On Valley Edition: January 20 - Mary Nichols; Substitute Teacher Shortage; Virgin Galactic

KVPR | By Joe Moore,

Ezra David Romero

Published January 20, 2015 at 12:16 PM PST

This week on Valley Edition we speak with California Air Resources Board Chairmen Mary Nicholsabout air quality in the region and Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

Also on the program we speak with The Fresno Bee's Education Reporter Hannah Furfaro about a shortage among substitute teachers in Fresno Unified.

Ending the program we speak with Stuart Witt of the Mojave Air and Space Port and Leonard David with Space.com about the future of Virgin Galactic after the SpaceShipTwo tragedy of 2014.

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Joe Moore

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).

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Ezra David Romero

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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