Valley Edition

On Valley Edition: Fresno State Football; Veterans; Grapevine; Salmon Spawning; Peter Gleick

KVPR | By Joe Moore,

Published November 12, 2013 at 12:56 PM PST

This week on Valley Edition we take a look at Fresno State football, veterans, the possibility of a new town in the region, water issues in the region and more.

Beginning the program, Valley Edition Host Joe Moore talks with Paul Swearengin, host of the Paul Swearengin Sports Podcast, about Fresno State Football. The two discuss the dispute over the team’s name, mascot, gangs and more.

Also in the program Valley Public Radio Reporter Rebecca Plevin tells the story of one Central California marine’s reinstatement into civilian life. FM89 Reporter Ezra David Romero reports on a new community to take root at the base of the Tehachapi Mountains called Grapevine.

Ending the show, Moore discusses the issue of water in the San Joaquin Valley with Scientist Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder of the Pacific Institute. Moore also tells the story of one the San Joaquin River restoration and salmon spawning.

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Joe Moore

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).

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Rebecca Plevin

Rebecca Plevin was a reporter for Valley Public Radio from 2013-2014. Before joining the station, she was the community health reporter for Vida en el Valle, the McClatchy Company's bilingual newspaper in California's San Joaquin Valley. She earned the George F. Gruner Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism and the McClatchy President's Award for her work at Vida, as well as honors from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Plevin grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is also a fluent Spanish speaker, a certified yoga teacher, and an avid rock-climber.

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Ezra David Romero

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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