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Valley Edition - June 24, 2022 - World Refugee Day, Coalinga State Hospital patient update, Cal Fire investigation, FOOSA Philharmonic Jun 24, 2022

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World Refugee Day, Coalinga State Hospital patient update, Cal Fire investigation, FOOSA philharmonic

Valley Edition - June 17, 2022 - Improving teacher diversity, Pride poetry and dance, plus some of the KVPR news team’s favorite stories. Jun 21, 2022

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Improving teacher diversity, Pride poetry and dance, plus some of the KVPR news team’s favorite stories.

Valley Edition - June 3, 2022 - The first Black umpire in baseball’s National League, a history of the local LGBTQ community, and the power of storytelling from The Other California Jun 07, 2022

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On this week’s Valley Edition: a look back at the life of Art Williams. The National League’s first black umpire started off as a farm worker in Bakersfield. Plus, Fresno State students explore the history of Fresno’s LGBTQ community in a new podcast. And we return to Woodlake for our final episode of The Other California.

Valley Edition - May 27, 2022 - Dairy digesters and climate change, teacher diversity at FUSD, a student term on the Bakersfield CSU Board of Trustees May 30, 2022

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On this week’s Valley Edition: Why a technology to reduce methane emissions from dairies is stirring up controversy, even though it appears to be a great tool for fighting climate change. Plus, the problem of underrepresentation for Black teachers in Fresno Unified and what the district is doing to hire more. And a Bakerfield student reflects on her term with the CSU board of trustees.

Valley Edition - May 20, 2022 - COVID and Foster Farms, Medi-Cal asthma remediation services, The Big Tell film competition May 26, 2022

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On this week’s Valley Edition: an investigation looks back at the deadly COVID outbreaks at Foster Farms plants. Plus, a new state program meant to help low-income people with asthma by removing carpets, mold and other respiratory triggers in the home, is off to a clunky start. And local filmmakers compete for a grant to document undiscovered stories of the San Joaquin Valley. Listen to these stories and more.

Valley Edition- May 13, 2022 - Mai Der Vang named Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Other California, June primary May 13, 2022

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Plus, from KVPR’s new podcast The Other California, a profile of the Kern County City of Taft. The oil town’s future is uncertain as California turns toward green energy. Listen to this story and more on the podcast above.

Valley Edition - May 6, 2022 - Dr. Janine Nkosi, Mojave Desert naval base, One Oh One podcast May 06, 2022

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Plus, a new pilot program from the city of Fresno equips street vendors with cameras in an effort to protect them against attacks or robberies. This comes a year after street vendor Lorenzo Perez was murdered on the job. Listen to this story and more on the podcast above.

Valley Edition- April 29, 2022 - The Other California, ceramics for Ukraine, carbon sequestration May 04, 2022

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An openly gay Navy veteran who is about to graduate from college reflects on his efforts to establish an LGBTQ club at a private religious university in Fresno. Listen to this conversation and more on the podcast.

Valley Edition- April 22, 2022 - Tower Theater, Bakersfield Museum of Art, groundwater Apr 26, 2022

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The Bakersfield Museum of Art is bringing a national exhibition to the Valley that explores race and identity through the lens of African-American visual artists. Listen to this story and more in the podcast above.

Valley Edition – April 15, 2022 – A bonus hour all about climate change Apr 15, 2022

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On this week’s Valley Edition, a bonus episode – a collaboration from the California Newsroom entitled Climate Costs: A public radio special exploring the high price of climate change for California communities. Hosted by KVPR’s Kerry Klein, with contributions from eight public radio newsrooms in California, we bring you stories of the challenges brought on by climate change. We’ll visit the Northern hemisphere’s largest geothermal field, a Native American reservation in the Eastern Sierra, a Central Coast city grappling with the loss of its coastline, and a region where acres and acres of orange groves are being replaced with warehouses.

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