Tuesday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include:
- Nearly a million Californians are drinking water that’s unsafe, and the agency charged with helping them is unequipped to do so.
- The Oak Fire is the largest in California this year and local business owners are worried that the region’s climate will change permanently due to drought and wildfires.
- A Riverside woman survived, but a Hemet man died Sunday while climbing Big Falls in Forest Falls.
- The deadline to secure a spot on the November general election ballot is fast approaching.
- Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years.