A brush fire broke out Monday evening, Jan. 20, in Hemet and grew to 119 acres amid strong Santa Ana winds before it was extinguished. “We had some strong gusts,” said Laura Axcell ...

Firefighters were battling a fast-moving brush fire in Hemet Monday night before managing to put out the flames within hours, authorities said. The blaze, being called the Chambers Fire ...

Rose Dattoli of Hemet was fatally injured at 6:33 p.m. Sunday on Stetson Avenue, near California Avenue, in the area of the Santiago Palm Vista Mobile Home Park, according to the Hemet Police ...

Riverside Community Hospital is about half a mile southeast of the park, and the historic Mission Inn Hotel is about four-fifths of a mile away. The Stone fire that burned in Hemet was contained ...