Inland Empire Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) visited three immigration detention facilities in El Paso, Texas Monday, and spoke to KVCR about what he saw. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more. Congressman Pete Aguilar was part of a congressional delegation that visited three facilities: an Office of Refugee and Resettlement Facility, an El Paso border station, and a facility which handles unaccompanied children. Aguilar said he witnessed substandard conditions for both adults and children.

RIVERSIDE (CNS) - California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads over a four-day period starting today (Wednesday) to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency's annual Fourth of July crackdown. The CHP's ``maximum enforcement period'' will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, during which all available officers will hit the streets for targeted anti-DUI patrols. ``Do not lose your freedom while celebrating our country

RIVERSIDE (CNS) - California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads over a four-day period starting today (Wednesday) to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency's annual Fourth of July crackdown. The CHP's ``maximum enforcement period'' will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, during which all available officers will hit the streets for targeted anti-DUI patrols. ``Do not lose your freedom while celebrating our country

A research team at the University of California, Riverside has found that electronic cigarettes damage brain cells. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more. The team found that e-cigarettes produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the brain. Stem cells become specialized cells in the body like brain or blood cells. They’re a lot more sensitive to stress than specialized cells, which means we can study them to find out how the body reacts to stress. E-cigarettes deliver

A research team at the University of California, Riverside has found that electronic cigarettes damage brain cells. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more. The team found that e-cigarettes produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the brain. Stem cells become specialized cells in the body like brain or blood cells. They’re a lot more sensitive to stress than specialized cells, which means we can study them to find out how the body reacts to stress. E-cigarettes deliver

The Menifee City Council has voted to create its own police dpeartment, transitioning police services from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to its own city police force. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more.

The Menifee City Council has voted to create its own police dpeartment, transitioning police services from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to its own city police force. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more.

A federal judge will let jurors hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs at a trial over whether the California Republican illegally used campaign money on personal expenses. KVCR's Ken Vincent has a short audio report, and Associated Press's Elliot Spagat has a detailed print story below. By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MONDAY, JULY 1, 2019, SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs when they consider

A federal judge will let jurors hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs at a trial over whether the California Republican illegally used campaign money on personal expenses. KVCR's Ken Vincent has a short audio report, and Associated Press's Elliot Spagat has a detailed print story below. By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MONDAY, JULY 1, 2019, SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs when they consider

The California Dream used to be a car and a house. But for some people, today, the dream is a car that IS your house. These are not always people pushed by high rents to live in their cars. Sometimes, they are people who choose it. Capital Public Radio's Sammy Caiola has this profile of one man living, "The Van Life." A young man in a black windbreaker perches on the roof of his Dodge Sprinter van, looks out at the sunlit creek, and thinks about getting dinner started. The 31-year-old, who goes