Today on Inland Edition, Lillian Vasquez speaks with Nick Saifan, a veteran and the CEO of Vendaval Corporation whose primary mission is to help veterans rejoin civilian life after deployment by utilizing creative solutions. Vendaval Corporation provides this help at no-cost by paying for all their programs through retail businesses and real estate development. You can find more on Vendaval and the plans for Moreno Valley at www.vendavalcorp.com

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: More than a dozen Riverside County social services (DPSS) locations have expanded lobby hours, including in Indio, Moreno Valley, Hemet, and Norco which will be open Mon-Fri from 8am-noon. Bob Hope performed his first USO show at March Field 80 years ago and today, March Air Reserve Base will host a drive-thru meal distribution to celebrate. For more information, click here .

More than a million acres of public land and 500 miles of rivers in the Golden State would get new wilderness protections under a package of bills introduced by CA Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein. KVCR's Benjamin Purper reports.

Environmental and community groups reached a $47 million dollar settlement last week after over five years of legal battles with the developer of the Moreno Valley World Logistics Center Project. The agreement requires solutions aimed at reducing environmental harms through the electrification of the site, equipment and trucks, plus other community benefits. When completed the logistics center is expected to be one of the largest in the world sitting at a size of 700 football fields. KVCR's

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Inland News Today reports that interest in COVID-19 vaccines is fading, but clinics are now offering free, walk-up vaccinations. The monthly Purchasing Manager’s Index painted a positive outlook for the Inland Empire’s economy. Riverside County reminds hundreds of business owners and residents that they could be owed property tax refunds. This week marks Wildfire Preparedness Week-

Every summer, a blanket of smog settles in the Inland Empire, helping to rank the region’s air quality among the dirtiest in the nation. Now, a new report is raising concerns about how the logistics industry is contributing to this growing problem, and comes ahead of a vote on a rule aimed at cleaning up the industry’s emissions. The report highlights the cumulative effects of industry building warehouses in low income communities and communities of color, where truck traffic is linked to an

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Benjamin Purper review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week: 1. Nestle has been ordered to stop taking water out of the San Bernardino National Forest without authorization. 2. Upland has lost its ninth city manager in 10 years. 3. Speaking of Upland, a luxury car dealer there is accused of scamming customers. 4. A Temecula council member who compar ed herself to Rosa Parks for refusing to

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: San Manuel Casino is opening up thousands of positions for hire to support their new casino and hotel expansion. California education experts have teamed up with child advocates, teachers, and school administrators to create a framework for redesigning in-person learning over the coming months. A man used a sledgehammer to vandalize a Virgin of Guadalupe mural painted on tiles at St.

The Voice on KVCR is a weekly discussion with the Black Voice News editorial team about important issues in the inland region. This week KVCR's Megan Jamerson does another deep dive into COVID-19 pandemic data with Alex Reed, a Black Voice News data researcher and project associate with Mapping Black California. They discuss Reed's analysis of several trends affecting the Inland Empire’s Black community from case rates to vaccinations. T o explore the data dashboard discussed during the segment

San Manuel Casino is opening up thousands of positions for hire to support their new casino and hotel expansion. The casino is looking to hire more than 2,500 people. General Manager Peter Arceo says they’re mostly full-time roles. “However, there are some part-time roles," Arceo says. "There are very few temporary roles but there are a few. And the types of job opportunities range. You have your traditional casino departments such as slots, table games, the cage, food and beverage, but then we