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The federal government is cracking down on commercial driver's licenses after recent fatal crashes involved truck drivers without legal status. On today's episode, journalist Gagandeep Singh explains how this impacts Central California's Sikh community, many of whom are truck drivers.

In 1948, a plane carrying mostly Mexican farm laborers crashed near Coalinga, killing all on board. When first reported, a local paper only referred to the laborers as “deportees.” Decades later, Tim Z. Hernandez set out to find their names and connect with their families. Today, we revisit our conversation with Hernandez, who discusses his book that remembers the crash victims.

On this week’s Valley Edition: We speak with some of the researchers working to keep ag alive in a future of changing climate. Listen to this conversation and more on the podcast.

On this week’s Valley Edition: How the supply chain breakdown is impacting the region’s biggest industry, agriculture. Listen to this interview and more.

Valley Edition for November 5, 2021

On this week’s Valley Edition: Two local WWII vets travel to Hawaii to remember Pearl Harbor on its 80th anniversary. Listen to this and more.

On this week’s Valley Edition: Fresno State students are blending music and history in a concert featuring violins that survived the holocaust. Listen to this and more.

On this week’s Valley Edition: After a year of immense loss in their farmworker community, Catholic Latinos in Firebaugh celebrate the Lady of Guadalupe.

A string quartet from Fresno performs music of Felix Mendelssohn and Aleksandr Glazunov. They are Atom Paz (violin), Rajbir Longia (violin), Eve Nelson (viola), and Elena White (cello). Their coach is Lianna Elmore.

A string quartet from Bakersfield performs music of Bach, Handel, Hasse, and Handel, plus guitar music by Mozzani. They are Sanjna Mizar (violin), Rafael Marinas (violin, guitar); Ollie Erickson (viola), and Aden Park (cello).