Yosemite National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone …
Read More »Grief Support Services Are Helping The Community Find Healing During The Pandemic
For 40 years, Hinds Hospice has been working to comfort terminally ill patients and help their loved ones say goodbye. But their counseling services are available to anyone in the community in need of grief support, services that are proving to be particularly vital as we move through the pandemic. …
Read More »Black-Owned Businesses Find Strength Through Community During COVID
Restrictions on businesses designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 have been devastating for some entrepreneurs. But some Black-owned businesses say the power of community has helped them to adapt, and even thrive, in these uncertain times. To learn more, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke to Nick Hill, president …
Read More »Where To Find The Latest San Joaquin Valley Election Results
While voting has ended, the tabulation of ballots continues through the end of this month. County election clerks have until December 4 to send results to the Secretary of State, which means in some particularly close races, a winner may not be obvious for a few weeks. The Valley Public …
Read More »Despite Distance Learning Limitations, Choir Teachers Find Ways To Make Music Happen
With public schools still operating remotely, one subject particularly challenging to teach online is music. Despite the limitations, choir teachers in Fresno County are brainstorming new ways to instruct, even through a screen. On one Thursday morning, halfway through the high school choir class that Jacob Bailey is teaching on …
Read More »Teenagers Find Themselves In New Caretaking Roles With COVID-19
Teenagers are grappling with a lot these days, from having new caretaking roles to figuring out ways to fill the time. FM89’s News Director Alice Daniel spoke with Deshae Lee and Faith Vega. Both are high school seniors in Fresno and interns at a youth organization called Californians for Justice …
Read More »Fresno’s Bitwise Industries Rolls Out Statewide Site To Help Find Support, Jobs During Pandemic
Bitwise Industries got a shout-out from Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday as he announced relief for small businesses. The Fresno-based tech company is creating a resource for those laid off due to the pandemic: OnwardCa.org . The website is something of a one-stop shop for COVID-19 needs. You just put in …
Read More »Can seaweed make cow burps less potent? These California scientists hope to find out
Early indications of a University of California, Davis, study show that feeding dairy cows seaweed may reduce methane emissions caused by their defecation, belching and flatulence, the university announced Thursday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police ask for help to find elderly woman missing in Merced
Merced police are asking residents to be on the lookout for an elderly woman who went missing on Thursday. Beverly Flores walked away from the 3100 block of M Street … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County woman’s family asks for help to find her killer
The family of a slain Atwater woman pleaded Wednesday with Valley residents to keep an eye out for the man wanted as a “person of interest” related to her death … Click to Continue »
Read More »New rules would make it easier to find oil –– and noisier for whales
The search for offshore oil begins with a boom. Before the oil rigs arrive and the boring begins, operators need to fire intense seismic blasts repeatedly into the ocean to … Click to Continue »
Read More »How many in Merced County are homeless? The effort to find out is this week
The annual homeless count is Thursday, when scores of volunteers will tally the number of people living on the street in Merced County. Tallies similar to Merced’s are going on … Click to Continue »
Read More »Why do babies die? ZIP code study hopes to find the answers
High infant mortality rates have long troubled Tarrant County, Texas, but researchers are hoping that a recent study will provide insight into improving the health of babies statewide. The study … Click to Continue »
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