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On Valley Edition: October 21- Election Roundup; High Speed Rail; Bakersfield Air Quality Photos

Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio

This week on Valley Edition we take a look at the November 2014 elections. Valley Edition host Joe Moore speaks with Capitol Public Radio Bureau Chief Ben Adlerand Fresno State Political Science Professor Jeffrey Cummins about their election predictions. Also on the program Fresno Bee Reporter Tim Sheehan talks about the next chapter of California high speed rail with Moore.

Ending the program Moore is joined by Lexey Swallwhose photos were featured onlineby Time Magazine in September. Swall's photos showed pictures of residents struggling to breathe air filled with dust, pollution from refineries, and smog trapped by the Tehachapi Mountains.

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).
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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