The University of California has changed the way students access research. It’s now moving towards a system of open access to research for everybody – but that’s causing a bit of disruption in the industry. Earlier this year, the University of California split ways with Elsevier, a publishing company that took in research publications and then charged a fee to access them. Tiffany Moxham is the Assistant University Librarian for Content and Discovery at UC Riverside. She says negotiations with

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Diocese introduces next bishop of San Bernardino. Now that marijuana is legal in California, people are worrying about the effects of secondhand pot smoke. PG&E refused to give counties information on medically vulnerable customers before power outages.

Demonstrators gathered in front of an Amazon warehouse facility in San Bernardino Monday as part of a Cyber Monday protest. Ana Cervantes is one of the protesters. She’s with the San Bernardino Airport Communities Coalition. Cervantes: “We're here because we are speaking out against unjust development at the Eastgate Air Cargo Facility that's right now in plans.” The group is reacting to rumors that Amazon wants to establish an air cargo hub at the Eastgate Air Cargo Logistics Center in San

The Diocese of San Bernardino introduced the successor to the Bishop of San Bernardino at a press conference Monday. Bishop Alberto Rojas will succeed current San Bernardino Bishop Gerald Barnes as the head of the Diocese of San Bernardino after his retirement. Until Bishop Barnes submits his letter of resignation to Pope Francis on his 75 th birthday, per church law, Rojas will serve as the dioceses’ coadjutor – an assistant bishop to the main bishop. Bishop Rojas, himself an immigrant from

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today’s highlighted story: Many factors contribute to the housing costs in California, including the home building process itself.

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: AAA reports that more than 7 million Californians are expected to travel over the Thanksgiving weekend. A major storm system will hit California. The Riverside Superior Court website undergoes overhaul to make it more user-friendly. CHP warns holiday travelers to travel safe. Crews are scheduled to remove big rocks along the Ortega 74 Highway on December 3.

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today’s highlighted story: The number of physicians in the Inland Empire needs to double to reach the recommended amount to serve the population.

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month – did you know that chronic stress can increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s and dementia? In this report, KVCR speaks to two Loma Linda researchers who say chronic stress is bad for both the body and the brain. In 2018, Americans were among the most stressed-out people in the world according to Gallup Global Emotions report. Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai are the co-directors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer’s program at Loma Linda University Health

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: The Legislative Analyst’s Office offers good news on California’s financial situation. Survivors fear smaller payouts from PG&E with each fire. Survey reveals Californians support more homeless shelters. Riverside County gas prices are dropping. High winds are expected ahead of approaching storm.

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: Riverside will give the Mission Inn $4 million over the next 20 years. San Bernardino County is gambling on hydrogen fuel-cell technology for the train to Redlands. Riverside County supervisors approved new warehouse rules on a split vote. THIS SEGMENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS GROUP, PUBLISHER OF