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Valley Edition: June 27 - Avi Kaplan's New Music; George Hostetter; Tiny Peaches

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This week on Valley Edition our team reports stories on Fresno's Garden of Innocence, a farmer's desire to sell tiny peaches and what Valley hospitals are doing to prevent damage if an earthquake hits. We're also joined by Tulare County Public Information Officer Carrie Monteiro about flooding on the Kings River because of high flows from Pine Flat Lake. Later we're joined by Central Valley Observer Reporter George Hostetterabout local politics and a major change with the Fresno Grizzlies. Ending the program we hear from Visalia NativeAvi Kaplan about his new project "Avriel & The Sequoias." Kaplan gained fame as part of the a cappella group Pentatonix. 

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.