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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Nearly three years after the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, more than 150 refugees fleeing Taliban rule have found homes in California’s Mojave Desert.
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If local groundwater agencies can’t agree on a plan to rein in pumping voluntarily, the state could impose stricter measures.
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Demonstrators flocked to the Kern County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 13, 2024, to protest a case that could have major ramifications for farm labor organizers in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.
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Fong shared his vision for the 20th District with KVPR as his first week in Washington, D.C., came to an end.
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Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner faces calls to resign over abuse allegations, absences.
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KVPR reporters Joshua Yeager and Esther Quintanilla spoke with voters in two conservative strongholds in the San Joaquin Valley moments after the verdict was announced.
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Calls have grown for Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner to resign since claims of alleged sexual abuse of a child were made against him.
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For Basque Americans in the Valley, a mission to pass on tradition, heritage remains strong
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It’s unclear when the Bakersfield Republican will head to Washington, D.C. amid congressional deadlock
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A Kern County supervisor was allegedly stabbed by his child and is now under investigation over allegations of sexual assault involving a separate child, Sheriff Donny Youngblood told reporters Thursday.