Monday through Friday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include:
- California gas prices are up more than a dollar from last month and nearly two dollars higher than the national average. That's fueling debate in the governor's race, where candidates are pitching competing plans to lower costs.
- U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the homeland security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay.
- California's court system is preparing for the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and the risk it could bring into the courtroom.
- Southern California is locked into a high-pressure, dry, and warm weather pattern.Forecasters are calling for temperatures through Friday up to 20 degrees above normal. Night and morning coastal low clouds and fog are trying to make a push into western valleys at times.
