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Former Press-Enterprise Columnist and longtime KVCR news contributor, Cassie MacDuff joins KVCR to review a few of the Inland Empire's major news stories of the past week. The conversation can be heard on KVCR's "Morning Edition" most Friday mornings at 6:45 and 8:45. Our segments with Cassie are also archived here for listening on demand.

Stories highlighted for Dec 18, 2025.

Stories highlighted for Dec 17, 2025.

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Riverside walked off the job early Tuesday morning over what they say are unfair labor practices.

A former US Marine was arrested in Louisiana in connection with a New Year's Eve plot to bomb areas around Southern California. The FBI arrested four other suspects last week in the Mojave Desert.

Stories highlighted for Dec 16, 2025.

Federal authorities said they've thwarted a plot to bomb five locations around Southern California on New Year's Eve. The FBI has arrested four people who they say belong to an extremist anti-government group.

BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Time for Change, local author Debbie Dee, AI's growing footprint, Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds being appointed to the California Transportation Commission, and FAC suing Riverside over transparency in quest for Sheriff Department jail deaths accountability.

Monday through Friday, KVCR has your daily news rundown at lunch time

Normally, I do a monthly segment after the federal jobs report drops, but the government shutdown meant we didn't get those numbers for the past few months. My guest, Daniel McDonald, is an economics professor at Cal State San Bernardino. In a recent post to his Substack, Inland Empire Economic Intelligence, he used a different data set to gauge how the IE's job market is faring. McDonald joins me today to discuss his findings.