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Valley Edition: August 2 - Surfing; Lois Henry On The Erskine Fire; Juan Felipe Herrera

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This week on Valley Edition Reporter Ezra David Romero goes on a hunt for the perfect surfing wave. Later we are joined by Lois Henry, columnist with the Bakersfield Californian, to chat about the aftermath of the Erskine Fire that devastated Kern County mountain communities. Ending the program FM89's Ezra David Romero interviews US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on his second term. 

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.
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