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The Cal Ag Roots podcast series “We Are Not Strangers Here” explores the contributions of Black Californians to agriculture and rural communities. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with its producer and host Caroline Collins about the importance of preserving that history and the origins of the podcast. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202104/caroline_collins.jpg

Preliminary state data suggest nearly 8,700 Californians were diagnosed with valley fever in 2019, which would be a record high. The state’s highest case rate is consistently reported in Kern County where, this past weekend, one rural town held its first race to raise disease awareness. Around 50 or so …

Skipping school, cutting class, senior ditch day – some consider truancy a part of adolescence. But looking at the data, one reporter found that students in rural regions have a much higher risk of being chronically absent from school, and the reasons aren’t so simple. David Washburn reported on this …

In small towns, news travels fast. But it’s usually based on word of mouth, not verifiable facts. More and more rural places in the San Joaquin Valley are becoming news deserts — even the local newspapers are mostly ads and press releases.We traveled to western Fresno County to find out …

A new exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum opening Friday July 13th, sheds new light on the history of rural African-American communities in the San Joaquin Valley. It features the work of photographer and journalist Ernest Lowe. From 1960-1964 he documented life in the communities of Dos Palos and Pixley, …

A 30-year-old man suffered major injuries after he was thrown from his motorcycle following a collision in Merced County, according to California Highway Patrol. The driver of a 2016 Chevrolet … Click to Continue »

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 »

Authorities are investigating a possible homicide after an unidentified man was found dead by the side of a road south of Hilmar with an apparent gunshot wound, according to the … Click to Continue »

Two women suffered “serious” injuries when the cars they were driving collided head-on in a rural part of Merced County, according to California Highway Patrol. Many of the details were … Click to Continue »

Two women were injured when the cars they were driving collided head-on on Cunningham Road near Highway 140 in a rural part of Merced County, according to California Highway Patrol. They were flown by helicopter to a Modesto hospital after the crash at about 5 p.m. … Click to Continue …

The public is encouraged and invited to attend. The training will be held on March 1st, from 9 am – noon OR 1 pm-4 pm, at the Mariposa County Government Center.

A truck overturned and caught fire on Turlock Road near Dry Creek Road in northern Merced County on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, according to the California Highway Patrol. … Click to Continue »

On Thursday Nov. 16, 2017, fourth-graders at Miano Elementary School in Los Banos took a tour of Memorial Hospital Los Banos Rural Health Clinic. They learned the role rural health clinics play in Central Valley communities. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »