Valley Edition: September 9 - Politics With John Ellis; Oil Refineries; Half Dome Rescue

KVPR | By Joe Moore,

Ezra David Romero

Published September 9, 2014 at 1:09 PM PDT

This week of Valley Edition FM89 reporter Ezra David Romero takes a look a how military grade vehicles are used by one local police force. Reporter Diana Aguilera reports on one students experience at the first pharmacy school in Central California. Also on the program, Fresno Bee Political Reporter John Ellis talks local political races and Bakersfield California Reporter John Cox shares a bit of his reporting on a possible oil refinery expansion in Kern County.

Ending the program, FM89 reporter Ezra David Romero interviews a hiker who was one of the 85 people airlifted off Half Dome Sunday in Yosemite National Park when the fire got out of hand.

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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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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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