Yosemite National Park is proud to announce that Thomas (Tom) Karl Standen III is the recipient of the 2018 Barry Hance Memorial Award. This ceremony was attended by approximately 400 Yosemite National Park employees, retirees, volunteers, and park partners including several past Barry Hance Memorial Award recipients. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/thomas-karl-standen-iii-receives-the-2018-barry-hance-memorial-award-at-yosemite-national-park.htm
Read More »Yosemite National Park Rescue Medic Heather Wonenberg Awarded the 2018 Outstanding Wildfire EMS Individual of the Year
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group in Boise, Idaho has awarded Yosemite National Park Helitack member Heather Wonenberg the 2018 Outstanding Wildfire EMS Individual of the Year Award. This award recognizes and honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding work, actions, or programs in emergency medical service for our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters. …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Ranger Jack Hoeflich Receives the 2018 Harry Yount Award
Yosemite National Park is pleased to announce that Jack Hoeflich is the 2018 recipient of the National Park Service’s Harry Yount Award for Excellence in the Art of Rangering. Named after the world’s first-known park ranger who patrolled Yellowstone National Park in the 1880s, the Harry Yount Award annually honors …
Read More »Crimes Went Down In 2018, And Yet A Fight Persisted Over Measure P
A few weeks ago, the Fresno Police Department put out its end-of-year data on crimes in the city over the last year, and many instances of crime went down from 2017 to 2018. For example, homicides were down 43 percent, there were about a third fewer shootings, and violent crimes …
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Read More »Valley Edition – September 18, 2018 – A Family From Yemen, Women Running For Office, Maternal Health
This week on Valley Edition: Many are saying it’s the “Year of the Woman.” We’ll look at female political hopefuls in the Central Valley, and its reputation for sending women into office. We also follow up with a local family from Yemen whose immigration case made national news in part …
Read More »Valley Edition – September 4, 2018 – Author Miriam Pawel, Poet Brian Turner, ICE At Courthouses
This week on Valley Edition, we talk with biographer Miriam Pawel, author of the new book, “The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Helped Shape a Nation.” We also talk with poet Brian Turner, about his new music project from his band, the Interplanetary Acoustic …
Read More »Valley Edition – August 14, 2018 – 1,2,3-TCP In Del Rey; Mental Health in Fresno County; Monsanto
This week on Valley Edition, we learn about how the rural Fresno County community of Del Rey is working to clean up its drinking water, which is now contaminated by an agricultural chemical. We also learn about the lawsuit over Monsanto’s popular herbicide Roundup, and about new efforts to expand …
Read More »Extreme Weather, Extreme Fires Mark California’s Summer 2018
Last month the Carr Fire near Redding exploded overnight in what some people have called a “fire-nado” – with extreme rotating winds that toppled high tension power lines and wrapped metal posts around trees. It was the most extreme case of extreme fire behavior people have seen in California in …
Read More »Valley Edition – July 31, 2018 – Fresno State at CERN, Seeking Asylum, Diana Marcum, Bay-Delta Plan
On this week’s Valley Edition, we learn how Fresno State students are leaving their mark at one of the top scientific institutions in Europe. We also continue our look at the issue of homelessness with a profile of a Fresno mom who was living on the streets, and is now …
Read More »Valley Edition – July 10, 2018 – “Save Shaw Avenue”; Tribal Gaming; Trade War And Dairy; Mono Lake
This week on Valley Edition we hear reports about a new group that wants to “save” Fresno’s Shaw Avenue, and about the rapid expansion of tribal gaming at existing and proposed casinos across the region. We also learn about new research into immunology at UC Merced, about a new fight …
Read More »Valley Edition – July 3, 2018 – Homelessness; Air Quality; Zero-Tolerance Immigration & Agriculture
This week on Valley Edition, we learn about a new approach the City of Fresno is taking to help the homeless community. We also learn how farmers and farmworkers are being affected by the current crackdown on immigration. Later in the show we learn about the many valley residents who …
Read More »Valley Edition – June 26, 2018 – Tulare Mayor Ousting, Detention Centers, “Life After Manzanar”
Today on Valley Edition, we hear about how a disagreement on Facebook led to the ousting of the Tulare City mayor. We also talk to locals who visited the border and describe what they observed while protesting at detention centers, even after the president changed his family separation policy. Later …
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