If there’s one thing Leland Decker will teach you, it’s this. People who love to be around horses, they really love to be around horses. There’s no gray area. “My work is horses, my spare time is horses, my hobby is horses,” he says. His vacation is horses. “I don’t …
Read More »Report: Groundwater Overhaul Could Threaten Drinking Water Of More Than A Million Valley Residents
As drought settles over the San Joaquin Valley, a new report warns of other circumstances that could result in entire communities losing drinking water. More than a million Valley residents could lose their public water in coming decades under the sweeping groundwater legislation known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act …
Read More »As California Drought Worsens, Peak Wildfire Season Could Come Months Earlier Than Usual
Most of California is experiencing extreme drought right now. That means the possibility of bigger, more destructive wildfires earlier in the summer. CapRadio’s Scott Rodd has this report from Butte County. Lunchtime brings a crew of laborers to this taco stand in Oroville. They’re taking a break from clearing trees …
Read More »Students In Rural Regions Are More Likely To Be Absent Than Their Urban Counterparts
Skipping school, cutting class, senior ditch day – some consider truancy a part of adolescence. But looking at the data, one reporter found that students in rural regions have a much higher risk of being chronically absent from school, and the reasons aren’t so simple. David Washburn reported on this …
Read More »For Thanksgiving Hosts, Carrying On Family Traditions Means More Than Just Turkey
We’re going to hear from a few San Joaquin Valley residents about how they celebrate Thanksgiving. Like most families, it’s a time for them to gather, cook, and the menu usually includes the expected turkey and mashed potatoes. But they also incorporate other cultures into their gatherings. You can hear …
Read More »How A Fresno State Physicist Got More Instagram Followers Than Neil DeGrasse Tyson
When you think of Instagram celebrities, the Kardashians and performers like Beyonce probably come to mind. But with the Instagram handle @PhysicsFun , one of Fresno’s own scientists recently reached a million followers. He has almost as many as the astronaut Scott Kelly, and even more than celebrity astrophysicist Neil …
Read More »How A Fresno State Physicist Got More Instagram Followers Than Neil DeGrasse Tyson
When you think of Instagram celebrities, the Kardashians and performers like Beyonce probably come to mind. But with the Instagram handle @PhysicsFun , one of Fresno’s own scientists recently reached a million followers. He has almost as many as the astronaut Scott Kelly, and even more than celebrity astrophysicist Neil …
Read More »For Thanksgiving Hosts, Carrying On Family Traditions Means More Than Just Turkey
We’re going to hear from a few San Joaquin Valley residents about how they celebrate Thanksgiving. Like most families, it’s a time for them to gather, cook, and the menu usually includes the expected turkey and mashed potatoes. But they also incorporate other cultures into their gatherings. You can hear …
Read More »To Make Childbirth Safer, Look No Further Than Valley Hospitals
High-risk childbirths for celebrity mothers like tennis star Serena Williams and performer Beyonce are shining a light on a health story that’s historically flown under the radar: Childbirth is risky for women, particularly women of color. Williams, Beyonce and their babies all survived, but the U.S. does have the one …
Read More »For Health Care Employees, Workplace Violence Is More Common Than You Might Think
Over the course of three months in 2017, over two thousand incidents of workplace violence in health care were reported in California, which comes out to about an incident happening every other week. Some experts would say that number is probably low, because they suspect the issue is underreported, for …
Read More »Poll: Kim Jong Un looks stronger than Trump after summit
Kim Jong Un appears stronger than President Donald Trump in the wake of their historic summit, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed a week after … Click to Continue »
Read More »Africa’s baobab trees can live for more than 1,000 years, but the oldest are dying
The oldest and biggest angiosperm trees in the world, the African baobabs, are dying or already dead, an international team of scientists has found. The scientists said the spate of … Click to Continue »
Read More »More than 3,000 marijuana plants destroyed during Merced County raid
More than 150 pounds of marijuana buds and about 3,500 plants were confiscated in Ballico during a marijuana enforcement operation by authorities, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s office. The … Click to Continue »
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