On Nov. 12, 2025, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced that the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had unlawfully issued 17,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to immigrants, all of which are being revoked, according to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy.
The issue grabbed public attention in August when a tractor-trailer driver without authorized...
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Starbucks workers across the country kicked off an indefinite strike spanning 65 stores in response to the company’s failure to meet negotiation deadlines, with over 1,000 employees organizing the mass walk-out.
Union leadership chose to start the strike on Starbucks’ Red Cup day, typically one of the company’s busiest days of the year, in which stores...
On Nov. 17, 2025, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299) began their strike at the University of California campuses, including the University of California, Riverside (UCR). The strike lasted from Nov. 17–18. From custodians to food service workers, over 65,000 campus employees and health care workers associated with the AFSCME union joined...
On Nov. 4, 2025, students and teachers representing the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA) hosted an informational picket at the Belltower to address concerns of alleged retaliation against campus staff therapist Heather Johnson.
After having worked as a therapist for the school’s counseling and psychological services (CAPS) program for seven years, Johnson was placed on administrative leave in September...
On Nov. 6, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency within the United States Department of Transportation responsible for regulating all aspects of civil aviation, announced a temporary 10 percent reduction in flights at 40 high-traffic airports across the nation, citing the need to maintain safety, relieve strain on airport employees and address a recent uptick in flight...
Following the passage of Proposition 50 (Prop 50), where California voters voted upon the redrawing of Congressional districts to favor Democrats in five additional seats in the midterm elections in the following year will be in effect until 2030. Republicans launched a lawsuit the day after it passed in an attempt to block Prop 50. Prior to election day,...
On Nov. 12, the House approved a Senate-passed funding package and President Trump signed it into law, putting an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The agreement extends funding for most federal agencies through Jan. 30 and includes three longer-term appropriations bills funding additional government functions through September 2026.
The Senate reached a breakthrough earlier in the...
With the government shutdown now going into its second month, more of the nation’s programs are being threatened. One of them is the rescindment of the funds for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Impacting Americans nationally, including those in the Inland Empire, local governments, food banks and pantries are trying to continue supporting citizens amidst uncertainty and a...
Former office manager Beatriz Margarita Putnam has been accused of stealing more than $80,000 from the Riverside Police Office’s Association (RPOA), the biggest police union in Riverside.
According to The Press-Enterprise, a sworn affidavit was filed to a judge by Detective Brian Money of the Riverside Police Department’s economic crime unit to request a search warrant. The affidavit states that...
As of Oct.17, 2025 both the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ended their in-person Survivor Support services at Los Angeles county Disaster Recovery centers.
Formerly located at University of California, Los Angeles Research Park West and the Altadena Disaster Recovery Center, these centers along with others saw 81,901 in-person visitors, since...