Central Valley Roots

By KVPR

KVPR's Central Valley Roots explores the history, people and places of Central California. Discover something new about our region, past and present, with each episode. From Fresno and Bakersfield, to... more

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The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.

Central Valley Roots episodes:

October 30, 2025 Why does this road exist? The story of Fresno's "Figarden Loop"
This road is an unusual break from Fresno's street grid or right angles, but there's a story behind its design.
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October 29, 2025 The story of General Grant National Park
Grant Grove in today's Kings Canyon National Park was once its own national park named after a famed president and Civil War general.
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2min
October 28, 2025 Naming the Merced River
While Gabriel Moraga gave the river its current name, Native Americans had their own names for the waterway, dating back thousands of years.
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October 27, 2025 The story of Pine Flat dam
Plans to build the dam were mired in bureaucratic rivalry in Washington D.C. for years, drawing the attention of two presidents.
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2min
October 20, 2025 An engineering marvel for 150 years: The Tehachapi Loop
A brilliant engineering solution from the 1870s is still in use today in Kern County.
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October 15, 2025 Just a small town boy: Journey star Steve Perry's roots in the Central Valley
The voice behind Journey's biggest hits got his start in Hanford and Lemoore.
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October 13, 2025 Yettem: A town founded by Armenian-American immigrants
Scholars say the Tulare County town of Yettem is the only one in America that bears an Armenian name.
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October 10, 2025 No saint: The story of the town of Santa Nella
A case of "lost in translation" gives this Merced County town its unusual name.
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October 09, 2025 California's forgotten NASCAR track: Hanford's Marchbanks Speedway
While it started as a dirt track, it grew into a high-banked superspeedway, which scholars say was the first such track west of the Mississippi.
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October 08, 2025 How did UC Merced wind up in Merced?
The University of California looked at three sites as finalists for the campus, including two in the Fresno area, before awarding the campus to Merced.
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FAQs about Central Valley Roots:

How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?

The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.

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