Lake Hemet will be closed for swimming this summer due to toxic algae that has bloomed at area lakes in recent months, officials announced earlier this week. In a social media post, Lake Hemet ...

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The 1880s saw a huge push in Southern California to develop new townsites. Most of these were on speculation, and many of them failed. In the San Jacinto Valley, one group was hoping to develop a town ...

HEMET, Calif. (KABC) -- About a dozen mobile homes and RVs along the water's edge at the Lake Hemet Campground were under evacuation orders as water inundated Hurky Creek. A few months ago the creek ...

HEMET, Calif. (KABC) -- Following the drought-easing deluge of rainstorms that hit Southern California in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Water District announced a "major milestone'' on Monday as it ...

Residents at Lake Hemet campground were asked to evacuate for fear that trailers in the park could be could be swept away due to rising flood waters. The land that separated trailers from Hurkey Creek ...

Books that shared lessons from the natural world grew popular a few decades ago, with "a lesson from the sun" and "a lesson from a starfish" filling the shelves, as well as the minds and hearts of ...