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Valley Edition: June 3 - Mental Health; Homeless Veterans; Fresno Fire Chief; Drought Art

Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio

This week on Valley Edition we talk about mental health in Central California, one groups desire to end homelessness among veterans in Fresno, fires with Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis and a Bakersfield Instagram photo exhibit featuring FM89's Ezra David Romero's #droughtvoices photos.

Rural Mental Health 
Story:Mendota Woman's Fight To Overcome Mental Illness Example For The Valley
Reporter: Diana Aguilera, Valley Public Radio (@DianaT_Aguilera
Guest: John Capitman
Executive Director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute and Nickerson Professor of Public Health at California State University Fresno

Homeless Veterans
Guest: Sarah Mihradi, Poverello House
Guest: Teresa Guardado, Case Manager with the Veterans Administration Fresno

Fresno Fire Chief
Guest: Kerri Donis, Fresno Fire Chief 

#droughtvoices Instagram Show
Guest: Don Martin, Metro Galleries
Details: Show Opening June 6, 5 to 9 p.m., Metro Galleries at 1604 19th Street Bakersfield, CA 93301

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.
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