Editor's Note: This story, which was pitched to The Desert Sun because of its relevancy for Riverside County public school families, was produced with support from the Investigative Reporting Program ...

Over the span of about three years at Tahquitz High School in Hemet, teacher Jared Rutkoff was repeatedly accused of misconduct, records show. In 2021, the district determined Rutkoff had groomed ...

Though it’s a small and obscure group whose members have lived in multiple locations across the Inland Empire since the early ...

An investigation from the California Department of Justice cleared the Hemet Police Department of the deadly shooting of a 26-year-old man last year. Officers shot and killed Jimmy Lopez, 26, after ...

28TH. THERE’S ALSO BREAKING NEWS IN ANDERSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRED A DEPUTY OVER ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. THEY SAY NOW, FORMER DEPUTY DARREN MATTSON, JUNIOR, MANIPULATED EXTRA ...

Joanne M. Gill-Peltier, age 92, stepped into her eternal life on Sept. 18, 2025, in Hemet, CA. Joanne and her husband Ed, of 73 years, have three children: Patty, Kathy, and Jim, 7 grandchildren, and ...

A former New York Jets vice president has filed a lawsuit against the team, saying she was fired as part of the franchise’s response to allegations of sexual misconduct against team president Hymie ...

A former Waukegan police officer was found guilty on a battery and misconduct charge Friday. Dante Salinas was found not guilty on two aggravated battery charges but guilty on a simple battery and ...

The high school classes taught by military veterans have been under scrutiny following a Times investigation that found repeated instances of sexual predation and little oversight. By Nicholas ...