Joe Moore
@jnmoore.bsky.social
President and General Manager
KVPR / Valley Public Radio
@kvprnews.bsky.social
89.3 Fresno, Visalia, Merced
89.1 Bakersfield
https://www.kvpr.org
KVPR / Valley Public Radio
@kvprnews.bsky.social
89.3 Fresno, Visalia, Merced
89.1 Bakersfield
https://www.kvpr.org
Water managers vent frustration over water dump from Tulare County lakes www.kvpr.org/environment/... @kvprnews.bsky.social @sjvwater.bsky.social
Water managers vent frustration over water dump from Tulare County lakes
“In the big picture, the amount of water was not huge. It was the process. He (President Trump) has no idea how bad he effed up.”
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February 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Water managers vent frustration over water dump from Tulare County lakes www.kvpr.org/environment/... @kvprnews.bsky.social @sjvwater.bsky.social
What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County www.kvpr.org/health/2025-... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County
The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County www.kvpr.org/health/2025-... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
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“This decision was clearly made by someone with no understanding of the system or the impacts that come from knee-jerk political actions.”
You get zero guesses who that someone is
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You get zero guesses who that someone is
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Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes – SJV Water
The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response Trump’s emergency water order responsible for w...
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February 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“This decision was clearly made by someone with no understanding of the system or the impacts that come from knee-jerk political actions.”
You get zero guesses who that someone is
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You get zero guesses who that someone is
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What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County via @kvprnews.bsky.social www.kvpr.org/health/2025-...
What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County
The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States.
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February 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What we know – and don’t know – about a new strain of bird flu reported in Merced County via @kvprnews.bsky.social www.kvpr.org/health/2025-...
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Statement via FAA: A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time. PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas.
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Statement via FAA: A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time. PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was used by FDR in 1942 to force the removal and relocation of an estimated 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of whom were American citizens. From @kqednews.bsky.social: www.kqed.org/news/1202191...
Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats | KQED
President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma for Japanese Americans who were relocated and imprisoned during World War II...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was used by FDR in 1942 to force the removal and relocation of an estimated 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of whom were American citizens. From @kqednews.bsky.social: www.kqed.org/news/1202191...
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The fire at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California is likely to be used to oppose battery energy storage just about everywhere.
Making Sense of the Giant Fire that Could Set Back Energy Storage - Inside Climate News
The blaze at Moss Landing in Monterey County, California, may have been worse because of the plant’s design and the types of batteries used.
insideclimatenews.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The fire at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California is likely to be used to oppose battery energy storage just about everywhere.
Bird flu has surged through California’s dairy cattle. So why has it left beef cattle alone? www.kvpr.org/local-news/2... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
Bird flu has surged through California’s dairy cattle. So why has it left beef cattle alone?
Although the virus has been detected at more than 700 California dairies, not a single non-dairy cow has tested positive, experts say.
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January 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Bird flu has surged through California’s dairy cattle. So why has it left beef cattle alone? www.kvpr.org/local-news/2... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
Fresno's Mark Arax on the LA fires in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Residents advised to stay inside as Moss Landing battery plant fire continues
The active fire in Moss Landing at a battery energy storage plant has Monterey County officials continuing to advise residents to stay indoors with windows closed.
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January 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fresno's Mark Arax on the LA fires in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Residents advised to stay inside as Moss Landing battery plant fire continues www.kazu.org/kazu-news/20... via KAZU Monterey Bay
Residents advised to stay inside as Moss Landing battery plant fire continues
The active fire in Moss Landing at a battery energy storage plant has Monterey County officials continuing to advise residents to stay indoors with windows closed.
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January 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Residents advised to stay inside as Moss Landing battery plant fire continues www.kazu.org/kazu-news/20... via KAZU Monterey Bay
Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed early Friday after a major fire erupted at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing: www.kvpr.org/npr-news/202...
Fire at one of the world's largest battery plants forces evacuations in California
A major fire erupted south of San Francisco at the Moss Landing Power Plant, forcing hundreds to evacuate. So far, the fire has stayed in the facility, which stores thousands of lithium batteries.
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January 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed early Friday after a major fire erupted at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing: www.kvpr.org/npr-news/202...
Are the Resnicks 'hoarding' water while LA burns? No www.kvpr.org/environment/... via @sjvwater.bsky.social @kvprnews.bsky.social
Are the Resnicks 'hoarding' water while LA burns? No
“The Wonderful Company uses less than 1% of the state’s water,” wrote Seth Oster, a Wonderful spokesman, in an email. The company put out a thread on “X” in response to the swirl of social media falsi...
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January 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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What we know about how soon Madera Community Hospital could reopen
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What we know about how soon Madera Community Hospital could reopen
A state inspection of Madera Community Hospital next month could be the final step before it reopens. A community group said residents are ready to have their hospital back.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What we know about how soon Madera Community Hospital could reopen
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation swept through parts of the San Joaquin Valley last week, sowing chaos in a region where much of the nation’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by a workforce that is overwhelmingly Latino and undocumented. www.kvpr.org/community/20...
In wake of border patrol raids in California’s Central Valley, a clearer picture emerges
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation swept through parts of the San Joaquin Valley last week, sowing chaos in a region where much of the nation’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by a w...
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January 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation swept through parts of the San Joaquin Valley last week, sowing chaos in a region where much of the nation’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by a workforce that is overwhelmingly Latino and undocumented. www.kvpr.org/community/20...
To some, it’s a rusted 800-pound hunk of metal. To others, an iconic piece of country music history. www.kvpr.org/community/20... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
How the missing Trout’s bar sign came back to Bakersfield. ‘Like seeing the Mona Lisa’
The famous honky tonk was a homebase for the 'Bakersfield Sound.'
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December 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
To some, it’s a rusted 800-pound hunk of metal. To others, an iconic piece of country music history. www.kvpr.org/community/20... via @kvprnews.bsky.social
LISTEN: Looking back at the biggest local news stories of 2024 - via @KVPR's Central Valley Daily podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Dec. 24: Looking Back At KVPR’s Biggest Stories Of 2024
Podcast Episode · Central Valley Daily · 12/24/2024 · 19m
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December 24, 2024 at 7:31 PM
LISTEN: Looking back at the biggest local news stories of 2024 - via @KVPR's Central Valley Daily podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Health officials have distributed 4 million pieces of PPE to dairy & poultry workers, reports Kerry Klein @kvprnews.bsky.social. Don't drink raw milk or touch dead birds are among ways to protect yourself from bird flu H5N1
LISTEN: Bird flu is declared a State of Emergency in California via @npr.org @kvprnews.bsky.social
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Bird flu is declared a State of Emergency in California
On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to streamline the state's response to avian flu. More than half of the human cases in the U.S. so far have been in California.
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December 21, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Health officials have distributed 4 million pieces of PPE to dairy & poultry workers, reports Kerry Klein @kvprnews.bsky.social. Don't drink raw milk or touch dead birds are among ways to protect yourself from bird flu H5N1
LISTEN: Bird flu is declared a State of Emergency in California via @npr.org @kvprnews.bsky.social
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Bird flu is declared a State of Emergency in California
On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to streamline the state's response to avian flu. More than half of the human cases in the U.S. so far have been in California.
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December 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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In U.S. dairy capital Tulare County, public health officials try to control bird flu
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In U.S. dairy capital Tulare County, public health officials try to control bird flu
More milk products come from Tulare County, California, than any other county in the U.S. Public health officials there are trying to guard against bird flu infecting humans.
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December 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
In U.S. dairy capital Tulare County, public health officials try to control bird flu
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As a major California oil producer eyes carbon storage, thousands of idle wells await cleanup. www.kvpr.org/environment/... via @kvprnews.bsky.social & @insideclimatenews.org
As a major California oil producer eyes carbon storage, thousands of idle wells await cleanup.
The state’s taxpayers may be left with a big bill.
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December 11, 2024 at 10:14 PM
As a major California oil producer eyes carbon storage, thousands of idle wells await cleanup. www.kvpr.org/environment/... via @kvprnews.bsky.social & @insideclimatenews.org
LISTEN: Behind The Push – And Controversy – To Designate Part Of The Sierra Nevada As The Range of Light National Monument - www.kvpr.org/podcast/cent... - on today's Central Valley Daily podcast from @kvprnews.bsky.social
Dec. 11: Behind The Push – And Controversy – To Designate Part Of The Sierra Nevada As A National Monument
An effort is growing to designate over a million acres of Sierra Nevada land as a national monument. But the proposal also has strong opposition. Opponents say it would devastate the local outdoors ec...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
LISTEN: Behind The Push – And Controversy – To Designate Part Of The Sierra Nevada As The Range of Light National Monument - www.kvpr.org/podcast/cent... - on today's Central Valley Daily podcast from @kvprnews.bsky.social
Did UC Merced students tip the race for #CA13 in favor of Adam Gray? KVPR looks into the numbers at California's 10th (and newest) UC campus: www.kvpr.org/government-p...
Did students tip the election for this House Democrat? What the numbers show.
“Anytime you have a major academic institution, it definitely has an influence on the political dynamics."
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December 10, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Did UC Merced students tip the race for #CA13 in favor of Adam Gray? KVPR looks into the numbers at California's 10th (and newest) UC campus: www.kvpr.org/government-p...
‘We are here to serve and protect.’ Immigrants top of mind as Trump’s new term approaches www.kvpr.org/government-p... @kvprnews.bsky.social
‘We are here to serve and protect.’ Immigrants top of mind as Trump’s new term approaches
Immigrant communities worry Donald Trump will make good on promises of mass deportations now that he has secured a second term in the White House.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:27 PM
‘We are here to serve and protect.’ Immigrants top of mind as Trump’s new term approaches www.kvpr.org/government-p... @kvprnews.bsky.social
How Democrat Adam Gray won his race, the last to be called for the U.S. House www.kvpr.org/government-p... via @kvprnews.bsky.social #CA13
How Democrat Adam Gray won his race, the last to be called for the U.S. House
Merced Democrat Adam Gray says he’ll focus on Valley representation in Congress – 'not political parties' – after defeating incumbent Republican John Duarte.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:30 PM
How Democrat Adam Gray won his race, the last to be called for the U.S. House www.kvpr.org/government-p... via @kvprnews.bsky.social #CA13
A convicted murderer is loose in Delano. Schools, events shut down
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A convicted murderer is loose in Delano. Schools, events shut down
Local schools planned to close for a second day Thursday and public holiday celebrations have been postponed while authorities continue their search for Cesar Hernandez.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM
A convicted murderer is loose in Delano. Schools, events shut down
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