Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Ken Vincent review some of the Inland Empire's top news stories this week, including: The Inland Empire is getting attention from media outside the area: Video game retailer GameStop agreed to pay half a million dollars to settle a consumer fraud complaint by the Riverside County DA’s office. Three San Bernardino councilmen walked out of a meeting before a vote on the new mayor’s request for more staff. Scandia

Scattered showers are expected in Riverside County today following a powerful storm that caused flooding ... which left a homeless woman dead in Corona, while others had to be rescued from potentially deadly flash flooding ... the deluge threatened a home in Lake Elsinore , prompted evacuation orders around recent burn areas, and, sent rivers of water running down urban streets resulting in a patchwork of closed roads, and the storm washed out portions of roads and at least one major highway

Powerful storms are dumping rain all over the state this week. It's a nerve-wracking time for people living near the burn areas of the Holy Fire, which scorched more than 23,000 acres in Riverside and Orange Counties back in August of 2018. Riverside County has issued more tha a dozen evacuation orders since the fire - including now - because of possible mudslides. KVCR's Danielle Fox has more on how some people feel saddled with the costs. In the past three months, Amy Hawkins has evacuated her

This week on Lifestyles, Lillian has a conversation with Danette Buoye, an ambassador with the American Heart Association for the Inland Empire. She talks about the heart just in time for Valentine’s Day- how the American Heart Association seeks to raise awareness about heart health and the warning signs we should pay attention to. Then we learn a little more about the history of Valentine’s Day. For more information about the American Heart Association in the Inland Empire, you can visit https:

The World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California brought former Secret Service director Anthony Chapa to Redlands for a talk on cyber security. KVCR's Benjamin Purper has more. Chapa spent 22 years in the U.S. Secret Service. Now he works as a business and security consultant with a focus on cyber-security. Chapa came to Redlands to speak about the evolving threat that cyber-security issues bring. Chapa: “We saw the viruses in the 1980's and we saw the worms and then we saw the data

State Senator Connie Leyva (D- Chino) has introduced legislation requiring smog checks for big rig trucks. However, some say that will slow down the Inland Empire's logistics industry. KVCR's Benjamin Purper reports. SB210 would require any big rig trucks moving through or coming into California to be smog-checked annually. Senator Leyva says that the bill would remove about 1,600 tons of harmful particulate matter from the air over the next decade. Leyva: “We have about 1 million heavy-duty

The traffic data company Inrix calculates that Americans stuck in traffic congestion resulted in $87 billion in time lost - and that's last year alone. Marketplace Morning Report's Ben Bradford has more on the worst spots for traffic congestion, starting in the Inland Empire.

California Governor Gavin Newsom made several immigration claims during his State of the State address as he pushed back against what the Trump Administration has called a "border emergency." Capital Public Radio's PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols fact-checked the governor's statements.

Two Inland Empire Democratic state senators responded positively to aspects of Governor Gavin Newsom's State of the State speech yesterday (Tuesday). Here's KVCR's Benjamin Purper. Senator Connie Leyva, a Democrat from Chino, had this to say about Governor Newsom’s speech: “As the Chair of both the California Legislative Women’s Caucus and the Senate Education Committee—and a member of the Senate Budget Committee—I appreciate Governor Newsom’s leadership and commitment to increasing investments

The Housing Authority of San Bernardino received a $3.5 million grant for homless programs.. KVCR's Danielle Fox has more.