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Public Invited to Free February 6th Event at the El Portal Community Hall, Dinner at 6:30, Presentation at 7:00 pm https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/bhm08.htm

The Cal Ag Roots podcast series “We Are Not Strangers Here” explores the history of Black Americans in rural California. This week’s Valley Edition features an episode from the series, titled “Back to the Land: Allensworth and the Black Utopian Dream,” produced and hosted by Caroline Collins. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202104/Teachers.jpg

Last summer’s reckoning over police brutality against Black people, led both Fresno and Bakersfield to establish commissions of community members, charged with making recommendations for reform. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock checked in with some of the activists involved to see how the work is going, and to hear their …

When Black Americans fled the oppression of Jim Crow as part of the Great Migration, some came to the Central Valley to establish settlements like Fairmead and Allensworth. Among the largest of those communities was Cookseyville. It was founded by Sid and Olevia Cooksey, who purchased several acres of farmland …

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 …

It’s been one month since the death of George Floyd and communities across the country are debating the reallocation of funding from law enforcement agencies to social services. But in Bakersfield this week, the city council voted to increase its police budget and hire more officers. The funding came from …

More than 3,000 people gathered in downtown Fresno Sunday to protest the murder of George Floyd and other black lives lost to police violence. The Fresno State NAACP and other black organizations in Fresno organized the peaceful protest which started in front of City Hall and lasted for about three …

In Fresno County, around 10 percent of all babies are born before 37 weeks of gestation. That’s higher than the national average, and among the highest of all California counties. For African-Americans, the numbers are even more concerning: From 2013 to 2015, black babies were 63 percent more likely to …

We’ve brought you stories about undocumented immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley before, and many of them are struggling with changing policies under the Trump administration. Now, we speak to a journalist whose latest project covers immigration — through photography. Matt Black is a photojournalist based in Exeter, and his …

The forklift in the rhino enclosure and the team of at least 40 people around it were some of the signs that Tuesday, May 15, was not a normal day … Click to Continue »

Here are when stores in Merced open on Thursday and Friday: Target is open on Thursday from 6 p.m. to midnight, and then opens on Friday at 6 a.m. Walmart … Click to Continue »

A man dressed in black chased a 15-year-old girl onto a high school campus in Atwater early Wednesday, the Police Department reported. The student was walking towards the Buhach Colony … Click to Continue »