And now for The Weekend — the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation is having its annual Big Time Gathering in Yosemite National Park on Saturday and Sunday. FM89’s News Director Alice Daniel spoke about it with Bill Leonard, chairman of the tribe. He starts by saying a lot of other tribes …
Read More »Reflecting On Japanese American Internment Camps, Reparations, And Serving The Nation
This week, a Japanese-American from Baton Rouge, Louisiana visited Fresno for the first time in 78 years. In 1942, Walter Imahara and his family were ordered to leave their home in Sacramento and come to the Fresno Assembly Center per President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. The family was …
Read More »To feed the nation, California farmers must adapt to a warming climate, study says
Heat waves, droughts and floods are climate trends that will force California farmers to change some practices — including what they grow — to continue producing yields that historically have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced ranked in the top 10 worst cities in nation for car thefts
Merced County has the seventh highest rate of car theft in the nation, according to a nonprofit that tracks insurance data. The data shows 1,622 cars were stolen in Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »A Modesto doughnut shop ranks among 15 best in nation. Can you guess which?
Its regular customers already say Mr. T’s is the best doughnut shop in Modesto. Now they can say it’s among the best in the nation. In recognition of National Doughnut … Click to Continue »
Read More »Plain White T’s headline High School Nation Tour concert at Golden Valley High School
The High School Nation Tour stopped at Golden Valley High School for a concert in Merced, Calif., on Friday, May 12, 2017. Golden Valley is one of 60 schools on the tour as recording artists travel across the country promoting the arts in public schools. … Click to Continue »
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