Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today’s highlighted story: Some business owners have found a way to push back on their lack of personal wealth by selling their companies to their workers.

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Three men and a woman arrested for allegedly stealing plants from hemp farm. Many independently-owned pharmacies in California might close doors to low income patients following state cuts. California’s November 2020 ballot could include another rent control measure. Fire weather watch in effect for mountains, valleys, and passes in the Inland Empire.

Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR contributor, Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Rick Dulock review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week, including: 1. Riverside County supervisors say a proposed “good neighbor” warehouse ordinance isn’t strong enough . 2. San Bernardino City Unified School District computers were shut down by a ransomware attack. 3. The Diocese of San Bernardino has come up with a plan to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse . THIS SEGMENT IS MADE

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today’s highlighted story: A Loma Linda psychiatrist speaks about the growing dangers and rise of the drug Fentanyl.

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Strong Santa Ana winds will blow through the region Thursday and Friday. Upgraded energy management system should help blackouts during future heat waves. California State University Chancellor Timothy White announces retirement. Trump administration’s new plan to govern California water usage alarms environmental groups.

Deaths from the drug fentanyl have spiked over the last few years. KVCR’s Benjamin Purper speaks with a Loma Linda psychiatrist about the growing trend of fentanyl deaths and what can be done to address it. Dr. David Puder is a psychiatrist at Loma Linda University Health. He says fentanyl is an opiate, like heroin. Puder: “So unlike heroin, fentanyl is a lot faster acting. So usually if you have a heroin overdose it will take about 30 minutes to get to that sort of critical level. Whereas

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: 1) San Bernardino City Unified School District has been hit with a ransomware attack. 2) Riverside County's unemployment rate falls below four percent. 3) WalletHub releases its list of best colleges and universities in California, and three Inland Empire schools made the cut.

Residents from two San Bernardino neighborhood associations gathered yesterday to protest a proposed Transitional Assistance Department building near their neighborhood. The protest was held by residents of two different neighborhood associations – Blair Park and Muscupiabe. The demonstrators were protesting a proposed welfare office across the street from a residential development, on the corner of 27 th Street and Little Mountain Drive in San Bernardino. They worry that the proposed office

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: State and local audits of a troubled water district show questionable hiring and promoting practices, among other problems. Riverside and San Bernardino county supervisors will redraw political districts, after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill requiring independent commissions to do it. Sen. Kamala Harris is calling for

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today’s highlighted story: The California Public Utility Commission has called an emergency hearing to question PG&E company leaders about the recent power outage.