Yosemite National Park and USGS scientists, in collaboration with academic geologists, recently completed a comprehensive study of rockfall hazard and risk in Yosemite Valley. This internationally peer-reviewed study utilized new data and technologies to map the cliffs and talus slopes, date ancient rockfalls, and perform computer simulations of potential future …
Read More »COVID Puts Pregnant Women At Risk Of Childbirth Complications – Virus Update For May 14
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many basic questions about the virus have been answered, including how it spreads, how it responds to treatment, and how it affects the body. But even those lessons learned apply mostly to generally healthy people and those with the most common pre-existing …
Read More »Liver Disease And COVID-19: Why Hispanics Might Be Particularly At Risk
As the COVID-19 caseload climbs, it’s becoming clear that some groups are more at risk than others. Early research out of the Fresno region shows one family of diseases may make Hispanics particularly vulnerable. The family is liver diseases. Dr. Marina Roytman, a liver specialist at UCSF Fresno and Community …
Read More »Woman At Risk Of Contracting COVID-19 Released From Bakersfield Detention Center
As state and local officials continue to stress the importance of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak, lawyers across California are joining forces to get their at-risk clients out of ICE detention centers, including the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility in Bakersfield. Sofia Bahena Ortuno, 64 years old, is one …
Read More »For Earth Day, Local Talk Addresses Wildfire Risk, And What The Public Can Do About Climate Change
Monday was Earth Day, and to commemorate, Fresno City College hosted a talk about how climate change is increasing our risk of wildfire—as well as some new climate change-related legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress. Listen to the audio for an interview with one of the speakers, Jerry …
Read More »PG&E Bankruptcy Puts California Renewable Energy Goals At Risk
Pacific Gas and Electric, the primary utility provider in the Central Valley, filed for bankruptcy last month leaving questions about what this means for California’s renewable energy industry. Many renewable energy companies contract with PG&E, but as the company’s assets are examined, those contracts could be changed. This could also …
Read More »VA Struggles Unlock The Reasons Behind High Risk Of Suicide Among Older Veterans
Much of the focus by the Veterans Health Administration has been on the growing number of younger veterans who commit suicide, in fact statistics show that elderly veterans kill themselves in larger numbers than other people the same age. Robert Neilson was drafted in 1961. He spent two years in …
Read More »Valley Fever Medication Poses Added Risk For Pregnant Women
When Jennine Ochoa became pregnant at the end of 2017, she didn’t know what to expect. At 42, she’d waited longer than most women to start a family. But she said her first five months were easy. “I had no morning sickness, nothing,” she said. “It was completely uneventful until …
Read More »California’s Worsening Wildfire Conditions Putting Firefighters At Risk
September is over, and that used to signal the end of wildfire season. But as 2017’s massive Thomas Fire showed us, wildfires in California can rage on well into December. Meanwhile firefighting has gotten a lot more complicated; there’s drought to contend with, and housing development in fire-prone areas. Six …
Read More »Is your drinking water clean in Merced County? Advocates say rural residents at risk
Dos Palos student Ace Mejia Sanchez doesn’t know where the drinking fountains are located at her school. Why would she? Nobody uses them. The 17-year-old said she’s been taught all … Click to Continue »
Read More »President Trump: Don’t risk fishing, tourism jobs on a small amount of oil
Late last month, the New England Fishery Management Council joined its Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic council colleagues in officially documenting concern over Trump administration-backed plans to use seismic airgun blasting … Click to Continue »
Read More »Another Hanford tunnel storing radioactive waste at risk, study finds
A second tunnel storing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state has structural problems and is at risk of failing, according to a U.S. Energy Department investigation … Click to Continue »
Read More »Water may be at risk for more than 1,000 Gustine-area residents. Here’s what we know
Residents in about 1,200 Gustine homes are advised to boil their drinking water until further notice after a water main broke near Highway 33 on Wednesday night. An 8-inch main … Click to Continue »
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