Lourdes Chavez
Newsroom internLourdes Chavez is a Media, Communication and Journalism major at California State University, Fresno. She is currently gaining professional experience as a intern in the KVPR newsroom, mainly supporting the Central Valley Daily podcast staff. Lourdes is dedicated to honing her reporting skills and contributing to the station's mission of providing insightful local coverage to the Central Valley.
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A new report from The Atlantic is taking a closer look at a deadly helicopter crash that occurred while firefighters were fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park this past summer. -
California has one of the highest rates of people voting by mail, but scrutiny of vote-by-mail participation is increasing under the Trump administration. -
In early 2023, storms and floods in California caught water managers by surprise, and left families cleaning up flood disasters as a series of storms pounded the state for weeks. -
The cost of living crisis, paired with regional disruptions over immigration enforcement, also come as voters gear up for a critical midterm election in November and have been showing signs of frustration with economic policies. -
“We have both a supply and a demand issue here locally," Fresno City Councilmember Tyler Maxwell told KVPR's Central Valley Daily podcast.
