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Valley Edition: August 16 - Taxes; SPLAT; Cradle To College; Harold Pierce; Chukchansi Language

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This week on the program KVPR's Jeffrey Hess reports how Valley communities are trying find the right balance on public safety taxes. We also hear from KVPR's Kerry Klein on a goo that prevents bark beetle from killing trees. Later we chat about Fresno County's new program Cradle to College with Linda Gleason and Eric Cederquist the superintendent for Fowler schools.

We also hear from the Bakersfield Californian's Harold Pierce about a shooting rang in one Kern County school. We even hear about feral parakeets in Bakersfield, FM89's Ezra David Romero reports. Ending the program we learn about a program at Fresno State working to preserve the Chukchansi language by Dr. Brian Agbayani and Dr. Niken A. Adisasmito-Smith.

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.