
Kerry Klein
Reporter at KVPR-FM (Fresno, CA)
Freelance science journalist at Freelance
Reporter @kvpr. Health/enviro/sci. Rock geek, violinist, cyclist, seamstress, devourer of cheese. Mom. She/her. I only tweet during work hours. [email protected]
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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.
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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.
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3 weeks ago |
kvpr.org | Kerry Klein
FRESNO, Calif. – When Tiffany Slaton took off on her electric bike from the Fresno County foothills in late April, she intended to spend just three days hiking and camping in the snowy high Sierra Nevada. Then she vanished. A massive search and rescue operation ensued. Her parents put out heartfelt calls for help on social media, and residents from all over the foothills called in to the sheriff’s office reporting potential sightings.
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3 weeks ago |
kvpr.org | Kerry Klein |Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
FRESNO, Calif. – The 16-year-olds accused in the murder of 18-year-old Caleb Quick made separate court appearances Wednesday, where an attorney for one of the teenaged suspects already began a defense. Quick was shot and killed shortly before 9 p.m. on April 23 outside a Clovis McDonald’s.
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4 weeks ago |
kvpr.org | Kerry Klein
FRESNO, Calif. – A trio of federal lawsuits alleges several Fresno police officers engaged in a pattern of civil rights violations. In all three cases, police have denied the allegations and requested a trial date. The cases were brought by Fresno business owners who were arrested in their workplaces on charges related to firearms and narcotics.
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