California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration, the San Bernardino International Airport Authority, and the developer of a large airport expansion project in San Bernardino. On Friday, Becerra gave a press conference at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, announcing the lawsuit. He pointed out the effects that the project would have on surrounding high schools, preschools, and a local YMCA. Becerra: “All of them would be

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Governor Gavin Newsom’s State of the State speech garners bipartisan support. This month could go on record as the driest February in Sacramento in more than 140 years. A Southern California man charged with bilking nearly $150 million out of investors in a digital currency scheme has agreed to enter a guilty plea to federal charges. U.S. immigration agents have arrested at

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: FarmSense, a startup founded at UC Riverside, will compete in Paris for up to $10 million. California’s health insurance exchange saw a spike in enrollment this season and Covered California is offering a deadline extension for signups. A new law allows voters to change their party preference or update their address by filling out a short form. AQMD issues another wood-burning

The first zero-emission train line in North America is coming to Redlands, and it’s created a debate over high-density housing and transit-oriented development in the small Inland Empire city. Measure G, on the March ballot in Redlands , would exempt the three “transit villages” in the city – one at Esri, one downtown, and one at the University of Redlands – from the city’s slow-growth Measures U and N and Proposition R. Those measures, passed in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, limited height and

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The number of U.S. citizens brought to Travis Air Force Base in Northern California because of coronavirus has doubled. California Governor Gavin Newsom will deliver this year’s State of the State on Wednesday. The California Legislature is expected to issue a formal apology this week for the state’s history of mistreatment toward Japanese Americans. Firefighters stop Moreno

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: A rash of hepatitis A cases has been reported in San Bernardino County over the past year. A photo of eight students posing with a swastika and a Confederate flag has upset many at Riverside’s Martin Luther King Jr. High School. There have been more developments in the troubled West Valley Water District.

A new investigative report by Pasadena-based public radio station KPCC delves into a Southern California rental empire whose influence extends far into the Inland Empire. KVCR’s Benjamin Purper spoke with KPCC’s Aaron Mendelson.

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: A new web tool shows Californians whether future droughts could impact their water supply. More California raccoons, skunks, and foxes are sick with distemper this year. Neighboring counties in California would be able to share data and personnel to combat homelessness under a bill introduced at the state Capitol. The estimated cost to complete California’s high-speed rail line

The 43rd Annual Writers Week Conference 2020 is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features some of the most renowned authors of our day. Former Press Enterprise columnist and longtime KVCR contributor Cassie MacDuff speaks with Susan Straight, a distinguished professor of Creative Writing at UC Riverside, and one of the authors featured this week. Straight talks about her new memoir, 'In the Country of Women.' For more information about the 43rd Annual Writers Week

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: A California legislator now has a new bill designed to protect restaurants from food delivery apps. A 14-day quarantine was lifted for a group of American evacuees from Wuhan, China confined to March Air Reserve in Riverside. Forecasters suspect a faulty sensor recorded a gust of 209 mph on Kirkwood Mountain south of Lake Tahoe, which would have been a new state wind record if