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Air Quality
5:35 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

NASA Flights Over Fresno, Bakersfield Hope to Predict Air Quality From Space

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A NASA P3-B aircraft flys over Porterville on Wednesday as part of project to learn more about air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley
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Instruments that monitor air quality sit inside a NASA P3-B aircraft that is part of an experiment to learn more about air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley
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A map shows the flight path for NASA's DISCOVER-AQ program as it monitors air quality in the San Joaquin Valley
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NASA scientists and aircraft took to the skies above Fresno and Bakersfield today. It's part of a project that one day hopes to predict and air quality from space.

Two aircraft, including a converted Navy P3-B flew repeated loops over various valley cities today, one of them as low as 1,000 feet, to gather air samples. It's part of a program NASA calls DISCOVER-AQ which aims to better understand pollution spikes and how pollutants react with sunlight throughout the day. 

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Valley Edition
1:27 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

On Valley Edition: Madera Casino Plan; Emergency Air Alerts; Doug Davis Memoir

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An artists rendering of a proposed casino that the North Fork Rancheria wants to build along Highway 99 north of Madera
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This week on Valley Edition we talk about plans by a local Native American tribe to open a casino on land north of Madera along Highway 99. The effort took a big step forward in recent days as the Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed to put the land for the new casino in trust for the tribe.

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Environment
9:43 am
Tue October 16, 2012

Arvin Residents Take On Air Pollution With 'Bucket Brigade'

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The small community of Arvin has some of the worst air in the nation.
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Byanka Santoyo with the Committee For A Better Arvin demonstrates the process volunteers use to capture air samples at an office in downtown Arvin.
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Global Community Monitor has similar bucket brigade programs in 25 states and 27 countries.
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Hazy conditions are a trademark of the air around the Community Recycling facility just west of Arvin.
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Trucks and other machinery at the Community Recycling facility are visible from North Wheeler Ridge Road near Arvin.
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A Community Recycling truck sprays water on ground along North Wheeler Ridge Road near Arvin.
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Experts agree on one thing about Arvin - the community's 16,000 residents breathe some of the most polluted air in the nation.
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The small Kern County community of Arvin has some of the worst air in the nation. Surrounded on two sides by mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, the city's 16,000 residents breathe air polluted by cars, trucks and industrial operations from nearby, and from across the valley. But now some members of the community are taking matters into their own hands, with a "bucket brigade" that aims to clean up the air. But their efforts are not without controversy. 

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Environment
3:45 pm
Mon October 8, 2012

Early Switch to Winter Blend Fuel Unlikely To Harm Air Quality

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By Amy Quinton

The California Air Resources Board says refineries can begin producing and selling winter-blend gasoline.

The blend is usually not sold until October 31st because it’s a more volatile compound and its quick evaporation can harm air quality during hot weather.

But Governor Jerry Brown requested the early switch because of the recent gas price spikes. 

The Board’s Dave Cleggern says with the cooler weather he doubts it will have any negative environmental effect.

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