Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Virtual classrooms open for fall term at Riverside Unified School District, with nearly 42,000 students enrolled. Weather changes could test control of Apple Fire. A heat wave is expected this weekend in Riverside County. President Donald Trump is proposing new expanded unemployment benefits, but Governor Newsom says the plan won’t work in California.

The Apple Fire is now at 55% containment and has burned 33,234 acres. Firefighters continued building containment lines overnight on Monday, boosting containment of the Apple Fire to 55%. Wind speeds are expected to reach 45 miles per hour on certain ridge tops, which fire officials say could create new flare-ups on the fire’s southern flank. The San Gorgonio Wilderness Area still has a very active fire presence and is closed to the public. The last evacuation warning was lifted for residents on

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Alfredo Cruz review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week, including: Corona accidentally overpaid its employees by more than half a million dollars in the fiscal year that ended June 30. A federal judge has cleared the way for a developer to sue San Bernardino County prosecutors over a public corruption case that ended in his acquittal. Riverside County on Tuesday joined the growing number

In the spring, as COVID-19 halted the economy, automobile use plummeted. And so did greenhouse gas emissions. Now, a whitepaper from the University of California Riverside's(U.C.R.) Center for Economic Forecasting and Development says this will not last and, instead, California’s goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions may be out of reach. Hoyu Chong, a U.C.R. senior researcher and author of the whitepaper, says while Californian’s are driving less to work, they are still using their cars

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The “Festival of Lights” in Riverside will go ahead as planned during the Christmas season, but with limited city funding. Youth sports are allowed to resume in Riverside County amid Coronavirus protocols. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians made the decision to cancel California’s largest pow wow which was planned for October. New research shows that atmospheric rivers and

Like so many annual events, California’s largest pow wow is facing cancellation this year due the COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement by the San Manuel Pow Wow Committee on August 4, the members say they made the decision to cancel this year's event with a heavy heart. The pow wow was planned for October at the San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino. But the committee says cancellation is the most responsible decision in order to protect the health and safety of their tribe and traveling guests.

Lillian Vasquez speaks with Dr. David Lo, a Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences and the Senior Associate Dean for Research at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. Dr. Lo reviews the history of vaccines and discusses the vaccine situation regarding COVID 19. For more information about Dr. Lo, visit profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/davidlo You can also see Dr Lo’s Vaccine 101 series on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_Rh6Hn_uhU-E4RV5tMjGp5pOB04fj5B

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The U.S. Marine Corp has identified the Marines killed during a training accident off the coast of San Diego, including two Marines from Riverside County. The Apple Fire north of Cherry Valley is now at 20% containment and more than 27,000 acres. California is creating a path for some elementary schools to bring students back to in-person class. Walt Disney Co. has reported that

The U.S. Marine Corp has now identified the Marines killed during a training accident off the coast of San Diego on July 30th. This includes two Marines from Riverside County. Among the nine Marines killed are 18-year-old Pfc. Brian Baltierra of Corona and 21-year-old Cpl. Cesar Villanueva of Riverside. Their unit was on a routine shore-to-ship training exercise when their amphibious assault vehicle started taking on water a half mile from San Clemente Island. Of the 16-member crew, rescue

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The Apple Fire, which started Friday afternoon near Cherry Valley, is continuing to spread with 26,850 acres burned. Health officials advised San Gorgonio Pass residents to avoid outdoor activity to minimize spoke exposure and ash from the Apple Fire. Cases of COVID-19 in LA have surged since June and many suggest that the Black Lives Matter protests are to blame for the