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June 10: Valley Air Quality Is At Its Worst in the Summer. One Change May Help.

By Elizabeth Arakelian,
Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
Published June 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT
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The summer season brings hot temperatures and poor air quality to the San Joaquin Valley. In today’s episode, we revisit a conversation with former State Senator Dean Florez about how banning agricultural burning is one solution to fixing air quality.

Plus, the latest news headlines: Residents in Fresno protest federal immigration actions in Los Angeles; and Tower District business owners pick up after vandalism.

Central Valley Daily
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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Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado is KVPR's News Director. Prior to joining the station's news department in 2022, he was a reporter for PBS NewsHour and The Fresno Bee.
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