Kerry Klein
Associate Editor and ReporterKerry 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.
After growing up near Boston, Kerry graduated from McGill University with a B.S. in geology. When she began working as an exploration geologist and geothermal energy analyst, radio reporting was a distant and unlikely future. But she found new significance in media while hosting a talk show about science at a Montreal public radio station and later while producing a podcast for Science Magazine. She later returned to school to study science journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
When she’s not in front of a computer or microphone, Kerry can be found biking to the rock climbing gym, practicing her violin, sewing unnecessary but very cute articles of clothing, or wandering the Sierra foothills with her husband and daughter.
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Dolores Huerta helped launch the modern farm labor movement. At 95 years old, she still has a lot to say about labor conditions and immigration policies today. Central Valley Daily’s Producer Jonathan Linden sits down with Huerta to discuss her views on the current political moment, and her legacy. -
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, the threat of federal funding cuts is creating a difficult environment for community groups and residents. -
Calls for an investigation came after Mata’s family said they had called child protective services multiple times before Mata was found dead in a motel bathtub earlier this month. -
Bishop Joseph Brennan and two other representatives of the Catholic Diocese of Fresno recently spent hours this week answering questions from federal lawyers and attorneys representing those who claimed they were sexually abused by clergy. -
A flurry of sex abuse claims were made against the Catholic Diocese of Fresno following the passage of a state law known as the Child Victims Act in 2019. -
The Catholic Diocese of Fresno filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection earlier this month as it seeks to potentially settle decades-old claims of sexual abuse by clergy. But what does the bankruptcy process look like, and what comes next for the victims? KVPR’s Kerry Klein joins us to discuss her reporting. Plus, the latest news headlines: Leaked legislation language shows potential effort to streamline permitting of oil wells, and Planned Parenthood in California loses hundreds of millions in funding.
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Two former prison facilities in Kern County could soon augment the federal government’s immigrant detention capacity as the Trump Administration looks to ramp up its mass deportation campaign. -
Large employers in California now have to cover fertility care for policyholders, including IVF. But lawmakers have delayed the coverage, potentially leaving families trying to conceive in a lurch. We speak to freelance journalist Sarah Kwon about what this means for a Central Valley family. Plus, the latest news headlines: Attorney General Rob Bonta responds to military presence at Los Angeles park; and a former employee speaks out about a suicide death at a Valley meat plant.
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Following allegations of abuse by clergy, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno has voluntarily petitioned for bankruptcy protection. -
Department of Justice officials say the operation involved hundreds of agents from more than two dozen law enforcement agencies.
