Valley News

As the race to represent the 16th congressional district heats up between incumbent Jim Costa and fellow democrat Esmeralda Soria, both candidates stopped by the KVPR studio to talk with FM89’s Kathleen Schock about the key issues facing the district, and the attention grabbing television ads from the Costa campaign. …

Immigration is one of the most complex and entrenched issues facing the Valley. To find out more about what it takes to keep the public informed on the topic, FM89’s Kathleen Schock spoke with New York Times National Immigration Reporter Miriam Jordan and Fresno Bee Reporter Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202003/immigration_reporters.jpg

Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, African Americans gained access to professional and educational opportunities never before available. However, coverage of those success stories was largely ignored by traditional media outlets. That’s why six young friends in Fresno set out to create Grapevine Magazine , a …

Fresno’s former Chief of Police led the city’s mayoral race late Tuesday night according to the county’s early results. By 10:30 p.m., close to a quarter of the votes were in, and more than 54% of them counted in Jerry Dyer’s favor. At a packed election party at the Elbow …

Polls show candidates Andrew Janz and Jerry Dyer are neck and neck. And that race, along with other local races, could be decided next Tuesday. If one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, there’s no runoff in November. But do people know that? We spoke with several …

Fresno mayoral candidate Jerry Dyer came to the studio to talk with FM89’s Kathleen Schock about his priorities for the city and the politically polarized nature of the campaign. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202002/dyer__2_.jpg

David Valadao is fighting to win back the congressional seat he narrowly lost to Congressman TJ Cox in 2018. FM89’s Kathleen Schock spoke with both candidates about some of the key issues facing the district. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202002/Cox-Valadao.jpg

The Armenian oud master Richard Hagopian has been playing the instrument, similar to the lute, since he was a kid. He’s 82 now. This Saturday Feb. 29, he’ll be speaking and performing at a public memory event at Fresno State documenting the history of local Armenian-American music production in the …

S upporters of Massachusetts Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren packed into a downtown Fresno business Monday to hear from someone who used to be her competitor. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro addressed around 50 people at the Fulton Street Coffee shop. The 45-year-old was also …

Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone is coming to the Tower Theater in Fresno on Saturday. You may know her as a panelist on the hit NPR quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! But did you know she loves exercise? Well, once it’s over! And she’s even investigated happiness, through a series …

The San Joaquin Valley lies underneath one of the two most polluted air basins in the country. That’s why, in 2018, two communities here – one in Shafter and one in south-central Fresno – were selected among the first to participate in Assembly Bill 617, an ambitious state law that …

President Donald Trump was in Bakersfield for a short visit Wednesday to sign a Presidential Memorandum to commit more water to San Joaquin Valley farmers. He spoke to an invitation-only crowd of about 2,000 people. The event at Meadows Field Airport drew high schoolers wearing Future Farmers of America jackets, …

Two 13-year-old boys were arrested Wednesday in connection with a massive fire in Porterville that destroyed the city’s public library and left two firefighters dead. The firefighters killed in the blaze Tuesday night were identified Wednesday as Capt. Raymond Figueroa, 35, and Patrick Jones, 25. Figueroa has been with the …