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For 91.9 KVCR News, I'm Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Daniel McDonald is a professor of economics at Cal State San Bernardino. He also writes a free Substack newsletter called Inland Empire Economic Intelligence.Every two months, inflation data is published for the Inland Empire. So this week, McDonald joined me to talk about the ways people in the IE are still feeling the sting of inflation.

Multiple wildfires burn in Riverside and San Bernardino counties with evacuations and road closures. KVCR is tracking the latest updates.

The Lake Fire started Saturday afternoon before 4pm just west of Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. KVCR will update here as firefighters work to contain the blaze.

The school board in Temecula adopted a revised policy Tuesday night to notify parents if their child makes changes to their records. It comes months after they were forced to rescind one that would inform parents if their child is transgender.

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.

A local minor league baseball team would love it if you could bring your donkey down to the field

Stories highlighted for June 26, 2025.

An innovative youth basketball facility combines athletics and education

A conversation between host Maya Gwynn and Fatima Nelson, Program Manager of Workforce Development for the Inland Empire Labor Institute.