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Each year, the fungal disease valley fever infects tens of thousands of people in the American Southwest. Studies suggest infection rates could be even higher among dogs, however, and researchers in Arizona are now announcing progress on a cani
Over the last few decades, air quality in the San Joaquin Valley has greatly improved. But climate change could jeopardize those gains, and researchers are trying to figure out by how much. One of the Valley’s summertime air pollutants is ozone
Jennifer Malone mostly goes by her English name but she has another name in Wukchumni. “My Indian name is Haiyelihx,” she says, adding that the word s ummer in Wukchumni is haiyel . “So my great grandma named me Haiyelihx because that means sum
On this week’s Valley Edition:What’s at stake for the future of transportation in Fresno County? Plus, how growers and academics are working to make Valley agriculture more resilient to climate change. And the TV show Glee made Clovis native Ch
In many ways, climate change has already hit home here in the San Joaquin Valley—especially for the agricultural industry, which produces as much as a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts and brings in billions
We're very excited to announce that we have shared another adaptation of this series with Science Friday , the national radio show produced by WNYC Studios. As " the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and
Ray Lee sits on a folding chair at the top of the stairs leading to the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The height gives him a clear view of the Central Valley Veterans Day Parade route on Fresno Street. “I really enjoy it. Seeing some of my old
TED Talks, the popular videos about “ideas worth spreading,” invited Fresno’s Irma Olguin Jr. to take the stage this year to share her ideas about how to connect people from marginalized communities to training and jobs in the tech industry. It
Clovis native Chris Colfer found fame as an actor on the hit show Glee, and as a New York Times best-selling author of young adult novels like the "Land of Stories" series. But this weekend Colfer will come back to his roots, hosting and perfor
Ranger Adam Ramsey, the Supervisor for Wawona District Interpretation, was one of the researchers who poured over archives in Yosemite National Park’s library to find names and dates connected to the Chinese Laundry building. Ramsey unlocks the
In 2014, California’s state legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a sweeping law with the goal of balancing the amount of water pumped out of underground aquifers with the amount returned through recharge. How th
After a nationwide search, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently gave Hanford’s China Alley Preservation Society one of its most prestigious awards. The Trustees Emeritus Award for Historic Site Stewardship recognizes the all-vo
On this week’s Valley Edition: The vital contributions of Chinese immigrants to Yosemite National Park. Plus, the latest on the state’s effort to end Tooleville’s long fight for clean drinking water. And poet Mai Der Vang reads from her new col
The clock is ticking to redraw legislative boundaries following the 2020 census. This week California’s redistricting commission released a preliminary map of what the state’s congressional districts could look like. If finalized the new map co
Fresno poet Mai Der Vang looks back on a dark chapter of history in her new collection “Yellow Rain.” Hmong refugees fleeing Laos at the end of the Vietnam war reported being attacked with chemical and biological weapons that led to thousands o
For more than two decades the small Tulare County community of Tooleville has been without a secure supply of safe drinking water. The simplest solution would be to connect the town’s water system to that of its neighbor, the City of Exeter. It
City of Madera residents voted Tuesday to fill a vacancy on the city council. County officials are still counting ballots from the special election but as of Thursday, an Indigenous Mexican-American candidate has garnered 61 percent of the vote
The tricolored blackbird, native almost exclusively to Central California, gained protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act in 2018. Since then, the most at-risk colonies have successfully been protected, thanks in large part to San J
The California Reporting Project has been gathering police misconduct files from departments around the state, including Bakersfield. The collaboration, which includes dozens of newsrooms including KVPR, is developing a web tool that will allow
On this week’s Valley Edition : How is Fresno managing the challenge of a homeless encampment downtown in the face of limited shelter beds? Plus, the struggle to educate enough nurses to replace those driven out of the profession by pandemic st
It’s 7 a.m. and the sidewalk along this industrial intersection at H and San Benito is crowded with tents covered in tarp. A 60-year-old man named Gary starts to break down his shelter. He works methodically, folding his tarp and moving the thi
The physical and emotional toll of treating COVID-19 patients is driving many nurses to leave the profession, and it's raising alarms about the state’s capacity to educate their replacements. To learn more about why nursing programs are so impa
Photojournalist Ryan Christopher Jones spent five years documenting one Fresno family’s transition from poverty into the middle class. His images were recently published in “The Atlantic.” Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke to Jones abou
June Moua started growing cherries, tomatoes and grapes in east Fresno County 10 years ago. Now she grows a few different types of crops. But her most profitable are the water-intensive Asian greens like mustard greens and bok choy. “Every othe
Local organizers rallied outside the Department of Pesticide Regulations in Clovis Tuesday to demand immediate pesticide reform following a study published this summer that found certain pesticides used in California were linked to childhood ca
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