Photographer Captures Bizarre Flying Object Over Hemet—Still Unexplained 35 Years Later In the summer of 1988, something strange happened in the skies above Mt. San Jacinto, California. On July 16, during what should have been a routine air-to-air photo mission, a seasoned pilot with decades of aerospace experience spotted something he couldn’t explain: a silent, […]
2 Fun Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know About Hemet Hemet isn’t just a small town with a big heart—it’s also home to some seriously weird and wonderful stories. Sure, we’ve got panoramic mountain views and some quaint neighborhoods. But we’ve also got rumors of haunted farmland, exotic animals grazing behind locked fences, and one […]
Think Hemet’s just another quiet town in the Valley? Think again. From stories of NASA testing rovers in our rugged terrain to the local ranching family behind the land that became Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet’s history is anything but ordinary. This post dives into two surprising ways our hometown has touched space exploration and shaped […]
Picture this: It’s the middle of the night, and a sleek muscle car roars down Domenigoni Parkway at breakneck speed, screeching around corners like a scene straight out of The Fast & the Furious. The driver? None other than Elvis Presley, in full leather jumpsuit, with his hair perfectly coiffed, gunning it past the gas […]
Hemet has a rich history that goes beyond its sunny weather and citrus groves. Once dubbed The Land of Milk and Honey, the town thrived on fertile land and agricultural abundance, becoming a symbol of promise in early 20th-century California. Today, Hemet is home to the longest-running outdoor play in the United States, the Ramona […]