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Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding of local health services, a project to prevent suicide and substance use among Native American youth in Kern County could be scaled back, or possibly eliminated.
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Kern CountyOfficials said reduced state and federal funding contributed to the cuts. -
Marijke Rowland / The IntersectionValley Medicaid recipients, providers face ‘worst case scenario’ with One Big Beautiful Bill passageThe San Joaquin Valley is expected to acutely feel the cuts. The region has the highest usage of the federal health insurance program in California. -
Video courtesy of Ryan Attebery.The incident largely fell off public consciousness since then, but questions remained among some who witnessed the incident about whether the district adequately responded to the controversy. -
GoFundMeJomarie Calasanz, 26, was missing for two months.
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Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released by the Department of Water Resources last week. -
A group of more than 20 states, including California, are suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit challenges part of President Donald Trump's big tax law that cut reimbursements to major providers of family planning services. -
Merced’s Abraham and Isaac Santana are following in the footsteps of their entrepreneurial parents by opening their own business. It will be located on Main Street, in the heart of downtown. -
Homeless advocates are criticizing an executive order President Donald Trump signed this week to restore order. The executive order aims to “remove vagrant individuals” from city streets and get them into treatment for mental health or drug addiction disorders, even if that means involuntary commitment. -
The State Water Resources Control Board advance a controversial, Newsom-backed agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as a major development in the long-running debate about delta water use.
KVPR's Marv Allen passed away on May 22nd. He hosted programs for 19 years on KVPR, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Clearly Classical.
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A planned mega-development along the river in the late 1980s spurred three women to start the San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust.
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