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Sasha Khokha
Central Valley Bureau Chief
Sasha Khokha is KQED's Central Valley Bureau Chief. Based in Fresno, she covers a vast geographic beat, including the nation's most productive farm belt, some of California's poorest towns, and Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks.
Whether trekking up a Sierra glacier with her microphone, interviewing farmworkers in Spanish, or explaining complicated air or water quality issues, Sasha translates rural Central California to listeners in the rest of the state.
Her stories have won an Edward R Murrow Regional Award, as well as awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, the California Teachers Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Sasha joined KQED in 2004, after stints as a reporter in Alaska and with NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
Sasha's work is also heard on National Public Radio and PRI's The World.
Sasha is a graduate of Brown University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Sasha is also a documentary filmmaker; her film Calcutta Calling documents the lives of teenage girls adopted from India to Swedish-Lutheran Minnesota. The film was nominated for a national broadcast Emmy in 2007.
Email Sasha: skhokha@kqed.org
Stories (435 archives)
Central Valley State Senate Seat Up for Grabs
Voters in the Central Valley head to the polls Tuesday for a special election. After Michael Rubio left his state Senate seat suddenly to work for Chevron, his district is up for grabs.
Fresno Movie Lovers Honor Film by 'Sweding'
This weekend, movie fans will gather in Fresno to celebrate the art of the cinematic parody. The practice of "sweding" -- amateur re-creations of scenes from Hollywood blockbusters -- has taken hold in the Central Valley.
May Day Rallies Draw Thousands Hopeful of Immigration Reform
Thousands took to the streets in cities around California on Wednesday, buoyed by hopes that a major immigration overhaul is at hand. We report from festive May Day rallies in downtown Los Angeles and Fresno.
Agriculture Conference Taps Silicon Valley for Water Solutions
Big minds in water, energy and high-tech gather Wednesday for a conference in Fresno called "Blue Tech Valley." If that sounds like an effort to cast a Silicon Valley-glow over the business of agriculture, that's because it is.
New Solutions to Water Woes
When the California snow pack is measured next week, the state will have a better sense of what the summer water supply will be. It could leave farmers scrambling for water, potentially pumping more precious groundwater from aquifers. But too much pumping has overdrawn some aquifers, causing the land to sink in parts of California's farm belt. Some farmers are looking at a unique solution.
