fire drill,” Herritt said. “When the alarm sounds or when we need everyone
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iverside County health officials are reporting 1,207 newly confirmed COVID19 cases and 4 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. The county has a total of 336,053 coronavirus cases and 4,731 deaths. The update for the Coachella Valley cities and communities will be updated weekly. Coachella Valley city and community weekly totals as of Aug. 30, 2021, include 932 new COVID19 cases and 4 new deaths: Desert Hot Springs: 4,596 (+106) cases, 77 (+1) deaths Cathedral City: 7,735 (+143) cases, 114 deaths Palm Springs: 4,402 (+74) cases, 131 (+1) deaths Rancho Mirage: 1,278 (+27) cases, 51 deaths Palm Desert: 4,571 (+103) cases, 122 (+1) deaths Indian Wells: 222 (+4) cases, 6 deaths La Quinta: 3,931 (+87) cases, 61 (+1) deaths Indio: 13,424 (+221) cases, 228 deaths Coachella: 8,293 (+78) cases, 97 deaths Thousand Palms: 1,150 (+18) cases, 9 deaths Bermuda Dunes: 771 (+23) cases, 10 deaths
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Thermal: 496 (+3) cases, 9 deaths Mecca: 1,161 (+8) cases, 19 deaths North Shore: 365 (+2) cases, 1 death Oasis: 929 (+9) cases, 8 deaths Sky Valley: 251 (+3) cases, 5 deaths Cabazon: 359 (+12) cases, 7 death Anza: 165 (+11) cases, 1 death
There are 8,955 active cases of coronavirus. This number is derived from the total number of confirmed cases and the subtraction of the total number of recoveries and deaths. According to the Riverside University Health System, 664 patients infected with coronavirus were hospitalized countywide as of Tuesday. That number includes 146 patients in intensive care units. There are 4 new fatalities to report; keeping the county’s coronavirus death toll to 4,731. Fatalities are considered trailing indicators because of delays processing death certificates, meaning deaths that are newly reported may have actually occurred as much as a month ago, according to health officials. RUHS is attempting to collect statistics on the number of hospitalizations involving residents who have been partially or fully vaccinated, according to agency spokesman Jose Arballo. Health officials across the country have said current hospitalizations are overwhelmingly occurring among unvaccinated people, although there are also so-called “breakthrough” cases involving those who are fully vaccinated. “I am working with administration to get some system for tracking,” Arballo told City
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