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Dr. Olga Maeve is finishing up her medical residency at Clinica Sierra Vista in Bakersfield, California.

Teaching health clinics work in underserved communities across the US, but funding is set to run out

Health

A federally funded medical training program offers new doctors perks to practice in poor and rural areas. But Congress may pull the plug on the funding.

Saber Askar in East Porterville, California

For one Yemeni American, the long wait to bring his family to safety

Conflict
A family in a car

The new film ‘Cesar Chavez’ retells the start of his movement in Delano, California

Arts, Culture & Media

Stockton, Cal., to become the largest city to file for bankruptcy in America

Business, Economics and Jobs

Home of César Chávez Now a National Monument

Death in the Marsh

Steve talks with Sacramento Bee reporter Tom Harris. Harris is the author of a new book about the poisoning of California’s Kesterson National Wildlife refuge and other areas by selenium leached out of the soils of nearby farms by heavy irrigation.

The World

Little Fish, Big Problem

Maia Krache of member station KQED in San Francisco reports on efforts to get federal protection for the delta smelt, a tiny fish which lives only in California’s Sacramento/San Joaquin river delta. The fish is threatened by a reduced flow of fresh water into the delta. But many say releasing more water to save the […]

River Resurrection

The San Joaquin river in California is flowing again after four decades, which could help resurrect the salmon fishery. But not everyone is happy to see the river restored. Local farmers are worried that there will be a shortage of water for their crops.

Pumping Up Controversy

A pump that sends water to millions of Southern Californians and thousands of acres of cropland could be shut down, after a judge’s ruling that it violates the Endangered Species Act, by killing endangered fish.

The World

San Joaquin’s Salted Fields

Farmers in the famously fertile San Joaquin Valley of California are taking their land out of production because the soil is becoming too salty. Tamara Keith from KQED reports the farmers say the government should pay them for their loss.