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Hemet

American  
[hem-it] / ˈhɛm ɪt /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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The driver of a Mini Cooper and a 10-year-old passenger died Friday in Hemet in a collision with a fire truck racing to a blaze in Riverside County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Despite Hodgson’s distressed comments, it was unclear if protesters actually went to his family’s Hemet home.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Ghanem was a longtime member of “His Way Spirit Led Assemblies,” a religious group based in Colton and Hemet that has been linked to a number of deaths and disappearances.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

The group has lived in various properties in Colton, Hemet and Anza since the late 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

Granite rubble laid in layers on beds of concrete and filled between with concrete was used in constructing the Hemet Dam in California.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

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