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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Have you ever seen cave bacon, or incandescent, lavender fairy pools? These are some of the many wonders visitors can now see at Crystal Cave beneath Sequoia National Park. KVPR Reporter Joshua Yeager tells us about what he saw on the first tour of the cave since it reopened after a parade of natural disasters. Plus, the latest news headlines: California’s big city mayors call for protecting homelessness funding; and what Newsom says about transgender athletes amid controversy. -
Elected officials said at a press conference they won’t be satisfied unless the transgender female athlete is barred from the state finals. -
A family in Bakersfield is facing deportation, despite entering the country legally to obtain care for their young daughter. -
In a social media post Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding in California if the state did not bar trans students from participating in girls sports. -
Rep. David Valadao was one of the deciding votes in favor of a spending bill passed in the U.S. House that proposes cutting $700 billion from the Medicaid program. -
The offices provide key services to growers in Kern and Madera Counties. -
Lawmakers like California Republican Rep. David Valadao could be instrumental in determining the future of Medicaid. Much of his largely rural district relies on the program to pay for medical expenses. -
Public workers employed by Kern County are gearing up for their second strike of the year, citing unfair labor practices and understaffed agencies. -
An unlikely city in California is getting newfound attention from some of the country’s biggest progressive luminaries -
As more people move to – and visit – the San Joaquin Valley, experts say the valley fever case count is likely to keep increasing
