The Inland Empire is reacting to the bombshell allegations that Cesar Chavez, the labor movement icon, sexually abused women and young girls.
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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. -
Mack Male/FlickrOntario voters will decide on two union-backed measures affecting hospitality wages and future development in a special election next Tuesday. Officials are against them. -
Stories highlighted for March 19, 2026
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Anthony Victoria/KVCRThe City of Ontario voted at their meeting on Tuesday night to delay their vote on the fate of the Jay Littleton ballpark. Most of the speakers said they want the field to be preserved. -
Wikimedia CommonsVeterans and native tribes are calling for the protection of public lands in the Mojave desert. They say President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management could open the area to fossil fuel extraction. -
Lawmakers held an oversight hearing on Tuesday to understand what led California’s Office of Emergency Services to scrap a project to upgrade the state’s 911 system
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David McNew/Getty ImagesStories highlighted for March 18, 2026
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A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations. -
Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated streets, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam. -
The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S. -
About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply. -
Accusations of sexual abuse by the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights Cesar Chavez broke his legacy and those who admired him. -
Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations. -
Darren Indyke, longtime attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, testified he "did not know" of Epstein's sexual abuse of women and girls. He also confirmed the existence of hard drives held by Epstein's estate. -
Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.
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A caravan of around 30 cars and three charter buses brought dozens of activists from Pasadena to play music for people incarcerated at the Adelanto facility. -
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