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Legislators and health experts are seeking to combat a common birth defect with one simple ingredient added to staple foods.
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Advocates say 1 million unauthorized immigrants with California driver’s licenses are at risk under a state plan to share license information to a national database. -
Musica Grupera bands created a space to celebrate in a region shaped by farm labor. But with the closure of Castle Air Force Base, the good times didn’t last. -
Residents of the Tulare County town of East Orosi gathered on April 22 for an event many thought might never happen – the official beginning of construction on a new $13.5 million drinking water system. -
The property along the San Joaquin River has been renamed after the Peck family demanded their name be removed amid controversy over human composting. -
After four decades of piecing the San Joaquin River Parkway together parcel by parcel, the state is preparing to hand six of its properties — 874 acres in all — to California State Parks, giving the long-stalled greenway its first permanent institutional landlord.
How transitional kindergarten is shaping young children in the San Joaquin Valley
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Kenny Eliason / UnsplashThousands of California educators with work authorization and deportation protection under the DACA program are facing delayed renewals. -
Larry Valenzuela / CalMattersCalifornia for now has prevented the Trump administration from changing priorities in homelessness funding to favor temporary shelters rather than long-term housing. -
Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight LocalCalifornia now has eight ICE detention centers. Two opened since President Trump took office in 2025, with both operating in former state prisons. -
Rich Pedroncelli/FR171957 APCalifornia lawmakers alarmed by the treatment of people brought to hospitals by federal immigration agents want to strengthen protections for detained patients receiving care at medical facilities, including by making it easier for their families and attorneys to find them.
Raptor Resource Project
Across the country, some 50 bald eagle nests fitted with cameras broadcast up-close views of raptor family life. Every spring, as eggs hatch and eaglets grow, these cameras rake in millions of views.
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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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