
KVPR News Podcast
Local news reports and interviews from KVPR, covering issues in Central California.
Latest Episodes
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A California lawmaker proposes to allow some healthcare workers to expand their range of services in order to meet the new demand for health care under…
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A new study from UCLA and the state Air Resources Board finds that minorities and other low-income populations face greater incidents of asthma than the…
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California Governor Jerry Brown says he supports the people he’s put in charge of regulating the process of extracting oil and natural gas known as…
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The coalition of groups that will fight efforts in the state legislature this year to overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act is taking shape.…
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The death last week of 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless at a Bakersfield retirement home helped sparked a nationwide controversy over practices at nursing…
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On the edge of a region in California known for agriculture and dairy, lays a hidden gem. A wildlife preserve with Table top foothills, that in spring are…
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He’s not only from California. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings – past and future – are felt in California. He wrote the ruling in a…
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A California lawmaker is reviving a proposal that’s stalled in previous years that would allow employees to work flexible schedules – such as four 10-hour…
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Legislation that would expand health care coverage to an estimated one million low-income Californians has moved a step closer to passing. As Amy Quinton…
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The leader of California’s new health benefit exchange says he doesn’t expect employers to drop employees from health coverage under the Affordable Care…