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Families in the unincorporated community of Tombstone Territory endured years of unsafe and unreliable water supply.
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Facing a growing budget deficit, Fresno Unified School District, California’s third-largest, finalized hundreds of layoff notices, eliminating positions tied to mental health, foster youth services and chronic absenteeism interventions. -
Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Some counties, like Merced, are urging people to mail in their ballots before election day or drop it off in other ways. -
Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted Indian Wells Valley fell flat with residents who’ve bombarded the state with negative comments on the proposal. -
Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, especially for non-federally recognized tribes.
How transitional kindergarten is shaping young children in the San Joaquin Valley
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Samantha Rangel/KVPRA “founding convention” was held in early May for the launch of an effort called “United San Joaquin.” -
Fresno State Asian American Studies ProgramIt’s the first university in the San Joaquin Valley to offer degrees in the field. -
Israel Cardona Hernandez/KVPR and Courtesy of Nav GurmThe candidates represent how far Sikhs have come after settling roots largely in places like California for the last century. -
Rachel Livinal/KVPRThe academy brought about 50 participants from across the globe to learn from forensic anthropologists who specialize in the work.
Patchanop Boonsai
They're calling it the "last titan" of Thailand. The sauropod — an herbivore with a long neck and tail — comes from the late Early Cretaceous period, some 100 to 120 million years ago.
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The youth-led event will be held at the Fresno Convention Center and broadcast live on KVPR.
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The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama. -
Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, the 4th Earl of Gosford, was a member of the British House of Lords and played an important role in the coronation of Edward the VII in 1901. He also owned a large farm near Bakersfield. -
Yamato Colony near Livingston was founded by and for Japanese American farmers.
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