Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Three Inland Empire women have pleaded guilty to federal charges accusing them of committing unemployment fraud. Aiden Leos, the 6-year-old killed in a road rage shooting, will be memorialized at the Orange County Zoo. On California’s reopening day, Governor Newsom ushers in a new chapter. Stolen Army assault rifles keep showing up in California. The popular Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Big

June 14 th was World Blood Donor Day, and there is a major blood shortage right now. This is due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic. KVCR’s Lillian Vasquez connected with Dr. Frederick Axelrod, the CEO and Medical Director for Life Stream Blood Bank to find out more about the day and the current blood shortage. Potential donors can make a donation appointment online or by phone: lstream.org 1-800-TRY-GIVING 1-800-879-4484

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR news contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Rick Dulock review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week: 1. The apparent winners have emerged in Tuesday’s Riverside City Council election. 2. It looks like a ballot measure has enough signatures to qualify to limit the height of new buildings along the light-rail train route in Redlands. 3. Thanks to a voter-approved one-cent sales tax increase, San Bernardino may soon be able to

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: A joint taskforce between local and federal law enforcement authorities announced charges against twenty-one people allegedly involved in a drug trafficking and distribution scheme in the Inland Empire. Beginning Tuesday, those vaccinated against the coronavirus will be able to resume their everyday activities without wearing a mask, with a few exceptions. A Fontana man suspected of

The Voice on KVCR is a weekly discussion with the Black Voice News editorial team about important issues in the inland region. This week KVCR's Megan Jamerson spoke with Executive Editor Stephanie Williams about a new recruitment effort to hire more black teachers and teachers of color in San Bernardino County schools through a partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). To read Williams' story, San Bernardino Builds Groundbreaking Partnerships with Historically Black

Today on Inland Edition, Lillian Vasquez speaks with Lauren Olson, a Zero Waste Manager and Sustainability Expert with World Centric. Lauren shares information about her company’s compostable products and talks about how we can help the environment by composting or recycling. To learn more about World Centric, visit www.worldcentric.com

A joint taskforce between local and federal law enforcement authorities announced charges Tuesday against 21 people allegedly involved in a drug trafficking and distribution scheme in the Inland Empire. The two-year investigation resulted in the seizure of thirty-thousand dollars in cash, a variety of weapons and over one-hundred pounds of methamphetamine —much of which is believed to have been driven over the Mexico border and into Riverside County. Kristi Johnson, assistant director of the FBI

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Inland County officials are waiting on specific guidance for what the June 15 th reopening of California means for public spaces and the workplace. Marcus Eriz has been charged with murder and shooting at an occupied vehicle that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leo. San Bernardino County supervisors adopted a $7.6 billion budget on Tuesday while hitting the road to recovery from the COVID-19

With the June 15 re-opening of California only a week away, inland county officials are waiting on specifics for what this will mean for public spaces and the workplace. There could be some changes in guidance between now and California’s re-opening, but “essentially it’s business as usual or business pre-COVID," said San Bernardino County Interim Public Health Director, Andrew Goldfrach. He told county board of supervisors this would mean lifting COVID-19 restrictions like physical distancing,

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The ninth circuit court heard oral arguments in Pasadena Monday for a second attempt to overturn a new California law that phases out private, for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers. A new San Bernardino County Fire wildland hand crew is ready for fire season. Three Republican lawmakers are asking Governor Newsom to explain his decision to keep a COVID-19 emergency