Valley Edition: October 18 - Prison To Pot Farm; Fresno Parks; Henry Perea; Karen Goh; Propositions

KVPR | By Joe Moore,

Ezra David Romero

Published October 18, 2016 at 11:26 AM PDT

In this week 's two hour Valley Edition FM89's Ezra David Romero takes a tour of a prison that could soon be a pot farm in Coalinga. KVPR's Jeffrey Hess reports on how work has begun to craft a new Fresno parks master plan. We also here from Fresno County Supervisor Henry Perea on why he should be Fresno's next mayor. Later in the program we hear from Bakersfield Mayoral Candidate Karen Goh. We are also joined by Fresno State Political Science Professor Thomas Holyoke to chat about the propositions on the November ballot. Enjoy!

Valley Edition

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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