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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The charges come nearly a year after Kern County sheriff's deputies found Scrivner stabbed at his Tehachapi home.
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In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, President Trump blamed California for not sending enough water to help with firefighting efforts. Water experts debunked that claim – saying there was plenty of water already in Southern California to battle the deadly blazes.
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Last week, the Trump administration released significant amounts of water from two dams in California's Central Valley, with Trump claiming the action would have prevented the Los Angeles fires. Water experts say that's not true, and farmers who rely on that water for agriculture say its release now may wind up hurting them later in the season.
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In the weeks since agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a surprise raid on Kern County, anxious farmworkers say they’re facing an impossible choice.
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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.
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Border patrol agents make arrests in California’s Central Valley as Trump’s ‘mass deportations’ loomThere are plans by immigration officials to expand the operation across the Central Valley – as far north as Sacramento.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom hammered down on a ceremonial railroad tie during a special visit to Kern County on Monday.
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The famous honky tonk was a homebase for the 'Bakersfield Sound.'
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Residents in Assembly District 32 will soon choose Rep. Vince Fong’s successor after going months without representation in Sacramento.
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Local schools planned to close for a second day Thursday and public holiday celebrations have been postponed while authorities continue their search for Cesar Hernandez.