Rachel Livinal

Higher Ed Reporter for KVPR/CVJC. News tips? DM me.

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What the Big Beautiful Bill could mean for some hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley https://t.co/q9NDNIvqfo

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A pile of dirt sat on a parking lot. Then residents made it famous. https://t.co/iCQlohbVkr

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For students at Valley State Prison, completing their bachelor’s degree means more than just acquiring a diploma. They also believe it can open the door to a different future once they’re back into society.

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.@RLivinal spent lots of weeks reporting to bring these stories, and it's the type of human story that public radio aims to bring local communities. Kudos for the editing to @EineKleineKerry. @KVPR @TheMercedFOCUS @cv_journalism

Follow the stories here: https://t.co/Mr6XfBepVx

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In this three-part series, KVPR's @RLivinal looks at two students and their teacher who try to overcome social and educational barriers, and achieve their educational and career goals. @TheMercedFOCUS @cv_journalism

Read/listen to two of the stories now: https://t.co/ebN8P6HAVn

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This story -- one in a three-part series -- has everything from big dreams, a teacher who believes in her students, and the reality that sets in when students must make big choices for themselves. Many many students in this region and beyond will relate: https://t.co/pmNh29nvHX

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In agricultural Merced, arts students follow their dreams ‘one step at a time’ https://t.co/uqRWqv3BB5 via @KVPR

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This story is the first in a series by Merced FOCUS/KVPR higher education reporter Rachel Livinal called "Landing a Dream," which looks at the efforts by determined students at a Merced high school to pursue careers in the arts.
https://t.co/ltdxnqvEPx

[Cres @cres_guez]

High school students have lots of dreams post graduation. For @KVPR, our higher education reporter @RLivinal reports on how performing arts is a growing interest in Merced, in California's Central Valley. This is one of three stories on the topic: https://t.co/pmNh29nvHX

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For students in California’s Central Valley, financial challenges are a barrier to attending far-away dream schools. KVPR's @RLivinal reports on students at Golden Valley high School in Merced about what this means for them: https://t.co/BiEHT6YFFt

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What sparked the French Fire in Mariposa? A lawn mower, CalFire says https://t.co/bPMFB7IuGl

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“After fire season, in the fall and in the winter and in the spring, it's so beautiful that there's this amnesia thing happening, and I think that's part of being human ... we can't remember being in trauma all the time.” Reporting by @RLivinal https://t.co/aVGvDrwNNj

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In the middle of California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, an overpass along Highway 99 commemorates massive beasts that roamed the land hundreds of thousands of years ago. https://t.co/DmjnMoUPXB

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California's San Joaquin Valley has worst air in nation, study finds https://t.co/mbkbD3VKEz

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Here are the graphics I produced for the story “How a ‘debt-free’ scholarship for California college students became laced with frustration.” @KVPR

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A year after University of California signed union contracts, some say they are falling short https://t.co/yT6y1PcrbQ

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College enrollment in California dipped. It’s worse in the San Joaquin Valley. https://t.co/k9FL53VPoQ