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Valley Edition - January 22, 2019 - Opioid Crisis In The Valley, Immigration Courts, Police Funding

On this week’s Valley Edition: The opioid crisis is not just in rural, midwest America -- it’s right here in the San Joaquin Valley. We kick off a series of stories on local treatment gaps and the reality of being addicted.  

Plus: How are immigration courts faring during the partial government shutdown? We hear from attorneys concerned about delays and cases stuck in limbo.

And now that Fresno Police have released their 2018 crime statistics, we revisit Fresno’s Measure P and the opposition it faced leading up to the November election.

Listen to the podcast above to hear those stories and more.

Kerry Klein is an award-winning reporter whose coverage of public health, air pollution, drinking water access and wildfires in the San Joaquin Valley has been featured on NPR, KQED, Science Friday and Kaiser Health News. Her work has earned numerous regional Edward R. Murrow and Golden Mike Awards and has been recognized by the Association of Health Care Journalists and Society of Environmental Journalists. Her podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool was named a podcast “listeners couldn’t get enough of in 2021” by the radio aggregator NPR One.
Laura Tsutsui was a reporter and producer for Valley Public Radio. She joined the station in 2017 as a news intern, and later worked as a production assistant and weekend host. Laura covered local issues ranging from politics to housing, and produced the weekly news program Valley Edition. She left the station in November 2020.
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