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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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. -
After more than 200 years in circulation, the United States will stop producing the penny — a coin long considered a symbol of everyday American commerce. -
This marks the largest ancestral land return in California’s central Sierra Nevada. -
KVPR profiles local business owners and three of the key ingredients to celebrating the traditional Mexican holiday that honors the dead. -
“Dia de los Muertos,” or Day of the Dead, is much more than commercialized imagery of colorful skulls and skeletons adorned with bright flowers. In this episode, the KVPR newsroom sets out to shed light on three of the key ingredients to honor the occasion. Plus, the latest news headlines: The Tule River Indian Tribe gets thousands of acres of land back from the state; and Fresno County officials explore a light rail to connect towns. -
Fresno built cricket pitches in two city parks this past summer.
