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| November 17, 2025 |
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TOP STORIES
WASHINGTON - With the record-breaking federal shutdown over, the Transportation Department is ending a mandate that had led to the cancellation of thousands of flights across the nation.
WASHINGTON - The United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat.
Nearly a third of U.S. job postings don’t result in an actual hire.
Nearly 7 in 10 employees surveyed said they don’t want to discuss politics at work.
 INLAND EMPIRE - (INT) - The first in a series of storms crossed the Southland Saturday setting the stage for two others in the coming days.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) - College students are more physically active and fewer face food insecurity.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) - Four more K-9 teams are being deployed.
 ONTARIO – (INT) – Flight cancellations and delays are mounting up amid the FAA-ordered reduction in air traffic.
SAN BERNARDINO – The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) has been honored with five national achievement awards
 CORONA – (INT) – The Inland Empire’s longest-serving member of Congress is determined to keep his seat.
 LOMA LINDA - Forty years ago, a 4-day-old baby made history as the first successful infant-to-infant heart transplant recipient.
 RANCHO CUCAMONGA – (INT) – A 10-count criminal complaint was filed Monday (November 3rd) that could send a San Bernardino man to ‘death row’.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area continues to have one of the fastest rates of increasing inflation in the US.
 A semi-autonomous fire suppression drone, is designed to supercharge firefighters.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Property tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year are arriving.
 JOSHUA TREE – Uncertainty over the government shutdown has been especially unsettling in in the Joshua Tree National Park.
 FOREST FALLS – (INT) – It’s likely to be weeks before flood-ravaged Route 38 above Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains is reopened to Big Bear.
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HOLLYWOOD - “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” pulled off a nifty magic trick.
OAKLAND - John Beam, a 66-year-old junior college football coach who gained fame at Laney College, has died from gunshot wounds.
 HOLLYWOOD - Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs.
 A new poll shows that former Orange County Rep. Katie Porter's support in the 2026 governor's race dropped.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Scaling back government services is being felt in California.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Inflation or no inflation, Californians are opening their wallets.
 SAN FRANCISCO – A 41-story tower will rise on a half-acre site in San Francisco’s financial district.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is celebrating a historic milestone.
 Researchers found that the populations of some bird species grew rapidly after fires.
 California is the second-most energy-efficient state.
 California scores comparatively low among the states with the greatest student debt.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) - Another La Nina winter is shaping up for California.
 California is on the cusp of an unprecedented demographic shift, with projections indicating a dramatic increase in the older adult population by 2040.
A Victorville homeless encampment has turned into a murder scene. A woman found injured on Saturday (November 15th) has died at St. Mary’s Hospital. Sheriff’s investigators say a transient, man who reported the incident, Taureen Alden Sims, was arrested. (INT) Three people are safe after being rescued from a sandbar in the middle of the Santa Ana River in Jurupa Valley. Rescue crews used an inflatable boat to complete the rescue during Saturday’s rainstorm. (INT) Chino police say they’ve arrested their primary suspect in a fatal hit-run incident October 4th on the Chino Hills Parkway at the Route 71 on-ramp. Nicholas Aaron Reyes, 25, of Chino Hills, was arrested Thursday (November 13th) in Glendale. (INT) Chino has landed a new police helicopter. The Bell 505 will be fully equipped over the next 6 months. It was funded with $2.7 million in Law Enforcement Development Impact Fees (DIF) and a $1 million grant from the County Board of Supervisors. (INT) The Moreno Valley City Council has approved an immediate $30,000 allocation to fund “Project Pantry,” an emergency assistance program. It was created to support Moreno Valley residents facing food insecurity during the ongoing federal government shutdown, which has temporarily disrupted SNAP benefits for millions of Americans. The program provides direct assistance to local food pantries and food distribution partners. (INT) The City of Moreno Valley recently introduced its new AI-powered virtual assistants, Mo and Val. They are a dynamic digital concierge team available 24/7 on the City’s website. Mo and Val are designed to make interacting with the City faster, easier, and more accessible. (INT) Restoration of Palm Springs’ historic Plaza theater is nearing completion and will reopen in early December. It had fallen into disrepair and has been closed since 2014. The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation conducted a multi-year fundraising campaign to provide funds to fully restore the iconic theatre and adapt it to future needs. (INT) Saturday’s intense rainstorm spelled trouble for drivers of thirty vehicles that got bogged down in high water and thick mud in Cathedral City. Thirty-two people were rescued from a mudslide on Varner Road and taken to a staging area to reclaim their vehicles. (INT) In Riverside, a preliminary investigation has found that a pedestrian deliberately walked in front of an RTA bus as it was pulling away from a bus stop on Chicago Avenue and was fatally injured. Chibeza Nyirenda, 28, was taken to a local hospital and died on Wednesday (November 12th). (INT) Under a new agreement, Hemet police detectives will work with federal postal inspectors in a coordinated, multi-agency task force dedicated to investigating and prosecuting financial and mail-related crimes throughout the region. The agreement provides for federal reimbursement of certain overtime and operational expenses incurred by the Hemet PD. (INT) The San Bernardino City School District has opened a new resource hub. It’ s designed to help families navigate school enrollment and connect with support services. The Páxam Páxam Welcome Center is located next to the District’s Board of Education building. (INT) University of California employees are bracing for increased premiums enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente and UC Blue & Gold programs. UCR Chancellor Jack Hu has allocated subsidies that will cover about 1,550 non-represented staff and faculty members through 2026. (INT) Despite a lean rainfall year, Diamond Valley Reservoir near Hemet is still about 95% full. With this and other surface and groundwater storage, the Southern California MWD is on track to end the calendar year with a record 3.9 million acre-feet of water in storage. (INT) Construction is underway on Phase 2B of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration, and Recreation Project. It will extend another mile from Rancho California Road to Via Montezuma to cover the lower two miles of the authorized 7.5-mile corridor. The project construction cost is $44 million. (INT) |
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