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Reedley Farmer Goes 'Farm to School' With Strawberries

Rebecca Plevin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:55:48 +0000

Pao Saephan crouches down in his sun-drenched field. He cups a red jewel in his hand.

In a few more days, his strawberries will be fully ripe. He’ll pick them once they are garnet-colored from stem to tip.

“We want all the strawberries, to be full ripe, full flavor, with 100 percent sugar in them,” says Saephan.

On Valley Edition: Dueling Tax Measures, Scholarships for FUSD students

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:27:09 +0000

Today on Valley Edition we look at the competing tax measures on the November ballot, Propositions 30 and 38. Both promise to protect funding for schools but critics have questioned both, and some political observers have said that the presence of both on the ballot could mean neither will pass. We also talk with a Fresno couple who donated $1 million to fund scholarships for students at Fresno's Tehipite Middle School. And we also learn more about plans for a walk and series of events to raise awareness about asthma in the Central Valley.

Group Announces Effort to Recall FUSD's Vang

Joe Moore — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:38:36 +0000

A coalition of teachers and education activists gathered today to announce an effort to recall Fresno Unified school board member Tony Vang.

FUSD Graduation Task Force Hears From Community

Juanita Stevenson — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:54:57 +0000

Earlier this Spring, the Fresno Unified School District established a community task force to provide the district with recommendations to help solve the district's dropout problems. FM89's Juanita Stevenson reports on how residents offered their input to the task force at a recent meeting.

On Valley Edition: Grad task force; summer jobs; health conference

Juanita Stevenson — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:35:13 +0000

This week on Valley Edition, we talk about the work being done by Fresno Unified's Graduation Task Force, which is working to slow the dropout rate in the district. We also talk about the challenges kids today face in getting a summer job, and learn more about a health conference in west Fresno.

On Valley Edition: Rural Health Care; Graduation Task Force; Heart Month

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:50:04 +0000

This week on Valley Edition we talk about the challenges of providing health care in the Valley's rural communities. We'll hear a special report about a Reedley hospital that has recently emerged from bankruptcy, and talk with Assembly Member Linda Halderman, who is a physician, about the efforts to reform the state's Medi-Cal program. We'll also learn more about Fresno Unified's new graduation task force and find out what this commission will do to help stem the wave of dropouts that has been a major source of concern in the district.

New Details in Plot to Poison Fresno Teacher

Joe Moore — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:16:18 +0000

New information emerged today on the alleged plot by three Fresno Unified students to poison their classroom teacher.

Fresno Teachers Association President Greg Gadams told the media today the poising incident took place at Balderas Elementary School shortly before winter break. He said the students placed rat poison in their teacher's coffee cup, and in the frosting of a cupcake given to the teacher. The teacher was unaware of the attempt, and never ate the cupcake.

On Valley Edition: Truancy Solutions; Shop Local; Holiday Lights

Juanita Stevenson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:39:18 +0000

This week on Valley Edition we talk about solutions to the truancy problems that plague local school districts, as well as efforts to boost shoppers at locally owned businesses, as well as the annual "holiday lights" show at the California Living Museum in Bakersfield.

On Quality of Life: Nuclear Power; Michael Hanson

Joe Moore — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:35:23 +0000

Segment I Nuclear Power In the Valley? - The State of California has a long love-hate relationship with nuclear power. It's now been 26 years since Diablo Canyon, the state's newest nuclear power plant, came online on the Central Coast. In the intervening years, reactors at Rancho Seco, near Sacramento, and San Onofre near San Diego have been decommissioned, and the state's moratorium on the construction of new plants still remains in effect.

On Quality of Life: School Health Programs; Fresno Unified

Joe Moore — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:50:13 +0000

Segment 1: School Health Programs - When we hear about budget problems in California schools, we usually think of teachers losing their jobs. But school nurses are also worried about job security and cuts to student health services. On this edition of Quality of Life, correspondent Shellie Branco brings us a feature report on school health, and talks with school nurses and one Visalia family who relies on them.