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Valley Edition: July 28 - Prop 47; Salinas Project; Alex Padilla; Woodward Shakespeare Festival

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This week on Valley Edition Reporter Jeffrey Hess reports on how ex-felons are finding a clean slate under Prop 47. He also interviews Barbara Scrivner who was granted clemency by President Obama in December after being incarcerated for 20 years for conspiracy to sell crystal meth. We also hear from Reporter Amy Quinton on how bats could help walnut growers control pests

Later in the program, Valley Edition Host Joe Moore interviews California Secretary of State Alex Padilla. He also chats with Joe Matthews of Zocalo Public Square the organization's project "Salinas: California's Richest Poor City."

We also hear from Fresno State Professor Madhusudan Khati in a commentary titled "Sexism In Science Is No Funny Joke."

Ending the program, Moore interviews Greg Taber with the William Shakespeare Festival about the groups offerings this summer. 

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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