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Today's top stories for Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 -
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.
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On Tuesday, the Redlands school board voted to start the pink slip process for 138 jobs. Superintendent Juan Cabral described the long list as the “worst case scenario” and said the vote was not a guarantee that all jobs would be cut. -
Anthony VictoriaDemocratic congress members from the Inland Empire are calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. -
Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers in Riverside continued to picket today, joined by nurses across California and Hawaii, in the second day of an open-ended strike. -
California Hospital AssociationThe Riverside County Board of Supervisors at their meeting Tuesday approved a financial plan to keep emergency services running at the Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe.
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The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the federal government has technically lapsed. -
Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it. -
Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations. -
A federal judge dropped two of the charges against Luigi Mangione — the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — making his case no longer eligible for the death penalty. -
O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity. -
Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it's stopping human spaceflights for at least two years. The move will allow it to "shift resources" to the company's lunar landing capabilities. -
Vibes were all over the place during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival — the last held in Park City, Utah. These are the movies critic Aisha Harris loved. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in his state.
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A group of community members gathered outside a shopping center on Wednesday to pray for a day laborer being detained at Adelanto. The man has been in detention for more than two months and is in poor health. -
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