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Valley Edition: May 6 - California Chrome; Drought And Friant Dam; Bakersfield Jazz Festival

Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio

This week on Valley Edition we talk about Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome, drought at Friant Dam, a health partnership in Bakersfield about community design and a look into the Bakersfield Jazz Festival.

California Chrome 
Guest: Sam Spear, Golden Gate Fields
Story: Fresno County's California Chrome Eyes Triple Crown
Reporter: 
Diana Aguilera, Valley Public Radio (@DianaT_Aguilera)

Friant Dam
Reporter: Ezra David Romero, Valley Public Radio (@ezraromero)
Story:Voices Of The Drought: The Man Inside Fresno's Friant Dam

Community Design Matters
Guest: Dr. Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu, Senior Health Educator at Kern County Environmental Health Division

Bakersfield Jazz Festival
Guest: Doug Davis, director of the Bakersfield Jazz Festival
Details: Bakersfield Jazz Festival

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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