Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Riverside County is opening up COVID-19 vaccine appointments today at noon for six upcoming vaccination clinics. UC Riverside held a virtual panel Wednesday afternoon with experts and university leaders to talk through expectations around the Biden-Harris Administration. The Cheech Marin Center in Downtown Riverside is moving forward with $10.7 million in funding for renovations.

U.C. Riverside held a virtual panel Wednesday afternoon with experts and university leaders to talk through expectations around the Biden-Harris administration, including the specific influence two women might have. U.C. Riverside political science Professor Dr. Jennifer Merolla says she hopes that Kamala Harris’ historic rise to the office of the vice presidency will not only bring a unique perspective to the table but also have an effect on children. "There’s some academic research that’s been

A number of local members of Congress celebrated the historic swearing in of Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday on Twitter. Harris, a former California Senator, is the first woman and the first person of both South Asian and Jamaican decent to hold this national office. Senator Alex Padilla, who was appointed to take over Vice President Harris’ vacated Senate seat, declared in a tweet that Harris, a daughter of Oakland, has inspired women and girls around the world. Riverside’s Mark Takano

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Officials are advising eligible residents on other options for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, as appointments for the vaccine at Riverside and San Bernardino County sites are now booked for most of January. County health officials are downplaying concern about one lot of the Moderna COVID vaccine that caused fewer than 10 people in California to have an adverse reaction. Some signs

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: An assisted living site in Redlands administered 145 coronavirus vaccines on Friday. Tickets to Palm Springs’ 21 st Annual Modernism Week are now available online, including both in-person events and online programming. California health officials are asking health care providers to suspend use of one coronavirus vaccine batch because of a possible allergic reaction. Santa Ana winds

An assisted living site in Redlands administered 145 coronavirus vaccines on Friday, as the state rolls out vaccine eligibility to people over 65. 115 residents and 30 associates at Mission Commons in Redlands received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Friday. Karla Jerez is the general manager of Mission Commons. She says despite some of the apprehension in the general public about the vaccine, the residents at Mission Commons were generally excited to receive it. “Actually, all the residents are

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, including: The California Supreme Court has rejected San Bernardino County's lawsuit to overturn the governor's stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus. A judge declined to throw out a defamation lawsuit against a San Bernardino city councilmember. The Riverside city council will consider whether to help fund the Cheech Marin art

Tickets to Palm Springs’ 21 st annual Modernism Week are now available online. The event recently postponed its in-person events to April due to the pandemic. In a blog post, Modernism Week explained the delay gives more time for the region’s health status to improve and for the event to make additional safety accommodations for the public. Masks will be required for all in-person events scheduled from April 8 to 18 and will include architectural tours, a car show and a cocktail event. There

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Construction begins on key Salton Sea habitat and air quality project. People aged 65 and older can begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 today in Riverside County. Medi-Cal would get more than half of the healthcare dollars under Governor Newsom’s proposed state budget. California’s new proposed state budget includes billions of dollars to curb climate change and prevent wildfires

Bishop Alberto Rojas officially took over as head of the San Bernardino Catholic Diocese in December. Rojas arrived almost a year ago in anticipation of Bishop Gerald Barnes’ retirement, and he hopes to soon finish a cycle of visiting all 92 parishes and 10 missions in the region. KVCR’s Megan Jamerson recently had the chance to speak with the Bishop.