Madi Bolanos
ReporterMadi Bolanos covered immigration and underserved communities for KVPR from 2020-2022. Before joining the station, she interned for POLITCO in Washington D.C. where she reported on US trade and agriculture as well as indigenous women’s issues during the Canadian election. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in anthropology from San Francisco State University. Madi spent a semester studying at the Danish Media and Journalism School where she covered EU policies in Brussels and alleged police brutality at the Croatian-Serbian border.
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Central Valley sheriff’s departments are colluding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new report from the Northern California ACLU released Wednesday.
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On this week’s Valley Edition: A first ever town hall for Fresno’s unhoused community. What city leaders are learning and how they plan to address complaints. Listen to this story and more on Valley Edition.
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On this week’s Valley Edition: A first ever town hall for Fresno’s unhoused community. What city leaders are learning and how they plan to address complaints. Listen to this story and more on Valley Edition.
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A tribute from a granddaughter to her grandfather, who died from COVID. His granddaughter is KVPR's Madi Bolanos.
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More than 50 advocacy organizations have sent a letter to state agencies demanding safer conditions for immigrants held at two detention facilities in Kern County.
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On this week’s Valley Edition: Over the past five years, a new program at Valley Children’s has helped hundreds of kids with chronic diseases transition into adult medical care. What’s changed since the program started? Plus, why the conflict between rooftop solar companies and energy utilities could have a lasting impact on the electric grid. And the San Pablo festival in the Kern County town of Taft. Listen to these stories and more.
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Kids with chronic diseases transition to adult medical care, electric grid, Taft festival
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In the last 20 years, nearly 700 people from the communities near San Pablo, Oaxaca have moved to Taft, a small city in Kern County. And with them, they’ve brought the celebration of San Pablo the saint, observed each year on January 25th.
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Last week Governor Gavin Newsom, proposed expanding Medi-Cal to all low-income, undocumented Californians. That would fill a critical gap, as undocumented people ages 27 to 49 don’t currently qualify for the health insurance. A Fresno County family says gaining access to Medi-Cal would be life changing.
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On this week’s Valley Edition: Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed $820 million to expand Medi-Cal to all undocumented Californians. Two farm workers in Riverdale say this could be life-changing. Listen to this story and more in the podcast.