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On Valley Edition: Thanksgivukkah; Craft Distillers; Sec. John Laird; Bakersfield Art Show

KVPR | By Joe Moore,
Rebecca Plevin, Ezra David Romero
Published November 26, 2013 at 12:12 PM PST
Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio

This week on Valley Edition we explore the once in a lifetime experience of “Thanksgivukkah” –Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap this year and won’t happen for another 70,000 years – through the culinary creations from the only Jewish Chef in Fresno. FM89 Reporter Rebecca Plevinreports.

Also in the program, Valley Public Radio Reporter Ezra David Romero reports on the growing craft distilling movement in the region.

Credit http://www.resources.ca.gov/laird.html
Secretary John Laird

Later in the program, Valley Edition Host Joe Moore speaks with California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird about water in California, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and more.

Ending the show, Moore speaks with Bakersfield Artist David Gordon about the Arts Council of Kern and Kern County Museums art show “Creating Community: Kern County - Then and Now.” The show is open through December 4. 
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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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