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TED Talks, the popular videos about “ideas worth spreading,” invited Fresno’s Irma Olguin Jr. to take the stage this year to share her ideas about how to connect people from marginalized communities to training and jobs in the tech industry. It’s work she champions as a co-founder of Bitwise Industries, …

We’ve just heard on Valley Edition how several agencies are working to reduce human trafficking in the Valley. Now we’re going to turn to the story of a survivor. A young woman, who asked to be identified only as Hazel, spoke with Valley Public Radio’s Kathleen Schock about her journey …

Little 7-pound, 5-ounce Alexa Marie Lawrence surprised her parents and was Merced County’s first baby born in 2017. Alexa, born at 2:35 a.m. at 20 1/2 inches long, wasn’t due to … Click to Continue »

A man who holds a world record for strength shared “an empowering story” with Peterson Elementary School children on Wednesday, school officials said. Jon Pritikin owns a Guinness World Record for rolling frying pans together to with his bare hands. He demonstrated the talent Wednesday before sharing a motivational story …

A man who holds a world record for strength shared “an empowering story” with Peterson Elementary School children on Wednesday, school officials said. Jon Pritikin owns a Guinness World Record … Click to Continue »

When Saxon Holt was a kid, he “had” to garden. It was not an option. … Click to Continue »

Third grade students at Sheehy Elementary School on Friday participated in a special demonstration on quadcopters, airplanes and rockets from UC Merced students. … Click to Continue »

UC Merced STEM students gave demonstrations with quadcopters, paper rockets For one UC Merced student, the trip was a return to his former school … Click to Continue »

Bayley Wong is one of the patients featured in an upcoming documentary on Shriner’s Hospital in Sacramento. She was born with a limb deficiency, and adopted from China. She wasn’t able to walk, until the doctors at Shriner’s helped change that. You can see her inspiring story in a documentary airing on …

As many celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday, one family in Merced was mourning the loss of a young mother.   The Tapetillo family of Merced spoke with us exclusively on Sunday, and said Vanessa Tapetillo and her boyfriend, Juan Barragan, were the victims killed in a suspected DUI crash on …

The actress who played Yeoman Janice Rand in the hit original series Star trek has died, according to her family.   The family of 85-year old Grace Lee Whitney said the actress died on Friday of apparent natural causes in her home in Coarsegold.   Though most of the world …

It’s nearly two weeks into Child Abuse Prevention Month, and here in the Central Valley, that prevention is vital. Fresno County Department of Social Services says their Child Abuse Hotline received more than 20,000 calls in 2014, and education is more important now than ever before. It’s a childhood tragedy with …