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Kerry Klein/KVPRIn September 2020, soldiers with the California Army National Guard rescued hundreds of people who had been trapped near a Sierra Nevada lake by the Creek Fire. This past weekend, the helicopter crews who conducted those rescues were reunited with the survivors and honored during a Fresno State football game. -
Joshua Yeager/kvprCalifornia officials unveiled a plan to permanently seal some of the state’s more than 5,000 orphaned oil wells, including dozens nestled among Kern County neighborhoods that have been the focus of advocate attention for decades.
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The recharged Tulare Lake has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farms and communities in the region. But the return of the lake is a celebration for the Native American tribes that used to depend on the water as a way of life. -
Tulare Lake is expected to peak next week at more than 100,000-acres wide. That's nearly the size of Lake Tahoe.
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Surging Sierra Nevada snowmelt claimed two more lives over the weekend after Fresno County rescue teams pulled the remains of young siblings out of the Kings River.
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The deluge from torrents of water surging down the Sierra Nevada mountains has caused billions of dollars in damages to farms and communities in parts of central California. But the whitewater rafting industry is thriving.
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Construction is underway to raise the levee protecting the city of Corcoran. But it’s not the first time the embankment has needed to be raised.
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The concerns at Kern Medical are the latest in a series of hospital issues in the San Joaquin Valley.
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The owners plan to list the park right away, partner with a developer, or sell to “re-concept the land” for neighborhood compatibility.
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Los Banos city leaders have decided to give a strong layer of job security to Joshua Pinheiro, the city manager who was fired last year but then won his job back.
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Hillcrest Tree Farm in Reedley has just kicked off an apprenticeship program for aspiring steam train conductors and engineers, which they believe is one of the few of its kind in the country.
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With even more water expected to drain into the Tulare Lake basin in the coming months, the return of this lost lake is reviving a battle of man vs. nature in the San Joaquin Valley.
