Zin Chiang / CalMatters
In the face of the nation’s highest gas prices, California lawmakers approved a bill to ease restrictions on E85 conversion kits. It now heads to the California state Senate and would need Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval before it becomes law.
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In the Central Valley, Democratic officials are betting that a candidate running to the middle will woo enough swing voters to topple incumbent Republican Rep. David Valadao. -
An increase in seasonal agricultural work and the end of the school year in the San Joaquin Valley are expected to mean more people spending more time working and playing outside – potentially increasing the risk of contracting valley fever. -
The money the city misspent was from Measure V, a 30-year, half-cent sales tax, estimated to generate over $450 million in funding for countywide transportation maintenance and improvements. -
Although grizzly populations can still be found in several Western states, in California they exist only as a symbol: moving across a patch of grass on the state flag. -
Shavana Trejo discovered boxing after struggles early on in life.
How transitional kindergarten is shaping young children in the San Joaquin Valley
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Courtesy of Leadership Counsel for Justice and AccountabilityFamilies in the unincorporated community of Tombstone Territory endured years of unsafe and unreliable water supply. -
Annie Barker / AP/FR172339 APResearchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Rachel Livinal/KVPRSome counties, like Merced, are urging people to mail in their ballots before election day or drop it off in other ways. -
SJV WaterAssurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted Indian Wells Valley fell flat with residents who’ve bombarded the state with negative comments on the proposal.
Alan Nakkash for NPR
Its name is short — like its size — but the bee is one of Earth's most important and busy creatures.
2026 Election
Israel Cardona Hernandez/KVPR and Courtesy of Nav Gurm
The candidates represent how far Sikhs have come after settling roots largely in places like California for the last century.
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The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama. -
Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, the 4th Earl of Gosford, was a member of the British House of Lords and played an important role in the coronation of Edward the VII in 1901. He also owned a large farm near Bakersfield. -
Yamato Colony near Livingston was founded by and for Japanese American farmers.
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