The University of Redlands has started a process to develop a diversity and inclusion plan that will be ready by the fall of 2021. This is a follow-up on a KVCR report about a group of alumni who started a boycott in June. They were demanding action to address institutional racism after Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation and the University president declared support for the cause. The University of Redland’s Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Christopher Jones, said they started their

U.C. Riverside’s School of Business gave an optimistic outlook for the Inland Empire’s economic recovery from the pandemic-related recession during its annual conference on October 13. In many sectors, the region fairs better than the state despite a slowed recovery of jobs lost due to the shutdown. Dr. Christopher Thornberg, director of U.C.R.’s Center for Economic Forecasting, says record home sales and increased consumer spending in recent months shows that people are learning to live as

San Bernardino County appears to be overtaking San Diego County in coronavirus hospitalizations, now ranking second in the state. San Bernardino County is now behind only Los Angeles County in terms of hospitalizations. San Diego County now ranks third. The confirmed case count in San Bernardino County since the public health documentation period began in early march is 58,125 cases with 986 deaths. More than 690,000 people have been tested for the virus in the county. San Bernardino County

California voters will decide this fall on a dozen ballot measures, including Proposition 15. And as CapRadio’s Chris Nichols reports, the initiative would raise taxes on big businesses, while providing new revenue for schools and local governments.

Election season is in full swing, and California’s ballot is chock full of propositions. One measure would exempt gig companies from a law that makes it harder to classify workers as contractors. CapRadio’s Scott Rodd reports.

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 coronavirus pandemic seems to have prompted the retirements of quite a few top city and county executives in the Inland Empire. One of Oak Glen's historic apple farms suffered a devastating fire last weekend. Sheriff's deputies had to shut down a giant car show in Loma Linda over coronavirus concerns. And lastly, why

This Saturday, October 10, actor and comedian Jon Lovitz will be doing stand-up at the Improv Live Comedy Drive-In in Irvine. Drive-in comedy is a new style of stand-up during this pandemic, where guests enjoy the show from their cars, on the top level of a parking garage at the Irvine Spectrum. For Live Comedy Drive-In ticket information, visit improv.com/Irvine.

Both the Riverside and San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters say the U.S. Postal Service received mail-in ballots ready to send to voters on Monday, October 5. Voters can sign up with the Secretary of State’s “ Where’s My Ballot ” tracking system to see when their ballots are mailed, received, and counted. There continue to be several options for voting in the 2020 election. The safest to avoid exposure to COVID-19 is to fill out the ballot at home and return it through the U.S. Postal

San Bernardino County continues to move away from moving into the less-restrictive red tier of coronavirus restrictions amid rising case and positivity rates. The county is still in the most-restrictive purple tier of restrictions set by the state, despite hoping to move to the red tier last week. Under the red tier, counties can open churches, restaurants, gyms and movie theaters indoors, with limited capacity. According to data released Tuesday, San Bernardino County had 9.6 cases per 100,000

Riverside County received a warning from the state Tuesday that it is in danger of slipping back into the first phase or purple tier of the re-opening plan. This could cause some recently reopened businesses to close once again. On September 22, Riverside County’s COVID-19 numbers were improving and so the county advanced into the state’s second or red tier re-opening phase, allowing some businesses like gyms, restaurants and salons to partially resume indoor services. But Tuesday, Riverside