On Tuesday, June 18, test results of Lake Hemet's water quality revealed that the lake's water remains near warning level for algae. While there were some improvements from previous tests, this result ...

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.

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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As tempting as it is to take a dip or go fishing in area lakes right now given the summer heat, beware of potentially harmful cyanobacteria, also known as toxic or blue green algae, that can sicken ...

The bald eagle family at Lake Hemet has welcomed its first baby of 2022. Biologists examined the eaglet in early May, about a month after he hatched at the Lake Hemet Campground in the San Jacinto ...

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 ...