A series of rockfalls occurred yesterday afternoon from the Southeast face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Seven rockfalls occurred over a four-hour time span, with the initial rockfall happening at 1:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/additional-information-on-rockfall-in-yosemite-national-park.htm
Read More »CSU Bakersfield professor on misperceptions about domestic abuse
Since 1989, October has been designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. But misperceptions about domestic violence continue to permeate our culture. To learn more, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with Tracey Salsibury, assistant professor of interdisciplinary and ethnic studies at California State University, Bakersfield. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202110/tracey_salisbury__2_.jpg
Read More »Newsom Misled The Public About Wildfire Prevention Efforts Ahead Of Worst Fire Season On Record
On Gavin Newsom’s first full day in office, Jan. 8, 2019, the newly elected governor stood before the cameras, clad in jeans and sneakers and surrounded by emergency responders, and declared war on wildfires. “Everybody has had enough,” the governor said, announcing he’d signed a sweeping executive order overhauling the …
Read More »Journalist Lois Henry Writes About Why Corcoran Is Sinking In The NY Times
The Kings County city of Corcoran is slowly but steadily sinking, as much as 11½ feet in some places over the last 14 years. Lois Henry, a journalist with SJV Water, recently wrote about it for the New York Times. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with her about how …
Read More »Processing The Pandemic: A Teacher Worries About Her Students And Finds Ways To Connect
For our series looking at how people are processing their experiences around the pandemic, we hear from Rodia Montgomery-Gentry. She’s a social science teacher and department chair at Madera South High School. As schools start to reopen, Montgomery-Gentry reflects on the challenges of connecting to students through online learning. FM89’s …
Read More »San Joaquin Valley Asian-American Women Speak Out About Racism And Discrimination
Members of the Asian American community have been sounding alarms over the dramatic increase in anti-Asian rhetoric and violence over the course of the pandemic. But it was another tragedy, the mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent, that centered a …
Read More »Mark Arax On What The Valley Reveals About The Radicalization Of The Right
The man who carried a Confederate flag inside the U.S. Capitol during last week’s insurrection was arrested yesterday for an act that served as a reminder that the roots of our country’s divisions run deep. The now infamous images of him walking through the Capitol with the flag resting causally …
Read More »Broadway Actress Salisha Thomas Launches Podcast About Black Hair
After theatres went dark as a result of the pandemic, Fresno native turned Broadway performer Salisha Thomas launched a new project in which she explores one of her favorite topics of conversation – hair. In the new podcast Black Hair in the Big Leagues , Thomas uses hair as a …
Read More »What Politicians Get Wrong About Latinx Voters
With just days to go in this election season, one key group has been drawing a lot of attention – Latinx voters. And their impact on elections is particularly important here in California, given that they make up the state’s largest ethnic group. To learn more about efforts to appeal …
Read More »UC Merced Professor’s Documentary About Refugee Family Screens Internationally
A 2019 documentary that was directed and produced by UC Merced global arts professor Yehuda Sharim will be screened internationally over the next few weeks. The film, titled “Songs That Never End,” explores the displacement and struggle of new refugees through the eyes of two young siblings who immigrated to …
Read More »As COVID-19 Cases Soar, Avenal Inmates Increasingly Concerned About Mental Health
On a bright afternoon in June, a group of protesters wearing masks gathered in a dusty parking lot outside a prison in rural Kings County. One of them held a megaphone up to a cell phone. “My name is Jacob Benitez, I’m an inmate calling from Facility F right here …
Read More »StoryCorps San Joaquin: Lifelong Friends Talk About Internment Camps, Racism
And now it’s time for another segment of StoryCorps San Joaquin . As part of Valley Public Radio’s collaboration with the personal history project , we’re airing segments based on recorded conversations from February’s 2020 mobile tour in Fresno and Bakersfield. Today, as part of the Yonsei Memory Project, you’ll …
Read More »State Senator Questions Medical Board About Its Handling Of Bakersfield Doctor After Patient Deaths
A San Joaquin Valley legislator is seeking answers from the Medical Board of California as to why the oversight agency allowed a Bakersfield doctor to remain in practice even though it determined he had been negligent with patients. Obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Arthur Park has been associated with the deaths of at …
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