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6/3 KVCR Midday News: Measure Z Projected to Lose, Hilton and Becerra Advance to November Race & More
Stories highlighted for June 3, 2026
Toni Lopez | Jun 3, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC

Shaw wins state superintendent primary
The Chino school board leader will face an as-yet-unknown opponent in November.

Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers
President Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.
Andrea Hsu | Jun 3, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC

Trump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy,' says they still get along
The president also acknowledged that he cursed at the Israeli leader in a heated phone call in which he told Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Greg Myre | Jun 3, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

People with cancer or HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
Selena Simmons-Duffin | Jun 3, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC

Michael Jackson's shadow of doubt
A sanded-down biopic about the King of pop and propaganda has resurfaced his music on the charts — along with questions about how his enduring magic became make-believe
Rodney Carmichael | Jun 3, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC

Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump
The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two reporters were fired.
David Folkenflik | Jun 3, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

Tribeca Film Festival opens, 25 years after helping New York recover from 9/11
Actor Robert De Niro and producing partner Jane Rosenthal created the festival in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Mandalit del Barco | Jun 3, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC

A nameless narrator attempts to understand Gertrude Stein in Deborah Levy's new novel
In 'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein,' the narrator, a writer, actually spends one month trying to understand Stein's genius, how she invented herself, and her relationship with Alice B. Toklas.
Heller McAlpin | Jun 3, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC

President Trump seeks control of science funding
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
Katia Riddle | Jun 3, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC



