Joshua Yeager
Reporter / Report For AmericaJoshua Yeager covers Kern County and the Southern San Joaquin Valley for KVPR, and is a member of the Report For Americas Corps. This is the first time in KVPR's history that the station has a full-time reporter based in Bakersfield. Report For America is a nationwide non-profit that helps local newsrooms expand their coverage by helping to fund a portion of new local reporting positions. Joshua is a Tulare native, and studied journalism at UC Irvine. Before joining KVPR, he was a reporter for the Visalia Times-Delta, where he covered local government and the pandemic.
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California places Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation — one year after historic flooding in the regionThe California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place the Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation over concerns with subsidence that come from excessive groundwater pumping.
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The country's four most-polluted national parks are all in California. Sequoia National Park tops the list.
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The vacant seat in Congress left by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was not filled when voters went to the polls on Tuesday for a special election.
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Voters in California's 20th District will choose between two Republicans in the race to replace Kevin McCarthy this November.
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The ruling found the county's environmental review didn't go far enough to protect farmland, groundwater and communities living within a few hundred feet of oil and gas production.
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The first carbon storage facility in Kern County, California, will only produce a handful of permanent positions.
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The $1.5 billion interchange connects both sides of Highway 58 from Highway 99. The former used to end abruptly in the middle of a neighborhood, causing accidents and traffic jams.
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California Assemblyman Vince Fong leads with a quarter of likely voters just over a month away from the state’s primary on March 5.
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A public meeting on Jan. 17 provided a glimpse into the tensions surrounding a carbon capture and storage project proposed for the foothills above Bakersfield, California, in the heart of the state’s oil country.
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Kern County is California's largest oil producer and a top producer of agricultural products. But climate change — and the state’s effort to mitigate it — pose a threat to those economic mainstays.