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KVPR talks with U.C. Merced professor Crystal Kolden to learn how climate change is making wildfires in California more severe.

A new children’s museum is opening to the public next month in Merced. It will be the first of its kind in the city’s history. To learn more about the…

Yesterday, President Biden signed a bill to make June 19th, known as Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union…

As of this week, more than a half million San Joaquin Valley residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. For some, that means being able to…

Temperatures are on the rise, wild flowers are in bloom, and many are feeling pulled to the great outdoors. Among them is Leigh Bernacchi, a researcher at…

Even though COVID-19 has been the dominant public health threat for a year, first with a summer surge, then a winter surge, and now with the rollout of…

This interview was originally broadcast during the January 15, 2021 episode of Science Friday. You can find the original piece here.Anna Antonowich is an…

People tend to listen more when someone uses powerful, authoritative language regardless of whether the person talking is a man or a woman. At least…

When wildfires burn in our national parks, we naturally worry about the forest. But what about the photographs, maps and documents that tell the stories…

Images captured by photographer Ernest Lowe tell the story of Central Valley farmworkers and the activists who fought for improved conditions in the…