Episodes

  • Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt vision for Yosemite Valley

    Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt vision for Yosemite Valley
    Jan 3 2025
    Wright was hired to design a building to house a popular Yosemite Valley Cafe, but his vision clashed with the National Park Service.
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    1 min
  • Arthur Wysinger: Visalia civil rights pioneer

    Arthur Wysinger: Visalia civil rights pioneer
    Jan 3 2025
    Arthur Wysinger's legal fight for school desegregation in the 1800's in Visalia helped pave the way for later decisions like 1954's Brown vs. Board of Education.
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    1 min
  • How to see Yosemite's Half Dome from the Central Valley floor

    How to see Yosemite's Half Dome from the Central Valley floor
    Dec 31 2024
    When conditions are just right, Yosemite's famed Half Dome can been seen from Central Valley communities like Turlock and Denair.
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    1 min
  • Author Sanora Babb - a Dust Bowl novelist finally gets her due

    Author Sanora Babb - a Dust Bowl novelist finally gets her due
    Dec 31 2024
    John Steinbeck wasn't the only novelist working on a book in the 1930's based on the stories of the residents of Kern County's farm labor camps.
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    1 min
  • Sharktooth Hill in Bakersfield and the ancient Temblor Sea

    Sharktooth Hill in Bakersfield and the ancient Temblor Sea
    Dec 17 2024
    Millions of years ago, Bakersfield was a marine estuary on the ancient Temblor Sea. The fossils left behind are famous worldwide.
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    1 min
  • Hog wallows: these mysterious mounds were once a common feature in the Central Valley

    Hog wallows: these mysterious mounds were once a common feature in the Central Valley
    Dec 17 2024
    Large mounds of earth scattered across the landscape puzzled scientists for generations. Now researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Valley's "hog wallows."
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    1 min
  • 1960's plan would have built Fig Garden Dam and Reservoir in North Fresno

    1960's plan would have built Fig Garden Dam and Reservoir in North Fresno
    Dec 17 2024
    The planned Fig Garden Dam on the San Joaquin River would have made Fresno's Woodward Park lakefront property.
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    1 min
  • JFK's visit to the Valley in 1962

    JFK's visit to the Valley in 1962
    Dec 17 2024
    President John F. Kennedy visited Los Banos in 1962 to break ground on the San Luis Reservoir, and delivered a speech about American progress.
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    1 min