About the Collaborative:
The Central Valley News Collaborative was announced in late 2020 and began its work in 2021 with the Collaborative's reporters shining a light on how the Central Valley’s communities of color have been disproportionately impacted, physically and financially, by COVID-19. The Collaborative is now exploring other issues facing the region's Latino communities, from climate change to agriculture. The Collaborative is supported by the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative with technology and training support by Microsoft Corp.
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Farmworkers in the Central Valley often face heightened health risks due to their hard labor, but many don’t have easy access to health care. A group of high-schoolers in Bakersfield are finding solutions on their own. -
A newly adopted policy would require annual inspections of any privately-funded research labs. -
The city of Fresno recently became one of a few cities in the country to raise the Palestinian flag in solidarity with those killed in the Israel-Hamas war. -
The foundation, through its Latino Giving Circle Network, has generated more than $348,000 to invest Latino-led organizations across the state to increase and mobilize Latino youth leadership, support entrepreneurs and increase access to healthcare. -
New technologies were displayed at Fresno State to mark the first year of an initiative between educational institutions and community groups across the San Joaquin Valley. -
A candlelight vigil was held Monday in downtown Fresno, California, to call for a stop to the war in the Gaza Strip. -
Fresno’s long-awaited Veterans Boulevard officially opened to traffic this week. The project has been in the works for nearly four decades. -
Bitwise Industries seemed to be a blooming hub for innovation in Fresno and the Central Valley. When the company crashed earlier this year, it left a void in the community. Former employees are taking the future of the industry in the Valley into their own hands. -
At its inception, Bitwise Industries aimed to remove barriers into the technology space. It went after underserved cities, hired hundreds of people and promised to create thousands of jobs. But the company gambled on its dreams and quickly ran out of time. -
Spanish radio news station Radio Bilingue received $2 million in state funding to expand its Fresno headquarters.