Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation swept through parts of the San Joaquin Valley last week, sowing chaos in a region where much of the nation’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by a workforce that is overwhelmingly Latino and undocumented.

There are plans by immigration officials to expand the operation across the Central Valley – as far north as Sacramento.

This year, scandals, natural disasters, and human stories shaped the San Joaquin Valley. As we say goodbye to 2024, we look back at some of the stories covered by KVPR. We speak to KVPR news director Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado and Associate Editor Kerry Klein about the stories that kept the newsroom – and our airwaves – busy.

The co-founders of Bitwise Industries, a failed Fresno-based tech startup that went bankrupt and led to the forced layoff of 900 workers across the country, were sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge in Fresno.

The threat was made last Friday, just days after the presidential election.

Election Day is behind us. We hear how it went in the San Joaquin Valley. Nationally, Republicans have seemed to have a lead in Congress and in the White House. In the Valley, congressional races were still too close to call as of Tuesday night. KVPR’s Kerry Klein and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado tell us where things ended up, and what reporters from the KVPR newsroom observed as the night went on.

Several incidents around the country, where ballot boxes have been damaged, have raised alarm for election officials.

A number of activists in California’s Punjabi Sikh community are marching to the state’s capital. They’re crossing small towns and large cities and stopping at gurdwaras — Sikh temples — and meeting Sikhs along the way.

This weekend, a gathering of different Central Valley brewers aims to celebrate the region’s brewery scene.

The National Weather Service office in Hanford doesn't expect any more days of triple digits for October.