Today on Inland Edition, Lillian Vasquez has a conversation with C ommission Member Ray Kennedy about the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Ray Kennedy has experience working in and around elections all over the world. He talks about the redistricting process, how the community can get involved, and the big job ahead for the commission. If you’d like to participate by sharing information about your specific community, visit: drawmycacommunity.org For more information about the

Wildfire season is here and bi-lingual resources are available online for Riverside County residents to become prepared. KVCR’s Megan Jamerson reports one local non-profit is using trusted community messengers to prepare the Latino community for natural disasters. Martha Carrasco, a retired civil servant, regularly canvasses her Jurupa Valley neighborhood handing out emergency preparedness information. Carrasco said for some in the Latino community, communicating in Spanish is preferred and

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Some of Sacramento’s top elected leaders are pushing back against plans by county officials to close three Project Roomkey motels this spring. San Jose State University says ex-trainer improperly touched athletes. Regulators rebuke PG&E for neglect in reducing wildfire risk. The pandemic has upended the Oscars, but producers say it’s good and presents an opportunity to finally

Last week, KVCR-News reported on a series of grants awarded by the Southern California Association of Governments to non-profits working toward affordable housing solutions with a racial equity lens. Now, the five Inland Empire non-profits who received a combined $425,000, are sharing more about their affordable housing projects and what they hope to acheive. Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire is using their grant for a broader initiative throughout San Bernardino and Riverside

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Ontario International Airport partners with Fontana-born music rock legend Sammy Hagar, formerly of the band Van Halen. U.S. infrastructure plans spurs talk of the Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas passenger route that Amtrak stopped in 1997, along with a high-speed rail line along Interstate 15 to Victorville. Fire crews are initiating more prescribed burning in the Big Bear area of the San

Two U.C. Riverside physicists are working to understand the rules for how viruses build themselves, something that could drive the development of new drug therapies for COVID-19. KVCR’s Megan Jamerson spoke with them ahead of a free virtual event Tuesday, April 20 where they will discuss how their research can help us better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Are viruses alive? And why do physicists study them? These are two questions Dr. Roya Zandi is often asked. "I think that I feel

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Alfredo Cruz review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week: 1. A Riverside county supervisor who says he might run for governor, was the target of a sexual harassment claim that was settled this week for $50,000. 2. It looked like the pile of concrete in a San Bernardino neighborhood was finally going to get cleaned up, but the mayor put a stop to that. What happened? 3. After the horrific

This year marks the 51 st anniversary of Earth Day, and the San Bernardino County Museum is marking that milestone with the Inland Empire City Nature Challenge. The museum is partnering with the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District to create the City Nature Challenge which will “encourage families to become citizen scientists whilst exploring the outdoors.” Other partners include the Redlands Conservancy, the Mojave Desert Land Trust, and more. The challenge has a couple instructions.

Inland Empire Asian American leaders on Wednesday spoke out against hate crimes locally and nationally during a telephone town hall that was attended by 2,600 community members. KVCR’s Megan Jamerson reports, the event focused on the unique traumas faced by the AAPI community during the COVID-19 pandemic The use of offensive words to describe COVID-19 like “Kung-Flu” and “Wuhan Virus” played a role in stirring up mass resentments and blame said Riverside’s Congressman Mark Takano, a Japanese

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The California State Senate Public Safety Committee announced it unanimously approved funding for domestic violence assistance programs. Passengers traveling to Hawaii can now bypass the state’s mandatory quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test when flying through Ontario International Airport. Governor Newsom said he fully expects all schools to reopen in the fall. PG&E faces