Today on Inland Edition, Lillian Vasquez speaks with Michael Osur, Assistant Director for Riverside County Public Health. Michael is one of the key people working on COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Riverside County. He shares the latest important information. Also on the show, Lillian talks with Ryan Hagen, a reporter with Southern California News Group which includes The Sun. Ryan shares information about restaurants and the requirements connected to Stay at Home orders. For information about

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: UC Riverside astronomers are among a team of researchers studying “Super Earth”, a planet about 50% larger than Earth. California counties are learning that the state system to register high-risk healthcare workers during Phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccinations is presenting challenges. Governor Newsom is calling for schools to begin welcoming students back to classrooms next month.

Inland Empire counties are quickly learning that the state system being used to register people for the COVID-19 vaccine can cause challenges. Riverside County director of public health Kim Saruwatari told her board of supervisors on Tuesday that vaccine registrations on the county’s website are filling up so fast that some people who are eligible to get the vaccine during Phase 1a of the distribution can not get appointments. “Part of the problem is they are filling up with people who are not

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Governor Newsom announced three sports venues around the state to be used as temporary large-scale vaccination sites. The University of California plans to return to in-person classes for the fall. Governor Newsom has ambitious goals to fix California’s lack of affordable housing. Several gorillas at the San Diego Safari Park tested positive for the coronavirus, believed to be the

The Riverside County Department of Social Services will begin hosting its annual conference on human trafficking prevention virtually on Monday. Dr. Katariina Rosenblatt, a trafficking survivor and author of the book Stolen , will speak at the conference on Thursday. She said trafficking is a challenging problem to bring awareness to. “People are having to get out of their comfort zone and realize they themselves and their children here in the U.S. are being targeted and could become victims of

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: 1. Two Inland cities have acquired acres of new land, but they have very different plans for it. 2. Speaking of Rancho Cucamonga, the city is delaying employee pay raises because of coronavirus. 3. The embattled city of Upland may create citizen commissions to restore residents’ faith in their city government. 4. The

U.C. Riverside announced Thursday that it is leading one of the nation’s largest research initiatives to reverse a decline in honeybees which threatens food crops and prices. With a 900,000 dollar grant, U.C. Riverside will help lead a group of researchers from U.C. Davis, San Diego and Merced campuses looking for solutions to restore bee colony populations. Pesticide exposure, the spread of parasites, and environmental changes are credited for the bee colonies crisis over the last decade. This

Inland House Democrats Mark Takano and Pete Aguilar are calling for President Trump’s removal from office following violence in the U.S. Capitol. The Wednesday riot by pro-Trump extremists in the U.S. Capitol, spurred on by President Trump, has led to calls for his impeachment and removal by top Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. Now, at least two Inland Empire representatives are joining that call. The first is Congressman Pete Aguilar, a Democrat from Redlands and the Vice Chair of

A state run oxygen depot was set up Thursday in Riverside County to supply area hospitals and relieve high demand on oxygen suppliers. The depot, operating 24 hours a day, is made up of two large oxygen generators that can fill up tanks used by hospitals to supplement regional supply. In a release, Riverside County Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton said oxygen suppliers are having a difficult time meeting the high demands of area hospitals. He explained COVID patients need a lot of

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Southern California Edison is warning its utility customers about a postcard COVID-19 relief scam. The California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program is offering aid to businesses impacted by COVID restrictions. Politics and the pandemic could be causing high stress for families, and child health advocates advise limiting exposure to the news and political conversations for