Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today's highlighted story: Representative Raul Ruiz is calling for a congressional hearing on what he calls an "impending public health crisis at the Salton Sea."

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Today's highlighted story: Last month, the FDA approved TAVR (TA-vur), a heart surgery that is gaining momentum and was recently used for celebrity Mick Jagger, for low-risk patients.

Representative Raul Ruiz is calling for a congressional hearing on what he calls an “impending public health crisis at the Salton Sea.” Representative Raul Ruiz (D - Palm Desert) has been adamant that federal agencies intervene and stop the shrinking Salton Sea from becoming a public health crisis as toxic dust wafts up from its receding shoreline. Earlier this month, Ruiz and Representative Juan Vargas of Imperial County wrote a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources

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 County Officials say recent Grand Jury's findings were wrong... twice. Now we know what Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey will be doing after he leaves office. The San Bernardino City Council voted to appeal a judge's ruling that it cut two officials' salaries improperly. THIS SEGMENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE

Last month, the FDA approved TAVR, a heart surgery that is gaining momentum and was recently used for celebrity Mick Jagger, for low-risk patients. TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, is a procedure that’s less invasive than open-heart surgery. It was only open to intermediate and high-risk patients until August of 2019, when the FDA approved it for low-risk patients as well. Dr. Kenneth Jutzy is a cardiologist with Loma Linda University Health. Jutzy: “The original trials were only

On Wednesday, the Riverside District Attorney announced that a grand jury recommended no charges against the off-duty LAPD police officer who shot and killed an intellectually disabled man in a Corona Costco. They also released a video of the encounter – now, the attorney for the man’s family says there may be more unreleased video. The attorney for the French family, Dale Galipo, held a press conference Thursday where he speculated that there may be another video of the encounter that hasn’t

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: RCC will hold a benefit concert for The Path of Life Homeless Shelter. A grand jury has declined to bring charges against an off-duty officer who fatally shot a mentally ill man in a Costco warehouse.

A grand jury today returned a “no bill” in the case of the Corona Costco shooting, where an off-duty LAPD police officer shot and killed a developmentally disabled man – meaning the officer will not be indicted. The shooting occurred in June, when off-duty LAPD police officer Salvador Sanchez shot and killed Kenneth French and wounded his father and mother. After investigations from the Corona Police Department and the Riverside District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, the case was presented

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Representative Raul Ruiz has issued a statement in favor of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. San Bernardino residents and activists call for Amazon to decrease environmental impact.

San Bernardino residents and activists participated in the Global Climate Strike 2019, calling on e-commerce company and warehouse operator Amazon to decrease their environmental impact. We’ll hear from one of the students involved in this report from KVCR’s Benjamin Purper. On September 20 th , teenagers and adults in San Bernardino joined millions of people across the world in the Global Climate Strike 2019. Climate strikers rallied at Amazon’s automated facility on Orange Show Road to demand