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In this episode we join the Bakersfield College Chamber Singers, led by Dr. Jennifer Garrett, on their 2023 European, as they perform a wide range of sacred and secular music for audiences in Vienna, Prague, Leipzig, and Berlin.

The 2024 season concludes with the Bakersfield Youth Symphony Orchestra and their Spring concert, held March 17, 2024 at the Edward Simonsen Performing Arts Center on the campus of Bakersfield College.

Two years ago, two civil rights groups sued the City of Fresno, alleging city leaders violated a public meeting law by negotiating the city’s budget behind closed doors. On today’s show, Fresnoland reporter Omar Rashad brings us an update to that investigation – including a batch of illuminating emails he obtained between city leaders. Plus, the latest news headlines: A popular restaurant owner in Fresno was arrested by federal authorities, and a very expensive home is on sale by Central Valley farming billionaires.

Former Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro has died at the age of 58. He left a long legacy of promoting education in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond. On today’s show, KVPR News Director Cresencio Rodriguez Delgado shares Castro’s impact, reflecting on his time as a student newspaper editor at Fresno State. Plus, the latest news headlines: What California’s redistricting election is expected to cost the state; and what a new cost analysis says about the state’s high-speed rail project.

Dolores Huerta helped launch the modern farm labor movement. At 95 years old, she still has a lot to say about labor conditions and immigration policies today. Central Valley Daily’s Producer Jonathan Linden sits down with Huerta to discuss her views on the current political moment, and her legacy.

Today on Central Valley Daily, in the face of growing concern over climate change, why a Valley native is advocating for more “climate-conscious physicians.”Plus, the latest news headlines, including a big move for Fresno State as it looks to join the PAC-12 conference, and the case of a missing woman along the Kern River.

Today on Central Valley Daily, as more Americans choose cremation after death, thousands are choosing to send their ashes — into space. How one Central Valley woman’s love of travel landed her there.Plus, the latest news headlines, including Fresno County reports its first death from West Nile Virus, and new research shows climate change can amplify environmental impacts of agriculture.

In August, 100 incarcerated women at the Chowchilla State Prison were allegedly pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed by staff for more than an hour. We catch up with KQED’s Madi Bolanos about an investigation that is now underway.Plus, the latest news headlines, including a million-dollar wage theft settlement in Bakersfield and growing financial pressure on a prominent Fresno family.

In July, a ferocious fire burned through the historic mountain community of Havilah in Kern County, leaving only destruction in its path. Two months after the disaster, KVPR’s Joshua Yeager visits Havilah to hear how it’s recovering.Plus, the latest news headlines, including the City of Fresno’s approach to homelessness under a new camping ban, and the discovery of a record-breaking pine tree in Yosemite.

The Central Valley and other inland regions of California experienced record-breaking heat this summer. This comes as more people are also moving inland for its affordability. According to new reporting from CalMatters, this combination could be deadly. CalMatters reporter Alejandra Reyes-Velarde shares more.Plus, the latest news headlines, including the United Farm Workers wrapping up its convention in Bakersfield and voters hitting the streets in Valley swing districts.