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| September 19, 2024 |
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TOP STORIES
 WASHINGTON – (INT) - The Federal Reserve appears to be on its most aggressive inflation-fighting course since the 1980s.
Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday, multiple outlets reported, killing at least 14 people and injuring 450 others, according to the Lebanese government.
US employers will confront a shortage of some 6 million workers within a decade, according to a new study.
ORLANDO. FL - US brand Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy as it struggles to survive in the face of sliding sales.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Resource centers are opening in four counties to assist those who lost their homes or other property in the wildfires.
 INLAND EMPIRE - (INT) - There’s something for everyone on the 5-day weather menu.
BIG BEAR – (INT) – State highways through the fire zones in the San Bernardino Mountains have reopened.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Containment lines around three smoldering wildfires are steadily closing.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – As a wave of school violence threats sweeps the nation, the Inland Empire has not been immune.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Riverside is under an emergency trash pick-up order because of its aging fleet of trash trucks.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Property owners in the Inland Empire’s three wildfire zones are being reassured of some financial protection.
 RIVERSIDE - Police have not spelled out a motive for a woman’s fatal shooting allegedly by her brother.
 LOS ANGELES – (INT) - Two Rancho Cucamonga residents have been convicted of running a ‘birth tourism’ scheme.
 HIGHLAND – (INT) – Prosecutors announced Thursday formal charges against an arson suspect accused of starting the Line Fire.
 CHINO – (INT) – A court ruling will prohibit the Chino Valley Unified School District from implementing a mandatory student gender identity disclosure policy.
 LOS ANGELES – (INT) – Four men, including two from Riverside County, are facing trial for allegedly kidnapping migrants to the United States and holding them for ransom.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – The cities of San Bernardino and Riverside have been granted nearly 14-million dollars for safety improvements at high risk intersections.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Four of the Inland Empire’s largest cities are at the bottom of a list of best communities to retire.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Many books in the Riverside Public Library’s collection can be delivered directly to your home at no cost.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Some of the coolest things in California were made in the Inland Empire.
California’s college freshmen stand a better chance of graduating.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Commuters riding the rails of Metrolink are in for some changes.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – If this summer has left you feeling wilted, statistics will justify that.
 HOLLYWOOD - For the second time this year, Hollywood gathered to honor TV’s biggest stars.
 SACRAMENTO - (INT) - After falling sharply in the first year of the pandemic, California’s prison population is now at a 30-year low.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Gasoline pump prices are up for the third week in a row.
 SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing emergency regulations to ban THC-containing hemp products.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – More low-income Californians may soon realize that a zero-emission vehicle is financially within their reach.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) - Newly released data from the Federal Reserve finds California ranks 1st among the states with the highest credit card debt increases.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) - Many observers describe the upcoming election as the most consequential in decades.
 SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is launching a new program to enhance air quality monitoring.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Even as Southern California wilts under another heat wave, Governor Newsom has called off the drought state of emergency in 19 counties.
 RANCHO PALOS VERDES – (INT) – Governor Newsom has expanded on a local State of Emergency in Rancho Palos Verdes.
 For most people who visit here, California is one of the most fun states
 ANAHEIM - Critter Country at Disneyland is officially being renamed.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – A sobering analysis paints a challenging outlook for California’s water supply.
 SACRAMENTO - (INT) - Population estimates show that for the first time since 2020, California has grown and the Inland Empire contributed to much of the increase.
Inland Empire Congressman Darrell Issa has offered legislation to add critically needed federal judgeships to resolve understaffed and backlogged courts. The Judges Act would create 63 permanent judgeships in six phases over a 10-year period. Additional federal courts would be located in Utah, Texas, and California. (INT) More weeknight closures are coming to Route 71 in the Chino-Chino Hills area. Southbound closures will be imposed through October 4th. The same applies to southbound 71 to the connectors at Route 91 in Corona. (INT) An Orange County church pastor has been arrested in Riverside on suspicion of sexually abusing two brothers. The abuse allegedly occurred over a 6-year period when the victims were living with Pastor Juan Barrios at his home in Riverside. Police say that Barrios has been a pastor with Iglesia de Dios Israelita in Fullerton. (INT) California school superintendent Tony Thurmond is among state officials calling for donations to schools and victims of the Inland Empire’s wildfires. The non-profit SupplyBank.org is collecting financial donations and direct funds and resources to areas that need them the most. (INT) Potential threats made against schools in Riverside, primarily through social media, are mounting up. Police have counted 14 since the beginning of the school year. In the latest, a 15-year-old boy was booked into a juvenile detention facility for threatening violence against Arlington High School and its principal. (INT) Access to healthy food for California students is getting a boost. It’s estimated that 1-point-6 million students in 199 school districts will be served through nearly 53-million dollars in funding by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (INT) Prospective home buyers in the Coachella Valley, Palo Verde Valley and Idyllwild communities can receive some help with their down payment as first-time home buyers. County supervisors have approved a $1 million allocation under the First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program. (INT) Air quality in Southern California will get some improvement under an EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. $500 million is headed to the South Coast AQMD to help decarbonize transportation and freight corridors. (INT) The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has announced 228 grants, totaling over $12.6 million, to support initiatives in the Inland Empire and elsewhere. So far his year, the Tribe has targeted 50% of its grant funding for programs benefiting Native American communities. (INT) Riverside’s Neighborhood Safety Investment Project is moving ahead. Federal funds will focus on areas around Arlington Avenue, Adams Street, La Sierra Avenue and Highway 91. Projects include 16.2 miles of bike lanes, high visibility crosswalks and audible pedestrian push buttons at 85 intersections, ADA curb ramps and high visibility crosswalks at eight intersections and a half mile of new sidewalks. (INT) David Garcia has been elevated to the post of General Manager of Riverside Public Utilities. Garcia has been interim GM since last April. Garcia has three decades of experience in the Southern California water industry. (INT) The Victorville City Council has joined several mayors and business leaders urging Governor Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 98 which relates to warehouse and logistic use standards and truck routes. Opponents argue it would limit business development, job creation, and economic prosperity. (INT) The Palm Spring Aerial Tramway will undergo its annual maintenance through October 6th. The shutdown will enable “track rope repositioning”, which ensures even wear of the cables. (INT) A new $1 million grant will expand student preparedness and career pathways for students in seven Riverside County school districts and key institutions of higher learning. The grant was awarded by the Inland Empire Regional K-16 Education Collaborative. (INT) The Help Wanted sign is out at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office. Twelve-hundred temporary positions need to be filled prior to the November election. Election Assistants perform a variety of routine work such as customer service, proofing ballot material, counting ballots, answering phones, receiving, inspecting, recording and storing voted ballots. Compensation is $20 an hour. No experience is required. Information at HR-ROV@rivco.org (INT) |
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