Election day is just two weeks away and the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters says early voting numbers are up compared to the weeks leading into the 2016 election. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters Bob Page said at a Monday press conference that on their last count, nearly 12 percent of the more than 1.1 million ballots mailed to voters have been returned so far. At this point in 2016, there was just over a one percent turnout. “So we are seeing an increased interest in early

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, yet fewer women are going in to get screened for the disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. KVCR’s Benjamin Purper spoke to Riverside University Health System radiologist Lisa Mahoney about the importance of early screening for breast cancer and some of the precautions RUHS is taking to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during screenings. You can learn more about breast cancer

Our Monday, October 19th Small Business Spotlight shines on Above the Stem in Redlands. Click the headline above to hear their story! You can learn more about this business at https://abovethestem.com/

Today’s is California’s online voter registration deadline. CapRadio’s Chris Nichols has some details on what that means. You can go to registertovote.ca.gov -- or search for it on the Secretary of State’s website.

Monday, October 19 is the last day to register to vote, and the latest numbers show that Inland Empire voters have been registering at some of the highest rates in the state. According to state data, as of September 4, San Bernardino County had the second highest percent increase in voter registrations in the state. Riverside County had the fifth largest. U.C. Riverside political science professor, Francisco Pedraza says this regional rise may be due to decades of work done by community

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR Interim General Manager, Alfredo Cruz review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week, including: A car show in Loma Linda that attracted 3,000 mostly young people might have been a super-spreader event. Riverside C ounty Schools officials have picked a successor to Superintendent Judy White, who announced she would retire November 1 st . A number of local land-use controversies have cropped up

The Bruder fire, a brush fire that began late Wednesday night in south Redlands, has burned 125 acres and is 30% contained as of Thursday morning. The blaze started around 10p.m. off Live Oak Canyon Road and prompted evacuations of homes nearby. By 2:30a.m. Thursday, 265 firefighters were on the scene battling the fire. Mandatory evacuation orders were put into place for homes south of Sunset Drive, from Edgemont Drive to Puesta Del Sol, and homes north of Live Oak Canyon Road from the 10

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: California’s annual Great Shakeout earthquake drill is happening today, virtually. DEA announces biggest meth bust in U.S. history in the southland. Meteorologists expect dry, warm, and windy weather in Northern California, which present the perfect conditions for more wildfires.

California’s annual earthquake drill is happening Thursday October 15. This year during distanced learning, teachers and students are being asked to participate virtually. San Bernardino City Unified School District Emergency Manager, Eric Vetere, says normally the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill is done in-person and involves the evacuation of entire school campuses into field areas. "We’re excited in that we are able to push the preparedness that would normally kind of reside in the

Ontario International Airport’s freight and passenger numbers are growing, reflecting a “gradual recovery” for the airport amid the pandemic. Commercial freight volume at the airport increased more than 20% in September while the number of air travelers rose to almost 200,000. According to a press release, Ontario Airport representatives say these numbers reflect a “gradual recovery” for the airport in recent months. Passenger volume there reached a low point in April due to the coronavirus