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1 week ago | kvpr.org | Joshua Yeager

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - There was hardly an empty seat at Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting oligarchy” rally in Bakersfield yesterday. Thousands attended the independent Vermont senator’s event in conservative Kern County. Sanders and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared the stage at Dignity Health Arena.

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Joe Moore

The following is a letter to listeners from KVPR President and General Manager Joe Moore:After a raucous House DOGE subcommittee hearing where chair Marjorie Taylor Greene called NPR and PBS stations “Anti-American” and “Communist,” the White House is reportedly moving forward with President Trump's pledge to defund America’s public radio and television stations.

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Joe Moore

Longtime Fresno residents can likely rattle off a list of the city’s historic neighborhoods, from Huntington Boulevard to the Tower District. But what about Maltermoro? Does that ring a bell? Today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots, a look at one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, which you know today as Sunnyside. Southeast Fresno’s history is older than the city itself. It was here that A. Y. Easterby started his Banner Ranch in 1871.

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Joe Moore

The Central Valley has its fair share of odd roadside attractions. Take the shoe repair shop in Bakersfield that looks like a shoe. Or the World War II-era fighter plane that sits nose down on top of a gas station canopy in Caruthers. But few can top – (literally) the obelisk that greets travelers on Highway 140 east of Merced. Today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots, the story of this unusual monument. About four miles west of Merced sits a granite obelisk, perched on a pedestal.

1 week ago | kvpr.org | Scott Simon |Ron Elving

President Trump may have reduced some of his tariffs for now, but his faith in them remains consistent. Also, how the Supreme Court has weighed in on Trump administration actions.