Madison Aument

The Redlands school board on Tuesday considered two proposals to address racism in schools. After hours of public comment and discussion, the board decided to table both resolutions.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Kelley Bader is the former board president at Slow Bloom Coffee Cooperative and is now program manager for co-op development at the Inland Empire Labor Institute. Last week, we talked about Slow Bloom’s creation and success as a worker-owned co-op. You can find that episode on our website. In part two of our interview, Bader delves further into cooperatives and what they mean for workers.

A second man has been identified in the bombing of a fertility clinic last month in Palm Springs. Authorities arrested him late Tuesday and say he supplied large amounts of chemicals that were used by the FBI’s primary suspect to make explosives.

Today a beloved eaglet left its nest high up in a pine tree near Big Bear Lake. Tens of thousands of people tuned into the 24-7 livestream to marvel at the eagle’s first flight.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE.If you live in Redlands, you may have been to Slow Bloom Coffee. The shop is a worker-owned cooperative that was born out of a failed union drive. Kelley Bader is a founding member of Slow Bloom, the co-op’s former board president, and he now manages a program at the Inland Empire Labor Institute to help others form co-ops.

The Temecula school board, that’s been embroiled in controversy for the last two years, wants to revive a contentious policy to require schools to notify parents if their child is transgender. They’re meeting Tuesday to brainstorm ideas to get around a state law that prohibits such policies.

Teachers in Temecula can teach about race without fear of running afoul of the school board… at least for now. This comes after a California Appeals Court ruled the district’s ban on Critical Race Theory is unconstitutionally vague.

Law enforcement authorities are asking for help to piece together the timeline of their primary suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic over the weekend. As KVCR’s Madison Aument reports, authorities identified a 25 year old Twentynine Palms man in connection with the bombing and say there’s no threat to the public.

An explosion outside a reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs, California killed one person and injured 4. Police say it appears to be an intentional act of violence.

The school board in Redlands voted on Tuesday to move forward with two controversial policies. The policies still have a few hurdles to clear before they can be adopted and implemented.