Fire managers in Yosemite National Park are making efforts to reduce smoke from multiple fires in the park. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/fire0826.htm
Read More »Processing The Pandemic: A Funeral Director Takes A Page From The Grief Playbook
On this week’s Valley Edition, we continue our series looking at how people are processing the pandemic. Last week, we heard from a hip hop dance instructor who says she’s taking more time to slow down and enjoy simple pleasures. This week, a funeral manager talks about his experience. He …
Read More »Tulare County-Based Center Takes Teacher Recruitment Online
California faced teacher shortages long before schools closed due to COVID-19. Seventy-five percent of the state’s school districts say there are not enough qualified teachers to meet student needs according to the Palo Alto-based Learning Policy Institute. To help districts fill the gap, the state turned to Silicon Valley for …
Read More »California EPA Chief Takes Environmental Justice Tour Of Tulare County
This past Wednesday, local environmental groups hosted a bus tour like no other: The theme was environmental justice, and it involved stops in unincorporated Tulare County communities including Matheny Tract, East Orosi, and Ivanhoe, where residents have been struggling to access clean drinking water and reduce exposure to harmful pesticides. …
Read More »Fresno Power Wheelchair Soccer Team Takes Third Place At National Tournament
Members of Fresno’s wheelchair powered soccer team, the Central Valley Ghostriderz, have just returned from this year’s 2019 MK Battery Conference Cup Series in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Team members Buddy Elias and Alex Voss and Coach Frank Cornell spoke with FM89’s News Director Alice Daniel about their third place win …
Read More »Healthcare Wastes Tons Of Usable Supplies—And This Clovis Organization Takes Them
In a loading dock in northeast Fresno, two men pull up to the warehouse at Saint Agnes Medical Center in a white moving van. They meet a contract coordinator with the hospital named Heather Ritter, who pulls out a clipboard and asks them to sign a form. “As is, no …
Read More »Merced County DA challenger takes big early lead in testy race
With the first round of votes tallied during Tuesday’s primary elections, ballots were leaning toward an upset in the Merced County District Attorney’s race. The heated race saw jabbing in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College’s ‘food forest’ takes root
Even halfway planted, the full scope of the Merced College Los Banos campus Food Forest requires a little imagination. The initial planting of the one-acre semicircle, which took place in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston Kite Festival takes flight Sunday. Weather expected to be ‘perfect’
This weekend’s kite festival takes flight Sunday in Livingston and won’t be stopped by the wet weather that hit the Valley on Friday and Saturday, an event organizer said. “Actually … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump administration takes aim at California desert protection plan
The Trump administration is threatening to scrap a major Obama-era agreement that sought to protect millions of acres of the California desert by placing sensitive areas off-limits to major solar- … Click to Continue »
Read More »John McCutcheon Takes Folk Music Odyssey To Fresno
Veteran singer, songwriter and instrumentalist John McCutcheon has earned the right to be considered a titan in the field of folk music. But as he prepares to release his 39th album Ghost Light, and embarks on a west coast tour that includes a stop Thursday at Fresno’s Unitarian Universalist Church, …
Read More »Newest judge takes her oath, the third woman in Merced County’s history to do so
Merced’s newest judge took the oath of office on Friday, becoming Merced County’s third female judge in history. Jeanne E. Schechter, 54, of La Grange joined the Merced County Superior … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pet dog defends home, takes down suspect chased through yard by cops
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office released footage showing the moment two suspects trying to outrun police in Central Florida were taken down by Georgio the dog. Police say the suspects were driving a Camaro with a stolen tag and were carrying heroin, cocaine and about $ 2,000 in cash between them. …
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