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The name “Cesar Chavez” turned from a symbol of benevolence into a blemish seemingly overnight, after a New York Times report detailed allegations of a pattern of sexual misconduct by the late civil rights leader. On today’s episode, KVPR News Director Cresencio Rodriguez Delgado and Associate Editor Kerry Klein break down how the region of Central California, where Chavez built a farmworker movement, is reckoning with his fall from grace. Plus, the latest news headlines: What a new voter poll reveals ahead of the midterms, and California sues the federal EPA.

Public outrage was palpable after allegations of sexual abuse against Cesar E. Chavez were published in the New York Times last week. His public image was virtually erased in mere hours. On today’s episode, we discuss the downfall of a civil rights icon with writer Miriam Pawel, who published the 2014 biography “The Crusades of Cesar Chavez.” Plus, the latest news headlines: Republican lawmakers push for menstrual products for farmworkers, and the son of a Filipino farmworker activist speaks out on Cesar E. Chavez.

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, the 4th Earl of Gosford, was a member of the British House of Lords and played an important role in the coronation of Edward the VII in 1901. He also owned a large farm near Bakersfield.

In the small Kings County town of Avenal, city leaders are embroiled in a very messy dispute. The majority of its city council members are facing a recall by residents, and the county and city have slung lawsuits at each other over public meeting laws and special elections. KVPR’s Jonathan Linden speaks with us about how this all started. Plus, the latest news headlines: California threatens Valley cities, counties over housing; and a bill to protect houses of worship fails to advance in the state senate.

The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama.

We introduce a new podcast from KVPR, the Other California. Listen to this conversation and more in the podcast above.

On this week’s Valley Edition: In Tulare County, we take you on a tour of Woodlake’s cannabis industry, where we smell-test some very unusual products. Listen to this story and more in the podcast above.

On this week’s Valley Edition: Addressing safety concerns for Fresno’s unhoused community after a deadly attack in the city’s Tower District. Listen to this story and more in the podcast above.

On this week’s Valley Edition: an education researcher shares the surprising ways the pandemic may have benefited youth literacy. Listen to this conversation on the podcast.

On this week’s Valley Edition: An analysis by KVPR and the California Reporting Project looks at the Bakersfield Police Department’s use of force with cases involving mental health or substance related disorders. That story and more.