The annual San Joaquin Valley Town Hall lecture series returns to Fresno’s Saroyan Theatre on Oct. 20 with a talk by historian Jon Meacham. Travel writer Rick Steves, violinist Vijay Gupta and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl are also among the lineup of six speakers for the 2021-22 season. To learn …
Read More »Why The San Joaquin Valley Is Home To Many Of The Nation’s Vaccine Deserts
Vaccine rollout is proving far more challenging in rural communities, creating what are called vaccine deserts. And according to the Documenting COVID-19 project, a national effort to make pandemic related data more transparent, vaccine deserts are springing up across the San Joaquin Valley, causing concern among public health professionals. Valley …
Read More »San Joaquin Valley Asian-American Women Speak Out About Racism And Discrimination
Members of the Asian American community have been sounding alarms over the dramatic increase in anti-Asian rhetoric and violence over the course of the pandemic. But it was another tragedy, the mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent, that centered a …
Read More »New COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Delivers Big Boost To San Joaquin Valley
Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the San Joaquin Valley will get a major boost to its COVID-19 vaccine allocation. That’s due in part to the region’s food and ag workers, who now are also receiving some priority access to the vaccine. Valley counties will now be receiving thousands …
Read More »San Joaquin Valley Congressional District Election Results, So Far
You can check the results for congressional races in districts throughout the San Joaquin Valley in the tables below, courtesy of CalMatters . The tables are using data from the California Secretary of State’s website . They will refresh every five minutes. Congressional District 4 Congressional District 16 Congressional District …
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 »Looking Back On The 2020 Election And Its Impact On The San Joaquin Valley
Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock speaks with Jim Boren, executive director of the Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State, Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America and Clint Olivier, former Fresno City Council member and executive director of the Business Federation of the Central Valley about how …
Read More »StoryCorps San Joaquin: Lifelong Friends Talk About Internment Camps, Racism
And now it’s time for another segment of StoryCorps San Joaquin . As part of Valley Public Radio’s collaboration with the personal history project , we’re airing segments based on recorded conversations from February’s 2020 mobile tour in Fresno and Bakersfield. Today, as part of the Yonsei Memory Project, you’ll …
Read More »True COVID-19 Death Toll May Surpass Official Counts, Especially In San Joaquin Valley
Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 1,300 people have died of COVID-19 in the seven counties of the southern San Joaquin Valley and foothills, according to official counts by county health departments and the state. The tallies aggregated in those health department dashboards, which represent between one and …
Read More »State Budget Cuts Could Mean Lost Jobs In The San Joaquin Valley
Many people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, but some have found assistance through a multi-million dollar state government program called Expanded Subsidized Employment, or ESE. However, Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal cuts the funding to that program. If the latest budget goes through, it would affect …
Read More »COVID-19 Deepens Food Insecurity In The San Joaquin Valley
COVID-19, and the stay-at-home directives enacted to minimize its spread, have led to a shocking decline in employment. For many, the loss of wages means an increased reliance on food distribution centers. The Central California Food Bank works with churches, community centers and schools to distribute food in Fresno, Madera, …
Read More »COVID-19 Affects Farmworkers’ Livelihood in the San Joaquin Valley
The spread of COVID-19 is forcing many people to work from home, but for farmworkers that’s not an option. Take Eucebia and Alejandro; the couple asked to go by their first names only. They have three kids and no savings. In the past two weeks, they’ve been asked to leave …
Read More »Parents Of Joaquin Arambula Donate $100,000 To Group Opposing Dyer Mayoral Campaign
The family of a local legislator has made significant donations to a committee formed to oppose the mayoral campaign of former Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer. Campaign filings show that between October and November, Juan and Amy Arambula, the parents of Fresno County Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, donated nearly $ 100,000 …
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