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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
FAQs about Central Valley Roots:How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.
August 22, 2025The Harlow Fire of 1961This devastating wildfire was one of the fastest burning fires in California history, as it tore through Madera and Mariposa Counties....more2minPlay
August 21, 2025The towns of the Kern River gold rushThe gold fields of Kern County gave birth to a number of rough-and-tumble mining towns, some of which still exist today....more2minPlay
August 21, 2025S. Charles Lee: The man behind Fresno's Tower Theatre and Bakersfield's Fox TheatreLee was an acclaimed and prolific designed of movie "palaces." He believed the "show starts on the sidewalk."...more2minPlay
August 14, 2025The Central California Colony and the birth of small farms in the Central ValleyThis innovative development model began south of Fresno in 1875 and was quickly replicated throughout the region, leading to the growth of small, owner-occupied farms....more2minPlay
August 12, 2025The Helm Building: Fresno's first high-riseAt 10 stories tall, the steel-framed office building set the model for most of downtown Fresno's other tall buildings in the following two decades....more2minPlay
August 05, 2025Why tuberculosis sanitariums once dotted the foothills of the Central ValleyBefore antibiotics, doctors treated TB with sunlight and fresh air at facilities in the foothills....more3minPlay
August 04, 2025South of the Mother Lode: Gold Rush towns in Central CaliforniaWhile the bulk of the California Gold Rush took place from Mariposa north, the Central California foothills to the south also had a great deal of mining activity....more2minPlay
August 02, 20257th Standard Road & Herndon Avenue: How Thomas Jefferson influenced the Valley roads we use todayThese Valley roadways mark important "grid correction" lines that date back to a system devised by Thomas Jefferson....more2minPlay
August 01, 2025How three Fresno-area women helped preserve the San Joaquin RiverA planned mega-development along the river in the late 1980s spurred three women to start the San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust....more2minPlay
July 31, 2025In 1966 Delano hearing, Senator Robert F. Kennedy clashed with Kern County Sheriff Leroy GalyenIn a heated exchange, Senator Kennedy told the sheriff to "read the Constitution" after he testified his deputies had arrested people who had not broken the law....more3minPlay
FAQs about Central Valley Roots:How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.