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Apr. 30: California’s Olive Oil Industry Is Growing. We Visited A Competition Seeking Out The Best.

By Elizabeth Arakelian,

Published April 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT

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We speak with the judges of this year’s San Joaquin Valley Olive Oil Competition. The event was held at the Fresno Fairgrounds and highlighted a growing industry in California.

Plus, the latest news headlines: A judge issues a preliminary ruling in an ACLU lawsuit against U.S. Border Patrol, and valley fever cases are rising in California.

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Elizabeth Arakelian

A Valley native, Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in English Language Literatures from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She has covered a range of beats. Her agriculture reporting for the Turlock Journal earned her a first place award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

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Jonathan Linden

Jonathan Linden is a podcast producer at KVPR. Born and raised in Riverside, he's a Southern California native. Jonathan's passion for public radio began at a young age when his brother would play NPR while driving him home from middle school. He earned his B.A. in journalism from Biola University in 2019.

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