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KVCR News has your daily news rundown at lunchtime.

7/27 KVCR Midday News: Businesses Affected by Oak Fire, Union Pacific To Upgrade Trains, General Election Deadline, & More

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.
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