Israel Cardona Hernandez
Newsroom intern / Fresno StateIsrael Cardona Hernández was born in Santa Rosa, California, and raised in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Now based in Fresno, he is a junior at Fresno State, majoring in Mass Communications and Journalism with a focus on Broadcasting. He previously completed two years at Fresno City College and is currently gaining hands-on experience as an intern for the Fall 2025 semester. Fully bilingual in Spanish and English, Israel brings a multicultural perspective to his work in media and communication.
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Officials are encouraging cities to join the regulation effort in light of an unauthorized biolab found in Las Vegas with ties to Reedley. -
Kaweah Health is getting nursing staff through a new partnership. -
Fresno Unified gave early retirement deals to teachers as a way to save on future costs. -
In 2005, a national report revealed that Fresno contained some of the highest rates of concentrated poverty in the country. Now, 20 years later, we wondered: have those economic conditions changed? In today’s episode, we speak with KVPR reporter Israel Cardona Hernandez about how Fresno’s economy has evolved in the last 20 years, how the situation feels for Fresno residents, and how local organizations are trying to turn the tide. -
Fresno once had the worst concentration of poverty in the country. Have things changed? -
A Catholic leader from the Central Valley speaks about his position on the treatment of immigrants. -
"I think in our words, it's a bunch of sheet metal. But together, with the history that it brought to us, I think that this couldn't have come at a more exciting time." -
A restoration project in Merced County is removing an old levee to reconnect the San Joaquin River with its historic floodplain. -
A program is helping farmworkers and local youth gain the skills to advocate for the health and well-being of agricultural communities. -
Crews were dispatched almost before midnight and found the RV fully engulfed in flames.
