Senior groups are calling on the governor to sign AB 824 – a bill that makes it easier to prosecute drug companies that make deals to keep generic medications off the market.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. In this report, KVCR’s Benjamin Purper speaks to a prostate cancer patient and doctor about the importance of early screening. When Michael Saunders first found out about his prostate cancer, he was in denial. Saunders: "I treated it like any other man would, I think. Total denial and told the doctor that he had to re-do it. And he was a very strong man to take all the beating I gave him verbally about, this is wrong, I don't have cancer, there's

Representative Pete Aguilar today announced over $2.1 million in grant funding for Inland Empire resident physicians. California is facing a statewide doctor shortage , but it’s especially bad in the Inland Empire. In 2017, there were only 39 physicians per 100,000 residents in the area, far below the recommended 70 doctors per 100,000 people. The $2,142,792 grant announced Monday will go towards addressing that issue. It’ll go to the SAC Health Care System, a non-profit community healthcare

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: 1. The U.S. Forest Service is seeking temporary workers for 2020. 2. Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of 21 inmates, most convicted of murder of attempted murder. 3. California Governor Gavin Newsom's desk is as crowded as can be today after lawmakers sent him hundreds of bills last week before adjourning for the year.

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: Altavita Village will be renamed Westmont village and lose one of its major selling points for residents. The official California Republican Party platform will now include a plank opposing racism and xenophobia. It’s Raul Ruiz versus Raul Ruiz in one Inland congressional district. Restrictions on short-term rentals are

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: Riverside-San Bernardino area has the fourth highest percentage of female business owners. UC Riverside among universities to receive federal funds to find alternatives to animal testing. Eastbound 60 closures coming to an end next weekend. California poised to enact a sweeping law that will require companies to reclassify their contract workers as employees.

A new report finds that the Riverside-San Bernardino area has the fourth highest percentage of female business owners in large metropolitan areas across the country The report comes from software company Volusion, who analyzed the latest employment data from the U.S. Census Bureau to identify the metropolitan areas that have the most female business owners. The Riverside-San Bernardino area has the fourth highest percentage of female business owners among large metropolitan areas at 35%. There

A pastor at the Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in Riverside who spoke openly about his battles with depression died by suicide Monday night. Jarrid Wilson was known for giving impassioned sermons on mental health issues, including his own struggles with depression. Hours before he took his life, Wilson tweeted a message about suicide, saying “Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure suicidal thoughts.” Wilson joined the church in 2018 and founded Anthem of Hope, a mental health nonprofit helping

Federal officials announced yesterday that UC Riverside and three other universities will receive federal funds to find alternatives to animal testing. UC Riverside will receive about $850,000 in federal grant funds for research aimed at finding alternatives to using animals for testing chemicals. The total grant is $4.25 million going to four universities – UC Riverside, Johns Hopkins, Oregon State and Vanderbilt. It’s part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Directive to Prioritize

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, Empire KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: 1. A planned 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Riverside County will go forward. 2. Board opposes idea to install freeway toll lanes in Riverside. 3. Research shows that California’s vulnerable housing market may not be all bad news. 4. California could soon change how it approves new charter schools.