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Incumbent Adam Gray in Congressional District 13 is campaigning as a moderate Democrat, despite the passage of Prop. 50 and more chatter around progressive voters. -
How much money will come to the San Joaquin Valley, and where, remains a question as the region braces for significant effects from larger reductions in Medicaid and other federal health spending. -
A California congressman voted for the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which is projected to reduce Medicaid spending by $900 billion. Now Rep. David Valadao is telling his constituents they may not have to follow the new rules. -
City and business leaders in the San Joaquin Valley denounced immigration raids that started in early October and called for congressional policy solutions. -
With empty council chambers and no meetings, the city of Avenal has had limited authority to move forward with new projects and other decisions that require approval of elected officials. -
Ten cities and counties in the San Joaquin Valley are asking voters to raise their sales taxes in order to fund public safety, transportation and even a public zoo.
REMEMBERING DOLORES HUERTA
At vigil honoring Dolores Huerta, mourners get one last push to vote
Huerta died just days before the 2026 Midterm Election, in which she had been active with campaigns.
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta's love of jazz revealed her awe for art
Dolores Huerta was a civil rights icon and labor leader who met countless famous people in her long life. She was also a passionate jazz fan, who found herself speechless when she met Charlie Parker.
In Dolores Huerta’s hometown, she’s remembered as ‘someone who challenged how things were’
Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. She was 96.
Worker rights pioneer Dolores Huerta wanted others to feel seen
Dolores Huerta fought for causes even in her golden years, when many others would be enjoying retirement. She marched or spoke at protests, panels and other events into her 90s.
What Dolores Huerta meant to longtime friend and filmmaker Luis Valdez
Dolores Huerta, a celebrated labor leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday at 96.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a last-minute request from the Department of Justice to wade into its unprecedented feud with California over the state's voter rolls. -
Listen to the election forum that covered California's ballot propositions and Fresno County's Measure S transportation sales tax. -
Grand jury subpoenas sent to election workers in Los Angeles come amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and California election officials over the state's voter rolls. -
California has one of the highest rates of people voting by mail, but scrutiny of vote-by-mail participation is increasing under the Trump administration.
As the number of detainees filling the nation's immigration detention centers grows, so does the need to get people back home if they’re lucky enough to be released.
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Samantha Rangel/KVPRNearly 250 high school students will represent the Central Valley on New Year’s Day. -
Kerry Klein/KVPRFormer Bakersfield OB-GYN Arthur Park was on trial for negligence in the 2019 deaths of his patient Demi Dominguez and her baby boy. -
Samantha Rangel/KVPRA string of shootings and violent incidents in the Tower District neighborhood in Fresno in recent weeks has sparked calls for changes by residents. -
California Department of Water ResourcesIn early 2023, storms and floods in California caught water managers by surprise, and left families cleaning up flood disasters as a series of storms pounded the state for weeks.
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This firebreak was a Great Depression-era project that aimed to stop wildfires, but today is largely forgotten.
