Joshua Yeager

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Kerry Klein |Joshua Yeager |Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

CLOVIS, Calif. – Just a day before a statewide high school track and field championship competitions were set to take place at Buchanan High School, pushback grew against a single transgender athlete who is scheduled to compete. Local elected officials said at a press conference Thursday they won’t be satisfied unless the transgender female athlete from Jurupa Valley High School in the Inland Empire is barred from the state finals. “This isn't about denying anyone's identity or humanity.

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Joshua Yeager

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A family in Bakersfield is facing deportation, despite entering the country legally to obtain care for their young daughter. Lawyers said at a press conference on Wednesday that the 4-year-old girl could die if she left the U.S. because she suffers from short-bowel syndrome. The disease requires her to wear an adult-sized backpack that delivers nutrients intravenously – 14 hours a day.

2 weeks ago | kvpr.org | Joshua Yeager |Kerry Klein

FRESNO, Calif. – Dozens of people rallied outside the Bakersfield office of Republican Congressman David Valadao on Friday to protest his vote in favor of significant cuts to Medicaid. Valadao’s vote was among the few that helped get a House spending bill over the edge and which government forecasters predict could pull hundreds of billions of dollars away from the Medicaid program – or Medi-Cal, as it’s known in California.

2 weeks ago | kvpr.org | Joshua Yeager

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is among a group of legislators pushing to keep nine field offices for the United States Department of Agriculture open across California, including two that are on a list of office lease terminations in Bakersfield and Madera.

3 weeks ago | kvpr.org | Joshua Yeager

CRESENCIO RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO, HOST: Part of President Trump's self-described big, beautiful bill includes congressional Republicans' plans to change Medicaid. The proposal would cut billions from the safety net program. Many Republican lawmakers see this as a needed savings to slash what they see as waste in the system, but recent estimates show millions of Americans stand to lose their health insurance, including in Republican health districts, where KVPR's Joshua Yeager brings us this report.