UPDATED 6AM MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018 With nearly full containment holding for several days now, officials are indicating the Cranston Fire itself is now less of a threat to Idyllwild-area mountain communities than the aftermath yet to come. In its latest update released Sunday evening (8/5/18), the U.S. Forest Service reported Cranston Fire statistics holding at 96% contained at 13,139 acres burned , unchanged from late last week. The USFS reports personnel assigned to help fight the blaze has

All things must pass on an episode about the inevitable direction of time. Sachet Vaneers interviews Julian Assange, Steven Benaquist brings us NPR host "Roger Smeegle", rapping comedian Zach Sherwin turns a phrase, and singer-songwriter Andres Valenzuela performs in the studio.

UPDATED AT 6:30AM FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018 The Cranston Fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest near the Riverside County mountain resort community of Idyllwild is - as of last night’s (Thursday) briefing – 96% contained , and still held at just over 13,000 acres burned. Personnel assigned to the Cranston Fire has been reduced to just under 200. Mop up of remaining hot spots continues. Forest Service officials say residents may continue to see glowing embers at night and minor smoke

It's a time-tested rule of politics: If you're the frontrunner, give yourself as few opportunities as possible to mess that up. Which brings us to the California governor's race, where it appears Democrat Gavin Newsom might only participate in one general election debate against Republican John Cox. Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler reports.

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 top elections official in San Bernardino County has resigned under duress. The San Bernardino County DA’s office is under increasing pressure to fire a gang prosecutor who made offensive comments on social media. There’s good news for two Inland airports: Ontario International and San Bernardino International. A candidate for

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UPDATED AT 6AM THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018 The Cranston Fire , which has been burning for more than a week now in the Riverside County Mountains near Idyllwild is - as of Thursday night’s Incident Command briefing - 92 % contained , from 89% Wednesday. The area burned has been held to just more than 13,000 acres for several days now . If temperatures don’t spike and the humidity continues to be a little higher than usual, authorities think they could have the fire completely contained within a week

A Moreno Valley-area wild donkey who was shot and wounded with an arrow has had the wound treated and was due to be released back into the wild this morning. More from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

This KVC-Arts features two of the groups at "Legends of Doo Wop and Rock n' Roll vol 2," at the California Theatre in San Bernardino August 18th. The program begins with th Bronx Group, Norman Fox and the Rob Roys. After that - music from The Platters, and conversation with former lead singer Sonny Turner. More on the concert at affordablemusicproductions.com.

UPDATED 6AM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018 The Cranston Fire that started a week ago today (Wednesday) in the Riverside County mountains near Idyllwild continues to be held to just more than 13,000 acres and as of this morning's Incident Command briefing, containment has increased to 89% up from 82% on Tuesday. A sign authorities are feeling confident of yet more increased containment is that personnel assigned to the Cranston Fire has been reduced from around 1,200 on Monday, to just under 900 on